The first ever Gamebred Fighting Championship (GFC) bareknuckle MMA event has an official date and headlining act. Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC) superstar, Jorge Masvidal, unveiled the newly-minted bareknuckle MMA promotion prior to his rematch opposite Kamaru Usman back at UFC 261. Masvidal ended up losing to Usman in vicious fashion, but his proposed bareknuckle MMA…
LFA CEO Ed Soares announced on Wednesday that the promotion will return to Oklahoma in June. LFA 109 will feature an explosive lightweight showdown when the promotion returns to the Sooner State. This will be the seventh event the promotion has hosted in the OKC area in 2021. LFA 109: McKinney vs. Irizarry takes place…
Alexander Volkanovski is exiting The Ultimate Fighter house with a new and unfavorable image of his opposing coach and upcoming opponent Brian Ortega. When you spend several weeks in close proximity with the same people, one can’t help but learn more about their tendencies and characteristics. In the case of reigning UFC featherweight champion Alex…
8:34 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Clay Collard was the other guy. He was the one standing across the cage from the PFL’s prized new signee, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. It was a big moment for the emerging fight promotion, and the vibe of the introductions for this season-opening main event last month in Atlantic City, New…
This weekend is a rarity in MMA: a weekend without a major MMA event taking place. However, last weekend we did get a pretty decent Fight Night from the UFC with a couple of very important performances from the stars of the show so let’s take this down week to discuss UFC Vegas 27, a…
UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to be here? Sholinian: I’m so excited, of course. A couple of years ago I couldn’t even think about The Ultimate Fighter. Five years ago, I watched the show for fun. I’m the first fighter from Ukraine in Ultimate Fighter history….
Chris Weidman’s return from a brutal leg injury suffered at UFC 261 is going to be a very long process, but at least the former UFC middleweight champion is finally smiling as his recovery picks back up. Weidman injured his leg in a main card matchup with Uriah Hall at UFC 261 this past April….
Check out the 11 TUF contestants that went on to win UFC gold 11 alumni of The Ultimate Fighter have gone on to win UFC championships after appearing on the show. Can you name all 11 before watching the whole video? Season 29 of TUF kicks off next week on June 1. Alexander Volkanovski excited…
After coming so tantalizingly close to claiming the UFC lightweight championship before being dropped by Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler is already looking forward to a future clash with Justin Gaethje. Chandler was more than happy to share his thoughts with MMA Fighting when asked about the possible/inevitable showdown between him and Gaethje. “I think Gaethje-Chandler…
Relive some of the best finishes from past seasons of The Ultimate Fighter in anticipation of TUF’s return for season 29 beginning on June 1. 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. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on…
Jon Jones will not compete for 12 months, Nate Diaz takes full advantage of new UFC rules, UFC community React, UFC fighter Rob Font gets six month medical suspension after UFC Vegas 27 Cody Garbrandt win, Neil Magny on potential bout against Khamzat Chimaev, UFC 264 Kevin Lee on his upcoming bout against Sean Brady,…
A month after suffering a gruesome leg break, Chris Weidman is starting to walk again. The former UFC champion is taking the proverbial baby steps as he undergoes physical therapy for the surgery that had to be done on his right leg after it was broken in a fight against Uriah Hall at UFC 261…
UFC: Welcome to the 29th season of The Ultimate Fighter! How does it feel to have this opportunity? Argueta: It’s really special. I feel honored. I’m one of the lucky ones. I waited my turn and I put in the hard work to cut the line. I needed to get ahead. I started at an…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Like it or not, the return of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is imminent. The most recent season ended in November 2018, and the unprecedented extended layoff had many assuming that TUF was done for good, replaced by “Contenders Series” and “Looking For A Fight.” However, UFC has since announced otherwise, and…
ONE Full Blast results: Edward Kelly gets back to winning ways Edward Kelly snapped his two-fight losing streak with a win over Ahmed Faress at ONE: Full Blast. The previously recorded event was broadcast on Friday. The Filipino featherweight was one of the big winners. Faress was making his promotional debut. The southpaw got off…
UFC legend Miesha Tate doesn’t sound too confident that Michael Venom Page (MVP) would find success in the UFC. Earlier this week, Michael Page stated that he would like to test himself in the UFC at some point in his career. MVP has been competing in Bellator since 2014, and many have always wondered how…
1:57 AM ET City Kickboxing (CKB) fighter Fau Vake, who died earlier this month, will be firmly in the thoughts of both middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and rising lightweight Brad Riddell when the duo step into the Octagon at UFC 263 next month. Vake died on May 23 in an Auckland hospital, seven days after…
Carla Esparza had already identified her UFC Vegas 27 co-main event showdown with Yan Xiaonan as a potential No. 1 contender’s bout but she also knew nothing was guaranteed. That’s why the former strawweight champion decided to put an exclamation point on her performance by absolutely dominating Yan from the first second of the fight…
