Frankie Edgar wins long-awaited bantamweight debut with closely-fought split decision A few years in the making, Frankie Edgar’s long-awaited bantamweight debut didn’t disappoint as he and Pedro Munhoz put on a show in Saturday night’s headline fight. Munhoz and Edgar fought a war of attrition as neither man wanted to concede ground in the Octagon nor on the judges’ scorecards, ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
UFC 253 has its second title fight. With Jon Jones announcing that he has relinquished his UFC light heavyweight championship amid talk of a run at heavyweight, the UFC confirmed a title bout for the 205-pound title between Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz. UFC 253 is set to be headlined by a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Paulo ...
Four more mixed martial artists became UFC fighters after the third Dana White’s Contender Series event of 2020. Brothers Louis Cosce and Orion Cosce, Cheyanne Buys and Josh Parisian were all offered UFC contracts on Tuesday night. Find out how they earned their contract offers below! Louis Cosce hands Victor Reyna his first knockout loss in little over 60 ...
Jon Jones announced on Twitter that he was relinquishing his UFC light heavyweight championship. “Just got off the phone with [the UFC],” Jones stated. “Today I confirm that I’m vacating the light heavyweight championship. It’s officially up for grabs. It’s been an amazing journey, sincere thank you to all my competition, UFC and most importantly, you fans.” Just got off ...
After his unanimous decision loss to Stipe Miocic at UFC 252, a disappointed Daniel Cormier insisted he will retire from MMA. Cormier fought five more rounds with UFC heavyweight champion Miocic but came up short in his attempts to win back the title. In his post-fight interview, UFC colour commentator Joe Rogan asked if it would be the last time ...
Stipe Miocic retains UFC heavyweight championship title in Daniel Cormier trilogy fight Stipe Miocic retained his UFC heavyweight title with a unanimous decision win over rival Daniel Cormier in their trilogy fight, going up 2-1 in their head-to-head series. The Ohioan was able to control “DC” in the clinch against the cage and often landed the more punishing shots when ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...