Javier Mendez is confused why Merab Dvalishvili doesn’t want to fight Umar Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) dethroned Sean O’Malley with a dominant decision win to claim the bantamweight title in Saturday’s UFC 306 headliner at Sphere in Las Vegas. In the post-fight news conference, Dvalishvili insisted that Deiveson Figueiredo is a more worthy
Day: September 16, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Esteban Ribovics beat Daniel Zellhuber with a split decision Saturday on the main card at UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Ribovics, who picked up $50,000 for Fight of the Night in a bout that will be talked about as a potential Fight of
Irene Aldana’s UFC 306 cut looks like a scratch two days later … if the scratch was from an excavator on a construction site. In other words, holy hell – it’s gnarly. Norma Dumont (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) beat former women’s bantamweight title challenger Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) with a unanimous decision to close out
Jon Jones is leaning hard toward retirement going into his UFC 309 heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic, which is now official. Jones (27-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) will get in the octagon for the first time since he captured the vacant heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane in March 2023 when he takes on former champ
LAS VEGAS – Raul Rosas Jr. beat Aori Qileng with a unanimous decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Rosas, who had to go the distance for a UFC win for the first time – and said he nearly pulled out
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What mattered most at UFC 306 at Sphere? Here are a few post-fight musings … * * * * Stand up for Esteban Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber [embedded content] We couldn’t start this column without a big shout out to the Fight of the Night scrap between Esteban Ribovics and Daniel Zellhuber, which was without
LAS VEGAS – As Norma Dumont watched opponent Irene Aldana’s skin part, she was unsurprised their fight didn’t get stopped due to the gaping gash. At Saturday’s UFC 306, Dumont (12-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) defeated Aldana (15-8 MMA, 8-6 UFC) by unanimous decision, but a laceration to the latter stole the show. “Every time I
Jake Paul wasn’t going to be denied at UFC 306. The influencer and boxer, who claims he was banned by the UFC over two years ago, put on a special disguise and says he snuck into the historic event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday night. As he pointed out in the video below,
The UFC’s historic event at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday produced historic results, because UFC 306 joined the short list of events to crown two new champions on the same night In the main event, Merab Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) claimed the bantamweight title from Sean O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in a
(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Sean O’Malley after UFC 306 title loss?) Merab Dvalishvili started a new chapter in bantamweight history Saturday when he claimed the title from Sean O’Malley in a one-sided UFC 306 main event. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) made his record-setting 10th consecutive win at 135 pounds the
Most people in the combat sports world at large know there’s no love lost between crossover boxing star Jake Paul and UFC CEO Dana White. Fewer likely know Paul and now-former UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley are partners on an upstart men’s deodorant brand. It was in the vein of a chance to see his