Julianna Pena is going to do whatever it takes to keep her title. Even if it’s against Amanda Nunes for the second time. The two will meet again at UFC 277 on Saturday in Dallas, Texas. Pena won the belt from Nunes seven months prior, and she has no plans of giving it back soon. […]
MMA Legend Amanda Nunes (21-5 MMA, 14-2 UFC) believes that her defeat against Julianna Pena was the turning point in her career. The Brazilian boxer is set to return to the octagon on July 30 in the main event of UFC 277. However, this time she will walk in as a challenger rather than the […]
Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes verbally sparred at the UFC 277 press conference, but they didn’t physically escalate when squared off for cameras. According to Nunes, Peña’s tough talk was a ploy to get under her skin, and she wasn’t having it. “Honestly, it’s a strategy,” Nunes said on Thursday in Dallas, which hosts the […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC This weekend (Sat., July 30, 2022) at UFC 277, the Bantamweight and interim Flyweight titles will be on the line. Headlining the event will be new 135-pound queenpin, Julianna Pena, who attempts to earn a second straight upset victory against the current Featherweight champion, Amanda Nunes. In the pay-per-view (PPV) […]
The UFC and Nate Diaz saga will see its end when the latter faces Chechen-Swedish sensation, Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 270 in September. Both fighters have a knack for producing the most unanticipated actions inside the octagon. But setting up that bout wasn’t an easy piece of work as insisted by UFC president Dana White. […]
Rematch talks between UFC superstar Conor McGregor and boxing GOAT Floyd Mayweather have been heating up thanks to tabloid reporting. But according to UFC president Dana White, it’s not happening. “All bulls***,” White said while answering questions from the media following the Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday. “Those guys are just talking on social media […]
The third episode of UFC 277 Embedded features Amanda Nunes getting in some more reps at the gym, Kai Kara-France sparring with his teammates, Julianna Peña as she braves a plane flight with her sugar-high daughter, Brandon Moreno as he arrives in Dallas, and more.
Rumors have been circulating that Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are closing in on a rematch. UFC President Dana White used a couple of words to describe the reports. “All bullsh—t,” White said at the post press conference at his Contender Series. “Those guys are just talking on social media like they do. Whatever the […]
After losing her last two of three fights, critics have questioned if Miesha Tate should be returning to the UFC. Earlier this month, she was defeated by Lauren Murphy. A unanimous decision loss had been declared, but she says her journey is not over quite yet. Tate hopes to show the UFC that she can […]
Cedric Doumbe, the French former Glory Kickboxing champion, will make his UFC debut in Paris. It took only two professional MMA victories for Doumbe to become a UFC athlete, debuting in his hometown of Paris. Doumbe will square off against Darian Weeks at UFC Fight Night on September 3 at the Accor Arena in Paris. […]