Photo by Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou injured his knee ahead of his Ciryl Gane title defense at UFC 270 back in January and recently underwent surgery to repair the damage. As of this writing, “The Predator” is expected to be out of action until 2023. That could prompt the promotion to […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall are ready to headline the UFC’s first London event since March 2019 and Dan Hooker is officially a featherweight again. All 24 fighters competing at Saturday’s UFC London event at The O2 successfully made weight Friday morning, including main event heavyweights Volkov and Aspinall who […]
Fans will have to wait a couple of more months before seeing Miesha Tate back in action. Tate was originally rumored to debut at flyweight against No. 3 ranked Lauren Murphy in May at UFC 274, but contracts were never signed, and Tate said she may not be ready for the fight. Instead, they will […]
Rose Namajunas and Carla Esparza are going another round. Esparza will get a shot at the strawweight title and a rematch with Namajunas in the co-main event of UFC 274 on May 7, MMA Fighting confirmed after an initial report by Sports Illustrated. The two first met in the octagon in the Season 20 finale […]
The UFC London fight week talk has been mostly focused on a fighter hotel altercation that took place between Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria earlier this week. Topuria confronted Pimblett who he had beef with stemming from comments he made about Russia and Georgia in 2021. Topuria has been vocal in his dislike of Pimblett […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Carla Esparza will finally get her title shot. The long-discussed rematch between Esparza and UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas has been set for May 7 as the co-main event of UFC 274. MMA Fighting confirmed the news Wednesday following an initial report by Sports Illustrated. Namajunas […]
There may be no one in Petr Yan’s corner at UFC 273. The U.S. reportedly denied visas for Yan’s team, which means they will not be allowed into the U.S. The U.S. government have enforced heavier restrictions amidst Russian’s ongoing attacks on Ukraine. Yan, a Russian-born fighter, will however be allowed into the country because […]
It looks like tension are high at UFC London as now a second fight week squabble has been revealed. Just yesterday Ilia Topuria and Paddy Pimblett got into it at the fighter hotel and now Muhammad Mokaev has detailed a run-in with Cody Durden that seems to also have been emotionally charged. Mokaev already has […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC It was a busy week for the “official” UFC rankings in the wake of the UFC Vegas 50 mixed martial arts (MMA) event last Sat. night (March 12, 2022) inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, with big moves from rising contenders Song Yadong and Magomed Ankalaev. Yadong improved his […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Dana White ventured into the belly of the beast to respond to Jake Paul. The UFC president appeared Tuesday in a lengthy interview on Impaulsive with Logan Paul, the podcast of Jake Paul’s older brother, during which White was asked point-blank whether the much-discussed matchup between the YouTuber and former […]