Week eight of Dana White’s Contender Series had a consistent trend. Four fights, four knockouts, and four UFC contract offers to the victors. The four fighters awarded spots on the UFC roster were light heavyweight Carlos Ulberg, featherweight Ignacio Bahamondes, featherweight Luis Saldana and heavyweight Jared Vanderaa. Find out how they won their UFC contracts below! DWCS 8: Carlos ...
With UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya confirmed to be moving up a weight class to try and win the light heavyweight belt, the immediate fighting future of Robert Whittaker was unclear. The former champion at 185 pounds, the man Adesanya defeated to win middleweight gold, defeated Darren Till and most recently Jared Cannonier to rebound from that loss and has ...
After Robert Whittaker’s dominant win over Jared Cannonier last week, many assumed he would be the next opponent to take on UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. However, it appears the Nigerian-born Kiwi is uninterested in a Whittaker rematch and the challenges posed to him at 185 pounds. On Saturday night, UFC President Dana White confirmed that Adesanya will be moving ...
Uriah Hall overcame his “idol” Anderson Silva in the UFC Fight Night 181 main event on Saturday night. The Brazilian started the fight positively against Hall as he accrued points with bursts of punches and a leg kicks to keep his opponent at bay. The tide turned late in the third round though as Silva was floored with an overhand ...
The combat sports world was rocked last weekend when UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from mixed martial arts following his dominant second-round submission win over Justin Gaethje. In his post-fight interview at UFC 254, an emotional Nurmagomedov vowed to not fight again after promising to his mother that he would stop competing following the tragic passing of ...
After his spectacular performance, and victory, over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. Nurmagomedov long talked about reaching the remarkable milestone of 30 fights unbeaten in the sport. However, he laid down his gloves on the canvas with an unparalleled record of 29-0. This, of course, comes just months ...
UFC 254: Khabib Nurmagomedov retires after choking out Justin Gaethje At UFC 254, Khabib Nuramgomedov showed the world why he is considered one of the very best to ever compete in mixed martial arts. A few months since the tragic death of his father Adbulmanap, “The Eagle” soared in his victory over an always-game Justin Gaethje. Afterwards, the Dagestan native ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva, a fighter who many believe to be the finest to ever compete in the UFC’s Octagon, says he will retire by the end of the month. The Brazilian is set to take on Uriah Hall at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on 31 October. That appearance, Silva says, will be his last. “This ...
Any fight featuring UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is a big deal. When you have him face a dangerous adversary like UFC interim lightweight titleholder Justin Gaethje, anticipation reaches a fever pitch. According to UFC President Dana White, that aforementioned anticipation for UFC 254 is correlating in some interesting trends when it comes to pay-per-view buys. “This thing’s trending off ...
During this time of pandemic-induced lockdowns and fights being held behind closed doors, MMA fans have not had many pre-fight press conferences to watch over the last seven months. This has changed for UFC 254. Anticipated as one of the highest-grossing UFC pay-per-views to date, UFC 254 sees UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov put his title on the line against ...