Following two cancellations and five months, welterweight Orion Cosce was finally able to have his bout with Mike “Blood Diamond” Mathetha at UFC 277 last July. Having come into the bout with Mathetha suffering the only loss of his career, Cosce was pleased to get the fight done and pick up a victory and get
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UFC on ABC 4 produced two great performances from the winners of the main and co-main events, Jailton Almeida and Johnny Walker. Almeida made quick work of heavy-handed Jairzinho Rozenstruick, while Walker bested one-time UFC title challenger Anthony Smith. Both Brazilian fighers have been surging of late. Almeida, a heavyweight, is now 5-0 in the
Tainara Lisboa shined in the opening bout of Saturday’s UFC on ABC 4, which took place at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. Take a look inside the first-round TKO result by Ulberg, who extended his current win streak to four, which includes three straight opening-round finishes. For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event
Relive the UFC 288 thrills and spills in slow motion UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling thwarted former dual-division champ Henry Cejudo’s comeback attempt at UFC 288. But Yan Xiaonan may have stolen the show with her brutal finish of former strawweight titleholder Jessica Andrade. Check out all of the action from UFC 288: Sterling vs.
Heavyweight standout Jailton Almeida is making quite the impression on UFC president Dana White. Almeida’s tear through the division continued this past Saturday at UFC on ABC 4 in Charlotte, N.C., where he dismantled Jairzinho Rozenstruik before a first-round submission win by rear-naked choke in the main event. The result pushed Almeida’s overall winning streak
Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Danny Segura, Brian “Goze” Garcia, and Dan Tom will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: UFC on
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Sean O’Malley spoke to MMA Junkie and reporters post-fight at UFC 288 and previewed his expected bantamweight title fight with champ Aljamain Sterling Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-288 Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: http://bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Visit us
Alexander Volkanovski is set to unify his featherweight belt with that of interim champion Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 on July 8 in Las Vegas. But that doesn’t mean he’s given up on a rematch with lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. In fact, though Volkanovski is busy preparing for Rodriguez, he’s got one eye on Makhachev
Ask and you shall receive. Mads Burnell called for a fight with former Bellator featherweight title challenger Daniel Weichel and now he’s got one. The two fighters will face off Sept. 23 at 3Arena in Dublin, Bellator officials informed MMA Junkie on Monday. Denmark’s Burnell (17-5 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) snapped a two-fight losing skid when
The UFC is back on its home turf Saturday with UFC Fight Night 224 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Women’s strawweights are at the top of the lineup. Here’s how to watch UFC Fight Night 224 with a pair of 115-pound contenders in action. Broadcast and streaming info Brendan Fitzgerald, Paul Felder, Michael Bisping
An Olympic medalist has his sights set back on MMA – and the UFC. Uzbekistan’s Bekzod Abdurakhmonov, a bronze medalist in the 2020 Olympic games in 74kg freestyle wrestling, will compete June 16 against Derik de Freitas in a welterweight bout, which takes place at Combat FC 4 in Wilmington, Mass., promotion officials Friday informed
Scott Coker spoke to the media present at Accor Arena in Paris following the completion of Bellator 296 on Friday. The Bellator president spoke aboutGegard Mousasi’s loss to Fabian Edwards in the main event of the card, the wild war between Mansour Barnaoui and Brent Primus, and other results from the card. Coker also discussed
Witness the final weight cuts and preparations of UFC bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling and former two division champ Henry Cejudo, plus the welterweight fight between Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns on episode 6 of UFC 288 Embedded. Don’t miss UFC 288 on Saturday, May 6th. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience
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Ian Machado Garry is a man with a plan. Following his impressive, quick finish at UFC on ABC 4, Garry (12-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) took the microphone in his in-cage, post-fight interview to call out one of the most seasoned names in the UFC’s welterweight division – Neil Magny. Garry wants to get his hands
Jairzinho Rozenstruik won’t let Saturday’s setback discourage him. The UFC heavyweight contender vows to come back stronger following his submission loss to rising prospect Jailton Almeida in the main event of UFC on ABC 4, which went down Saturday at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., and aired on ABC and ESPN+. Although Rozenstruik was
Dana White addresses death of rising MMA talent Shalie Lipp UFC president Dana White was a little more emotional than usual at Saturday night’s UFC Charlotte post-fight press conference, though it had nothing to do with the fight card. It had to do with the loss of an up-and-coming talent, Shalie Lipp, whose dreams were