Two legends of the UFC’s featherweight division go head to head for the first time in the main event of UFC Singapore as Max Holloway faces off against “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. Holloway will be competing in his 28th consecutive UFC bout, while Chan will make the walk for his 12th, but, despite both swimming together in the ...
Three more fighters earned UFC contracts after the latest episode of Dana White’s Contender Series in Las Vegas, with Welsh welterweight Oban Elliott earning himself a deal after one of the best Contender Series fights of the season so far. Elliott went back and forth with Oktagon MMA welterweight champion Kaik Brito in an all-out war that went all the ...
The UFC Octagon heads east to Singapore, where the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang plays host to a fight card packed with significant names, including a main event featuring two UFC featherweight legends. Former 145-pound world champion and pound-for-pound great Max Holloway takes on the enigmatic finisher “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung in the headliner, with both men looking ...
Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk is not expecting a competitive fight when WBC champion Tyson Fury collides with Francis Ngannou. Ngannou, a former UFC champion, will face Fury in a non-title fight on October 28 in Saudi Arabia. Usyk has been highly critical of Fury's decision to go in this direction. "I think it's easy money for Tyson Fury," Usyk ...
It was a big weekend in combat sports. In case you missed it, just after 1 a.m. ET on Sunday in Boston, a new star was born. His name is Sean O’Malley. Or “Suga Sean,” if you prefer. And he’s as close to a second coming of Conor McGregor – melding legit MMA prowess with over-the-top personality – as there’s ...
Francis Ngannou says his confidence only grew after his lone public encounter with Tyson Fury. Ngannou, the decorated former UFC champion, is scheduled to make his boxing debut on Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia against no less a fighter than Fury, the WBC heavyweight titlist who is considered by some to be the top talent in the division. The heavyweight ...
“The Suga Show” arrived on the big stage in style as Sean O’Malley captured the undisputed UFC bantamweight title at UFC 292. O’Malley stopped bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling early in the second round after dropping the champion hard with a perfectly-timed straight-right counter during the opening exchanges of the round as the former Contender Series graduate followed in the footsteps ...
By the end of 2018, Gor Yeritsyan had followed up a stellar amateur career with nine pro fights that left him with nine wins and eight knockouts. He had also secured the WBO youth welterweight belt with a second-round stoppage of Alvin Lagumbay to close out the year. On paper, life was good. In reality, he knew that to keep ...
Brad Katona made history as the first man to win The Ultimate Fighter twice, while Kurt Holobaugh picked up the 10th submission finish of his career as both men secured UFC contracts with winning performances in their respective finals of The Ultimate Fighter. The preliminary card of UFC 292 in Boston was enhanced by a pair of final matchups from ...
Mike Tyson doesn’t envision an early night for the upcoming heavyweight curio between Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury. Indeed, the former heavyweight great has a feeling that the fight will resemble trench warfare, which is to say, drawn-out and laborious. Tyson will be in Ngannou’s corner when the former UFC star makes his boxing debut against WBC heavyweight champion Fury ...