Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently released its “Thrill & Agony” video for the UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) card last month in Abu Dhabi, taking fans behind the scenes at Etihad Arena for all the “Oliveira vs. Makhachev” action. Charles Oliveira failed to recapture the vacant crown after succumbing to a […]
Amanda Lemos pulled off an upset. Lemos finished Marina Rodriguez by technical knockout within 54 seconds of the third round of Saturday’s main event. This was most likely a title eliminator fight, where Lemos did a better job and earned third round standing KO victory over Rodriguez. However, it is hard to predict anything in […]
Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports Fight fans will have to wait a bit longer to watch Shane Burgos inside a PFL MMA cage. On Sunday, MMA Fighting confirmed an initial report from Ariel Helwani of an unspecificed injury forcing Burgos out of his promotional debut against Marlon Moraes on Nov. 25. Burgos (15-3) had previously announced […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Amanda Lemos took full advantage of her main event slot at UFC Vegas 64 by taking out a potential No. 1 contender to the strawweight championship. A notable power puncher, Lemos was swinging hammers at Marina Rodriguez throughout the fight but the biggest shot came with a glancing right hand […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Strawweight strikers Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos will clash TONIGHT (Sat., Oct. 29, 2022) at UFC Vegas 64 from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rodriguez is intelligently brawling her way up the Strawweight ladder. She may not be one of the most established names […]
Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos are looking for the same thing come Saturday night at the UFC APEX facility. Both of them want to jump into the title shot conversation. Rodriguez is on a four-fight winning streak, racking up victories against Yan Xiaonan, Mackenzie Dern, Michelle Waterson and Amanda Ribas. Lemos recently got back into […]
Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos battle it out in a pivotal main event matchup in the UFC strawweight division this Saturday at the APEX. With the timing of the fight coming a week before the 115-pound title bout between Carla Esparza and Zhang Weili, is there anything Rodriguez can do that could get her a […]
At UFC 281, Israel Adesanya doesn’t believe Alex Pereira will be able to hold his own against him. The main event of UFC 281 will feature Adesanya defending his middleweight belt against Pereira. The two had previously battled in kickboxing twice, with Pereira winning both matches by decision and knockout. Adesanya thinks it’s a very […]
UFC middleweight Paulo Costa has again teased an exit from the promotion once he runs down his contract with the UFC. Costa, a one-time title challenger and the current No. 6 ranked 185lber, has had a bumpy ride in the promotion. The Brazilian knockout specialist was once vying for a title and in the very […]
EFC 99 got a jolt when David Mambo slammed his way to a knockout on the prelims of Thursday’s event in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mambo evoked Quinton Jackson’s classic slam of Ricardo Arona by countering a triangle attempt from Katiso Matime by slamming him to the canvas. A few hammerfists were academic as Matime had […]