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UFC 253 Results: Israel Adesanya KO’s Paulo Costa (Video)
Tonight’s UFC 253 event is headlined by a middleweight title fight featuring reigning champion Israel Adesanya taking on Paulo Costa. The UFC’s undefeated middleweight champion, Adesanya (19-0 MMA), will be returning to action for the first time since defeating Yoel Romero this past March. Prior to his lackluster unanimous decision win over the Cuban, ‘Stylebender’ […]
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Pros react after Jan Blachowicz KO’s Dominick Reyes at UFC 253
Tonight’s UFC 253 event was co-headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between top division contenders Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz. Reyes (12-1 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since suffering a controversial decision loss to Jon Jones in his original bid for the title at UFC 247. Prior to that setback, […]
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Jon Jones reacts after Jan Blachowicz KO’s to Dominick Reyes at UFC 253
Jon Jones was clearly watching Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz duke it out for the UFC light heavyweight title that he recently vacated. Reyes and Blachowicz squared off in the co-headliner of tonight’s UFC 253 main event with the promotions vacant light heavyweight title up for grabs. Dominick Reyes (12-2 MMA) was returning to action […]
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UFC 253 Results: Jan Blachowicz KO’s Dominick Reyes (Video)
Tonight’s UFC 253 event is co-headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between top division contenders Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz. Reyes (12-1 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since suffering a controversial decision loss to Jon Jones in his original bid for the title at UFC 247. Prior to the […]
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Pros react after Diego Sanchez suffers a lopsided loss to Jake Matthews at UFC 253
The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner and former lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez squared off with Jake Matthews at tonight’s UFC 253 event. Sanchez (30-12 MMA) entered tonight’s welterweight battle with Matthews following a disqualification win over Michel Pereira this past February. ‘The Nightmare’ had gone 3-2 over his first five fights since returning to […]
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UFC 253 Results: Jake Matthews defeats Diego Sanchez (Highlights)
The Ultimate Fighter Season 1 winner and former lightweight title challenger Diego Sanchez squares off with Jake Matthews at tonight’s UFC 253 event. Sanchez (30-12 MMA) enters tonight’s welterweight battle with Matthews following a disqualification win over Michel Pereira this past February. ‘The Nightmare’ has gone 3-2 since returning to the promotions welterweight division in […]
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UFC 253: ‘Adesanya vs. Costa’ Live Results and Highlights
The Octagon returns to Fight Island for tonight’s UFC 253 event, a eleven-bout fight card headlined by Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa. The UFC’s reigning and undefeated middleweight champion, Adesanya (19-0 MMA), will be returning to action for the first time since defeating Yoel Romero this past March. Prior to his lackluster unanimous decision win […]
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Freddie Roach reacts to talk of a potential Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor fight
Legendary trainer and former professional boxer Freddie Roach has reacted to the news of a potential Manny Pacquiao vs. Conor McGregor fight. Yesterday afternoon McGregor made headlines when he insinuated that his next bout would come against Pacquiao inside of the squared circle in the Middle East. Anyway all water under the bridge who gives […]
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Colby Covington fires back at “woke mob” following recent criticism: “I speak for the Silent Majority and I’ll never back down”
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington has fired back at the “woke mob” following their recent criticism of his recent comments. Prior to his grudge match with bitter rival Tyron Woodley this past weekend, ‘Chaos’ made headlines when he suggested that ‘T-Wood’ was a “domestic terrorist sympathizer” for his support of Black Lives Matter. Despite dominating […]
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Diego Sanchez reacts after Conor McGregor expresses interest in a potential fight
A potential fight between former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor and The Ultimate Fighter season 1 winner Diego Sanchez is gaining steam. Sanchez, who meets Jake Matthews on the the prelims of tomorrow night’s UFC 253 event, called for a fight with McGregor earlier this week, identifying it as the ideal matchup for the final […]
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Uriah Hall claims Yoel Romero pulled out of fight because of Jon Jones: “His bitch ass decided to move up”
Uriah Hall has taken a shot at his previously scheduled opponent Yoel Romero, this while suggesting that their fight fell through in part to Jon Jones. Hall was slated to square off with Romero in a middleweight bout at last month’s UFC Vegas 7 event. However, ‘The Soldier of God’ wound up withdrawing from the […]
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Video | Matt Serra has verbal spat with Diego Sanchez’s coach Joshua Fabia
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra had an interesting run-in with Diego Sanchez’s coach Joshua Fabia this week. Fabia’s pupil, former UFC title challenger Diego Sanchez (31-12 MMA), is set to return to action at tomorrow night’s highly anticipated UFC 253 event. ‘The Nightmare’ is slated to square off with Jake Matthews in a welterweight […]
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Damon Jackson says return to UFC is “surreal,” knew he would submit Mirsad Bektic
After May 23, 2019, Damon Jackson thought his chances of getting back to the UFC were over. Jackson, who had three fights in the UFC from 2014-2016 and did not get a win and was cut, fought in LFA hoping to get another crack. Yet, after years of trying nothing came up. So, Jackson signed […]
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After back-to-back KO wins, Tyson Nam wants Joseph Benavidez next
Tyson Nam is looking to jump up the UFC rankings and fight Joseph Benavidez. Nam, who was once considered one of the best fighters not signed to the UFC, made his debut in 2019 and dropped a decision to Sergio Pettis. Nam then lost his next fight to Kai Kara-France but has since rallied off […]
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Conor McGregor vs. Manny Pacquiao betting odds released
The betting odds have been released by the sportsbooks for a potential boxing match between Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao. Ever since he delved into the world of boxing for the Floyd Mayweather superfight, McGregor has been tied to a boxing match with Pacquiao, but nothing has ever come from it. On Friday, McGregor took […]
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Conor McGregor claims his next fight will be a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor claims his next fight will be a boxing match with Manny Pacquiao in the Middle East. McGregor was busy on Twitter on Friday afternoon, first accepting a callout from Diego Sanchez, then detailing his struggle to find a fight in the first half of 2020. He concluded by referring […]
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Conor McGregor responds to Diego Sanchez’s request for retirement matchup
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has responded to a recent callout from The Ultimate Fighter season 1 winner Diego Sanchez. Sanchez, who takes on Jake Matthews on the UFC 253 undercard this Saturday, called for a fight with McGregor earlier this week, identifying it as the ideal matchup for the final fight of his […]
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Photo | Amanda Nunes and Nina Ansaroff welcome newborn daughter
UFC women’s double champion Amanda Nunes and her partner, UFC women’s strawweight Nina Ansaroff, welcomed their newborn daughter on Friday. Raegan Ann Nunes was welcomed into the world on Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 7:15 a.m. EST. Nunes broke the good news on her social media and posted a photo of the happy couple holding […]
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Diego Sanchez labels Paulo Costa “the weight cutting master” after Fight Island encounter
Diego Sanchez is very impressed by the way Paulo Costa cut down to the 185-pound limit for his middleweight title fight with Israel Adesanya at UFC 253. Despite walking around at well over 200 pounds, Costa was the first fighter on the scale for the UFC 253 weigh-ins this morning. The middleweight title challenger also […]
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Dana White provides an update on Joanna Jedrzejczyk
UFC president Dana White provided an update on what could be next for former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk. The Poland native last fought at UFC 248 in March where she lost a razor-thin split decision to champion Weili Zhang in one of the best MMA fights of all time. Both women took a […]
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Conor McGregor fuels comeback speculation with new training footage
Former two-division UFC champ Conor McGregor has caused all kinds of speculation about his fighting future by sharing some new footage of his training sessions to social media. McGregor announced his retirement from competition on June 6. However, many fans doubted the legitimacy of his retirement plans, and the signs increasingly point toward his fighting […]
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Video | Israel Adesanya, Paulo Costa get physical during weigh-in staredown
Things got heated between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and his next title challenger Paulo Costa on Friday morning. Adesanya and Costa, both undefeated, will collide in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night. Shortly after they weighed in for their fight, they came face-to-face for a final staredown. Costa brought his BJJ […]
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Bas Rutten explains how Justin Gaethje can defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov
MMA legend turned commentator Bas Rutten believes Justin Gaethje has a real shot at dethroning UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Gaethje, the UFC’s interim lightweight champion, will challenge the undefeated Nurmagomedov in the main event of UFC 254 on October 24. He’ll enter the fight as an underdog, but he’ll also do so with the […]
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Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa disagree on grappling skills: “This fight can be on the ground also”
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and his UFC 253 title challenger Paulo Costa don’t agree on who has the grappling edge. Adesanya and Costa will meet in the main event of UFC 253 on Saturday night. While the pair are known first and foremost as strikers, it sounds like they could end up grappling a […]
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Mike Perry reacts to Robbie Lawler booking
“Platinum” Mike Perry seems to be pretty excited for his newly announced fight with former UFC welterweight champion “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler. News of this dynamite welterweight matchup was reported by ESPN on Thursday. The fight will go down at UFC 255 on November 21. Perry seems to be forecasting a violent spectacle when he’s locked […]
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Marvin Vettori finally books an opponent, returns at UFC 256 against Omari Akhmedov
UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori finally has another opponent after being booked in a rematch against Omari Akhmedov at UFC 256, MMA Junkie reports. The outspoken Italian has been pleading for another chance to prove himself against one of the division’s best in the wake of his dominant submission win over Karl Roberson back in June. […]
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UFC 253 weigh-in results: Main event official, two fighters miss weight
On Saturday night, the UFC will return to our screens with the stacked UFC 253 card, the first of five consecutive events on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. UFC 253 will be headlined by a dynamite middleweight title fight between undefeated UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, and ferocious challenger Paulo Costa, who is also unbeaten. […]
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PFL’s partnership with WAVE TV adds to already-impressive social media presence
MMA fans around the world continue to be given access to the Professional Fighters League as the promotion finds new and valuable ways to reach the masses. The latest is a partnership with WAVE.tv, a sports media company for today’s digital savvy fan, reaching more than 200 million users across Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, […]