7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe
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12:35 PM ET UFC women’s flyweight contender Joanne Calderwood has decided against waiting for a title shot. Calderwood, who was supposed to fight UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko in June before Shevchenko injured her knee, has agreed to fight Jennifer Maia on less than two weeks’ notice after Maia’s original opponent, Viviane Araujo, withdrew
2:50 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Combate Americas mixed martial arts promotion postponed its return to competition Tuesday because of the coronavirus surge in Florida. Combate Americas had planned to return Aug. 28 with the first of three fan-free shows from a television studio in Miami. Instead, CEO Campbell McLaren decided the
7:47 AM ET The UFC certainly brought excitement to Fight Island, including a loaded UFC 251 lineup that featured three title fights and four championship bouts overall in an eight-day span. It’ll bid adieu to Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday with another card that’s filled with intriguing storylines. The main
11:58 AM ET Robert Whittaker fights on Saturday for the first time since losing his UFC middleweight championship in October, taking on former welterweight Darren Till in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the fourth and final event in the UFC’s two-week run on Yas Island,
11:13 PM ET Deiveson Figueiredo left no doubt on Saturday night as to who is the top flyweight in the UFC. Figueiredo knocked down Joseph Benavidez three times in the first round and finished the fight late in the round with a rear-naked choke to capture the vacant flyweight championship in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
11:25 PM ET Deiveson Figueiredo dominated Joseph Benavidez to cap off the third main event on Fight Island and become the UFC flyweight champion. The first-round finish featured a tremendous display of striking power, grappling and ultimately a successful submission. Benavidez showed incredible heart, surviving multiple rear-naked choke attempts, but he couldn’t figure out a
10:45 PM ET This time, Deiveson Figueiredo left no doubt. In a rematch of their controversial bout earlier this year, Figueiredo knocked down Joseph Benavidez three times and then choked him out at 4:48 of the first round in the main event of Sunday’s UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi. With the win, Figueiredo claimed
Jul 18, 2020 One of the most anticipated UFC middleweight title fights has a date. Israel Adesanya will defend his 185-pound title versus Paulo Costa on Sept. 19, multiple sources said Saturday. Costa tweeted later Saturday: “The fight is on folks!” News of the fight was first reported by Combate. The fight, which will take
9:37 PM ET How excited am I for the recently booked Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa UFC middleweight title fight on Sept. 19? Let me count the ways. For starters, when it happens, it will mark just the second time in UFC history that two undefeated men will fight for a UFC title. The first