The card has some of the best fighters on the list. Although the likes of Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier were also supposed to be on the card, after they pulled out, it was not the world card for the UFC pay-per-view. The main event between Daniel Cormier and Derrick Lewis has attracted a lot of attention, as has the fact of whether Brock Lesnar will actually be at the fight or not....
The main event features flyweight champion Henry Cejudo battling Marlon Moraes for the vacant bantamweight championship. In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko puts her women’s flyweight title on the line against Jessica Eye. Also in a pivotal lightweight bout, former interim lightweight titleholder Tony Ferguson takes on Donald Cerrone. Cejudo and Moraes are fighting for the vacant 135-pound title because it was revealed that T.J. Dillashaw flunked a drug test and was suspended for two years....
UFC 280 takes place inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Oliveira joined the UFC in 2010. He is 21-8 with one no-contest with the promotion. “Do Bronx” beat Michael Chandler at UFC 262 for the UFC lightweight title, but at UFC 274, he missed weight for his fight against Justin Gaethje and was stripped of the belt. Oliveira won the bout via submission, but he could not be called champion....
Through social media sites, and those with their noses close to the video game world have all but figured out who’s being blessed with the honor. After all, it’s not the famed “Madden Curse”. Jorge Masvidal and Israel Adesanya share the cover of UFC 4 Sites such as Forbes.com, MMAsucka.com, and Sportbible.com have all let out details of the game. As well as Connoisseur of Combat on twitter. And EA Sports themselves revealed some hints about the game....
After his recent verbal interaction with ‘Triple C’ after the latter’s retirement, Garcia once again took another dig at Cejudo while speaking to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on the latest edition of The Helwani Show. The boxer also took to Twitter to claim that he is going to transition to MMA in order to knockout Danis, which caught the attention of a certain UFC Bantamweight in Sean O’Malley. In response to Garcia’s claim on social media, ‘Sugar’ took to Twitter and responded to the former by tweeting that he would love to kick the former in the head, sending him an indirect warning in the process....
In case you didn’t know… Claudio Silva marked his UFC debut with a win over Brad Scott at UFC Fight Night 37. For his next bout, Silva defeated current Welterweight sensation, Leon Edwards at UFC Fight Night 56 via split decision. At UFC Fight Night 130, Silva defeated Nordine Taleb in a fight which earned him Performance of the Night award. In his last fight at UFC Fight Night 147, Silva defeated Danny Roberts in a fight which he won via third-round submission....
In case you didn’t know… Nate Diaz’s last fight in the Octagon took way back in 2016 when he lost to his arch-rival Conor McGregor via a five-round decision fight at UFC 202. This was the rematch between McGregor and Diaz, after the two men previously squared-off at UFC 196 when the latter choked out the ‘The Notorious One’ to hand him his first defeat in the Octagon. However, since Diaz’s loss to McGregor at UFC 202, he hasn’t been seen in Octagon competition for almost two years now....
With this win, Figueiredo took his current MMA streak to two victories and his total number of wins at the UFC to six. What happened in the Octagon Tim Elliott had come back to the cage after a hiatus of almost two years. But when it came to being aggressive and all-out in the Octagon, he was not pulling any punches at all. The fight was full of back-and-forth action from the very beginning....
Former Seton Hall guard Sterling Gibbs has decided to transfer to UConn, he announced via Twitter on Saturday afternoon. MORE: Preseason Top 25 | Rules committee misses the mark | The next ‘Greek Freak’? The 6-2 guard averaged 16.3 points and 3.8 assists last season for the Pirates, ranking in the top five in the Big East in both categories. He visited Pittsburgh and Ohio State before settling in with UConn after a two-day visit and is the Huskies’ second graduate transfer this offseason....
But, if there is one point of concern for the team, it is the form of their big players like Rahul Chaudhari, Deepak Nivas Hudda, Rajaguru Subramanian etc. The Titans have substituted many of their players during the course of the games and the coach of the titans, spoke to Sportskeeda ahead of their match against Bengaluru Bulls on Friday night, saying that form has little bearing and players perform according to the opponent they are facing....
Angelo Di Natale’s free-kick may already have been goal-bound but it was the visiting striker who got the crucial touch to put through his own net at the near post in the 79th minute, reports Xinhua. Udinese head coach Francesco Guidolin said though his side did not create many chances, they deserved the win. “I was pleased to bring home a difficult and deserved victory because we came up against a Genoa side that closed everything down....
The Catalans are hungry for Champions League success, and are likely to go with this eleven for the important fixture, deployed in a 4-3-3 formation as they usually set-up. Defence In a fixture and competition which has no room for experimentation, Marc Andre Ter-Stegen is expected to keep his position between the sticks. Gerard Pique is the best candidate to partner Samuel Umtiti at the centre of defence, while Jordi Alba will mostly play as the left back....
The second matchday of the league has come to an end, and 12 teams either won or drew their respective games across both matchdays. Let us find out which of these teams are also unbeaten on the domestic front. NB: The list does not feature Internazionale and Liverpool, who have won all their 6 and 7 league games respectively this season, but have tasted defeat in the Champions League....
Hosted in France and without the participation of the teams like Netherlands, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Scotland and many more, we’re in for a cracker of a tournament. Germany will look to continue their strong form, Spain will look to defend the title and England will look to put in a few passes together in their games. Here are our expert’s picks, noting the finalists, the winners and the Golden Boot winner:...
Less than a week after the latest revelations in the Football Leaks series, UEFA suggested it could reopen previously concluded cases should new information arise. Every club affiliated to UEFA faces an annual assessment against the break-even requirements and many have been investigated and either sanctioned or cleared. But it now seems UEFA may go back over some closed cases. “Should new information suggest that previously-concluded cases have been abused, those cases may be capable of being re-opened as determined on a case by case basis,” UEFA told AFP....
Liverpool made a great start to their Premier League campaign as they won their opening fixture against Norwich City by a scoreline of 4-1 with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Divock Origi finding the net for the Merseyside club. They currently sit at the third position in the table, behind Manchester City and Manchester United. Frank Lampard’s Chelsea on the other hand had an abysmal start to the league campaign as they were routed 4-0 by Manchester United at the Old Trafford on Sunday and currently sit at the 19th position in the league table....
And to Cormier, it seems like fighting under a cloud of doubt. MORE: UFC champions | Gustafsson: Let him talk | Rashad Evans has something to prove | Five reasons to watch Coverage from Houston will begin on UFC Fight Pass at 6 p.m. ET, and then switch to Fox Sports 1 at 8 ET. The main card will air on pay-per-view beginning at 10 ET. Daniel Cormier (via YouTube)...
In the co-main event, Dominick Cruz will defend his bantamweight title when he takes Cody Garbrandt. Beyond a handful appearances on talk shows and “Saturday Night Live,” Rousey has been reclusive, including this week. She felt the media turned their backs on her after she was knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193. MORE: Classic photos of Ronda Rousey Nunes, who became the champion when she submitted Miesha Tate at UFC 200, believes Rousey should have made the media rounds just like she did....
Adesanya is set to face UFC and Mixed Martial Arts legend Anderson Silva in the co-main event at UFC 234. Where other fighters would be tense in the leadup to the fight, the ‘Stylebender’ Adesanya held true to form and entertained the fans at Melbourne during the Open Workouts by performing a move straight out of a very famous WWE Superstar and Hollywood Star’s repertoire. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will certainly have something to say about this....
Interim champion Adesanya scored a stunning second-round knockout at Marvel Stadium, where 57,127 fans were in attendance, to become the undisputed champion in the division. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Australian Whittaker had already been floored by a huge right hook late in the first round and a stinging left in the second brought an end to the bout. Adesanya made a grandstand entrance with a choreographed dance routine and the Nigeria-born New Zealander said his confident arrival was something he had planned to do in the past....
