Colby Covington and Leon Edwards may be in for a scrap soon. Edwards was expected to meet Khamzat Chimaev on March 13. That plan blew up in smoke as Chimaev still hasn’t fully recovered from COVID-19. White had said the UFC was already working on the next opponent for Edwards. In an update with media […]
The UFC 258 weigh-ins have wrapped up. UFC 258 will take place this Saturday night, February 13. In the headliner, UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman will put his gold on the line against Gilbert Burns. The co-main event will see women’s flyweights Maycee Barber and Alexa Grasso collide. Usman and Burns both made championship weight […]
Cage Fury FC featherweight Pat Sabatini makes his UFC debut later this month in Las Vegas. | Photo via CFFC Pat Sabatini will step in as a replacement against Rafael Alves following Mike Trizano’s withdrawal, multiple people with knowledge of the change told MMA Fighting. Alves first announced the switch on social media. Sabatini (13-3) […]
UFC President Dana White believes fight fans and media members will put Kamaru Usman in the “Greatest of All Time” discussion eventually. Usman is set to put the UFC Welterweight Championship on the line against Gilbert Burns this Saturday night, February 13. The title fight will headline UFC 258 inside the UFC APEX in Las […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding a special pre-fight press conference today for the upcoming UFC 258: “Usman vs. Burns” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Feb. 13, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighters scheduled for attendance include: Kamaru Usman, UFC welterweight championGilbert Burns, No. 2 […]
Leon Edwards is making quite the claim on why he isn’t likely to fight Jorge Masvidal anytime soon. Edwards and Masvidal are no strangers to one another. Back in March 2019, Masvidal punched Edwards in the face backstage after a UFC London event. Both men were in separate bouts that night. During an interview with […]
Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2017 | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look […]
Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC Few fighters know Kamaru Usman as well as his next opponent Gilbert Burns. Long before he was the UFC welterweight champion, Usman was a prospect looking to earn his way to the promotion after joining up with the Blackzilians team based out of Florida. He eventually got his shot through […]
Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! As he so often does following important Lightweight/Welterweight fights, Nate Diaz recently emerged from his self-inflicted coma to talk himself back into some fights! The Stockton bad boy set his sights […]
The participants for the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix are now known. During a press conference announcing Bellator’s move to Showtime, the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix fighters were revealed. This will be an eight-man tournament. Included are Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Vadim Nemkov, Anthony Johnson, Yoel Romero, Ryan Bader, Phil Davis, Lyoto Machida, Corey […]