Rob Font has six fight finishes in his UFC career to date heading into his main event matchup with the former featherweight champion Jose Aldo at UFC Vegas 44. 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…
7:52 AM ET Four years ago, Cody Garbrandt delivered an all-time classic, five-round performance against Dominick Cruz to capture the UFC’s bantamweight championship. Garbrandt hasn’t looked the same since. Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Garbrandt (12-3) and Rob Font (18-4) at the Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET, prelims at…
Luke Rockhold was mulling over retiring but he’s decided to remain active. After suffering a knockout loss to Jan Blachowicz, Rockhold said he was considering retiring. Back in the spring, Rockhold admitted that he was feeling healthier and the itch to compete again may have been taking over. It turns out that’s exactly what happened…
Dana White believes Dustin Poirier chose wisely when he opted to fight Conor McGregor in a trilogy fight instead of challenging for the vacant lightweight championship. Dustin Poirier’s and Conor McGregor’s unfinished business is sure to do big business, which is no doubt a reason why this is Poirier’s first choice for his next UFC bout….
The Canelo vs. GGG 3 official scorecard reveals how the judges scored the Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin trilogy fight Saturday in Las Vegas. In a bout that saw Canelo clearly leading on the scorecards early on, the final verdict turned out to be close as he won the bout 116-112 on one judges’…
7:02 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Dana White first brought up the concept of “Fight Island,” it sounded so exotic. The intrigue intensified as the UFC president refused for weeks to share the site’s location or any other details. It was easy to conjure up images of fight teams relaxing on a beach among palm…
Not only is this weekend the first time Albazi has been thrust into the spotlight since arriving in the UFC, but it’s also the first time that the surging 29-year-old will be standing across the Octagon from a ranked opponent, as well. While he’s previously been booked to faced divisional stalwarts Tim Elliott, Alex Perez,…
UFC 259 Embedded: Israel Adesanya mocks Paulo Costa, ‘I know the drunken fist’ UFC 259 Embedded features the fighters from Saturday’s championship tripleheader pay-per-view event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the main event. The UFC 259 co-main event sees Amanda Nunes put her…
Flyweight Kevin Borjas — who won the opening bout of the season — is slated to take on the man he was initially supposed to meet in Week 1, Joshua Van, at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden in November. Van was called up to face Zhalgas Zhumagulov earlier this summer, delivering an impressive debut…
Aspen Ladd will not be fighting at UFC San Diego. Ladd has been forced out of her scheduled matchup against Sara McMann later this month after contracting COVID-19, sources confirmed to MMA Fighting on Monday. The promotion is looking into possible replacements for Ladd, or potentially at rescheduling the bout for a later date, but…
Joaquin Buckley entered last year with heaps of momentum, having capped off his second-half call-up to the UFC by registering one of the most impressive knockouts of all-time and following it up with a second straight blistering performance. Brandishing a 12-3 record, coming off back-to-back Performance of the Night-winning efforts, “New Mansa” was primed and…
On today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered, Jim and Matt recap Saturday’s Fight Night, and are joined by two fighters on the UFC 272 undercard, Kennedy Nzechukwu and Jalin Turner! First, Kennedy Nzechukwu calls in to discuss growing up in Nigeria with a large family, adjusting to life and culture in the United States, and his…
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterOct 20, 2023, 12:26 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions Khamzat Chimaev, one of the UFC’s budding superstars, has signed a new long-term contract with the promotion. Chimaev’s manager, Majdi Shammas, told ESPN that Chimaev (12-0) signed…
Michael Chandler feels bad about turning Tony Ferguson into a meme at UFC 274. Chandler knocked Ferguson out in devastating fashion on the main card of the UFC 274 pay-per-view (PPV) from the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona this past weekend. The victory ended a two-fight losing skid for Chandler, who has quickly established himself…
Dana White announces UFC 261 to house full house of fans, three title fights UFC president Dana White on Monday announced that UFC 261 is headed to Jacksonville, Fla., with a full house of fans. The fight card will be topped with three title fights. VyStar Veteran’s Memorial Arena will be open to a full…
Jake Paul goes off the rails on Conor McGregor The smack talk between YouTube creator turned boxer Jake Paul and former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor escalated in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. In an interview on The MMA Hour on Monday, Paul was asked about a potential boxing match with McGregor. Paul said that he…
MixedMartialArts.com had the chance to speak with one of the top executives in mixed martial arts, in ONE Championship CEO and head honcho Chatri Sityodtong. We spoke with the organization’s co-founder about a wide range of topics including ONE Championship’s current strategy on signing big-ticket free agents. If they were in play for former RIZIN…
UFC Vegas 55 live results begin at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT on Saturday, May 21, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click on the fight below in the UFC Vegas 55 live results section for live stats or jump down to the written UFC…
