Ciryl Gane continues rise up the UFC heavyweight ranks with smart victory over Jairzinho Rozenstruik It wasn’t a spectacular performance, but Ciryl Gane did what had to be done to remain unbeaten and defeat his toughest opponent yet in Jairzinho Rozenstruik. In the UFC Fight Night 186 main event, Gane fought smartly in peppering the Surinamese fighter from range with ...
Who is the greatest bantamweight of all time? There is a short-list of bantamweight GOATs in such a young division that was a forked up by the UFC in 2010 & rebranded from the WEC. The division has been dramatic and hosted phenomenal names such as Renan Barão, TJ Dillashaw, Cody Garbrandt & many more names. When discussing the ...
The UFC’s heavyweight division is looking its healthiest for a very long time. Last weekend, two heavyweight prospects in Tom Aspinall and Chris Daukaus came away with big victories over veterans Andrei Arlovski and Alexey Oleynik, while the main event saw Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes duke it out and make headlines. That trend continues on Saturday night when two ...
T.J. Dillashaw will be keeping a close eye on how things play out on 6 March. UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan is set to defend his title for the first time against contender Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259. Dillashaw, a former two-time UFC champion at 135 pounds, became eligible to fight once again in January after serving his two-year suspension ...
The UFC heavyweight division is fast becoming one of the promotion’s most intriguing. Derrick Lewis helped with that on Saturday night when he knocked out top contender Curtis Blaydes in devastating fashion and shook up the title picture in the process. Down a round, Lewis was waiting for Blaydes to launch head-first into a takedown early in the second stanza. ...
Derrick Lewis dashes Curtis Blaydes’ title hopes with devastating KO Curtis Blaydes looked to be on the cusp of a UFC heavyweight championship fight but it’s “The Black Beast” Derrick Lewis who reinserted his name in the title picture with an emphatic knockout victory. Heavy underdog Lewis displayed some good takedown defence against talented wrestler Blaydes – enough to make ...
Leon Edwards has his man. UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is stepping in on short notice to fill the void left by Khamzat Chimaev to take on Edwards in a five-round main event bout at UFC Fight Night on 13 March. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Muhammad is only just coming a decision victory over Dhiego Lima ...
Curtis Blaydes has long been involved in the UFC’s heavyweight title picture, but that shot at winning the championship eludes him. That trend is set to continue in the immediate future even if he defeats former title challenger Derrick Lewis on Saturday night. UFC President Dana White revealed last weekend that ex-UFC light heavyweight king Jon “Bones” Jones will fight ...
The UFC is scrambling to find Leon Edwards an opponent after Khamzat Chimaev pulled out of their proposed bout due to suffering the effects of COVID-19. That marks the third time that highly-anticipated booking fell through, but Edwards has made it clear that he wants to make that 13 March date after spending all of 2020 away from MMA competition. ...
Kamaru Usman cements his position as UFC welterweight king, KOs Gilbert Burns in third round Kamaru Usman stamped his authority on the UFC welterweight division after earning a stoppage victory over former Sanford MMA teammate Gilbert Burns in the main event of UFC 258. “The Nigerian Nightmare” had to overcome to adversity to do it. Burns blitzed Usman in the ...