Charles Oliveira might be the new UFC lightweight champion, but the oddsmakers think it could be a short reign if he runs into Dustin Poirier or Conor McGregor next. Poirier and McGregor are set to headline UFC 264 on July 10, a matchup that will resolve their trilogy (currently tied at one win apiece) and…
Michael Chandler is down but not out following a loss in his first attempt at becoming UFC champion. Just one fight into his career with the promotion, the former Bellator mainstay was granted a shot at the vacant lightweight title after Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement last year. Chandler made the most of the opportunity…
Edson Barboza has earned plenty of highlight-reel victories but his latest against Shane Burgos at UFC 262 even had him shocked for a brief moment. After engaging in a war with Shane Burgos for the better part of 10 minutes, Barboza connected with a ferocious right hand that landed flush. Burgos seemed to absorb the…
MMA Fighting has UFC 262 results for the Oliveira vs. Chandler fight card Saturday, live blogs for all the main card fights, and live UFC 262 Twitter updates. In the main event, Charles Oliveira will square off with Michael Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight title. Tony Ferguson will try to snap his two-fight skid…
For the first time in eight years, the UFC is handing out bigger performance bonuses on fight night. UFC officials confirmed to MMA Fighting that for UFC 262, the promotion will award $75,000 bonus checks, up from a cap of $50,000 that’s been in place since 2013. Globo reporter Raphael Marinho was first to report…
At the UFC 262 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Houston are set to step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video, which can be seen above. In the main event, Michael Chandler and Charles Oliveira can weigh no more than 155 pounds, the maximum allowed for…
Tony Ferguson knows all too well that title shots are not easy to earn in the UFC. He personally built a 12-fight winning streak in the lightweight division, and while he did hold an interim title at one time, the former Ultimate Fighter winner was never fortunate enough to compete for the undisputed championship. Of…
The Great Divide is a recurring feature here at MMA Fighting in which two of our staff debate a topic in the world of MMA – news, a fight, a crazy thing somebody did, a crazy thing somebody didn’t do, or some moral dilemma threatening the very foundation of the sport — and try to…
Top middleweight contenders Paulo Costa and Jared Cannonier will headline a UFC fight card scheduled for Aug. 21. Multiple people with knowledge of the booking confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following a report from ESPN.com. The city and venue of the late summer event has yet to be confirmed. Costa returns to the cage…
After building a six-fight win streak in arguably the UFC’s toughest division, Beneil Dariush just wanted a chance to prove himself by facing a top-ranked opponent. He’ll finally get that opportunity on Saturday night when facing Tony Ferguson in the UFC 262 co-main event, and after waiting so long to earn a fight like this,…
Jose Augusto was a big underdog in his second Bellator appearance this past Friday, when he replaced Yoel Romero against Anthony Johnson in the company’s light heavyweight grand prix, but managed to impress in defeat at Bellator 258. “Gugu” welcomed “Rumble” back to the sport after a four-year absence and dropped the former two-time UFC…
Francisco Antonio da Silva and Ozana Pereira de Oliveira da Silva refused to give up when one doctor said there was a chance their son would never walk again. They had faith that Charles Oliveira, a young child that loved playing soccer in the streets of Guaruja, Brazil, would not only walk again as any…
Manon Fiorot is getting a veteran test for her second UFC fight. The top flyweight prospect meets Maryna Moroz (10-3) on June 5 at a UFC event with a location still to be determined, the promotion announced Monday. The Beast! @ManonFiorot_MMA faces @Moroz_MMA on June 5 pic.twitter.com/U7PZEC2ZCT — UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) May 10, 2021 The…
On the 43rd episode of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee put on their matchmaker hats following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 26 event at the APEX. Future matchups were discussed for Marina Rodriguez following her unanimous decision victory in the main event, Michelle Waterson, Alex Morono, Neil Magny, Gregor…
Bellator President Scott Coker wasn’t nearly as disappointed with Anthony Johnson’s debut as Johnson was immediately after Bellator 258. A visibly emotional Johnson called his showing “a piss-poor performance” despite a second-round knockout of Jose Augusto on the main card of Friday’s event at Mohegan Sun Arena. Johnson was upset that Augusto dropped him in…
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has some tough questions to answer after suffering a fifth loss in his past six fights but this isn’t the end of the line for him yet. After his original opponent Diego Sanchez was pulled from UFC Vegas 26 and then released by the promotion, Cerrone had to decide if he wanted…
MMA Fighting has Canelo vs. Saunders results live for the Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders fight card at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11 p.m. ET, check out our Canelo vs. Saunders live blog for round-by-round updates. Prior to the main event, we’ll have…
Just when you thought the Diego Sanchez-Joshua Fabia saga couldn’t get any stranger. On Friday, training footage featuring Sanchez and Fabia began to circulate that featured the recently released UFC veteran in two bizarre scenes with Fabia providing his questionable brand of coaching. The first part of the video is comprised of Sanchez hanging upside…
