Tag: UFC

Whittaker vs. Cannonier Preview The former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, is on his way to regaining the middleweight title. But, he has a nasty opponent at the UFC 254. Jared Cannonier is motivated more than ever to show that he has what it takes to become the new ruler of this division. Cannonier searched for his place in the UFC for a long time, and it seems that he finally found himself in the middleweight category. Whittaker -105 The former champ had his last fight against Darren [...]

Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Preview Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje are about to clash in the most spectacular UFC match this year. The stake is high – lightweight title. Khabib has the perfect record and was the undisputed figure so far, while on the other side, Gaethje is the rising power and is in impressive form. Nurmagomedov -330 The champion has 28 straight wins in the MMA and didn’t lose a single fight in his career. Many big names felt his grip and strength, among them Al [...]

Brian Ortega has made his comeback to the octagon successful, defeating the “Korean Zombie” in the main event of the UFC Fight Night 180. The American fighter grabbed his 15th career-win beating Chan Sung Jung (16-6 MMA, 6-3 UFC) after a unanimous decision. After almost two years, Ortega (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) came back with style, against one of the top fighters in the featherweight division. All three judges scored convincingly in his favor, 50-45, 50-45, and 50-45. It was a fabulous match [...]

Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung, or the “Korean Zombie” as most fans know him, are the protagonists of the main event at the UFC Fight Night 180. The two featherweight stars had quite an intro for this battle, with an incident before the UFC 248 back in March. For those who don’t remember, Ortega slapped Jung’s translator, and chaos broke loose. Ortega Searching For a Way Back The American Mexican was one of the UFC’s biggest prospects until losing to Max Holloway in the title match [...]

Conor McGregor comes back in the octagon, as the former two-division champion plans to meet Dustin Poirier next January. What was just a speculation, turned out to be true in the end, with McGregor confirming the rumors that circulated in the MMA community. Even though there isn’t any contract signed yet, it seems the two guys have some verbal agreement between themselves, and they are ready to meet on January 23. The venue of the match is not confirmed, but McGregor has a plan about making [...]

In the main event of the UFC on ESPN+ 37, Cory Sandhagen delivered a vicious spinning wheel kick KO, that took care of Marlon Moraes. It is a very important win for the Sandman, who now bounced back following a defeat to Aljamain Sterling earlier this year. That fight lasted for just 88 seconds and was pretty damaging for Sandhagen’s (13-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) reputation. Not only that, it slowed him down on his quest to reach the title, and the American now has to wait and see what happens with the [...]

UFC Fight Night 179 involves two excellent bantamweight fighters, Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen. These two guys hope to get a chance to fight for the title belt with a win here, which makes this event very interesting. Marlon Moraes +125 Moraes (23-6-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is here following a win over Jose Aldo, but it seems that this triumph wasn’t enough for the UFC to give him another shot at the title. Aldo was the one who was picked to face Petr Yan in the fight for the belt vacated after [...]

Holly Holm defeated Irene Aldana in the main event of the UFC on ESPN 16. The American fighter displayed pure domination against the rival who suffered a massive beating and couldn’t match Holm in this one. Before this match, Aldana (12-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) was one of the UFC’s biggest prospects, but Holm (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) confidently stopped the Mexican’ surge. We practically haven’t seen anything from her side, and eventually, the judges all scored in her favor, 50-44, 50-45, 50-45. And [...]

Israel Adesanya retained his UFC middleweight title tonight, while Jan Blachowicz won the light heavyweight belt. Two major fights took place at the UFC 253, and both saw second-round TKOs, with one old and one new champion. Israel Adesanya (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) defeated Paulo Costa (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in the bout of undefeated middleweight superstars, pretty easily. The Last Stylebender was dominant against the toughest challenger so far, proving that he currently doesn’t have a match in this [...]