It appears Kamaru Usman is not wasting any time in moving forward with his plans to grant Jorge Masvidal another crack at the UFC welterweight championship. All signs are pointing to Jorge Masvidal being granted an immediate rematch after losing a lopsided decision to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Following Usman’s third-round TKO of Gilbert
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Julian Marquez’s Saturday night was one for the storybooks. At UFC 258, he pulled off a miraculous come-from-behind victory after well over two years on the sidelines. As if that wasn’t enough, he asked Miley Cyrus — one of the biggest pop stars on the planet — to be his Valentine
Dana White: Cracking down on the big, illegal UFC streamers is paying off [embedded content] Dana White is passionate about going after the pirates, the illegal streamers that profit from UFC events. With the new regulations put in place by the government, there are hefty penalties for those caught pirating streams illegally. White said that
By Simon Head | February 16, 2021 6:00 am A pair of rising English contenders will collide in London as undefeated English middleweights Will Currie and Christian Duncan prepare to face off in Cage Warriors’ latest “Trilogy” series. Cage Warriors officials confirmed to MMA Junkie that the pair will go head to head on the
Jan 26, 2021 Kamaru Usman put on a star-making performance at UFC 258. His third-round TKO of former teammate Gilbert Burns was a rollercoaster ride that, after an uphill climb forced upon Usman early, gained heart-pumping momentum and shined a bright spotlight on the welterweight champ. Not only did Usman retain his belt in Saturday’s
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For the second time in three weeks, heavyweights headline inside the UFC Apex as Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis clash in a battle with championship ramifications. The 29-year-old Blaydes is undefeated against everyone not named Francis Ngannou and is winless in two starts against the heavyweight contender from Cameroon. He’s 9-2 with one no contest
Rafael dos Anjos has a stern message for UFC newcomer Michael Chandler: not so fast. Back in November when Islam Makhachev pulled out of his UFC Vegas 14 headliner against Rafael dos Anjos, dos Anjos proposed that Michael Chandler fill in as a replacement. Chandler would then hit dos Anjos with the ol’ “I have
Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) next pay-per-view (PPV) offering is one of the most stacked mixed martial arts (MMA) events in recent memory featuring not one, not two but three world title fights. UFC 259 is set to go down on March 6 inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will be headlined by a
After Kamaru Usman defeated former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 on Saturday, he was once again hit with the question of whether or not he would entertain fighting Georges St-Pierre if the welterweight great ever mounted a comeback. “Of course, I would like to fight Georges,” Usman said at the UFC 258 post-fight news
By Farah Hannoun | February 15, 2021 6:30 pm Emmanuel Sanchez thinks winning the Bellator featherweight grand prix will separate him from the pack at 145 pounds. Sanchez rematches champion Patricio Freire April 2 in the main event of Bellator 255 in Uncasville, Conn., in a featherweight grand prix semifinal clash. If Sanchez (20-4 MMA, 12-3
Kelvin Gastelum trains with a longtime coach. Ian Heinisch reflects on lessons learned through struggles. Gilbert Burns attends virtual media day; Gastelum gets sidetracked. Champ Kamaru Usman reacts to seeing himself get emotional on screen. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
After his loss at Bellator 208, Chael Sonnen discusses his loss to Fedor Emelianenko, what went wrong in the fight, his fighting future and much more. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com MMA Fighting is your
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5:40 PM ET The UFC 258 card has taken another hit, this time just hours before the first bout was set to begin. A scheduled fight between women’s flyweight prospects Gillian Robertson and Miranda Maverick in Las Vegas was canceled Saturday afternoon after Robertson suffered an illness, according to the UFC. The illness was not
JP Buys will make his octagon debut alongside his wife next month. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Buys will take on Bruno Silva in a flyweight matchup on March 20. MMA DNA was first to report the booking. The event is expected to take place at the
During that same five-year window between 2011 and 2014, Vieira added five more gold medals and two more silvers at the World Championships, with “Buchecha” again besting him in the absolute division. He was in a rare class of grapplers for an extended period of time, and if he reached that level by attacking his
UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has a message for the UFC rankings panel about the integrity of the pound-for-pound rankings. Kamaru Usman is undefeated in the UFC with 13 fights and 13 victories. He now holds the record for the most consecutive wins in the welterweight division, and the number of rounds he has lost