LAS VEGAS – Jamey-Lyn Horth beat Hailey Cowan with a unanimous decision Saturday to open up the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Horth, who got a win in her UFC debut – and spoiled the promotional debut for Cowan. Horth on the fight’s key
Month: May 2023
Kamaru Usman’s motivation hasn’t wavered after he dropped two straight for the first time in his career. Usman has lost back-to-back title fights to welterweight champion Leon Edwards, who handed him his first octagon loss. Edwards dethroned Usman with a late head-kick knockout at UFC 278, then beat him again in their rematch at UFC
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from April 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Knockout of the Month award for April. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
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Paulo Costa discusses if he’s close to a new deal with the UFC, what happened with Jan Blachowicz, his light heavyweight future, Khamzat Chimaev, Israel Adesanya vs. Alex Pereira, Israel Adesanya’s celebration, secret juice ingredients, his biceps tattoo, the Nate Diaz street fight, and more. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe
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
UFC 288 Countdown: Jessica Andrade vs. Yan Xiaonan UFC 288 Countdown previews the strawweight showdown between hard-hitting former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade and rising star Yan Xiaonan. Jessica Andrade is looking to bounce back from a loss to Erin Blanchfield in her last outing to try and fight her way back into the title
2023 is painting out to be quite the year for one of the UFC’s most dangerous title contenders. Gilbert Burns already has notched two wins this year and soon will look to add a third. The Brazilian fought in January and submitted Neil Magny. Then he beat Jorge Masvidal in a huge co-main event at
LAS VEGAS – Trey Waters beat Josh Quinlan with a unanimous decision Saturday to open up the main card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Waters, who made his UFC debut just two weeks after he won LFA’s welterweight title. Waters on the fight’s key moment
ONE Championship not offering deal to Francis Ngannou ‘It is nothing personal’ Francis Ngannou won’t be fighting for ONE Championship anytime soon. According to ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong, the promotion will no longer be offering Ngannou a deal. “I met with Francis yesterday for almost 3 hours. ONE has decided to withdraw from the
LAS VEGAS – Martin Buday beat Jake Collier with a unanimous decision Saturday to close out the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Buday, who ran his winning streak to 11 fights. Buday on the fight’s key moment Martin Buday vs. Jake Collier “Definitely
LAS VEGAS – Fernando Padilla beat Julian Erosa with a first-round TKO Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Padilla, who was supposed to make his UFC debut in October 2021 before visa issues derailed the fight. Padilla on the fight’s key
UFC 288 Countdown: Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo UFC 288 Countdown previews the return of former two-division champion Henry Cejudo, who challenges current bantamweight titleholder Aljamain Sterling. Henry Cejudo makes his UFC return following a nearly three-year retirement. He’s looking to put a stamp on an already legendary career, as he tries to become the
The UFC’s June 3 Fight Night event has a new headliner. The card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas originally was to be headlined by a middleweight bout between Brendan Allen and Jack Hermansson, but Hermansson withdrew due to injury. Now flyweights Kai Kara-France (24-10 MMA, 7-3 UFC) and Amir Albazi (16-1 MMA, 4-0
Jorge Masvidal thinks Gilbert Burns vs. Belal Muhammad is anybody’s fight. Burns (22-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Muhammad (22-3 MMA, 13-3 UFC) square off in Saturday’s UFC 288 co-headliner at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., in what is expected to be a No. 1 contender bout at welterweight. The main card airs on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN/ESPN+.
UFC Khamzat Chimaev favourite to defeat Paulo Costa at UFC 294, Dana White helps UFC fighter Kelvin Gastelum at weight-cut, Israel Adesanya shares message to Alex Pereira and praises him, Colby Covington doesn’t believe Jorge Masvidal’s retirement announcement, Walt Harris returns against Josh Parisian, Gilbert Burns warns Belal Muhammad ahead of UFC 288, UFC News
BKFC champion Christine Ferea faces off with challenger Bec Rawlings ahead of their title fight at BKFC 41. 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 on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY
MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or