Category: Angela Magana

  • Angela Magana details scary coma incident, ‘I don’t remember anything’

    Angela Magana details scary coma incident, ‘I don’t remember anything’

    A month ago, UFC strawweight veteran, Angela Magana was set to make her Combate Americas debut at Combate 36: Reinas on April 26 against Kyra Batara. Unfortunately, an emergency surgery to take care of a herniated disc took a turn for the worst. “So, what happened was I had this herniated pulled disc or whatever,” […]

  • VIDEO | Angela Magana releases emotional statement following coma

    VIDEO | Angela Magana releases emotional statement following coma

    “Hi guys, I’m awake,” Angela Magana started. “I still feel very tired, I can barely open my eyes. But um… Thank you, everybody, for thinking about me. I feel like I’m a very rich woman cause I have a lot of time. Well, look what happened. I almost lost all my time. But to take […]

  • UFC veteran Angela Magana wakes up from coma

    UFC veteran Angela Magana wakes up from coma

    Earlier this week, the MMA community was rocked by the distressing news that former UFC fighter Angela Magana had slipped into a coma after a complication during an emergency surgery. “She’s in a coma, and we’re waiting to hear some positive news,” her coach Gabriel Lamastus told MMA Junkie. “The surgery went fine. The problem […]

  • Coach gives positive update on Angela Magana

    Coach gives positive update on Angela Magana

    On Wednesday, news surfaced that UFC veteran Angela Magana had been left in a coma after complications resulting from a surgery. “She’s in a coma, and we’re waiting to hear some positive news,” her coach Gabriel Lamastus told MMA Junkie. “The surgery went fine. The problem was anesthesia. It’s very rare that patients react bad […]

  • Former UFC fighter Angela Magana in a coma after surgery complication

    Former UFC fighter Angela Magana in a coma after surgery complication

    Terrible news regarding former UFC strawweight Angela Magana: According to her coach Gabriel Lamastus (via MMAJunkie) Magana went into a coma early Wednesday morning following complications from emergency surgery. The 35-year-old currently lives in Puerto Rico and is staying at University Hospital. According to Lamastus, Magana was experiencing back pain in preparation for her Combate […]

  • RIZIN 12 results: Luiz Gustavo pulls off the upset, Hatsu Hioki and Angela Magana falter

    RIZIN 12 results: Luiz Gustavo pulls off the upset, Hatsu Hioki and Angela Magana falter

    Once again the RIZIN Fighting Federation has delivered another great night of action. We saw a little bit of everything, including comebacks and upsets. As far as spectacles go, it’s hard to beat a RIZIN event. This time though, everything was straight to the point as the show took place in a smaller arena than […]

  • BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 83 // Alonzo Menifield | Angela Magana | Juan Archuleta | Martin Nguyen | Alan Jouban

    BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 83 // Alonzo Menifield | Angela Magana | Juan Archuleta | Martin Nguyen | Alan Jouban

    BJPENN.COM Radio is back, Penn Nation! First up, highly touted light-heavyweight prospect Alonzo Menifield. Undefeated in his professional career, Alonzo returns to DWTNCS this season to claim his spot in the UFC and continue his journey of becoming the “top dog.” With a truly inspirational story of struggle and perseverance, Alonzo has all the makings […]

  • Angela Magana Announces She’s Been Released by the UFC

    Angela Magana Announces She’s Been Released by the UFC

    Angela Magana has had quite a unique journey with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as well as just her career in MMA. Ranging from events such as verbally submitting to Jessica Aguilar in a 2008 fight after getting blood in her eye to getting into an altercation with UFC Featherweight champion, Cris Cyborg at the UFC Performance […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | “Misunderstood” Angela Magana has a message for her haters

    EXCLUSIVE | “Misunderstood” Angela Magana has a message for her haters

    Angela Magana, a veteran of MMA’s women’s strawweight division, is well acquainted with her haters. While she’s got a legion of loyal followers, her outspoken attitude assures she receives plenty of backlash too. That said, Magana has never let her haters get to her. Believing that she’s just a bit misunderstood, she chooses instead to […]

  • EXCLUSIVE | After possible early stoppage, Angela Magana challenges sexism in MMA

    EXCLUSIVE | After possible early stoppage, Angela Magana challenges sexism in MMA

    Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 218, Angela Magana came up short against Amanda Bobby Cooper, succumbing to second-round punches. Unfortunately, Magana feels as though the fight might have been stopped a little early by referee Keith Peterson. “I feel like the fight was stopped early,” Magana explained on the latest episode of BJ […]

  • BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 61 // Joe Riggs | Angela Magana | Valentina Shevchenko | Volkan Oezdemir

    BJPENN.COM Radio Ep. 61 // Joe Riggs | Angela Magana | Valentina Shevchenko | Volkan Oezdemir

    BJPENN Radio is live at 8PM ET/5PM PT! 8:15PM ET- First up, one of MMA’s most recognizable names, Joe “Diesel” Riggs joins us to preview his upcoming fight for the M-1 middleweight strap and what’s next for the long-time veteran. A return to the UFC? Another bare-knuckle boxing match? We’ll be discussing it all. 8:40PM […]

  • Angela Magana goes off on haters in passionate Twitter rant: There are no losers in MMA at this level

    Angela Magana goes off on haters in passionate Twitter rant: There are no losers in MMA at this level

    Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 218, strawweight veteran Angela Magana came up short against rising contender Amanda Bobby Cooper. In the wake of this loss, Magana took to Twitter to trash any “haters” who criticize her, or any of UFC 218’s other defeated fighters. See Magana’s undeniably compelling points below: There are no […]

  • Amanda Cooper roasts her UFC 218 opponent Angela Magana

    Amanda Cooper roasts her UFC 218 opponent Angela Magana

    Last weekend, on the undercard of UFC 218, Amanda Cooper picked up a dominant stoppage win over polarizing strawweight star Angela Magana. While Cooper’s win was more than enough to put her heated rivalry with Magana to bed, she still had plenty to say about her at the UFC 218 press conference, evidently still put […]

  • UFC 218 Results: Amanda Cooper stops Angela Magana (VIDEO)

    UFC 218 Results: Amanda Cooper stops Angela Magana (VIDEO)

    A women’s strawweight scrap between Amanda Cooper and Angela Magana served as the featured bout of tonight’s UFC 218 Fight Pass Prelims in Detroit, Michigan. Round one begins and Cooper immediately takes the center of the octagon. Magana lands a nice leg kick and then another. Cooper lands a left hand and then a right […]

  • Sponsor drops Cris Cyborg following incident with Angela Magana and Cyborg fires back

    Sponsor drops Cris Cyborg following incident with Angela Magana and Cyborg fires back

    The incident that got physical between Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana at the recent UFC athlete retreat may have had an impact with one of Cyborg’s sponsors. Apparel company GRRRL released the following public statement through their website regarding their relationship with Cris Cyborg following the incident with Magana. In response to criticism of GRRRL […]

  • Angela Magana’s Instagram account has been deleted

    Angela Magana’s Instagram account has been deleted

    You’re probably very familiar with the story by now: earlier this month, at the UFC athletes retreat in Las Vegas, Nevada, UFC featherweight star Cris “Cyborg” Justino punched UFC strawweight Angela Magana. This blowout occurred after Magana made several offensive posts about Cyborg on social media. In the wake of this unfortunate event, many members […]

  • Brandon Vera kicks Angela Magana out of Alliance MMA, issues statement

    Brandon Vera kicks Angela Magana out of Alliance MMA, issues statement

    Earlier this month, the UFC shipped nearly its entire roster out to Las Vegas for a special, weekend-long athletes retreat. Though the hope was that this would be a purely fruitful weekend for the 400+ fighters in attendance, it will probably be remembered most for a heated blowout between UFC featherweight star Cris “Cyborg” Justino […]

  • Gabi Garcia calls out Angela Magana to a fight, Magana accepts match

    Gabi Garcia calls out Angela Magana to a fight, Magana accepts match

    UFC strawweight Angela Magana and former Invicta featherweight champion Cris Cyborg got into an altercation over the weekend at the UFC athlete retreat in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cyborg and Magana were seen arguing in a video released from the incident where Cyborg punched Magana and things were immediately broken up. Cyborg is heard in the […]

  • Fighters rally behind Cris “Cyborg” Justino after Angela Magana incident

    Fighters rally behind Cris “Cyborg” Justino after Angela Magana incident

    Over the weekend, the UFC flew some 400 of its fighters out to Las Vegas, Nevada for a special athletes retreat. During the events of the weekend, UFC featherweight star Cris “Cyborg” Justino had a run-in with UFC strawweight Angela Magana, which ended with Cyborg punching and visibly rocking Magana. Since then, Cyborg has been […]

  • VIDEO | Here’s the footage of Cris “Cyborg” Justino punching Angela Magana

    VIDEO | Here’s the footage of Cris “Cyborg” Justino punching Angela Magana

    Last night, on the final evening of the UFC’s much talked about athlete’s retreat, top UFC women’s featherweight contender Cris “Cyborg” and strawweight fighter Angela Magana got in to an altercation. The altercation occurred after the Brazilian confronted Magana about some recent bullying posts. Earlier this year, after Cyborg did some volunteer work at a […]

  • Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana involved in altercation at UFC Athlete Retreat

    Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana involved in altercation at UFC Athlete Retreat

    Cris Cyborg and Angela Magana involved in altercation at UFC Athlete Retreat Breaking news coming from this weekend’s UFC Athlete Retreat in Las Vegas. Top UFC women’s featherweight contender Cris Cyborg and strawweight fighter Angela Magana got in to an altercation this afternoon in Sin City, this after “Justino” confronted Angela about her various online […]

  • New York lawyers attempting to create union for UFC fighters?

    New York lawyers attempting to create union for UFC fighters?

    The talk about a fighter’s union has been floating around for quite some time. Most recently, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt has been very vocal about fighters needing a union after his opponent Brock Lesnar tested positive for banned substances. Apparently UFC women’s strawweight Angela Magana was recently contacted by some lawyers in New York that […]

  • PHOTO | Angela Magana shows off her stunning bikini body

    PHOTO | Angela Magana shows off her stunning bikini body

    UFC strawweight Angela Magana has no shame in her game. “Your Majesty” has been spending quite a bit of time in her bikini while in Puerto Rico and her fans are loving her photos. Magana recently posted an eye-catching photo with the caption saying, “#yourmajesty stretching after #boxing but before the #beach #puertorico #ufc #fighterlife […]

  • PHOTO | Angela Magana is on the Tinder prowl

    PHOTO | Angela Magana is on the Tinder prowl

    UFC women’s strawweight Angela Magana is no stranger to being the center of attention. From taking the center of the Octagon, to making classic videos of herself on her social media accounts, Magana is always game. Speaking of game, Magana is taking her Tinder swiping to Australia and let everyone know about it. Magana posted […]