Every champion in MMA history started out somewhere. For those who make it to the highest stage, the journey begins long before they strap on UFC, Bellator, or PFL gloves. Modern-era fighters progress through the regional ranks with hopes of accomplishing the highest accolades. Many will try, few will succeed. This month, five fighters on
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UFC fans shocked after Jorge Masvidal’s second incident ahead of UFC 287 Gilbert Burns bout, Dana White promises Jorge Masvidal Leon Edwards title bout, if Colby Covington loses against Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal is able to defeat Gilbert Burns at UFC 287 Adesanya vs Pereira 2 event, UFC News Today, MMA Updates and much
UFC on ESPN 44 fighter Edson Barboza talks to MMA Junkie and other reporters at media day for his featherweight co-headliner vs. Billy Quarantillo on Saturday in Kansas City, Mo. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-on-espn-44 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
HONOLULU – One of Bellator’s all-time great champions has a plan to recapture a title before it’s time to hang up the gloves. Former women’s flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (12-2 MMA, 11-2 BMMA) is set to return Saturday for a fight in front of her home city fans against Kana Watanabe (11-1-1 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) at
Former UFC fighter Kay Hansen opened up about trauma she says she experienced during her rise as a youth athlete to a teenage professional fighter and beyond. “My successes and struggles have all been in the public eye for many years, but everyone has a story behind the scenes,” Hansen wrote on social media Tuesday
The UFC Fight Night lineup for May 20 continues to fill as a main event is among new official additions. Women’s bantamweight contenders Irene Aldana and Raquel Pennington will headline the event in a five-round bout, the promotion announced Tuesday. The event takes place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Aldana (14-6 MMA, 7-4
Outside of Alexander Volkanovski, no one has had an answer for Max Holloway in the past decade. Holloway (24-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC), the former champion at 145 pounds, continued to take out top featherweight contenders when he defeated Arnold Allen in this past Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 44 headliner. “Blessed” handed Allen his first octagon
Sergei Pavlovich’s run through the heavyweight division has been as scary as they come. After dropping his debut against Alistair Overeem in 2018, Pavlovich (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) has picked up five consecutive first-round finishes, putting away all of his opponents in devastating fashion. The latest casualty in this run was top contender Tai Tuivasa.
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Jorge Masvidal discusses Khamzat Chimaev vs. Nate Diaz, if he wants Conor McGregor, Gilbert Burns or Leon Edwards next, Friday night’s iKON FC 4 event in Savannah, Ga., and more with MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA
Luke Rockhold was inspired by Israel Adesanya’s UFC 287 knockout Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold found inspiration in Israel Adesanya‘s UFC 287 knockout win over Alex Pereira. Adesanya knocked Pereira out in the second round of the UFC 287 main event earlier this month to recapture the 185-pound championship. Heading into the fight, Adesanya
Max Holloway is back in the No. 2 featherweight ranking slot after his UFC on ESPN 44 win over Arnold Allen. Saturday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., Holloway defeated Allen by unanimous decision in a competitive masterclass of a five-round fight. With the win, Holloway is only behind three-time rival (and UFC featherweight
Former featherweight champion Max Holloway held serve as the division’s top contender by winning a unanimous decision against Arnold Allen this past Saturday in the UFC on ESPN 44 headliner. The result continued to prove that, at 145 pounds, it’s champion Alexander Volkanovski, Holloway and then everyone else is behind them. But as we know,
Fight card shuffle: Song Yadong vs. Ricky Simon new UFC Vegas 72 headliner UFC Vegas 72 has a new headliner and this week’s UFC Vegas 71 has lost it’s co-main event. A bantamweight showdown between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon got pushed back a week to take the UFC Vegas 72 main event slot on
It’s actually happening. Can you believe it? Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz is official for Aug. 5 in Dallas, where the pair will meet in an eight-round boxing match contested at 185 pounds. This matchup has been talked about for so long, even well before Diaz left the UFC late last year. Now that it’s
No titles are at stake. Neither fighter has a particularly deep resume, at least compared to some elite rivals. Neither is among the best handful of fighters pound-for-pound yet. And no one is bothered by any of that. The 136-pound fight between Gervonta Davis (28-0, 26 KOs) and Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) is simply
Having come into 2022 on a three-fight winning streak to start his career, lightweight Richie Miranda was looking to replicate his success and by all accounts he was able to do so. In three fights last year, Miranda picked up three victories, raising his career-starting winning streak to six and establishing himself as someone to
The UFC returns to Las Vegas on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 222, which takes place at the UFC Apex and streams on ESPN+. Heavyweight contenders clash in the main event, with Sergei Pavlovich (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Curtis Blaydes (17-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) for five rounds in a matchup with high championship implications
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