Petr Yan will have to wait for his rematch against UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling. Sterling was diagnosed with a herniated disc, an issue he says has bothered him for around a decade, and will have an operation on his C6-C7 vertebrae later this week. Given the seriousness of such surgery, Sterling told ESPN that recovery from such a procedure ...
Marvin Vettori followed Derek Brunson’s blueprint to beating Kevin Holland as he took a wrestling-based approach to silence “Big Mouth” over five rounds at UFC on ABC 2 on Saturday night. Holland, who stepped in on short notice for the injured Darren Till, looked to be getting the better of Vettori in the early striking exchanges. However, he had little ...
Marvin Vettori gets unanimous decision win over Kevin Holland Wrestling proved to be Kevin Holland’s kryptonite against Derek Brunson a few weeks ago, and that very public insight proved the route to victory for Marvin Vettori on Saturday night. Holland started the five-round contest brightly against his short-notice opponent, getting the better of Vettori on the feet by utilising his ...
ONE Championship’s run on US television kicked off with a bang on Wednesday night. In the night’s MMA main event, former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson was looking to add ONE Championship gold to his trophy cabinet against champion Adriano Moraes. However, Moraes had different ideas and did what no one was able to do in the UFC: ...
Later this month, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal will compete for a second time for 170-pound gold at UFC 261. The pair first fought last summer, when “Gamebred” stepped up on six days’ notice to replace Gilbert Burns, who tested positive for COVID-19, and fight Usman at UFC 251 on “Fight Island”. It was a losing effort ...
Miesha Tate’s decision to return to MMA after the four years she spent in retirement caught the eye of many of her UFC peers – especially former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm. Holm lost her title just one fight removed from her spectacular knockout victory over the then seemingly-unbeatable Ronda Rousey. Tate was the woman who snatched Holm’s belt ...
The partnership between UFC and Venum has officially started. Earlier today, UFC unveiled the new fighter uniforms outfitted by combat sports apparel company Venum – calling on big names such as Valentina Shevchenko, Brian Ortega, Aljamain Sterling and Michael Chiesa to model them. You may notice that the fighters featured are still wearing Reebok footwear. Despite the UFC’s seven-year partnership ...
UFC 259 was a stacked card that featured multiple world champions across 3 weight classes. The championship bouts dominated both pre & post fight media. Yet, there was a sleeper fight on the card which was Islam Makhachev vs. Drew Dober. Out of all the performances, Makhachev saw the steepest rise in his stock. On that night, he exited the ...
UFC 260 was the final event under the promotion’s full outfitting deal with Reebok and now combat sports brand Venum is taking over. The deal started today on 1 April and details of Venum’s new position as the UFC uniform partner were released by the leading mixed martial arts banner. According to ESPN, Venum’s new fight kit designs will be ...
Nate Diaz is reportedly set to make his Octagon return against Leon Edwards at UFC 262 in May. As first reported by ESPN, both fighters have verbally agreed to the bout but no contracts have been signed as yet. The bout will be contested over five rounds despite the bout not being a title fight nor a main event – ...