Dana White’s Contender Series is back and three UFC contracts were offered on week one after a night of four fights. The three successful competitors were Dustin Jacoby, Uros Medic and Jordan Leavitt. In the main event, Jacoby earned a unanimous decision win over Ty Flores. Jacoby dominated proceedings in the opening two rounds, punishing Flores with a range of ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
Derek Brunson halts the Edmen Shahbazyan hype train Edmen Shahbazyan has been heralded as the UFC middleweight division’s next big thing, but he’ll have to spend to regroup after Derek Brunson handed him his first loss as a professional mixed martial artist. The Armenian-American was hurt early as Brunson landed a big right hand before taking him down. Shahbazyan weathered ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
We’ve got a date. 24 October is scheduled to be when UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje square off in a title unification bout. However, UFC President Dana White could not yet confirm a venue and location for the bout when he spoke to CNN. Nurmagomedov – Gaethje was originaly set to be booked ...
Voting is now open for the 12th annual World MMA Awards. Head here to vote for your favourite fighters and MMA personalities. Fighters Only has extended the nomination period from 12 months to 18 months (1st January 2019 – 30th June 2020) to best account for all global MMA action and performances. The star-studded, black-tie 2020 World MMA Awards event will ...
Fabricio Werdum is now a free agent. And after a slick submission win over Alexander Gustafsson in his last contracted fight with the UFC, the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu ace will have plenty of suitors. While he hasn’t shut the door on staying on with the promotion, the former UFC heavyweight champion is weighing his options upon ending his last contract ...
Robert Whittaker edges Darren Till in decision win After his devastating loss to Israel Adesanya last year – which saw him drop his UFC middleweight championship – Robert Whittaker got back to winning ways against Darren Till on Fight Island. The Australian took a brief break from the sport after that aforementioned defeat following years of tough fights and that ...
Darren Till believes a win over Robert Whittaker on Saturday night will earn him a shot at the UFC middleweight championship. The Liverpudlian only made his victorious middleweight debut against Kelvin Gastelum at the end of 2019, meaning he could be challenging for the 185-pound title just three fights into his tenure in his new division if all goes according ...
UFC Fight Island 2: Deiveson Figueiredo submits Joseph Benavidez to become your new UFC flyweight champion The fight lasted less than five minutes, but Deiveson Figueiredo produced a fine fighting performance to comprehensively beat Joseph Benavidez to become the UFC’s third-ever flyweight champion. Figueiredo started the fight in stellar fashion, knocking Benavidez down early with a right hook. Following his ...