Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has signed, sealed, and will soon deliver its welterweight headliner for the upcoming UFC on ESPN 9 mixed martial arts (MMA) event tomorrow night (Sat., May 30, 2020), as former 170-pound champion Tyron Woodley returns to action against streaking division standout Gilbert Burns. Both fighters made weight today without incident (get…
UFC on ESPN 9: Woodley vs. Burns face-offs video [embedded content] The first combat sports event in Las Vegas since the coronavirus crisis began is UFC on ESPN 9, which takes place on Saturday. The event features former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley squaring off with rising contender Gilbert Burns. The winner is likely to…
We have a jam-packed episode ahead of former champ Tyron Woodley’s return to the Octagon against Gilbert Burns! First, UFC flyweight Katlyn Chookagian calls in to share what it’s like to be facing Antonina Shevchenko after facing her sister, Valentina, for the belt in February. Then, Pat McAfee joins the guys to talk everything from…
7:07 AM ET Tyron Woodley has been having some trouble sleeping lately, but it’s not because he has too much on his plate. Woodley said he’s 100 percent focused on Saturday’s Fight Night main event against Gilbert Burns, which wasn’t the case the last time he was preparing to step in the Octagon. Woodley had…
“Look at me Dana. Why didn’t you just call it UF-Sea? It’s perfect.” Those were the words of advice offered by Last Week Tonight host John Oliver during a recent episode of his HBO series when discussing the UFC’s plans for “Fight Island.” Dana White was obviously listening. Earlier this week, the promotion filed several…
Image Credit: Joshua Dahl/USA TODAY Sports UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is fired up over Dana White’s recent comments. Jones had been calling for a heavyweight showdown with Francis Ngannou. “Bones” has also said that he’d be willing to move up in weight if the UFC can “open up the checkbook.” The promotion wasn’t…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Oh boy, here we go again! Less than a month after Curtis Blaydes fired shots at female athletes like Paige VanZant for using appearance to receive promotional benefits, we have a similar beef on our hands. It’s impossible to follow MMA on Twitter or Instagram without eventually running across Bellator prospect…
Flashback Fight: Khabib Nurmagomedov finishes Conor McGregor at UFC 229 [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Khabib Nurmagomedov defended his lightweight championship against Conor McGregor in he biggest fight in UFC history at UFC 229 just under two years ago. The event took place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Oct. 6, 2018 in front…
Heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis talks with Joe Rogan inside of the Octagon after his last second knockout victory at UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. To start your 7-day free trial, visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages…
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7:37 AM ET Tyron Woodley is back in action on Saturday after more than one year away from the Octagon. The last time we saw Woodley, he lost the UFC welterweight title to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 on March 2, 2019. His planned bout with Leon Edwards in March was scrapped due to the…
Tim Elliott’s recent loss to Askar Askarov could have been worse. He could have been knocked out. And when the final buzzer sounded after a three-round battle, he thought that was the case. At UFC 246 this past January, Elliott went three rounds with the unbeaten Askarov, eventually dropping a unanimous decision to the Russian…
Mike Tyson (Getty Images) Mike Tyson has been drumming up drama in the combat sports world and that continued on Wednesday night at the AEW pro wrestling show. Recently, the former boxing world champion released some training videos and announced he is coming back for a charity bout. Yet, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship offered him…
I want to apologize to all the mixed martial arts (MMA) fans who roll their eyes every time we post something stupid and pointless (your eyes must be exhausted by now) but when fighters as popular as Anderson Silva and Conor McGregor start interacting on social media, we have an obligation to our traffic meters…
Conor McGregor accepts super fight with Anderson Silva Who knows if it will ever happen, but former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva has proposed a 176-pound catchweight bout with former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor. McGregor accepted. Silva had surgery in early May, so it isn’t likely that he’d be returning to the Octagon any…
