Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Grappling legend Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza will look to succeed where former foe Luke Rockhold failed this Saturday (Nov. 16, 2019) when he steps up from middleweight to challenge top light heavyweight contender Jan Blachowicz in the main event of UFC’s latest show on ESPN+. Sao Paulo, Brazil will host […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua, who also won titles for PRIDE FC, has already secured his place in the promotion’s hall of fame and was smart enough with his money to remain financially secure. So why does he continue to fight? […]
With the UFC Sao Paulo early weigh ins already in the books (full text results here), the promotion will ask all 24 fighters to return to the stage for the ceremonial festivities, complete with fighter staredowns. Remember to sign up for ESPN+ RIGHT HERE so that you don’t miss any of the “Blachowicz vs. Jacare” […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently held its ceremonial weigh ins for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 164 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which takes place this Sat. night (Nov. 16, 2019) inside Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, live on ESPN+. UFC Fight Night 164 will be headlined by the 205-pound showdown pitting top ranked […]
For flyweight Lisa Mauldin, her split-decision win over Kaytlin Neil at LFA 66 in May was an opportunity to prove not only to others, but to herself, that she is a complete fighter. Mauldin feels like she was able to showcase a good array of her abilities and let it be known that she’s not […]
When Paradigm Pro Wrestling announced that they would be using the UWFi rules for their upcoming Fighting Spirit Heavyweight Grand Prix on Friday in Jeffersonville, Ind., one of the first wrestlers to make a case for himself being involved was Dominic Garrini. Garrini, a purple belt in Jiu-Jitsu and current head trainer at Absolute Intense […]
For lightweight up and comer Jean-Paul Bosnoyan, the fact that he’s been a pro MMA fighter for just over a year is hard to believe, but he’s already planning for a UFC career. Having been busy with his fighting career, grappling matches, and his life outside combat sports, to Bosnoyan it feels just like yesterday […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Dana White had some advice for the upcoming UFC star Johnny Walker, who was stopped dead in his tracks by an angry man on a mission in Corey Anderson at UFC 244. TRENDING > MMA fighter takes down aggressive anti-Trump protestor at flag waiving ceremony UFC on ESPN+ 22: Blachowicz vs. […]
Over the course of her nearly two-year pro MMA career, strawweight Cheyanne Buys has had something of an unconventional career, but she takes it all in stride with the help of her husband, JP, also a fighter. Originally from Florida, Buys moved to South Africa with her husband and has since returned Stateside in hopes […]
Before there was the UFC and modern state of mixed martial arts, there was Japanese shoot wrestling. Promotions like the original UWF, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, and RINGS helped set the stage for MMA and provided the beginnings of some of the sport’s early stars like Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Suzuki, Kazushi Sakuraba and Ken Shamrock. […]