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 – ...
An all-European middleweight contest between Darren Till and Marvin Vettori looked primed to shake up the 185-pound division on 10 April. Those plans have been nixed after Till announced he had suffered a broken collarbone in training. “I’ve been sat here for a good few hours debating how to say this and put into words what I’m feeling and I’m ...
Fresh off a knockout loss to Francis Ngannou at UFC 260, the UFC’s most successful heavyweight champion took some time to lick his wounds. Classy in defeat as he is in victory, Stipe Miocic took to social media to share his thoughts on his defeat to Ngannou and assure his fans that he will be back. “First and foremost, I’m ...
Cage Warriors favourite Paddy Pimblett is now a UFC fighter. A former Cage Warriors featherweight champion, Pimblett has fought at lightweight since losing his title to compatriot Nad Narimani at Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 82 in 2017. The Liverpudlian fought his way to a lightweight title shot with the UK-based promotion, dropping a decision to top European 155-pounder Soren Bak. ...
Jon Jones was keeping a keen eye on the UFC 260 headliner between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Francis Ngannou in their long-awaited rematch. Ngannou dethroned Miocic with a devastating second-round knockout to become the UFC’s heavyweight king and Jones immediately took to Twitter to insert himself into the title picture. Likewise, Ngannou himself essentially confirmed he will be ...