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Jakub Wiklacz achieved an unlikely victory on Saturday. | Getty/UFC Jakub Wiklacz was one second away from sweating out the scorecards in his second UFC fight. Instead, he’s 2-0 in the Octagon and $100,000 richer.The former KSW champion earned a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his last-second submission of Muin Gafurov in a preliminary […]
Movsar Evloev is said to have contracted the coronavirus ahead of his scheduled fight against Aaron Pico last year. Evloev was set to welcome former Bellator MMA star Aaron Pico to the UFC at UFC 319 last August. However, Evloev pulled out of the bout with barely two weeks to go before fight night. Evloev […]
Dustin Poirier doesn’t appear to be retiring just yet. Poirier and Gaethje share a 1-1 head-to-head record in the UFC. While Poirier retired last year, Gaethje recently won the interim lightweight title against Paddy Pimblett at UFC 324 last month. Gaethje’s violent performance against Pimblett was enticing enough for Poirier to consider retiring. “The Diamond” […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s plans for its landmark card at the White House are taking shape.During the Friday edition of “The Pat McAfee Show,” Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and TKO Group President Mark Shapiro sat down to discuss some upcoming plans for the promotion. The hosts asked the executives a few questions about the show, […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight Vinicius Oliveira already passed one big test on Friday: successfully making weight.After four straight wins in the UFC, Brazilian “Lok Dog” Oliveira gets the chance to headline his first event against Mario Bautista on Saturday. He and Bautista will compete in the five-round main attraction of UFC Fight Night 266, also […]
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be broken down one Nurmagomedov on Saturday.With the report coming first from MMA Latin America On Thursday, Said Nurmagomedov was forced to withdraw from UFC Vegas 113, also known as UFC Fight Night 266. The Russian bantamweight was booked against Javid Basharat (14-2, 1 NC), the eldest of the Basharat […]
Jon Jones said he spent his camp before UFC 309 in pain. | Getty/UFC Jon Jones didn’t know he was being recorded when he revealed that “severe arthritis” would prevent him from considering a wrestling match against Daniel Cormier at a future Real American Freestyle event.“I have severe arthritis,” Jones said in a video via […]
Tai Tuivasa came up short against Tallison Teixeira at UFC 325. | Getty/UFC Even after a hiatus of over a year, Tai Tuivasa’s slump continued at UFC 325.The popular Australian heavyweight struggled to stay on his feet, dropping a unanimous decision to Tallison Teixeira in a featured fight at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena last Saturday. […]
Asu Almabayev is 6-1 in the UFC. | Getty/UFC Asu Almabayev has been forced to withdraw from the UFC Mexico City headliner just over three weeks before the event.Almabayev revealed that he had suffered a hand injury in a post on Instagram, confirming this Ag.Vecht report that the Kazakh fighter was forced to withdraw from […]
Editor’s note: The article has been updated to reflect good news announced by the fighter in question.One Ultimate Fighting Championship fan favorite just proved that the squeaky steering wheel gets the grease. On Thursday, Dan Ige, who is currently the #14 ranked featherweight in the UFC Official rankings-posted on social media that he wasn’t allowed […]
