Jamahal Hill reacts after suffering an arm injury against Paul Craig of Scotland in their light heavyweight fight during the UFC 263 event at Gila River Arena on June 12, 2021 in Glendale, Arizona. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Paul Craig kicked off UFC 263 with a gruesome win on Saturday night. Craig beat Jamahal Hill in their light heavyweight bout at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, via a first round TKO, and completely dislocated Hill’s left arm in the process. Jamahal Hill’s arm… Source link
Read More »Diego Sanchez’s 16-year UFC run ends with a ignominious release
RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO – FEBRUARY 15: Diego Sanchez reacts after an illegal knee from Michel Pereira in their welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Santa Ana Star Center on February 15, 2020 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Diego Sanchez, a winner on Season 1 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and one of the promotion’s most popular and longest-tenured fighters, has been released by the UFC. The UFC has been concerned for some time about the… Source link
Read More »Jake Paul, Dana White feuding after UFC 261 appearance
Jake Paul and Dana White are still going at it. Paul, after making an appearance at UFC 261 on Saturday night, fired back at the UFC president on social media on Sunday. White slams Paul, Triller Fight Club at UFC 261 White, after the fights in Jacksonville, Florida, called out Paul and Triller fight club, claiming they lied about how many people purchased Paul’s fight against Ben Askren earlier this month. “The numbers are there? Nah. I don’t know if the numbers are there,” White said, via… Source link
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MMA Weekly UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou KO’s Stipe Miocic, becomes new baddest man on the planet Stipe Miocic was the baddest man on the planet heading into Saturday night’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas. Now that the UFC 260 results are in, there is a new baddest man on the planet. UFC 260 results: Francis Ngannou lands brutal KO Francis Ngannou showed massive improvement in his skill and his approach in taking out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. It was evident from the opening bell that… Source link
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The Associated Press Powell scores 22 in Portland debut as Blazers topple Magic ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) The Orlando Magic got a look at their harsh, new reality a night after trading away the core of their team, losing 112-105 on Friday to a Portland Trail Blazers squad without injured star guard Damian Lillard. Newly acquired guard Norman Powell scored 22 points and hit five 3-pointers in his Portland debut, and C.J. McCollum had seven of his 22 in the fourth quarter. ”This is what I expected… Source link
Read More »Sterling ‘wouldn’t care’ if UFC didn’t book rematch vs. Yan
Aljamain Sterling has no reason to hang his head. He has no reason to be embarrassed by the way he won the UFC bantamweight championship on Saturday at Apex. He has nothing to apologize for and he owes nobody, particularly not Petr Yan, a thing. Yan committed one of the most egregious fouls in UFC history on Saturday when he kneed Sterling in the head late in the fourth round of their title fight while Sterling’s knee was on the canvas. Under the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which… Source link
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MMA Weekly Khamzat Chimaev says he’s done; Chechen leader and Dana White say he’s not retiring In the space of 24 hours, rising UFC star Khamzat Chimaev indicated that he was done fighting, but then was talked into continuing on by controversial Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. UFC president Dana White also backed that sentiment, telling MMA Junkie that Chimaev “ain’t quitting.” Chimaev’s UFC career was off to a brilliant start in 2020. The Chechen fighter rattled off three consecutive… Source link
Read More »Dustin Poirier scores brutal TKO of Conor McGregor at UFC 257
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – JANUARY 23: (R-L) Dustin Poirier punches Conor McGregor of Ireland in a lightweight fight during the UFC 257 event inside Etihad Arena on UFC Fight Island on January 23, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Dustin Poirier said repeatedly during the build-up to his rematch with Conor McGregor on Saturday at UFC 257 that he wasn’t the same fighter that McGregor knocked out in the first round in 2014. He proved that… Source link
Read More »ESPN+ outage wreaks havoc with UFC 257 pay-per-view
The UFC 257 main card, headlined by Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier, kicked off on ESPN+ Pay-Per-View with Marina Rodriguez’s stunning TKO of Amanda Ribas. Unfortunately, not every fan who shelled out for the $70 pay-per-view was able to see it. [UFC 257 on ESPN+: Buy Conor McGregor fight here] It’s unclear how widespread the outage was, but a noticeable number of MMA fans were complaining on Saturday that ESPN+ was not working for them. That included many of the UFC’s own fighters, as… Source link
Read More »McGregor-Poirier live results: UFC 257 updates, highlights
Conor McGregor, the UFC’s biggest and most profitable star, takes center stage Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV) when he meets Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 257 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. The two fighters played the role of matchmaker and agreed to the fight over social media before the UFC made it official in November. For McGregor, the decision to face Poirier in his first matchup since a 40-second TKO of Donald Cerrone a year ago at UFC 246 made plenty of sense. Not only is… Source link
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