Colby Covington is joining Gilbert Burns in calling out Jorge Masvidal for citing his six days’ notice as a key reason behind his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251. Following his loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 251, Jorge Masvidal made it clear at the post-fight press conference that he was not going to…
8:44 AM ET The UFC flyweight title rematch between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno is scheduled for June 12, sources told ESPN on Thursday. A location for the event, which is expected to be UFC 263, isn’t set yet. In December, Figueiredo (20-1-1) and Moreno (18-5-2) fought to an exhilarating draw that was considered one…
Prior to her short notice rematch against Ashley Yoder coming together for UFC Vegas 20, Angela Hill thought her next fight would almost certainly come against Tecia Torres. The former Ultimate Fighter housemates were originally scheduled to fight this past December, but Hill contracted COVID-19 and the bout was scrapped. Once she was healthy again,…
“I’m a naturally competitive person,” Mazo said. “I feel like training guides me to that fire. Training is different from fighting, for sure, but we have sparring, we have training, and it just feels like I feel that desire and that competitive part of me for one day, the day of the fight.” At just…
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight finishers Nikita Krylov and Magomed Ankalaev will battle this weekend (Sat., Feb. 27, 2021) at UFC Vegas 20 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. After 32 professional fights in the books, Krylov scored the first decision win of his career last time out opposite Johnny Walker. That’s absurd!…
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade set for UFC 261 UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is set to put her title on the line opposite Jessica Andrade. Shevchenko vs. Andrade will happen at UFC 261 on April 24. UFC president Dana White revealed the match-up to ESPN, noting that a location has yet to be determined….
French heavyweight prospect Ciryl Gane burst onto the UFC scene in 2019 and has a 100% finish rate to date in his young career. Gane makes his first headliner appearance in the main event of UFC Vegas 20 against Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC…
ONE Championship announced on Wednesday that in May they would begin what they are calling “biggest women’s mixed martial arts tournament in the world.” May 28, the ONE Atomweight World Grand Prix will begin and the eight fighters competing in the tournament were announced. The winner of the tournament will face the current ONE Atomweight…
10:05 AM ET Former MMA super prospect Sage Northcutt is returning to action in April. Northcutt will face Shinya Aoki on April 28 at ONE on TNT IV, ONE officials told ESPN. Northcutt also confirmed the news on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. The fight will be contested in the promotion’s lightweight division, which is 170…
UFC heavyweight Walt Harris and his wife Angela suffered an unspeakable tragedy when their daughter Aniah Blanchard was kidnapped and murdered in 2019. Now they are hoping to prevent other families from suffering the same fate with a new non-profit organization started in their daughter’s name. Aniah’s Heart Foundation will seek to provide resources to…
“I didn’t listen to those people,” he said. “I was either gonna be an alcoholic construction worker for the rest of my life or chase my dream. I didn’t come from a lot, I never had a lot, but I put everything in this game, and I knew it was investing in myself. So if…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The clip below was featured on Monday’s column. It was widely popular already, but it’s only grown more viral since then, and now details and consequences are beginning to emerge. Walker Brown is the “MMA trained fighter” who puts a beating on University of Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones. Though the…
Watch Ciryl Gane slice through Junior dos Santos ahead of UFC Vegas 20 [embedded content] UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane (7-0) extended his unbeaten streak with a TKO finish over Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 in December last year. Gane next faces Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the main event of UFC Vegas 20 on Saturday, February…
Jairzinho Rozenstruik will enter UFC Vegas 20 as nearly a 3-to-1 underdog, but he plans to exit with a victory en route to a higher ranking. The main event of UFC Vegas 20 this Saturday will feature two heavy hitters slugging it out to determine who will draw closer to that ever-elusive heavyweight title shot….
1:00 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via third-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his…
Walker Brown, the MMA-trained man who allegedly put a vicious beating on OU wide receiver Spencer Jones, is seeking help for medical and legal bills as fallout from a viral video grows. A GoFundMe set up for Brown on Monday has already raised $28,960 of its $50,000 goal at the time of his writing. According…
Despite the setbacks, Wright is as calm as ever about his main event bout on AKA’s premiere card on UFC FIGHT PASS. A veteran of the sport for over a decade, the 32-year-old has the wisdom and composure to not only put the work in under any circumstances, but to make weight and never cheat…
This weekend (Sat., Feb. 27, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will remain in UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 20. It’s the definition of a solid, if unspectacular, “Fight Night” event: the usual mix of prospects, “Contender Series” products, and a couple established veterans to mix it up. The main event promises…
