Justin Gaethje, YouTube Justin Gaethje left it all in the cage at UFC 313, as usual. “The Highlight” returned to the win column at Saturday’s pay-per-view event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, needing another three rounds to get the better of Rafael Fiziev in their lightweight rematch. After a slow start, Gaethje turned up […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alex Pereira dropped his light heavyweight strap to Magomed Ankalaev in the UFC 313 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last weekend in Las Vegas, a five-round performance that saw the Brazilian stuck in first gear for most of the fight. Consider it the “worst-case scenario.” Credit to Ankalaev for shutting down […]
Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The opening round of PFL’s first-ever World Tournament is officially set for all weight classes involved. PFL announced the first-round contests during a bracket reveal show on Tuesday night. The winner of each tournament claims the season championship, along with a $500,000 prize. All of the tournament […]
UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev has launched an Instagram fundraiser to provide food for 3,000 children over six months. Makhachev has set himself a target of $77,490, as the UFC fighter has a history of raising money. He raised $124,403.53 to help leukaemia patient Zainal Abid, showing he gives back from the success he has […]
Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images There was no way Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney were going to share a stage together without the bad blood between them eventually bubbling to the surface. While they are actually facing different opponents on the same card scheduled in Times Square in New York City on May 2, […]
Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir was expected to make his combat sports comeback against grappling deity Fabricio Werdum, no stranger to UFC gold, as part of the upcoming GFL MMA launch later this year. That fight has now been canceled. “Recently, I faced a significant […]
Tom Aspinall is hopeful that a Jon Jones fight is close to being made. Aspinall reacted to Alex Pereira’s defeat to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313, which can only help his cause in getting the Jones fight. Pereira lost his UFC Light Heavyweight Title, reducing the Brazilian’s chances of facing Jones at heavyweight. Pereira was […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Magomed Ankalaev is the man to beat at light heavyweight, whether people like it or not. It’s unlikely Ankalaev reaches the same level stardom as Alex Pereira, the man he just outworked to become champion in Saturday’s UFC 313 main event, but the reality is that Ankalaev is yet to […]
Tonight under the lights of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Magomed Ankalaev has dethroned Alex Pereira as the 205-pound titleholder, after a 25-minute stand-up match at UFC 313. Despite Pereira finding success in multiple areas in each round of the bout, Ankalaev displayed a level of octagon control that no one until now has […]
Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev will square off for UFC gold at UFC 313. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC 313 main event will be a showdown between UFC champion Alex Pereira and Magomed Ankalaev. MMA Fighting has UFC 313 results for the Pereira vs. Ankalaev fight card, live blogs of the main […]