The first booking for the second-ever Noche UFC event is in. A middleweight matchup between fan-friendly fighters Michel Pereira and Anthony Hernandez has been added to the highly-anticipated event, which will take place Sept. 14 at The Sphere in Las Vegas. The card celebrates Mexican Independence Day, which is Sept. 16. Pereira announced the news
Day: July 2, 2024
Dan Ige had one hell of a weekend as he partook in one of the UFC’s craziest pulls in modern history. This past Saturday, Ige co-headlined UFC 303 in Las Vegas – an event that served as the crown jewel of the prestigious UFC International Fight Week. Although that is an honor for many fighters,
Julianna Pena says she will likely challenge UFC bantamweight champion Raquel Pennington in October. Peña (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will look to reclaim her bantamweight title when she faces fellow Season 18 “Ultimate Fighter” alum Pennington (16-8 MMA, 13-5 UFC). Peña says the current timing for their title fight is UFC 307 on Oct. 5
Colby Covington is still interested in welcoming former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira to welterweight. Oliveira (34-10 MMA, 22-10 UFC) mentioned the possibility of moving up to 170 pounds after losing a split decision to Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 300 in April. That prompted Covington (17-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) to call him out, and Oliveira
LAS VEGAS – Rei Tsuruya stayed unbeaten and won his UFC debut Saturday, but maybe not in the way he dreamed it up. Tsuruya (10-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) held on and took a trio of 29-28 scores on the early prelims against Carlos Hernandez (9-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena. Tsuruya
LAS VEGAS – Just one fight into his UFC career, Vinicius Oliveira shot a reasonably big shot Saturday in Las Vegas. Oliveira (20-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) outworked Ricky Simon (20-5 MMA, 8-4 UFC) for a unanimous decision to open up UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena, the anchor of International Fight Week. Then he called out
LAS VEGAS – UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has surpassed Dana White’s expectations. Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC) notched his second title defense by knocking out Jiri Prochazka (30-5-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) a second time in this past Saturday’s UFC 303 main event at T-Mobile Arena. Pereira, a former two-division Glory Kickboxing champion, has
LAS VEGAS – Andre Fili apparently hoped his Saturday work shift was going to go a little differently than it did. Instead, Fili (24-11 MMA, 12-10 UFC) found himself in a 15-minute battle that showed when he left with a unanimous decision win over fellow longtime UFC featherweight Cub Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC) at UFC
LAS VEGAS – Although the swelling and bruising meant her face likely had experienced better days, there was little for Gillian Robertson to be upset about Saturday. After her dominant decision win over Michelle Waterson-Gomez (18-13 MMA, 6-9 UFC) on the UFC 303 preliminary card at T-Mobile Arena, Robertson (14-8 MMA, 11-6 UFC) said the
Maybe Michael Chandler is going on the offensive in his fight with Conor McGregor. That fight, heretofore, has been a seemingly never-ending stream of speculation and boy-who-cried-wolf-isms between the two. A date finally was booked for this past Saturday at UFC 303 until McGregor pulled out with a broken baby toe. Now Chandler has implied
UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley gets his first taste of commentary duty after joining the broadcast team for the upcoming boxing card headlined by Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz. O’Malley is set to call the fights alongside veteran play-by-play man Mauro Ranallo and former boxing champion Shawn Porter. Of course, O’Mallley has quickly become one
The legend of Alex Pereira continues to grow. The UFC light heavyweight champion defended his title in a devastating fashion this past Saturday after putting the lights out on Jiri Prochazka in the main event of UFC 303 in Las Vegas. It was an incredible finish added to an already incredible career. Should the UFC
LAS VEGAS – If Paige VanZant gets her way, she’ll be back slap fighting sooner than later as the former UFC star believes she has a legitimate future in it. Making her Power Slap debut last Friday at Fontainebleau Hotel & Casino, VanZant defeated Christine Wolmarans by unanimous decision after three rounds of defenselessly slapping