UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will fight in front of a supportive Australian crowd when he takes on interim champion Israel Adesanya at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Sunday. Whittaker is fighting for the first time since June 2018, when he defeated Yoel Romero by split decision. Injury Makes Whittaker […]
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UFC Notebook: Cannonier Scores Big Win, Usman vs. Covington Booked for UFC 245
Jared Cannonier continued his unlikely ascent up the middleweight ranks by scoring a knockout victory over Jack Hermansson early in the second round at UFC Fight Night 160 on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cannonier finished the fight 27 seconds into the second round, when he landed a flurry of hammer […]
UFC Fight Night 160: Rising Stars Jack Hermansson, Jared Cannonier Meet in Main Event
Jack Hermansson and Jared Cannonier will both look to maintain their momentum in the middleweight division when the rising contenders face off in the main event at UFC Fight Night 160 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday. Hermansson (20-4) is currently sitting at No. 5 on the UFC’s middleweight ranking list, […]
UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic Likely Out for 2019 With Eye Injury
UFC Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic most likely won’t be able to fight again this year, after he suffered an eye injury during his victory over Daniel Cormier at UFC 241. Miocic (19-3) apparently suffered the injury due to an accidental eye poke during the fight, which Miocic went on to […]
UFC Notebook: Stephens, Rodriguez Scuffle After No Contest, Cormier Talks Next Fight
Jeremy Stephens and Yair Rodriguez got into a shoving match on Sunday, just one day after their main event clash at UFC Fight Night 159 main event ended as a no contest seconds into the bout. What had been expected to be an exciting top-10 featherweight contest involving one of […]
UFC Fight Night 159: Mexican Featherweight Star Yair Rodriguez Battles Jeremy Stephens
Yair Rodriguez will try to give Mexican fans something to cheer about on Saturday, when he takes on Jeremy Stephens in the main event of UFC Fight Night 159 in Mexico City. The bout pits two, top-10 featherweights against each other in what should be an action-packed fight in front […]
UFC Notebook: Justin Gaethje Looking for Title Fight After Stopping Donald Cerrone
Justin Gaethje earned a first-round win by TKO against Donald Cerrone on Saturday night in the main event of UFC Fight Night 158 in Vancouver. Gaethje (21-2) won when referee Jerin Valel stepped in to stop the fight at the 4:18 mark in the first round of a fight that […]
UFC Fight Night 158: Justin Gaethje Battles Donald Cerrone in High-Intensity Main Event
Two of the top lightweight fighters in the world will be on display in Vancouver on Saturday, as Justin Gaethje and Donald Cerrone face off in the main event of UFC Fight Night 158. Both No. 4 contender Cerrone and No. 5 Gaethje will see this fight as an opportunity […]
UFC Notebook: Khabib Nurmagomedov Unifies Lightweight Title, Remains Undefeated
Khabib Nurmagomedov defeated interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier via third-round submission by rear-naked choke on Saturday, unifying the lightweight title, and solidifying his place as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in all of MMA. Nurmagomedov (28-0) was dominant for most of the fight, though Poirier (25-6, 1 NC) had […]
Former UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg Signs Contract with Bellator
Cris Cyborg has officially ended her time with the UFC by signing a new contract with MMA promotion Bellator. While details of the agreement weren’t made public, Bellator president Scott Coker said that the multiyear, multifight deal was the largest contract ever offered to a women’s MMA fighter. Cyborg, UFC […]
UFC Notebook: Zhang Weili Becomes First Chinese World Champion in UFC History
Zhang Weili took just 42 seconds to make history on Saturday, brutally knocking out women’s strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade in the first round to become the first Chinese UFC champion. Zhang (20-1) won the title at a UFC Fight Night event in Shenzhen, China, in what proved to be her […]
UFC Fight Night 157: Zhang Weili Bids to Become First Chinese UFC Champion
Zhang Weili will look to become the first Chinese fighter to win a UFC title when she takes on women’s strawweight champion Jessica Andrade in the main event of UFC Fight Night 157 in Shenzhen, China. The card, which features a number of Chinese competitors beyond Zhang, will air early […]
UFC Notebook: What’s Next for Top Heavyweight Contenders
Stipe Miocic’s knockout win over Daniel Cormier allowed him to regain the UFC heavyweight championship, avenging his July 2018 loss to Cormier in spectacular fashion. For Miocic (19-3), there are really only two options for his next fight: a title defense, or a potential super fight against light heavyweight champion […]
UFC 241 Fallout: Cormier Regrets Ignoring Corner, Costa Calls for Title Shot
Stipe Miocic regained the UFC heavyweight championship on Saturday night, knocking out Daniel Cormier in the fourth round of the main event of UFC 241. The victory reversed the result of the first meeting between the two in 2018, when it was Cormier who scored a first-round KO to win […]
UFC 241 Live Results: Updates on Daniel Cormier vs. Stipe Miocic, Main Card Fights
UFC 241 is taking place live tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The main event features a heavyweight championship rematch between current titleholder Daniel Cormier and former champion Stipe Miocic. If you’d like to keep up with the action, we’ll have full UFC 241 results as they happen, […]
UFC 241: Daniel Cormier Defends Heavyweight Title vs. Stipe Miocic
Daniel Cormier will look to defend his heavyweight championship against the man that he initially took the title from last year, as he steps into the Octagon for a rematch with Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 241. The Saturday bout will be Miocic’s first since being knocked […]
Conor McGregor Caught on Video Punching Older Man in Irish Bar
TMZ Sports published a video on Thursday in which former UFC champion Conor McGregor can be seen punching a man in a Dublin bar. The video appears to depict an incident that was first reported in April by the Irish Mirror. Whiskey Dispute May Have Led to Punch In the […]
UFC Notebook: Shevchenko Eases to Title Defense, Hooker to Fight Iaquinta at UFC 243
Valentina Shevchenko had no trouble defending her UFC women’s flyweight title on Saturday, defeating Liz Carmouche by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night 156 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Shevchenko won 50-45 on all three cards, and was never in any danger of losing the five-round fight. Shevchenko: […]
UFC Fight Night 156: Valentina Shevchenko Gets Long-Awaited Rematch with Liz Carmouche
Valentina Shevchenko will get the chance to avenge one of only three losses in her MMA career on Saturday, as the women’s flyweight champion defends her title against Liz Carmouche at UFC Fight Night 156 in Uruguay. Shevchenko and Carmouche last fought in 2010, well before either of them were […]
UFC Notebook: Colby Covington Dominates Robbie Lawler, White Releasing Cyborg from Contract
Colby Covington dominated former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler for five rounds on Saturday night to win the UFC on ESPN 5 main event by unanimous decision. Covington won every round on all three judges’ cards, with one judge even scoring one round 10-8 in his favor, a sign of just […]