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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

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

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

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

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

Dana White shared the video of the start of their meeting on social media. The UFC public relations staff issued an alert noting that the UFC president would announce the result of his meeting with lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on Saturday on ABC during the main card headlined by featherweights Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. And broadcasters Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and Dan Hardy breathlessly teased it prior to the preliminary’s opening on ESPN+. It turned out to be, well,… Source link

The Associated Press 76ers fan to give memorabilia back to Johnny Bench The winning bidder on over $1 million worth of memorabilia from a recent auction of Johnny Bench’s personal collection is returning the items to the Hall of Fame catcher, with whom he’s been friends since 1967. Businessman Alan Horwitz, a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers who sits courtside at home games wearing his Sixth Man jersey, successfully bid for Bench’s 1975 and ’76 World Series rings last month. Horwitz said he and… Source link

The UFC’s roughest fight might be in court over the next few years. A group of former UFC fighters suing the promotion scored a key legal victory on Thursday when federal judge Richard Boulware said he would grant their lawsuit class-action status, according Kevin Draper of The New York Times. The antitrust lawsuit dates all the way back to 2014, initially filed by Cung Le Jon Fitch and Nate Quarry against the UFC’s parent company. The lawsuit claims the UFC has abused its monopoly power… Source link

An emotional Greg Hardy opens up about his struggle to move beyond his past after his win at UFC Vegas 12. This is probably the most Hardy has opened up about his controversial past. “I’ve been in hell.” (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) TRENDING > Israel Adesanya to challenge Jan Blachowicz for UFC light heavyweight title Related Video > Kevin Holland threatens Israel Adesanya beef could get ugly | UFC Vegas 12 (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Source link