https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXX9OeNVoiU Former teammates Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns have to push aside their past ties to one another, at least for one night, when they clash for the welterweight championship at UFC 258 on Saturday, February 13. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital […]
Welterweight champ Kamaru Usman watches fights at Justin Gaethje’s home. Title challenger Gilbert Burns takes in his kids’ wrestling class. Ian Heinisch stays healthy with PT; his opponent Kelvin Gastelum gets a supportive sendoff from his home gym. UFC 258 Embedded features the fighter from Saturday’s pay-per-view event at The Apex in Las Vegas, where […]
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 […]
Bellator MMA is making the move to Showtime. Showtime is the new exclusive home of Bellator starting on April 2. The announcement was made by Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza. He was joined by Bellator President Scott Coker and Mauro Ranallo for the presser. On April 2, the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Semi-Finals will […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Many of the questions that UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is fielding in the days leading up to his next title defense swirls around the narrative that he’s about to face a former teammate and friend in Gilbert Burns. For the better part of eight years through various locations and team […]
Coming off a 2019 that saw him go undefeated in his first three fights, welterweight Darian Weeks was looking to carry over that momentum into 2020 when the onset of the novel coronavirus pandemic put those plans on hold for most of the year. When he was finally able to get back into MMA, Weeks […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwBx_HeZuQM GIlbert Burns returned to the welterweight division in 2019 and proceeded to reel off four straight wins against top competition to earn his shot at the welterweight crown at UFC 258. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL89wcBT3IU Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman became the first African fighter to claim UFC gold when he dethroned Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 in 2019. "The Nigerian Nightmare" says he's the most dominant and well-rounded welterweight on the planet, and it's hard to disagree. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live […]
Frankie Edgar has issued a statement on his knockout loss at UFC Vegas 18. Edgar and Sandhagen shared the Octagon in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18 on February 6. Edgar was out cold in just 28 seconds after getting caught with a flying knee. This is the third time Edgar has been knocked […]
While the first half of 2020 was a wash for light-heavyweight Fabio Cherant, he was able to rebound and have a productive second half of the year, picking up back-to-back wins. For Cherant, who was coming off a loss in only bout of 2019, to salvage 2020 with two straight wins made the struggles he […]