Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker will clash again at UFC 271 on Saturday. | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has UFC 271 results for the Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2 fight card, live blogs of the entire pay-per-view main card, and live UFC 271 Twitter updates. In the main event, UFC middleweight champion Israel […]
Robert Whittaker had to take time to reevaluate. Whittaker said he was forced to take the fight against Israel Adesanya when he was not ready for it. After that loss, he stepped away from the fight, rethinking his life, and getting hungry again. “I guess that was the hardest thing, I had to take a […]
Israel Adesanya is more determined than ever after he signed a multi-fight deal with the UFC on Wednesday. This deal is likely to make him one of the highest paid MMA stars in the industry. The Last Stylebender was quick to address the attention that has been on him after the news was made public. […]
It all goes down tomorrow night (Sat., Feb. 12, 2022) at UFC 271 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Tex., as reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya defends his 185-pound strap in a long-awaited rematch with former titleholder Robert Whittaker. In co-main event action, Houston’s own Derrick Lewis will collide with […]
Chris Weidman did an Anderson Silva in his last appearance against Uriah Hall where he broke his leg in one of the most horrific ways possible. The former UFC middleweight champ went through various surgeries to fix his leg and a tiring rehab process. After spending a few months behind the scenes, he is hopeful […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages The upcoming UFC Columbus card has a new main event as Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus have agreed to meet on the March 26 card at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with verbal agreements in place from the athletes. Ariel Helwani […]
If you thought downing a beer from a stranger’s shoe was gross, you’re going to hate the newest idea of doing it from someone’s cup. But that’s exactly what Tai Tuivasa proposed he’ll do if he beats Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 on Saturday. “Well, he can throw it to me when I win and […]
Bellator is returning to St. Louis. This time, Bellator 276 will feature a featherweight title eliminator between Adam Borics (17-1) and Mads Burnell (16-3) on March 12. It’ll be the first time since 2015 that a featherweight bout will headline the event. Borics got to the quarterfinals of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix in 2020, […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC’s second Fight Night event of 2022 produced 20 medical suspensions, nearly half of which may keep fighters on the sidelines for an extended period of time. Punahele Soriano, Sam Alvey, Michael Trizano, Alexis Davis, Julija Stoliarenko, Danilo Marques, Philip Rowe, and Denys Bondar were all given conditional six-month […]
Photo by Mike Stobe/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Alex Hernandez is “fired the fuck up.” That’s because the lightweight veteran was dumped on the early “Prelims” portion of the upcoming UFC 271 fight card (see it here), which pops off this Sat. night (Feb. 12, 2022) inside Toyota Center in Hernandez’s backyard of Houston, Texas. “The Great” […]