Curtis Blaydes grapples his way to a unanimous decision win over Alexander Volkov The above video from the UFC’s Twitter account says it all. Curtis Blaydes was more than successful and imposing his will as he wrestled his way to victory over Alexander Volkov at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The Chicagoan took Volkov down at will, scoring takedowns ...
On Thursday, UFC President Dana White provided several updates to the promotion’s upcoming “Fight Island” cards which are set to take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, throughout July. This included the announcements of fights, as well as providing fight card orders when he broke news to ESPN MMA’s YouTube channel. We will take you through of the four ...
On Saturday – 20 June – it will be 16 years to the day since Pride Fighting Championships held its historic Pride FC: Critical Countdown 2004 event in their Saitama Super Arena home in Saitama, Japan. The event is widely thought to be among the most iconic the Japanese promotion ever produced on during its 10 years of operation. Its ...
Anderson Silva, the former UFC middleweight champion and one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time, has two fights remaining on his UFC contract. “The Spider” has just turned 45 and scored only one victory from eight fights since 2012 – his last appearance saw him lose to Jared Cannonier by TKO (leg kicks) at UFC 237 back in ...
Lost amid a flurry of fight announcements along with the rest of the world’s goings-on, Dan Hooker is set to take on Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC on ESPN 12 on 27 June. It’s a fight which would capture the imagination of fight fans in normal times – let alone during a pandemic – with both men ...
Paul Felder is one of the select few MMA fans to have made a comfortable transition from fighting for the UFC to commentary and vice versa. Like colleague Daniel Cormier, Felder has balanced his brodcasting duties with his career in the cage up until now, but has indicated he could be hanging up the gloves some time soon. “The Irish ...
Cynthia Calvillo bests Jessica Eye to take unanimous decision On Saturday night, Cynthia Calvillo instantly inserted herself as a contender in a UFC women’s flyweight division in sore need of challengers to Valentina Shevchenko’s crown. Calvillo was on the losing side of the opening round, with Jessica Eye taking centre of the Octagon and letting fly with punches. That provided ...
At this point, the story of UFC 249 has been told more than the beginnings of the promotion itself. After a series of postponements, the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic saw UFC 249 eventually pushed back until 9 May. The world health situation also prevented UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov from travelling to the USA to defend his title against Tony ...
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former title holder Daniel Cormier will fight for a third time at UFC 252. The trilogy bout is set to take place on 15 August as announced by UFC President Dana White on ESPN’s “First Take” show. As yet, no location for the fight has been announced, though it’s expected to take place on ...
Dana White reveals “Fight Island” location, announces three title fights for UFC 251 – Fighters Only
UFC President Dana White has finally revealed the location of the his “Fight Island.” There has been plenty of speculation about the whereabouts of Fight Island when White first said he had hired out an island location to host international fights amid the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, the news dropped that the mysterious venue is on Yas Island ...