Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images If you were to tell Dana White several months ago that a UFC card headlined by Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz for a fake belt would be the biggest MMA fight of the year, we doubt he’d believe you. Mainly because he almost never allows non-title fights […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The main event fight for UFC 244 featured an all out war between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz for the Baddest Motherf**ker belt, an imaginary title thought up by Nate Diaz and turned into reality for one night only by the UFC. Scheduled to wrap the custom made hardware around the […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) See the highlights and recap from UFC 244: Jorge Masvidal vs Nate Diaz after Masvidal defeated Diaz for the BMF title and belt at Madison Square Garden in New York City. TRENDING > Nate Diaz says ‘F-You’ to the UFC (UFC 244 post-fight video)
https://twitter.com/UFCNews/status/1190824452369649664 https://twitter.com/UFCNews/status/1190818135257100289?s=20 https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1190817054426726403?s=20 Having lost three of his last four bouts, Kevin Lee knew that he needed to do something special at UFC 244 on Saturday in New York. He did just that, laying previously undefeated Gregor Gillespie out cold with a right cross and left head kick combination less than three minutes into their […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Following Saturday night’s UFC 244 pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the big winners from the fight card fielded questions from the media. Hear from the winner of the “BMF” belt. RELATED > UFC 244 Live Results: Masvidal vs. Diaz (Results & Fight Stats)
Former welterweight title challenger Darren Till made his 185-pound UFC debut on Saturday in the UFC 244 co-main event against former middleweight title challenger Kelvin Gastelum. Till jumped right into the deep of the new weight class taking on the No. 4 ranked Gastelum. Till entered the fight as the No. 10 ranked welterweight, but […]
Jorge Masvidal laid claim to the BMF belt at UFC 244 on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. He was taking the fight to Nate Diaz, but it was the ringside doctor that ended the bout with a controversial stoppage. The UFC rarely headlines a pay-per-view event without a championship fight. It takes […]
Following the UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz event on Saturday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced the recipients of the performance-based fighter bonuses. Stephen Thompson, Vicente Luque, Kevin Lee, and Corey Anderson took home an extra $50,000 for their octagon performances. Fight of the Night honors went to welterweights Thompson and Luque. Thompson, a two-time title […]
Welterweight Jorge Masvidal defeated Nate Diaz in the UFC 244 main event at Madison Square Garden on Saturday to win the “BMF” belt. The fight was stopped by the cageside doctor prior to the fourth round due to cuts around Diaz’s right eye. The title was created by the fight promotion after Diaz suggested it […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Hear what Derrick Lewis had to say after his victory over Blagoy Ivanov at the UFC 244 post-fight scrum. Lewis talks about how the experience of President Donald Trump coming to UFC 244 affected him before the fight. He also talked about running for office and wishing Barack Obama had come […]