7:08 PM ET The UFC is targeting a second women’s title fight for its April pay-per-view event. Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas for the strawweight title is in the works for UFC 261 on April 24, sources told ESPN. While the fight isn’t finalized yet, April 24 is the date the promotion and both fighters
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 20 results for the Rozenstruik vs. Gane fight card Friday, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 20 Twitter updates. In the main event, Jairzinho Rozenstruik will try to hand Ciryl Gane his first career loss in a key heavyweight contest. Rozenstruik bounced back from the
“You never know what’s gonna happen when I enter the Octagon. I always bring fighters something special every time.” While Rozenstruik promises “lessons will be learned” in this matchup of four versus seven, he’s not looking to fight anyone ranked below him moving forward; his only focus is working toward a title shot. “Right now
Dustin Poirier is growing more excited at the prospect of a trilogy fight against Conor McGregor but not enough to agree with the idea of it being for a world title. Both Dustin Poirier and the McGregor camp have not wavered about being interested in a trilogy fight. Recent reports have revealed that progress has
Welcome to Midnight Mania! As they become more and more common, unexpected crossovers from the cage to the boxing ring should perhaps become a bit less unexpected. Still, I don’t think anyone expected Frank Mir — seemingly retired from MMA and signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship — to jump into the Triller ring on
After finishing up a two-year suspension as a result of testing positive for EPO, former UFC bantamweight champion and flyweight title challenger TJ Dillashaw is set to make his return to the octagon in the near future. Dillashaw spoke with former UFC fighter Mike Swick on his podcast on what could be next for the
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | February 26, 2021 10:00 pm The UFC heavyweight championship will be back on the line and two familiar participants will clash for gold in the UFC 260 main event. Reigning titleholder Stipe Miocic will attempt to further solidify his status as the greatest heavyweight of all time when
7:49 AM ET You’re only as good as your last fight in mixed martial arts. Or, in the case of UFC heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik, you’re only as good as your last year. Rozenstruik (11-1) faces Ciryl Gane (7-0) in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas (ESPN+, prelims at 5
UFC Vegas 20 event is down another fight. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Ramazan Kuramagomedov has been forced to withdraw from Saturday’s scheduled welterweight bout opposite Alex Oliveira due to an illness. With no time to find a replacement, Oliveira has also been pulled from the card. Oliviera and
In other words, Hernandez had seemingly made it to the UFC on raw talent, and after a couple wins in the big show, he assumed that was enough. It wasn’t, and he soon found out the levels to the game against Cerrone in January 2019, and it wasn’t going to get any easier. That’s scary.
Aaron Pico will return on April 16 at Bellator 257. According to MMAJunkie, Pico is set to face England’s Aiden Lee. The main event of the card at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn, will see Vadim Nemkov defend his belt against Phil Davis. The card will also air on Showtime. Aaron Pico (7-3),
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its UFC Vegas 20 mixed martial arts (MMA) event inside APEX facility this Sat. night (Feb. 27, 2021) in Las Vegas, Nevada, headlined by a hard-hitting heavyweight showdown between No. 4-ranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik and No. 7-ranked Ciryl Gane. Before the action gets underway this
UFC Vegas 20 weigh-in video: Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane Watch the UFC Vegas 20 weigh-in video, live on MMAWeekly.com on Friday, Feb. 26, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT. Heavyweight contenders Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Ciryl Gane square off, looking to take the next step toward title contention. [embedded content] Rozenstruik currently sits
By Simon Head | February 26, 2021 12:45 pm Saturday night’s event at the UFC Apex may not feature a big-time title fight or a bunch of the UFC’s most recognizable stars, but UFC Fight Night 186 is packed with rising prospects and fringe contenders looking to make a breakthrough as they make their first
Aljamain “Funk Master” Sterling scratched and clawed his way up the bantamweight rankings to earn his shot at the title against Petr Yan at UFC 259. Watch a collection of Sterling’s top finishes in his UFC career. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital
9:46 PM ET Former two-division boxing champ Antonio Tarver will return to the ring to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir on April 17, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Tarver, 52, will box Mir, 41, on the undercard of a pay-per-view event headlined by a boxing match between former MMA champion Ben Askren
A bantamweight showdown between John Lineker and Stephen Loman is set for ONE Championship’s upcoming event in Singapore on April 28, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The card will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and air on TNT in the United States. Lineker (33-9) has fought twice under
“I haven’t had the ‘no crowd’ experience or been in the UFC APEX, but I’m definitely excited. I have been out for a while and I’m kind of feeling like it’s a whole new me in general,” said Davis. “I love that she’s young and she’s hungry. She has that personality that she kind of