“I really don’t see a problem with him (Mendes) saying that, but I do everything that is asked of me,” Aldo told Sporting News. “I have no problem with the press and I do very well with the press. I have been the champion for a long time and I fought in many big shows. I don’t think there’s no problem there.” Aldo has won 17 fights in a row and successfully defended the WEC/UFC featherweight title eight straight times....
Cormier (16-1) is one of the most gifted wrestlers in the history of MMA, and the only loss on his resume came at the hands of Jon Jones in January. While Cormier lost the five-round decision, the fight was much closer than most expected and many of the rounds were hard to score. Look for Cormier to use his wrestling base to good advantage in this fight and try to smother the much taller challenger....
Rousey is undefeated in 12 fights, and the only time she’s been out of the first round was in December 2013, when she finished Miesha Tate in the third. Her last three fights have lasted a total 64 seconds combined. Never has a fighter in any MMA organization dominated a division like Rousey has hers, and Saturday night figures to be more of the same. A few years ago, Ronda’s stand-up game was average at best, but recently she’s shown major improvement in her striking, and that spells more trouble for future opponents....
Conor McGregor fights Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight championship match in the main event of UFC 194 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, in what is the most highly anticipated UFC fight of the year. MORE: UFC 194 predictions | UFC 194 keys to victory | UFC 194 odds, lines Conor McGregor did what he said what he was going to do. But even he could not have predicted knocking out Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to win the UFC featherweight title....
Lawler can make history again Saturday when he defends his title against Carlos Condit in the main event of UFC 195. Lawler isn’t a guy who tends to look back; he is a forward thinker. But the 15-fight UFC veteran reflected on his work against MacDonald on a July evening and said it was the greatest fight he had ever contested. MORE: Condit expects the expected battle | More from Muehlhausen | 2016’s underdogs...
Three years ago, the former heavyweight standout-turned-light heavyweight contender was coming off a loss to Jon Jones when the talented, but troubled superstar was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The accident occurred less than a month prior to defending his title against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 187 in Las Vegas. Removed from the contest and stripped of his title, the UFC sought a replacement for Jones in a bout with Johnson to crown a new light heavyweight champion....
The main event features Stipe Miocic defending the UFC heavyweight championship against No. 1-ranked Francis Ngannou. In the co-main event, Daniel Cormer defends the light heavyweight championship when he faces No. 2 ranked Volkan Oezdemir. UFC 220 is a great way to kick off the new year featuring top-heavy card. It could be the best main and co-main events of 2018 due to the uncertainty of whether Conor McGregor and Georges St-Pierre return, how long Jon Jones will be suspended following his latest drug test failure and Ronda Rousey venturing off to the WWE....
The NAC held onto Nurmagomedov’s $2 million check and not McGregor’s $3 million purse due to the former’s role in initiating the fracas. Bennett also told SN a “comprehensive investigation” is underway. NAC chairman Anthony Marnell went on to tell ESPN on Monday after reviewing videos that surfaced after the card which showed McGregor throwing a punch at a teammate of Nurmagomedov, a decision was made to file a formal complaint against the former two-division champion....
One short overhand right on the inside by Cormier changed the complexion of the fight, however. Miocic was sent to the canvas and, after a few punches on the ground, the Croatian’s reign came to a close. Immediately after the conclusion of UFC 226, former heavyweight champ and current WWE star Brock Lesnar entered the cage and got into a confrontation with Cormier. It appeared a Cormier-Lesnar clash would be on the horizon....
With champion Francis Ngannou and interim titleholder Ciryl Gane expected to face off in a unification bout, it is still unclear who the next No.1 contender could be. Stipe Miocic is awaiting a trilogy fight with Ngannou and he’s also been linked with an encounter against the No.1-ranked UFC pound-for-pound fighter Jon Jones. Derrick Lewis’ future is also up in the air following his disappointing defeat to ‘Bon Gamin’ at UFC 265....
Not since Holly Holm defeated Ronda Rousey has there been as big an upset as the one fight fans saw at UFC 269. Amanda Nunes was listed as a heavy favorite to retain her bantamweight belt against Julianna Pena, the No. 3-ranked fighter in the class. But the belt changed hands for the first time in more than five years. After struggling in the first round, Pena came out aggressively in the second round, landing a number of heavy jabs to the head of the champion....
Both fighters have done their fair share of trash-talking ahead of their clash at UFC 272 on March 5. Once close friends at American Top Team, Masvidal and Covington cornered for each other in the Octagon. Now, the two are ready to settle it all inside it. Why exactly are Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal fighting one another? Sporting News breaks down their rivalry. MORE: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal odds, predictions, betting trends for UFC 272...
At UFC Fight Night 139, it was the UFC debutant Devonte Smith, who managed to drop his opponent within seconds of the start of his fight, and that was it. In case you didn’t know… Devonte Smith came into the fight with a huge record of eight victories and one loss. Coming into the fight on the back of a 4-fight win streak, Smith had proved himself outside the UFC....
Today, UFC announced that they will be using a larger cage. The 30% more space will play a huge role in the card’s main event, Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns. The COO, Lawrence Epstein, also announced that special VIP guests could be in attendance as well. That admittance may be a reason why Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island was finally chosen as the location. With regulations being extremely tight in the United States for indoor events, the same might not be so for the other side of the planet....
Heavyweight Bout (Main Event) – Derrick Lewis vs Junior Dos Santos Heavyweight knockout artists Derrick Lewis and Junior Dos Santos will clash at Intrust Bank Arena in a pivotal fight as the winner will remain a constant threat to jump into championship contention. Fighters Profile Derrick Lewis After being defeated at UFC 230 by Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier, ‘The Black Beast’ is ready to get back to his winning ways against former champion Junior Dos Santos....
He defended the title five times, winning four by stoppage before losing to Mike Brown at WEC 36 in Nov. 2008. Since then, Faber came up short on two occasions to regain the 145-pound belt and lost three times in his quest to become UFC bantamweight champion. “The California Kid” returns to his old weight class when he battles former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 66....
In case you didn’t know… Colby Covington made his mark in the most dominant manner possible during his fight with Robbie Lawler on UFC on ESPN 5 this weekend. Covington dominated the fight from the beginning to the end, with Lawler stumbling around and looking lost. They went the whole 5 rounds and while Lawler was able to get in a few key shots, the overwhelming majority of the key strikes was landed by Covington, who had 500+ strikes to his name after the 5 rounds....
McGregor, who last competed in the UFC back in 2018, recently sent a message to his next opponent via Instagram. Conor McGregor’s last fight in the UFC Conor McGregor last competed at UFC 229 when he faced and lost to Khabib Nurmagomedov in the main event of the pay-per-view. Conor McGregor’s message to Donald Cerrone Former two-division UFC World Champion Conor McGregor will be marking his Octagon return in early 2020 against veteran Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, as the two get set for a massive showdown in the UFC Welterweight Division....
The result of the fight has left a cloud of uncertainty over the career of Daniel Cormier, who has made no secret of the fact that his days in mixed martial arts are numbered, having delayed his retirement several times already. In case you didn’t know… Cormier had always planned to walk away from the UFC on the day of his 40th birthday in March 2019 - however, it is now August and the Louisiana born fighter is as active as ever....
Barao will be returning to the Featherweight division for the first time since 2016. The rise and fall of Renan Barao Considered to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters during his peak, Barao rose to become the undisputed king of the Bantamweight division after joining UFC in the aftermath of the company’s merger with WEC in 2010. The Brazilian went on to win the interim Bantamweight title from Urijah Faber and defended it twice before being promoted as the undisputed champion....
