The Irishman’s foe claims to have gone off the line with his game plan when he got caught with McGregor’s strikes time and time again only to be knocked down to the canvas. Alvarez now recalls the incident, rather disappointedly but keeping aside his emotions he has predicted The Notorious one’s next move. As per the reports on Bjpenn.com, this is what he had to say: Here’s a Tweet mentioning the statement by Eddie Alvarez:...
It is almost impossible to predict things accurately and that is the beauty of this game. What makes this game so amazing is that extraordinary things keep happening every year. Keeping that in mind, here are 5 bold predictions for World Football in 2020. 5. Argentina to win Copa America 2020 Oh for how long have we been saying something like this? An international trophy for Lionel Messi and Argentina has always been a matter of ‘so close yet so far’....
Ramsey then approached the PSG striker and retrieved the ball, tired of the 29-year old’s behaviour. But things turned ugly as the Welshman received a blow to his chest by Cavani. Ian Wright felt that the Uruguayan was a very lucky man not to be sent off by the referee as the incident looked serious. “Cavani has taken the ball to bide time, maybe put a bit more pressure on Giroud and I think he’s very lucky,” he said....
UFC 183 weigh-ins took place Friday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the site of Saturday night’s show. The main event fighters, middleweights Anderson Silva and Nick Diaz, were on point; Silva weighed 186 pounds and Diaz came in at 185. The co-main event had a hitch, however, as welterweight Kelvin Gastelum came in at 180 pounds, nine pounds over the limit for a non-title fight....
The fight comes two weeks after what was hyped as the biggest weekend in WMMA history. The Invicta FC show was headlined by Cris Cyborg and UFC 184 was headlined by two women’s fights including Ronda Rousey’s bantamweight title defense against Cat Zingano. MORE: Astonishing UFC photos | UFC 185 weigh-in results | Esparza seeking respect | Rousey vs. Ali? Cyborg won her fight in 46 seconds. Rousey one-upped her, beating Zingano in 14 seconds....
In the co-main event, Stipe Miocic knocked out Andrei Arlovski in 54 seconds to get one step closer to a heavyweight title shot. Other action included Albert Tumenov over Lorenz Larkin by split decision in welterweight action, Brian Ortega beat Diego Brandao by third-round submission in featherweight action and Dustin Poirier defeated Joe Duffy by unanimous decision in lightweight action. MORE: January’s best fights | Who has the belt?...
Borg has been ill all week and UFC doctors refused to clear him for the fight, MMAFighting.com reported. ESPN.com reported Borg is suffering from a “viral infection.” The fight will be rescheduled as soon as possible, MMAFighting.com reported. KYTE: UFC home stretch of ‘17 harbinger of what’s to come UFC 215’s main event from Edmonton, Alberta, will now be the women’s bantamweight title fight between Amanda Nunes and Valentina Shevchenko....
A month after Demetrious Johnson’s potential record-breaking title defense against Ray Borg was called off a couple days before the event when the challenger fell ill, the flyweight combatants hit the scale early in Las Vegas and made weight, green-lighting the co-main event for UFC 216 on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. However it took an additional hour to get things squared away for the main event of the evening....
Dillashaw lived up his word as he stopped Garbrandt at 4:10 of the first round to retain the belt. DAZN: There’s a new way to watch fight sports — find out more The fight started out just as the first one did. Dillashaw and Garbrandt were exchanging the heavy leather when Garbrandt stunned Dillashaw with a left hand. Dillashaw quickly recovered and met Garbrandt back in the middle of the Octagon....
The fight witnessed GSP successfully defend his title by defeating Diaz via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45). Their fight headlined UFC 158 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 16th, 2013. Nick Diaz and his boxing coach Richard Perez later claimed that GSP’s nurse had given Diaz an unknown substance in his IV drip. Over the years, Diaz has maintained that he was drugged. He claims he fell ill due to the strange substance and was not at his best during the fight....
Inside the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday night, Figueiredo defeated Moreno via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-47) to take back the title. Figueiredo is now a two-time flyweight champion, the first one in UFC history. He said afterward that he was interested in running it back against Moreno once more. “I’m ready for a fourth fight against Brandon in Mexico,” Figueiredo said. UFC 270 RESULTS: Ngannou retains vs. Gane...
Despite initial reports, ‘Boom’ and Nurmagomedov are targeted to compete in the featherweight division when the two 135ers clash at the T-Mobile Arena on March 5. The 36-fight veteran hopes to extend his winning run to three as he seeks to gain more recognition within arguably the toughest division under the UFC banner. Kelleher broke the news while speaking with Cole Shelton, who in turn let the world know over social media, saying:...
Alexander Volkanovski will defend the featherweight title against “The Korean Zombie” while Aljamain Sterling defends the bantamweight title against Petr Yan. The card will take place inside the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Volkanovski made his pro debut in 2012 and is on a 20-fight winning streak. He came to the UFC in 2016, and in 2019 he beat Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title. Volkanovski beat Holloway in a rematch for the title and beat Brian Ortega in September to hold on to the belt....
Pena made her pro debut in 2009. She joined the UFC in 2013, winning “The Ultimate Fighter 18” as a member of Miesha Tate’s team. Early knee injuries resulted in a setback in 2014, but Pena returned in full force in 2015. In 2017, she lost to Valentina Shevchenko via submission. She went 2-1 after that, beating Sara McMann via submission at UFC 257 in 2021. Nunes made her pro debut in 2008, first competing for Strikeforce and Invicta....
UFC Fight Night 140 is an event that will be taking place on November 17, 2018, at Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This will be UFC’s first event in Argentina. A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Santiago Ponzinibbio will be the main event. Below you will find the current match card for UFC Fight Night 140 2018 along with where to watch UFC Fight Night 140 2018, and other details about UFC Fight Night 140 live stream information:...
He will be taking on Derek Brunson to attempt to continue his three-fight win streak. I was able to catch up to Elias Theodorou before his next UFC fight and pose a few questions before him. Catch UFC Fight Night 151 in Ottawa live on Sony Ten 2 and Sony Ten 2 HD at 5:30 AM on the 5th of May. Q. Your last three fights have seen you win impressively with decisions....
UFC fight night comes to us Saturday from Tampa, Florida with a real good card from top to bottom headlined by a big fight in the light heavyweight division. Fourth-ranked Glover Teixeira takes on seventh-ranked Rashad Evans. Teixeira is a -210 favorite over the former light heavyweight champion Evans who gets about +170 as the underdog. Teixeira reeled off 20 straight wins before losing in a title fight to Jon Jones in April of 2014 and seems to be primed for a big effort Saturday night in a fight that could put him one step closer to another shot at the title....
Some of those changes were made Tuesday: Sources told Sporting News between 60 and 80 employees would be fired. MORE: Loaded roster for ‘UFC 2017’ SN confirmed an earlier report by MMAJunkie that said the layoffs would include four top UFC executives: Garry Cook, chief global brand officer and head of international business development; Marshall Zelaznik, chief content officer; Ken Berger, executive vice president/general manager, Asia; and Jamie Pollack, senior vice president of global content....
In case you didn’t know… Having made his UFC debut in 2001, former UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn is considered as one of the all-time greatest fighters to ever grace the Octagon. Penn, who is a former one-time UFC Lightweight and Welterweight Champion, last competed in the Octagon almost a year ago, in June of 2017 at UFC Fight Night 112 when he suffered a majority defeat to Dennis Siver....
Cody Garbrandt’s 2019 In 2019, Cody Garbrandt has competed in just one professional fight when he made his return to the Octagon at UFC 235 against Pedro Munhoz but ended up losing the bout via first-round knockout. Prior to his fight against Munhoz, No Love lost the UFC Bantamweight Championship to arch-rival T.J. Dillashaw at UFC 217 and at UFC 227, the two former teammates faced-off in a rematch with Garbrandt suffering a second successive defeat....
