Arjan Bhullar wants a crack at the consensus greatest UFC heavyweight champion of all time. After former two-time UFC heavyweight titleholder Stipe Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) expressed his discontent with the promotion’s title picture by hinting at an interest towards ONE Championship, the company’s heavyweight title holder Bhullar (11-1) jumped at the opportunity to
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[UPDATE] Following the original story, Tatiana Suarez released an Instagram post that included a written and video statement where she revealed that she will be undergoing knee surgery. You can view the post below. [ORIGINAL STORY] Tatiana Suarez was looking to make her highly-anticipated return to the Octagon at UFC 266 but as plans will
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There can be no questioning that Chuck Liddell is a legend of the sport, a five-time UFC Light Heavyweight champion and one of the first North American stars to come from cage fighting. “The Iceman” changed the sport, scoring dramatic knockout wins over big name foes like Randy Couture and Tito
6:59 PM ET The UFC has had to make several changes to its Fight Night card for Saturday in Las Vegas. The scheduled co-main event pitting rising heavyweights Shamil Abdurakhimov and Chris Daukaus was removed from the card due to COVID-19 protocols involving Daukaus’ camp, UFC officials told ESPN on Tuesday. In addition, a welterweight
Tatiana Suarez’s long-awaited return to the cage has been unfortunately delayed again. Suarez’s last walk to the cage was at UFC 238 in June of 2019 against Nina Nunes, but has faced a lengthy layoff due to a neck injury. Last month, news of her return broke as she was set to face former title
Don’t rule out seeing UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell compete under the BKFC banner. Liddell is considered to be a legend in MMA. He once dominated the UFC light heavyweight division. He’s beaten the likes of Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Vitor Belfort, Alistair Overeem, Kevin Randleman, and “Babalu” to name a few. As a
Sound familiar? Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight titleholder Kamaru Usman will defend his division title against 170-pound nuisance Colby Covington in the upcoming UFC 268 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, tentatively scheduled for Sat., Nov. 6, 2021 inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. And he’ll do it as the -270 betting favorite, according
4:52 PM ET A rematch of one of the best title fights in UFC welterweight history is on deck. Kamaru Usman, ranked as ESPN’s top pound-for-pound MMA fighter, will defend his UFC welterweight title in a second fight with Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 268 in November, UFC president Dana White told
By Matthew Wells | July 27, 2021 8:00 am ET Follow @mrmwells One of the friendliest personalities in MMA will not be competing at UFC on ESPN 28 on Saturday. Sam Alvey was set to face Roman Kopylov on the main card in a middleweight bout but the fight has fallen apart because Kopylov (8-1
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou is taking a stand against poor judging in MMA bouts. The topic of judges in combat sports has long been discussed. Throughout the years, boxing has seen its share of fights end with a questionable scorecard. This has also become a problem in MMA with many high-profile fights. Ngannou took
Event: Bellator 263: “Pitbull vs McKee”Date: Sat., July 31, 2021Location: The Forum in Los Angeles, CaliforniaHow To Watch: Showtime Bellator 263 Main Event: 145 lbs.: Featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull (32-4) vs A.J. McKee (17-0) Bellator 263 Main Card (9 p.m. ET): 145 lbs.: Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) vs. Mads Burnell (15-3)155 lbs.: Usman Nurmagomedov (12-0) vs.
7:44 AM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main card featured close calls throughout, with a pair of split decisions and a majority decision in the last five fights of the night. The judges had a tough job, but did they get the biggest fight of the night — the high-stakes bantamweight clash between TJ Dillashaw
Fighting T.J. Dillashaw could lure Urijah Faber into competing again, but he doubts his former teammate feels the same. Faber and Dillashaw have been on the outs ever since Dillashaw left Team Alpha Male, which caused major drama in the gym. The beef spilled over when Cody Garbrandt captured the UFC bantamweight title, where he
Urijah Faber is making a bold claim about TJ Dillashaw. The story of Faber and Dillashaw is well-documented. Dillashaw was a member of Team Alpha Male, which is run by “The California Kid.” Things turned sour after Dillashaw made the jump to Ludwig Martial Arts. Over the years, a rivalry has brewed between Team Alpha
Stipe Miocic recently told the combat sports media he “didn’t care” about the name of his next opponent and would probably return “early next year.” Yeah … forget all that. The former UFC heavyweight champion turns 39 in just a few weeks and no longer wants to sit on his ass while the promotion sorts
Armed with a new four-fight deal and a freshly-cut mullet, Australian Jimmy Crute has put the disappointment of a controversial TKO stoppage behind him and is reinvigorated about his prospects in the UFC’s light heavyweight division. For a brief moment earlier this year, when he struggled to process the pain of a doctor stoppage against
LAS VEGAS – Adrian Yanez doesn’t think business with Randy Costa is 100 percent over. The rising UFC bantamweight prospect has a good feeling he’ll be facing Costa (6-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) again in the future. Yanez (14-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) stopped Costa with a second-round TKO finish in the opening bout of Saturday’s UFC
Despite losing to T.J. Dillashaw on Saturday, bantamweight Cory Sandhagen says UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby has promised he’s still just a win away from a title fight. Sandhagen’s title shot ambitions hit a slight setback after losing via split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) to Dillashaw in the main event of UFC Vegas 32. The bloody