Alice Pereira campaigned for the attention of UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard and UFC CEO Dana White, and just before Christmas, here wishes were granted. The promotion has signed Pereira (6-0), who just turned 19 four days ago and was born in December 2005, to join its women’s bantamweight division. White shared a video Tuesday on
Day: December 24, 2024
John McCarthy advises Colby Covington against fighting Gilbert Burns. Covington (17-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC) lost his second consecutive fight when he suffered a third-round doctor stoppage TKO to Joaquin Buckley in the UFC on ESPN 63 headliner earlier this month at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. McCarthy shuts down the narrative that Covington was rallying
UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping believes Tyson Fury has nothing left to prove after his second straight loss to Oleksandr Usyk. Usyk retained his WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles when he defeated Fury by unanimous decision this past Saturday in Saudi Arabia. For Bisping, Usyk won in much more definitive fashion after winning
Aleksandre Topuria will make his highly anticipated UFC debut in February. Topuria (5-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), the older brother of featherweight champion Ilia Topuria, has been targeted to meet Cody Haddon (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a bantamweight bout Feb. 9 at UFC 312 from Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. Two people with knowledge
Joe Rogan credits Daniel Cormier for his success as an undersized heavyweight. Cormier (22-3-1) joined a select few to win UFC titles in two weight divisions simultaneously when he captured both the light heavyweight and heavyweight titles. Cormier finished out his career as a heavyweight, a division he dominated in Strikeforce before joining the UFC.
Merab Dvalishvili continues to believe Umar Nurmagomedov is being given special privilege by the UFC after a frustrating experience Monday at the UFC Performance Institute. According to Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC), he was denied entrance into the facility in Las Vegas because Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC), whom he meets for his bantamweight title
Ever since the UFC announced its return to London on March 22, the expectation has been that Paddy Pimblett would be booked to fight in home country. The only question has been against whom. Well, we now know – or at least have a good idea – after Pimblett seemingly dropped a major hint Monday
Fewer than 60,000 tickets were sold for the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson last month at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY Sports. About 6,500 tickets were given away, according to the documents, as the heavyweight bout livestreamed Nov. 15 by Netflix fell short of hopes for
Dan Hooker doubts UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria moves up to lightweight. Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) teased a potential move up to 155 pounds after scoring back-to-back knockouts of Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway. Topuria’s coach cited his weight cut as the main reason for the desired move. However, Hooker doesn’t think Topuria changes
After a knockout upset stunner on Dana White’s Contender Series this past summer, Yuneisy Duben has her first UFC fight set. At UFC Fight Night 254 on March 15 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Duben (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will battle Carli Judice (3-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) in a flyweight bout. Two people
You can now watch the full fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury for free. Check out the entire massive championship rematch in the video above, courtesy of Turki Alalshikh. Usyk and Fury fought this past Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and they went all 12 rounds. In the end, Usyk defeated