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Diaz dirtied up the bout immediately and made it a phone-booth fight by staying in the pocket and relentlessly smothering Anthony Pettis with punches, elbows and knees. Diaz went on to score a resounding unanimous decision in the UFC 241 co-main event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., on Saturday night. Judges scored it 30-27, 30-27 and 29-28 in favor of Diaz. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year...

The fight began with Ferreira charging at Pettis, lifting his leg in an unorthodox way. He shot for the takedown but Pettis hit the knee to the body to prevent it from happening. They started exchanging shots, with Pettis landing a slick combination. Ferreira managed to get Pettis on the ground and pressured him from behind, but Showtime was able to spin out of it after multiple attempts. The first round ended with Pettis nearly landing the kick to the head, but Ferreira was unleashing a ground-and-pound before the buzzer hit....

Andrade is famous for slamming Bantamweights over her head. However, Valentina Shevchenko overpowered her opponent with ease in a contest where she landed 7 takedowns in a 7-minute fight. Jessica Andrade’s fight against Valentina Shevchenko was far from an even contest. It was a mauling at the hands of arguably one of the most complete MMA fighters in the world. To the naked eye, it seemed as if Andrade was operating at a level below Shevchenko....

For the first time, a woman is the top-ranked fighter in the game with UFC women’s bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes topping the list. Nunes isn’t the only woman in the top five, as women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko comes in at No. 4. The roster has only four “5 Star” fighters in the game. Along with Nunes and Shevchenko are UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (No. 2) and UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov (No....

He will be fighting Elias Theodorou in what is sure to be quite the fight. Brunson is coming into the fight on the back of 2 losses against Israel Adesanya and Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza, but he will be looking to turn his fortune around with a win against Theodorou. I was able to catch up to Derek Brunson before his next UFC fight and pose a few questions before him....

Cerrone, who will be moving up from lightweight for this fight, clearly holds a huge class edge and is a -300 favorite with Oliveira getting about +230 as the underdog. Cerrone was on a real roll, winning eight lightweight fights in a row before being finished in the first round in a title fight with current lightweight champion Rafeal dos Anjos. Cerrone has wins over top fighters like Eddie Alvarez, Benson Henderson and Jim Miller on his resume whereas one would hardly recognize any of Oliveira’s wins....

Dubbed UFC Vegas 36, the event will be headlined by a crucial middleweight contest between top contenders Darren Till and Derek Brunson. A heavyweight clash between Tom Aspinall and Serghei Spivac will serve as the co-main event. The card will also feature the UFC debut of charismatic new lightweight prospect Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett. The Englishman will be up against Brazil’s Luigi Vendramini in the main card opener. There was initially talk of UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs....

Inspired McCann picked up a Performance of the Night bonus for detonating a spinning back elbow to end Luana Carolina’s contest at UFC London in March. Arguably the most memorable moment of the card, it sparked wild celebrations between McCann and Paddy Pimblett, her fellow Liverpudlian and best friend in the sport who beat Rodrigo Vargas by first-round submission on the same night. “The internet blew up off that elbow,” McCann reflects ahead of her flyweight fight with American Hannah Goldy, when she will return to the O2 for a second successive scrap....

The former multi-time title challenger argued that he believes Green wasn’t the first choice to be Beneil Dariush’s replacement. He then pointed out that the fact that an unranked fighter ended up as Makhachev’s opponent is very telling. Sonnen said: Chael Sonnen comments on fighters allegedly ducking Islam Makhachev: Sonnen also likened Green’s situation to the time he was awarded a title fight against Jon Jones back in 2013. ‘The American Gangster’ said the same fighters who declined the Jones fight were the same ones complaining after he had accepted it....

Darren Till labels himself the top draw in the UFC Middleweight Division At the recently concluded UFC 244 pay-per-view, Darren Till made his debut at the UFC Middleweight Division and in his first fight at 185, the Liverpool based fighter defeated Kelvin Gastelum via unanimous decision. While recently speaking to BT Sport, Till stated that people usually tend to forget the fighter he was prior to his loss to Tyron Woodley and Jorge Masvidal, as he recalled his win against Stephen Thompson, whom he labeled as the ‘best striker in UFC’ and also briefly spoke about his victory over Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone....

A fighter whose career has been plagued by injuries throughout, Cruz is someone who has somehow managed to stay positive throughout, no matter how bleak the situation. In his recent post, Cruz talked about making his recovery following his shoulder surgery. In case you didn’t know… Dominick Cruz has not had the best time since signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Although a talented fighter and a former champion, injuries have brought his career to an almost halt....

After the fight, Cerrone repeated his intention to move back down to the lightweight division, and he hinted at a “very exciting” opponent. Well, it looks like the cat’s out of the bag… In case you didn’t know… Cerrone, 35, was a longtime staple of the lightweight division. He challenged for the title in 2015 against then-champion Rafael dos Anjos but fell short in that contest. A post shared by Donald Cerrone (@cowboycerrone) on Nov 13, 2018 at 6:29pm PST...

The team from Manchester, on the other hand, will be hoping to come away from the match having avoided defeat or held their own a little bit. Ronaldo carries a lot of threat It goes without saying that Cristiano Ronaldo will be the main threat to Manchester United. It is entirely possible that the Portuguese can become the difference between the two teams. He was a bit on the quieter side when the two teams last met at Old Trafford but there’s nothing to say that he will be the same this time around....

In case you didn’t know… Manchester United are set to host Barcelona at Old Trafford for the first leg of the fixture this coming week. Under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the Red Devils have transitioned into a more capable team compared to the one under former boss Jose Mourinho. The Norwegian boss has impressed the United faithful with a series of league wins and even more so with the club’s phenomenal comeback against Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain in the second leg of their Round of 16 fixture....

Rousey (10-0) has taken the MMA world by storm the last two years and has become the UFC’s biggest star. Her last two fights were mere workouts, as she finished Sara McMann with knees in a little over a minute in February 2014 and knocked out Alexis Davis in just 16 seconds in July. The only fighter to take Ronda past the first round has been Miesha Tate, in December 2013....

Televisa Deportes first reported that UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez will battle interim heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum in a title unification bout at UFC 188 on June 13 from Arena Ciudad in Mexico City. The UFC later confirmed the report to Sporting News. The two were initially supposed to battle at UFC 180 last November, but Velasquez had to bow out of the fight three weeks before the card was supposed to take place due to injury....

For Rory MacDonald, that is exactly what happened to him heading into Saturday night’s UFC 189 co-main event as he challenges Robbie Lawler for the welterweight championship. MORE: Five reasons to watch UFC 189 | Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes | Lawler-McDonald pick This is a rematch from their first fight at UFC 167 in Nov. 2013 when Lawler walked away with a split decision victory. The fight was very close but the welterweight champion did enough to win....

“This is amazing,” Nunes told Joe Rogan in her post-fight interview. “Before I walked we talked. This moment was my moment. She had her time.” MORE: Watch Nunes KO Rousey Rousey, unlike in past fights, didn’t go right at Nunes and instead tried to feel out her opponent. The Brazilian was having none of it and landed a right hand down the middle to stagger Rousey and the end was near....

Ferguson emerged victorious from Saturday’s event, submitting Lee in the third round to become the interim champion. He held up his end of the bargain, but when handed the microphone in his post-fight interview, one question remained: would Ferguson deliver a promo that would catch McGregor’s attention? “Where you at McNuggets, ya f—ing piece of s—,” Ferguson said to Joe Rogan. “I’m gonna kick your ass. You better come and f—ing defend that belt....

He’ll do so as the betting favorite and coming off one of the most hellacious knockouts in the organization’s history — a clubbing left hand that separated Alistair Overeem’s soul from his body and left “The Demolition Man” demolished on the canvas. It was the kind of performance that can transform a formidable challenger into someone seemingly destined to claim championship gold. But if you know anything about the 31-year-old’s path to fighting on the biggest stage in the sport for the most important title in the organization, you know that his seismic knockout of Overeem and impending date with Miocic are just two more steps towards a dream that took root in childhood and remains the driving force behind the imposing knockout artist....