Emily Whitmire will still compete on Feb. 27, but she’ll have a new opponent. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Hannah Cifers has withdrawn from the originally scheduled UFC Vegas 20 strawweight matchup for undisclosed reasons, confirming an initial report from MMA Junkie. Sources confirm to MMA Fighting
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: REYES vs. PROCHAZKA Due to an injury to Dominick Reyes, his main event light heavyweight bout against Jiri Prochazka is being postponed to a later date. Stepping in as the new main event on Feb. 27 will be a heavyweight bout between No. 3 ranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik and No. 7 Ciryl Gane.
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes sees absolutely no need to keep his cards close to the vest ahead of his February 20 headliner against Derrick Lewis. When Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis face off in the main event on February 20, fans will be treated to the quintessential grappler vs. striker matchup. Curtis Blaydes is known
The hits just keep on coming. The UFC Vegas 18 matchup between Marion Reneau and Macy Chiasson has been scratched from this weekend’s lineup after “The Belizean Bruiser” tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw, postponing their bantamweight showdown to Feb. 27. Reneau made the announcement on Instagram. “The fight between Macy Chiasson
Conor McGregor rehashes UFC 257 loss to Dustin Poirier: ‘I deserved to get the legs kicked off me’ Conor McGregor suffered the first TKO loss of his career when Dustin Poirier took his leg out from under him at UFC 257. McGregor has shown nothing but resolve since, even when rehashing the bout for his
By Nolan King | February 3, 2021 3:58 pm Conor McGregor suffered a number of firsts when Dustin Poirier knocked him. However, according to the former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion, the “firsts” weren’t all bad. In a lengthy statement issued Wednesday on Instagram, McGregor (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC) broke down his loss to Poirier
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8:37 PM ET The UFC has made several changes official ahead of its next card. Julio Arce and Andre Ewell have been removed from UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas because of COVID-19 protocols, the UFC announced Tuesday. In addition, Alex Da Silva was pulled from his bout because of an injury. All
A bantamweight fight between “Suga” Sean O’Malley and Thomas Almeida is in the works for UFC 260. O’Malley on Tuesday announced via his YouTube channel a bout with Brazilian slugger Almeida for the March 27 pay-per-view event at a location to be announced. A person close to Almeida told MMA Fighting that verbal agreements are
Updates To UFC FIGHT NIGHT: OVEREEM vs. VOLKOV A featherweight bout between Dana White Contender Series veterans Ode’ Osbourne and Jerome Rivera has been added to the card. Due to an injury, Alex da Silva has been removed from his lightweight bout with Devonte Smith. Replacing him will be Justin Jaynes, who looks to replicate his performance-of-the-night
The Suga Show will kick off its 2021 season on March 27 when Sean O’Malley returns to face Thomas Almeida at UFC 260. UFC 260 has added its first bantamweight fight to its lineup when “Suga” Sean O’Malley faces Thomas Almeida. Sean O’Malley made the announcement himself via his YouTube channel on Tuesday. Sean O’Malley
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Like it or not, “The Suga Show” is back. Controversial Bantamweight knockout artist Sean O’Malley announced on his YouTube channel that he would make his return to competition against fellow striking specialist, Thomas Almeida, at UFC 260 on March 27, 2021. It’s been about six months since O’Malley suffered the first
Nate Diaz doesn’t want a fight at lightweight, but wants Dustin Poirier Nate Diaz has been teasing a return to the Octagon, but all signs point to him wanting to compete at 170 pounds. He also appears to want a fight with Dustin Poirier, who recently knocked out Conor McGregor at UFC 257 on Fight
Rankings Pound For Pound Rankings #1 Khabib Nurmagomedov Win 29 Loss 0 Draw 0 UFC president Dana White has one more meeting set up with Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas, but it seems the reigning lightweight champ is content to stick to his retirement. #2 Jon Jones Win 26 Loss 1 Draw 0 Already considered one
11:29 AM ET Michael Chandler has a bold plan for his UFC run, and so far he’s executing it perfectly. The former three-time Bellator lightweight champion stormed onto the UFC scene with a first-round knockout of contender Dan Hooker at UFC 257 on Jan. 23. Chandler plans to fight twice more this year en route