Things were looking up for Anthony Smith in the UFC’s middleweight division going into his fight with Thiago Santos in February. He had a three-fight winning streak and a win over Santos in the latter’s home country of Brazil could have put him in the top 10. Santos won though by second-round TKO and Smith’s mindset began to change. DAZN: There’s a new way to watch fight sports – find out more...
Frankie Edgar’s second outing in UFC’s bantamweight division will take place in the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 184. Edgar will go up against Cory Sandhagen, who is coming off an impressive knockout victory over Marlon Moraes. The main card will kick-off with a lightweight bout between Beniel Dariush and Diego Ferreira. Ferreira submitted Anthony Pettis in his last appearance at UFC 246, while, Dariush is coming off two impressive knockout victories....
Having made his debut in January of last year, Hardy will be returning to the Octagon this Sunday at UFC 249 and while speaking to UFC.com, the heavyweight fighter claimed that he has plans on becoming a “heavyweight Jon Jones”. UFC’s Greg Hardy aspires to become a “heavyweight Jon Jones” In the build-up to this weekend’s UFC 249, Greg Hardy sat down for an interview with UFC.com. During the conversation, the controversial heavyweight fighter stated that he is currently in a position where he had initially claimed he was going to be....
‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ spoke to Daniel Cormier and revealed his picks for the next potential contender for his UFC gold from the welterweight division. He initially labeled Leon Edwards the deserving challenger for the welterweight title. Leon Edwards will face Jorge Masvidal in a grudge match after their heated backstage altercation after UFC Fight Night 147 concluded in London. Kamaru Usman also named Vicente Luque and touted him as an ’exciting contender’....
Nunes was recently interviewed by MMA Mania’s Nicdali Rivera-Calanoc to discuss her upcoming bout with Rousey, to which she claimed she has been training for this bout since making her UFC debut in 2013: Nunes won the title from former champ Miesha Tate in the main event of UFC 200 this past July after ‘The Lioness’ locked in a rear-naked choke for the first round submission win, after battering ‘Cupcake’ on the feet with her heavy power....
In case you didn’t know… Anderson Silva is the most successful UFC Middleweight Champion of all time and widely considered to be one of the greatest fighters ever in the history of the promotion. He racked up ten consecutive title defences, before eventually being dethroned by Chris Weidman. Silva was last supposed to fight Kelvin Gastelum in November of 2017, but was pulled from the card once he popped up for banned substances in his system....
Smith was defeated in a lopsided unanimous decision and appeared to pose no threat to Jones, not taking many risks nor having a sound gameplan to defeat the dominant champion. He did, however, show a lot of toughness and refused to take a disqualification victory when hit with a knee to the head. He’s since had a strong comeback and finished one of Jones’ toughest opponents to date - Alexander Gustafsson....
Cejudo defended his new teammate in a back-and-forth with a self-proclaimed superfan on social media. The interaction began when a Twitter user, who goes by @McGregorRousey, argued with Cejudo’s list of the five greatest UFC fighters. Jones, of course, is still number one on the list as far as Cejudo is concerned. However, @McGregorRousey argued that Jones’ multiple failed drug tests disqualified him from being included in the GOAT conversation....
Gamebred is also wasting no time in capitalizing on all the hype by building up his brand as much as he can. Masvidal is making all the right statements, whether it is during interview appearances or through his tweets, the man can’t put a foot wrong at the moment. ESPN MMA recently out a super fight wishlist featuring Conor McGregor and Masvidal by revealing a host of options that could go up against the two megastars of MMA....
Former Interim Featherweight Champion and Former UFC Lightweight Champion, Frankie Edgar is looking to make up for lost time. In case you didn’t know… Max Holloway and Brian Ortega put on a show at UFC 231, where after four gruelling rounds, the doctor had to stop the fight due to Ortega being unable to continue. Holloway has certainly had his own share of injury issues previously. His fight with Ortega was supposed to have taken place previously, but due to those issues, the fight had to be postponed....
Ostovich, whose husband was charged for second-degree assault just last month for supposedly trying to murder her, is all set to face Paige VanZant on the January 19th fight card. Ironically enough, in 2014, Greg Hardy was charged with domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend. In case you didn’t know… Greg Hardy is an American mixed martial artist and former NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys. He has had an undefeated record in professional levels of mixed martial arts, with three wins and no defeats to his name....
The results of the early weigh-ins of the show are in and paint a promising picture going into the event. Covington and Lawler both made weight while almost every other fighter on the card managed to do the same. Welterweight Cole Williams, however, missed his mark by 6 pounds and will surrender 30% of his purse. Lightweight Dong Hyun Ma also missed weight by 3 pounds and reached 158 on the scales....
A huge UFC lightweight title fight will take place at UFC 274 on May 7, as Charles Oliveira defends his title against Justin Gaethje. The fight will happen inside the Footprint Center in Phoenix. Oliveira beat Michael Chandler at UFC 262 to win the UFC lightweight title. At UFC 269 in December, he beat Dustin Poirier via submission to defend the belt. Oliveira joined the UFC in 2010 after making his MMA debut in 2008....
For full clarity, to do a clinch in UFC 4 a player must simply hold RB and press X on Xbox One or hold R1 and press Square on PS4. If a fan enters these inputs correctly, they will see their fighter initiate a single collar clinch, and indeed this is the starting point for the submissions detailed here. With that established, this is how players that are looking to submit their opponents out of a clinch should proceed:...
ProFootballTalk.com reports that the UFC announcer has been removed from broadcasting this Sunday’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings. The Bills announced on Twitter that Goldberg will be replaced by Tim Brando. MORE: Interview with “Good Ol’ JR” Jim Ross | Chael Sonnen interview Goldberg had a difficult debut this past Sunday when the Vikings played the Detroit Lions. He made a lot of mistakes, which included saying the wrong players name, not remembering which down it was and how many yards to go and mispronouncing the names of players....
Previously speaking to Brett Okamoto of ESPN, TJ Dillashaw said that Petr Yan was in no position to call himself the undisputed bantamweight champion. That was because he won the belt by beating a fighter who was 0-2 in the division. Petr Yan has now taken a dig at TJ Dillashaw on social media. Petr Yan calls TJ Dillashaw a “cheater” Petr Yan addressed TJ Dillashaw’s interview, in which he called the former an “interim champion,” on Twitter....
In case you didn’t know Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Tyson Pedro battled out in a top-15 Light-Heavyweight matchup in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night 142: Adelaide. Shogun, a veteran of the sport and an MMA legend at the age of 37 took on the rising Aussie star and a decade younger athlete, Tyson Pedro in front of a hostile home-crowd of Tyson Pedro. Shogun had looked to be on track and on winning ways as he racked up a 3 fight win streak before losing his last fight to Anthony Smith in July and looked to return in the win column against the young blood of the 205 lbs division and fan favourite Pedro....
‘Raging’ Al Iaquinta is set to spar against ‘Cowboy’ Donald Cerrone. Donald Cerrone has been on an extremely good run lately and reckons that he is ready for a Title shot. Read on to know what he has to say about his coming fight at UFC Fight Night 151 and his missed fight with Conor McGregor. I was able to catch up to ‘Cowboy’ Donald Cerrone before the fight and pose a few questions before him....
Elsewhere on the card, fights like Cub Swanson vs. Kron Gracie, Mackenzie Dern vs. Amanda Ribas and Niko Price vs. James Vick seem to guarantee action, even if the show isn’t the heaviest in terms of name value. Here are the predicted outcomes for UFC Fight Night 161: Jedrzejczyk vs. Waterson. #1 Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Michelle Waterson After losing three of her last four fights – all three losses coming in title bouts – former Strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s next fight was always going to be a major one for her, but the current state of the title picture at 115lbs has made it a whole lot more interesting....
The 40-year-old Brazilian recorded a fifth-round TKO victory over Anthony Smith behind closed doors in Jacksonville, Fla. Rewatch classic fights on DAZN Teixeira (31-7) is on a run of four straight wins, his best such streak since 2013, and is looking for a title. “You’ve got to open your mind, you’ve got to look for help when things start going wrong and that’s what I did,” he told ESPN. “And here I am baby, getting on a run for the title....
