As impressed as Sean O’Malley was by Cory Sandhagen, he also expected more from Marlon Vera at UFC on ESPN 43. Vera (20-8-1 MMA, 14-7 UFC) dropped a split decision to Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) in this past Saturday’s headliner in San Antonio. Vera was outstruck and taken down three times in the fight. O’Malley’s
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Earlier this month Conor McGregor and the UFC’s anti-doping agency got into a bit of an online feud after McGregor implied he had something in the works with USADA to allow him to bypass the six-month testing period prior to returning to the cage. Those statements then forced USADA to release a statement of their
RIZIN kicks off 2023 in style on April 1, 2023, with RIZIN 41 before following up the action with RIZIN Landmark 5 on April 30. Episode 25 of BROADENED HORIZIN split the guest list down the middle, featuring competitors from each upcoming event. Ready to continue his incredible momentum for just 22 years old, Makoto
Colby Covington sees Gilbert Burns easily beating Jorge Masvidal at UFC 287. Burns (21-5 MMA, 14-5 UFC) meets Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC) in the UFC 287 co-headliner April 8 in Miami. Masvidal is coming off a lopsided decision loss to Covington (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) at UFC 272 in March 2022, and Covington thinks
The UFC’s return to London earlier this month might not have been as finish-happy as a year ago, but there was no shortage of highlights. UFC 286, which took March 18 at The O2 in London, featured one of England’s favorites, welterweight champion Leon Edwards, in his first title defense – which happened to be
Ignacio Bahamondes will remain on UFC 287. Nikolas Motta has been forced out of the April 8 fight due to an injury and Trey Ogden (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will step in on short notice to face Bahamondes (13-4 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in Miami. Two people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Junkie of
SAN ANTONIO – If Donald Cerrone could pass the “Cowboy” torch to anyone, it’s Yair Rodriguez. Cerrone, who was announced as a 2023 UFC Hall of Fame inductee this past Saturday, was known for his willingness to fight anyone, anytime, anywhere. His “Cowboy” moniker also came from his outdoors lifestyle, which newly crowned interim featherweight
Beneil Dariush thinks Conor McGregor removed himself from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) testing pool for a reason. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) is yet to be tested by USADA since he broke his leg in a TKO loss to Dustin Poirier in July 2021. He’s expected to face Michael Chandler later this year, but McGregor
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Holly Holm and Yana Santos had the first and final faceoff for their UFC on ESPN 43 co-main event bout on Saturday’s UFC card in San Antonio. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-on-espn-43 Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: https://bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY
SAN ANTONIO – Lucas Alexander beat Steven Peterson with a unanimous decision Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 43 at AT&T Center in San Antonio. Take a look inside the fight with Alexander, who sent Peterson into retirement with the win. Lucas Alexander vs. Steven Peterson Mar 25, 2023; San Antonio, Texas,
Daniel James was in his own head. It was 2019, he was overseas, and he simply wasn’t fighting up to his standard in his first two years with Russia-based promotion ACA. The result was two losses – both decisions – in three fights in his first two years with ACA. Then he flipped a switch
2022 PFL featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane is ready to get the new season started, and hopes he faces some new names on his path to becoming a two-time champion. Loughnane (26-4 MMA, 8-1 PFL) starts his regular season run against Marlon Moraes in the main event of 2023 PFL 1 at The Theater at Virgin
Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look
Former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is still here, looking fantastic at 41. In the co-main event of UFC on ESPN 43, Holm (33-2-3 MMA, 8-6 UFC) won a clear unanimous decision against Yana Santos, and even proved she’s still adding new wrinkles to her game. There were a few times in the fight “The
Holly Holm Speaks Out, ‘Let’s Protect The Children’ When former bantamweight champion Holly Holm returned to the Octogaon and defeated Yana Santos, she took the time on the mic to call for America to “protect the children.” So of course when she arrived at the post-fight presser, she was asked to elaborate on those thoughts.
Preview the UFC 274 main event between lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and the challenger, former interim champ Justin Gaethje. The UFC 274 main card starts at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday, May 7. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
Ahead of his #UFCSanAntonio main event matchup with Cory Sandhagen, Marlon “Chito” Vera spoke to the media about his thoughts on Henry Cejudo skipping the bantamweight line to challenge Aljamain Sterling for the UFC title, what a win over Sandhagen means for his own title hopes, wanting to become the next Latin American champion, and