UFC Dan Hooker is returning to featherweight. The 31 year-old “Hangman” (21-11) will collide with “Almighty” English sensation Arnold Allen (17-1) at the upcoming UFC London event at O2 Arena on March 19, the promotion announced on Monday, a “Fight Night” card expected to air on both on ESPN+ and ESPN. Hooker put together a […]
Deiveson Figueiredo has given his thoughts on his next opponent and why he’d rather face Kai Kara-France than Brandon Moreno. Last Saturday night at UFC 270, Deiveson Figueiredo defeated Brandon Moreno via unanimous decision to reclaim the UFC flyweight title. It marked the third time that the pair had faced off and the first time […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The UFC’s summertime festivities are back. The promotion announced Saturday that UFC 276 will take place on July 2 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as part of the 10th anniversary of International Fight Week. Last year, the weeklong fanfest was postponed until September due to the outbreak of COVID-19. No […]
Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has successfully defended his title versus the French Muay Thai specialist, Ciryl Gane. But his 17th profession win came together in a way that not many fans or analysts were expecting. The defending champion from Cameroon was able to nullify the advanced striking game of Ciryl Gane by playing solid defense, […]
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has been on a path of destruction in his last five fights, knocking out everyone in his way. Prepared to square off with “The Predator” at UFC 270, is the French Muay Thai technician and interim champion, Ciryl Gane. Gane is predicted to be the biggest test yet for Ngannou […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Jack Della Maddalena couldn’t imagine a better way to earn a UFC contract than by impressing the company brass with a stellar performance on The Contender Series. That said, the Australian welterweight has witnessed the gift and the curse that the show has provided for many of the fighters who […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Bitter bantamweight rivals Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo will complete their 135-pound trilogy in the UFC 270 co-main event, scheduled for TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 22, 2022) inside Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV), which now costs slightly more to order (details here). Moreno (19-5-2) and Figueiredo (20-2-1) […]
The battle to become the undisputed UFC heavyweight champion is almost here. Titleholder Francis Ngannou (16-3) will make his first defense against former sparring partner and interim champion Ciryl Gane (10-0) in the main event of the first UFC pay-per-view of the year. Another title on the line is between men’s flyweight titlist Brandon Moreno […]
Former UFC champion, BJ Penn, says that Charles Oliveira is the one guy who could create some problems for a former lightweight king, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Oliveira became the next champion after Nurmagomedov retired, but he is one of the few contenders who did not suffer defeat against Nurmagomedov. Every top contender, except Oliveira, has gone […]
UFC, YouTube On the fifth episode of UFC 270 Embedded, Brandon Moreno and Ciryl Gane go through their final warmups before weigh-ins, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman arrives to work with Francis Ngannou, Moreno and Ngannou play around with nunchaku, the stars of UFC 270 take part in a spirited press conference, and more.