The main event at UFC Vegas 71 features a bout between Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili. This fight was significant since Merab spoke a lot about the conflict between Russia and Georgia. It is widely known that this fight had a lot of meaning for Georgian MMA fans, who were cheering for Merab that night. […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It was fun while it lasted for Power Slap League on network television. Earlier today (Mon., March 13, 2023), MMA Fighting confirmed with TBS that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White’s, Power Slap experiment will no longer air on the channel after just one season. White […]
Photo by Alejandro Salazar/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The ‘UFC 286 countdown’ video features the top two contests at Saturday’s event. UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards defends his title against Kamaru Usman in the main event, while Justin Gaethje faces Rafael Fiziev in a lightweight contest in the co-main event.
Henry Cejudo is gearing up to face Aljamain Sterling in May, but it looks like he’s already planning for his potential first title defense if he gets through Sterling. On Saturday night Merab Dvalishvili (who also happens to be best friends with Sterling) defeated the former champion, Petr Yan, earning him an unquestionable next title […]
Jon Jones’ Agent, Richard Schaefer, recently spoke to ESPN and said he believes the UFC will be open to making the fight between Jones and Ngannou happen. “I do hope that somehow, even though [UFC President] Dana [White] was very clear that [Ngannou is] never gonna come back, as they say, never is a long […]
The main card for UFC 286 has been announced, featuring a headlining welterweight title trilogy fight between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman, who the former defeated to become the champion. The main card for the upcoming UFC event at The O2 in London was announced during the Las Vegas broadcast on May, 11th, 2023, with […]
Photo by Alejandro Salazar/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The UFC 286 main card looks a little bit different than it did a week ago with one women’s 125-pound matchup replacing another on the pay-per-view lineup. During Saturday’s UFC Las Vegas broadcast, the updated main card was revealed for the event, which takes place at the […]
On Friday evening in Thailand, ONE Championship has again brought an electrifying event to combat sports fans, featuring bouts in the disciplines of Muay Thai, Kickboxing and MMA. ONE Friday Fights 8 featured 12 contests (nine Muay Thai, one kickboxing and two MMA) inside the famous Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok. The main event of the […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alexander Volkov needed less than three minutes to dispatch Alexandr Romanov in an impressive performance as the UFC Las Vegas co-main event on Saturday. Stuffing an early takedown from Romanov set the tone for the fight as Volkov just came after his opponent with guns blazing. After […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Alexander Volkov reminded the heavyweight division that he’s still a major player earlier tonight (Sat., Mar. 11, 2023) at UFC Las Vegas live on ESPN+ from inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the veteran contender stopped Alexander Romanov via first-round TKO (punches). […]