UFC 249 is officially going ahead on May 9 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. ...
By Alistair Hendrie Since Luke Rockhold last won a UFC contest in September 2017 a lot has changed. The 185lbs title he once wore has switched hands three times and three of the American’s last four victims – Lyoto Machida, Michael Bisping and David Branch – have either retired or left the UFC. But after Rockhold suffered a pair of knockouts between 2018 and 2019, leading to concerns for his welfare, the polarising middleweight is now considering stepping back into the Octagon. “I’m getting healthier, and I might be getting ...
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Heavyweight Dillian Whyte is confident that it won't take much to get back in the swing of things for a potential UFC debut. Whyte was a professional kickboxer and became a two-time British heavyweight champion by winning the BIKMA super heavyweight British title and the European K1 championship. He had a 20-1 record under K-1. He also had a professional MMA bout, when he made his mixed ...
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Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has continued to take shots at UFC President Dana White - over the executive's insistence to stage events during the coronavirus. Arum's company has either postponed or canceled all of their events through the month of June. White was going to stage UFC 249 on April 18. It was moved from Brooklyn and was heading to an Indian casino ...
Last week, the UFC announced plans of running a bumper fight card from an undisclosed location on 9 May. Said fight card included three title bouts: one for the interim UFC lightweight championship between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz for the UFC bantamweight strap, and the UFC women’s featherweight title being fought over by champion ...
Like many fighters, Tyron Woodley had his fighting plans dashed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The former UFC welterweight champion was set to square off against the UK’s Leon Edwards in London on 21 March before the event was shut down. Now without an opponent and any firm plans in place to fight any time soon, Woodley appears to ...
Fight Island. Given recent quarantine-centric sports headlines, the two-word phrase probably strikes a chord. Some hear it and conjure images of a megalomaniacal czar putting profits ahead of employee safety, expert healthcare counsel and plain, old common sense. Others, meanwhile, are instantly drawn to an outspoken combat sports maverick who’s being forced to dodge corporate snowflakes while trying to ...
By Kenneth Friedman: Floyd Mayweather Jr. is posting on social media his training for what some fans believe is going to be a comeback against either Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2020 or 2021. Mayweather hasn’t trained with this kind of consistent basis since he beat McGregor in 2017. The effort that the former five-division world champion Mayweather is ...
By Jim Maltzman: Welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. could be facing Mayweather Promotions fighter Maurice Lee in a tune-up in his next fight. The unranked 2nd tier fighter Lee (12-1-2, 5 KOs) revealed on social media that he has “great news” on him possibly facing IBF/WBC 147-pound champion Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) next. This would be a comeback fight for ...
By Allan Fox: In what could be a hint of another comeback, Floyd Mayweather Jr. posted a video clip of him running in the desert with a whole pack of his bodyguards/entourage following him on bicycles. The 43-year-old Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) is staying in shape during the pandemic. This sudden burst of energy by Mayweather in beginning training is ...