The UFC’s big event in The Big Apple just got bigger, thanks to the addition of a dynamite matchup for the vacant UFC light heavyweight title. UFC CEO Dana White took to the UFC’s social media platforms to announce a number of matchups, including the new co-main event for UFC 295 on November 11 in New York City, where former ...
Top Rank president Todd DuBoef, who promotes WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is still hoping to finalize a future deal for an undisputed showdown with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. Fury is back in the ring next month, when he faces former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia on October 28. Fury’s WBC title is not ...
Noche UFC looks all set to become an annual UFC tradition, according to UFC CEO Dana White. White chatted with the media during Tuesday’s Contender Series post-event press conference, where he shared a text message he received during Saturday night’s UFC Fight Night event, which took place at the T-Mobile Arena on Mexican Independence Day. “‘Hey Dana, your idea to ...
Former super middleweight champion Carl Froch has reacted to the recent statements from heavyweight Tyson Fury. Fury is back in action on October 28, when he faces former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia. Fury’s WBC world title is not at stake. Froch has been very critical of the fight. Former cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew has criticized the matchup as ...
The latest night of action on Dana White’s Contender Series saw four more prospects earn UFC contracts, including one fighter who didn’t pick up a win on the night. Flyweight Igor da Silva, lightweight Kaynan Kruschewsky, and heavyweight Shamil Gaziev all picked up stoppage wins to earn contracts from UFC CEO Dana White, while Stephanie Luciano’s late surge to earn ...
Keith Thurman is hoping his prizefighting fortunes change, if not now, then at least next year. (photo by Ryan Hafey) The former unified welterweight champion from Clearwater, Florida, has been plagued by inactivity for the past several years, with his last fight coming in February of last year, when he outpointed Mario Barrios by unanimous decision. Thurman, 34, has not ...
Roybert Echeverria wants a second crack at a UFC contract, and he made the perfect statement to push his case at CFFC 125. Flyweight prospect Echeverria lost out to Jafel Filho last September on Dana White’s Contender Series as Filho earned himself a UFC contract at the expense of the Venezuelan. But, after a year away, Echeverria returned to the ...
Tyson Fury can’t help but feel a bit dismayed by a particularly glaring irony heading into his high-profile showdown with Francis Ngannou. (photo by @threethirtythree) The WBC heavyweight titlist from Manchester, England, is set to go 10 rounds on Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Ngannou, the former UFC heavyweight champion, in what will be mark Ngannou’s boxing debut. ...
Alexa Grasso retained her UFC women’s flyweight title at Noche UFC, but her championship defense didn’t come in the manner she would have intended. Grasso and former champion Valentina Shevchenko faced off in a hotly-anticipated rematch on Mexican Independence Day at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the pair battled all the way to the scorecards in a hard-fought, closely-contested ...
The women’s flyweight title rematch at Noche UFC is official and ready to roll as the UFC gets set to celebrate Mexican Independence Day in Las Vegas. The T-Mobile Arena will play host to the event, which will see Mexico’s Alexa Grasso put her newly-won 125-pound title on the line for the first time against the woman she defeated to ...