The main event of UFC 290 features a featherweight championship unification battle as reigning champion Alexander Volkanovski takes on interim champion Yair Rodriguez in the feature attraction at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Volkanovski is the longest-reigning active UFC champion, but is coming off a rare defeat after narrowly losing out to lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in his bid to ...
The UFC flyweight title is on the line in Las Vegas as UFC 290 features a double-header of title fights during International Fight Week. Defending 125-pound king Brandon Moreno faces a major test of his championship credentials as he takes on Alexandre Pantoja in the co-main event at T-Mobile Arena on July 8. It’s a bout that will see the ...
The UFC middleweight title won’t be contested during UFC 290, but the division will be focused on T-Mobile Arena on July 8, as the identity of the next challenger to Israel Adesanya’s crown will be decided. Former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker will take on rising contender Dricus Du Plessis in a title eliminator on the main card in Las Vegas ...
The main card of UFC pay-per-view events are usually reserved for the established big names of the sport, but at UFC 290, there is also a showcase for two up-and-coming talents, including one man who was earmarked for stardom long before he ever set foot in the Octagon. Bo Nickal is a college wrestling phenom whose decision to transition to ...
Sean Strickland welcomed Abus Magomedov to the top level of the UFC middleweight division in punishing fashion as he finished the Russian-born German in superb fashion at the UFC Apex. The pair faced off in the main event of UFC Vegas 76, as Magomedov, whose only prior UFC appearance resulted in a 19-second knockout win, was handed a harsh lesson ...
Darren Stewart picked up a big win over a former champion as he claimed a unanimous decision victory over former middleweight title-holder Matt Bonner in the main event of Cage Warriors 156 in Cardiff, Wales. Stewart, who made his name as a striker earlier in his career, turned to his wrestling to secure the victory as he mixed up his ...
The official weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 76 took place Friday at the UFC Apex, and it proved to be a session that the fighters wanted to get over with as swiftly as possible. All 24 fighters successfully hit their contracted weights ahead of the event, which takes place Saturday night at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, with main eventers ...
Alexander Volkanovski is the epitome of a fighting champion, and the Australian proved that fact once again when chatting about his likely options moving forward in the UFC’s featherweight division. Defending champion Volkanovski will look to unify the UFC’s featherweight titles when he faces interim champ Yair Rodriguez at UFC 290 on July 8 in Las Vegas. And, the topic ...
The main beneficiary of the PFL’s recent controversial decision to suspend Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio has given his opinion on the situation, and admitted that he has sympathy for Schulte, whose playoff spot Burgos has just inherited. Schulte and Manfio faced off at PFL 6 as the lightweight regular season came to a close in Atlanta last week. The ...
The fighters set for action at Cage Warriors 156 in Cardiff, Wales took to the scale at the official weigh-ins in the Welsh capital on Friday, with the nine-fight card locked and loaded for Saturday night’s event. Middleweight contenders will meet in the main event, as former champion Matt Bonner and UFC veteran Darren Stewart both making weight with ease ...