7:44 AM ET One recent day, as Saturday’s UFC bantamweight championship defense against Henry Cejudo approached, Aljamain Sterling chose not to dwell on the pressure attached to the most important night of his career. Instead, he did what he always does when the moment is magnified. He grabbed his phone and played chess to steady
A lot has changed in Kron Gracie’s life over the past 1,300 days — yes, that’s how long it’s been his last UFC fight, a loss to Cub Swanson in October 2019. He’s ready to finally face the music again. A man of few words, and not big on interviews or social media, a rare
UFC 289: NUNES vs PENA 3 Updates: Due to injury, Julianna Pena has been removed from her bantamweight championship main event with Amanda Nunes. Replacing Pena will be No. 5 ranked contender Irene Aldana. Aldana enters her first UFC title fight having won four of her last five fights, with three of those wins coming
Event: UFC 289: “Nunes vs. Aldana”Date: Sat., June 10, 2023Location: Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBroadcast: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+Start Time: 6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card UFC 289 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 135 lbs.: UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes vs. Irena Aldana (not Julianna Pena) UFC 289
Julianna Peña injured, Irene Aldana steps in to face Amanda Nunes at UFC 289 UFC president Dana White announced on Tuesday that Julianna Peña is out of her scheduled UFC 289 bantamweight championship trilogy bout against Amanda Nunes. Stepping in as a replacement will be No. 5 ranked Irene Aldana. According to White, Peña suffered
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from April 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for April. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
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David Feldman talks about the success of the BKFC 41 event, Conor McGregor’s appearance at the show, the crazy DMs he got from famous fighters after the event, whether Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez will fight again in BKFC, Luke Rockhold’s future, his decision to take out a second mortgage on his house to fund
BKFC champion Christine Ferea faces off with challenger Bec Rawlings ahead of their title fight at BKFC 41. Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: http://bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY
3:35 PM ET Popular featherweight Bryce Mitchell has an undisclosed injury and is out of his scheduled UFC 288 fight Saturday against the undefeated Movsar Evloev, sources confirmed to ESPN. Evloev will now fight Diego Lopes, who has been newly signed by the UFC. Evloev vs. Mitchell would have been a big fight in the
Amanda Nunes has a new challenger for UFC 289. UFC President Dana White announced Tuesday that Nunes’ originally scheduled opponent Julianna Peña has been forced out of their upcoming bantamweight championship trilogy bout scheduled for June 10 in Vancouver, Canada, due to injury. Stepping in to replace Peña is top contender Irene Aldana. According to
During the pandemic, Jacksonville hosted three consecutive empty venue shows at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. UFC returned in 2021 and 2022 for sold out fights. In 2021, UFC 261 earned an arena-record $3.3 million in ticket revenue and generated $17.6 million in economic impact for the area. Top ranked contender Emmett (18-3, fighting out of
Irene Aldana’s time is finally now. UFC President, Dana White, broke the news today (Tues., May 2, 2023) that a major shift has taken place atop UFC 289 on June 10, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The original Bantamweight title main event trilogy between the champion, Amanda Nunes (22-5), and former champion, Julianna Pena
Belal Muhammad is sitting at No. 4 in the UFC welterweight division. He has zero defeats in his last nine bouts. So why the heck did he agree to step in on short notice to fight No. 5 ranked Gilbert Burns at UFC 288 on Saturday? How Belal Muhammad vs. Gilbert Burns came together In
Tom Aspinall won’t be surprised if he never crosses paths with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Jones has hinted that he could retire after a couple of title defenses. He’s been linked to a matchup with former champ Stipe Miocic, who’s widely considered the greatest heavyweight of all time. So if Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1
6:41 PM ET Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is in shape and interested in booking his next fight — and his top choice for an opponent would be Khamzat Chimaev. Usman (20-3) suffered a majority decision loss to Leon Edwards in March, in an unsuccessful bid to reclaim his 170-pound championship. Usman lost the
Aljamain Sterling looks to become the first fighter to record three straight successful defenses of the UFC bantamweight title, but much of the talk surrounding his next championship bout is centered around his opponent. That’s because UFC 288 also marks the return of two-division champion and Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo. “The King of Cringe”
Bantamweight ruler Aljamain Sterling seeks his third successful title defense in 14 months as he welcomes “Triple C,” Henry Cejudo, back to the Octagon in Saturday night’s main event. Sterling posted a pair of successful title defenses in 2022, scoring a split decision win over Petr Yan in their highly anticipated rematch at UFC 273
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