Jon Jones has shared some early negotiation details between himself and the UFC regarding a fight with UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Jon Jones bore witness to the crowning of a new UFC heavyweight champion right alongside the rest of the world when Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. We know this
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9:05 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he would like to fight twice more this year, and while he’s not sure what’s going on between the UFC and Jon Jones, he said he wants Jones first and then a rematch with Derrick Lewis. Ngannou dethroned Stipe Miocic, who’s considered the greatest heavyweight in
Francis Ngannou will be the first one to admit that he wasn’t ready to be UFC champion when he fought Stipe Miocic in their initial meeting back in 2018. In his mind, after tearing through every opponent the UFC threw in front of him, Ngannou expected to do the same to Miocic despite the champion’s
The Champ is here! UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling joins Jim and Matt to kick off the show (2:15). He talks all things related to his controversial DQ win against Petr Yan to win the bantamweight belt, including what went through his mind immediately after the illegal knee that ended the bout and the smack
Conor McGregor can’t seem to win a UFC title, so he’ll instead ask the promotion to create one for him. Sort of the same way Ted DiBiase created the “Million Dollar Championship” back in early 1989 when the WWF belt continued to elude him. “I feel it’s time to break out this baby for the
Darren Till out of UFC on ABC 2 headliner No. 5 ranked UFC middleweight Darren Till has pulled out of his bout on April 10 against no. 6 ranked middleweight Marvin Vettori. The main event, which is scheduled to take place UFC on ABC 2, is still up in the air as a result of
Bellator MMA has released its inaugural fighter rankings. The rankings include every men’s and women’s division as well as a pound-for-pound rankings list for both genders. Here are the full inaugural fighter rankings for Bellator MMA: MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (27-6) 5.
11:26 PM ET Nate Diaz is back. Diaz, one of the most popular fighters in MMA, will meet Leon Edwards at UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, sources told ESPN. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight, though the contract is not signed yet. The fight will serve as a five-round co-main event
Nate Diaz makes his long awaited return to action at UFC 262 when he faces off with Leon Edwards in a five-round, non-title co-main event in Houston on May 15. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. This is expected to be the first time a
The second came against Gilbert Burns, who’s victory catapulted him into a championship fight against Usman, where he tagged the champion in the early moments of the contest before the Nigerian-born titleholder gathered himself, regrouped, and garnered a third-round stoppage win. And his most recent setback came opposite Colby Covington, the polarizing perennial contender who
Nate Diaz will make his long-awaited return to action to face Leon Edwards in the co-main event of UFC 262 on May 15, 2021 in Houston, Texas. That’s according to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, who dropped the unexpected late night nugget no one saw coming. That’s not all. The fight will be Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC)
While there’s no denying 2020 was a low point for many fighters, for some the year turned out to provide enough opportunities to qualify as an up year. For Bellator lightweight Chris Gonzalez, 2020 ended up being one of those up years. After capping off his 2019 with three wins in a row, Gonzalez would
Sean O’Malley plays ping pong; Francis Ngannou shoots hoops. Vicente Luque trains with Gilbert Burns. Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic dresses for the press and faces off against Ngannou ahead of their rematch. 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.
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The medical suspensions list following UFC 260 has been released two days after the event. Five fighters are looking at a potential suspension of six months. Both Stipe Miocic and the new heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou are looking at relatively short suspensions, with Ngannou out for 30 days with no contact and Miocic suspended for
8:30 AM ET Jon Jones, who reigned as UFC light heavyweight champion for much of the past decade before vacating his belt in August to move up to heavyweight, is back at the top of the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound MMA rankings. Francis Ngannou, fresh off winning the heavyweight title on Saturday at UFC 260, has
Veteran MMA coach Din Thomas has been coaching fighters long enough not to get too attached to the outcome in the cage. But in the case of Tyron Woodley, he doesn’t consider the ex-champ’s loss at UFC 260 a bad thing – or really even a loss. “I’m really proud of what he did,” Thomas
Everybody is talking about the heavyweight division this morning, and that’s the way it should be. Throughout combat sports history, whether in boxing or MMA, there’s something about a big heavyweight title fight, and Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic had everyone glued to the television, computer monitor or smart phone on Saturday night. That’s great
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