Oct 31, 2022 Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos meet in a matchup of top-10 strawweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday, Nov. 5, in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. Rodriguez (16-1-2) has won four fights in a
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Islam Makhachev appears to be a man of his word when it comes to a possible fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Makhachev captured the lightweight title against Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 last month. The victory capped off an impressive win streak in the lightweight division and handed Dagestan its latest UFC champion. Immediately after his
LAS VEGAS – Bubba Jenkins is enjoying the high stakes in his return to the cage. The PFL featherweight competes Nov. 25, as he takes on Brendan Loughnane in the co-main event of the 2022 PFL Championships in New York. The winner will not only take the 2022 featherweight title but also the $1 million
The UFC heavyweight champion got a “pick-me-up” from the former strawweight champion Weili Zhang. UFC fighters come in all shapes and sizes. The biggest of the heavyweights train similarly to the very smallest strawweight. In some instances, they ever train together. Many think that the bigger fighter would always win in a fight, but as
MMA fighter Satoru Kubota took his animosity for his BreakingDown 6 adversary, Adoribu Masao, over the line at a recent press conference. Kubota and Masao were promoting themselves in front of a panel for the BreakingDown promotion. BreakingDown is a unique series of shows in which participants trash-talk one another and try to impress the
Could we see Georges St-Pierre soon competing again in combat sports in some capacity? We could. That’s because GSP is now free of the UFC. According to the former UFC two-division champion, his contract with promotion finally has expired five years after his last fight at UFC 217. St-Pierre had this to say about making
Former UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Peña will make her return to the UFC in the form of an analyst role at UFC Vegas 64 on Saturday. News of Peña’s UFC broadcasting debut was first reported by MMA Junkie. Peña has worked as an analyst for Combate Americas’ English language DAZN broadcasts. She’s held the analyst
UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad feels Khabib Nurmagomedov had a massive impact on his performance at UFC 280. Muhammad defeated Sean Brady at UFC 280 in a wild second-round finish. He has won eight straight fights and could be one win away from a welterweight title shot. Muhammad had the luxury of having the UFC Hall
(ALSO SEE: Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Calvin Kattar after UFC Fight Night 213 loss?) Arnold Allen’s first octagon headliner didn’t end the way he wanted, but he ultimately came out of UFC Fight Night 213 with a victory over Calvin Kattar. Allen (19-1 MMA, 10-0 UFC) was awarded a second-round TKO win after
After making his name as “The Chosen One,” Tyron Woodley has a new moniker to unveil. While the later stages of his career have been less than graceful, Woodley was at one time one of the most feared fighters in the world. After demolishing Robbie Lawler to capture the UFC‘s welterweight crown, defending it four
Bellator 287 is primed and ready to go down later today (Sat., Oct. 29, 2022) live from inside Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan, Italy. The featured bout will be a Lightweight bout between Adam Piccolotti and Mansour Barnaoui. Co-headlining the card will be a Middleweight fight between Fabian Edwards and Charlie Ward. Many readers check
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has rejected Anderson Silva’s claim that he won’t be representing mixed martial arts when he steps inside the ring tonight. Tonight, Silva will become the latest fighter looking to halt Paul’s once-unlikely rise in combat sports. After a few wins over figures with limited experience, the former Disney star began adding the
A light heavyweight matchup between Ion Cutelaba vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu had been added to the lineup for UFC Fight Night 215 in November. MMA Junkie verified with multiple people close to the situation that Cutelaba (16-8-1 MMA, 5-7-1 UFC) and Nzechukwu (10-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) have agreed to the fight. The people requested anonymity because
Bellator 287 takes place this Saturday from Milan, Italy and MMA News is here to provide the official weigh-in results. The card will feature a main event between lightweights Adam Piccolotti and Mansour Barnaoui. The bout is also Barnaoui’s Bellator debut, as he comes into the fight on a seven-fight win streak. Fabian Edwards will
Daniel Cormier was the live embodiment of “the show must go on” during an earthquake. Daniel Cormier is always the professional, whether inside the UFC Octagon fighting the best in the world, or cage side commentating on fights. On a recent episode of his ESPN show called DC & RC, he showed that his professionalism
11:20 AM ET Sean O’Malley, who has talked a good game for his entire UFC run, proved his worthiness of being considered among the elite at bantamweight with his UFC 280 victory over former champion Petr Yan last weekend. As a result, “Suga Sean” enters the men’s top-10 in the latest ESPN divisional rankings and
Just a few weeks after his 18th birthday, Raul Rosas Jr. has a date and opponent in front of him for his UFC debut. Rosas Jr. (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will battle Jay Perrin (10-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in a bantamweight bout at UFC 282, which takes place Dec. 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las
Former MMA fighter Jenny Liou is transferring her experiences as a martial artist into poetry. Anyone who has trained in any form of mixed martial arts can attest to the beauty and wonder of learning the moves and finding peace in making your body do things that maybe you thought it couldn’t. There are, of