Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC LAS VEGAS – UFC middleweight Chidi Njokuani reacts to his brutal elbow KO of Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 55, why he prefers quick finishes over “Fight of the Night” outings, and more.
For the first time, Paris will welcome the UFC on September 3. Nothing is official yet, but most likely, fans will witness the former first-ever French interim champion, Ciryl Gane, against Tai Tuivasa. Other stars on the card include Marvin Vettori and Robert Whittaker, who will most likely be co-main event fighters. Gane lost his […]
Junior Dos Santos’ MMA return didn’t go as some may have hoped. Dos Santos was in route to his first win in three years, but it was cut short after he was unable able to continue due to an injury. The bout was stopped at 0:35 in the third round; Yorgan De Castro was declared […]
Despite Michel Pereira (29-6-0) being considered one of the rising UFC stars today, he has had his fair share of troubles with the law. The 28-year-old was stopped by the Las Vegas police earlier in 2022 for Driving Under the Influence (DUI). Pereira revealed this news to MMA Fighting. The Brazilian, who defeated Santiago Ponzinibbio […]
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Not many MMA fighters can claim to have better front kick knockouts than Lyoto Machida. Michael Chandler might be an exception, according to “The Dragon. Machida was impressed with what he saw from Chandler against Tony Ferguson at UFC 274, grading the former Bellator champ’s fight-stopping front kick a 10 […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Just because UFC Vegas 55’s main event last night (Sat., May 21, 2022) between Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira was a largely boring affair, it doesn’t mean we can’t get excited about a good old fashioned judging controversy! Holm vs. Vieira capped off a night of pretty exciting fights in […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Jailton Almeida made it look easy in his first fight in the UFC’s heavyweight division on Saturday in Las Vegas. Almeida took on a game Parker Porter during the preliminary card of UFC Vegas 55 at the APEX. “Malhadinho” closed as the biggest favorite on the card and certainly covered […]
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is returning to the octagon. She returns from a 19-month absence to face Ketlen Vieira in the main event. Holm reigned as champion for four months after a stunning knockout over Ronda Rousey. Vieira, meanwhile, has won two of her last three fights, including a recent upset over […]
An MMA fighter was sentenced to jail for statements he wrote on social media after being deported from Russia to Tajikistan in December. Chorshanbe Chorshanbiev (6-3-1), a 27-year-old MMA fighter from Tajikistan, has been sentenced to eight years in jail. Chorshanbiev was condemned for inciting “ethnic, racial, or religious hatred” and making “public pleas for […]
Junior dos Santos and Yorgan De Castro face off ahead of their Eagle FC 47 main event on Friday. | Eagle FC, Twitter MMA Fighting has Eagle FC 47 results for the Dos Santos vs. De Castro fight card from the FLXcast Arena in Miami on Friday night. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight […]