If there’s a better way to turn 54 – while staying both married and out of jail – I can’t think of it. So even though my birthday morning flight from Las Vegas to Miami was filled with people whose direction-following skills would rate badly among 10-year-olds – the fact that I spent my birthday eve at T-Mobile Arena covering ...
Former UFC featherweight contender Shane Burgos has been thrown straight into the main event spotlight for his PFL debut, and will take on 2022 PFL lightweight champion Olivier Aubin-Mercier at PFL 3. Burgos, who will compete in the PFL’s lightweight season, takes on “The Canadian Gangster” in the headline bout of the PFL’s third regular season event of 2023, with ...
After three years away from the Octagon, Jon Jones is back, and he made it all look very, very easy as he captured the undisputed heavyweight title at UFC 285 in Las Vegas. The former UFC light heavyweight champion made his heavyweight debut and submitted No. 1-ranked contender Ciryl Gane in short order in the first round in the main ...
After three years away from the Octagon, Jon Jones is back, and he made it all look very, very easy as he captured the undisputed heavyweight title at UFC 285 in Las Vegas. The former UFC light heavyweight champion made his heavyweight debut and submitted No. 1-ranked contender Ciryl Gane in short order in the first round in the main ...
The co-main event of UFC 285 produced a title shock as Alexa Grasso made history as the first Mexican woman to capture a UFC title with a stunning fourth-round submission of the all-conquering champion Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso started superbly and outboxed Shevchenko on the feet, including a couple of outstanding combinations that appeared to stun the champion, but Shevchenko adjusted ...
Former UFC flyweight title challenger Wilson Reis extended his winning run to three fights with a third-round finish of Johnny Campbell at Cage Warriors 149. Reis finished Campbell via third-round rear-naked choke to put him on a real tear in the Cage Warriors bantamweight division, and potentially edge him closer to a shot at the promotion’s bantamweight title. The co-main ...
Both title fights are official following the official UFC 285 weigh-ins in Las Vegas, as Jon Jones weighed in half a pound more than fellow challenger Ciryl Gane for their main event title clash. Gane was the first of the pair to step onto the scale, and the big Frenchman came in at a comfortable 247.4 pounds ahead of his ...
Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold has signed for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and will headline on his debut against fellow former UFC fighter Mike Perry on April 29 in Denver, Colorado. BKFC 41 was announced on The MMA Hour by the promotion’s president David Feldman, who confirmed the main event matchup, as well as a trio of other fights ...
There are plenty of questions hanging in the air as Jon Jones looks to return to the UFC Octagon to challenge for the undisputed heavyweight title. But the former light heavyweight king said he thinks he has all his bases covered ahead of fight night at UFC 285. Jones returns from a three-year layoff as he jumps up to heavyweight ...
Ciryl Gane is expecting to see a well-prepared, ready Jon Jones, but says he has the one thing in his arsenal that Jones doesn’t – experience as a bonafide UFC heavyweight. Jones rapidly climbed the UFC’s light heavyweight ladder to become the most dominant champion in the 205-pound division’s history and, along with it, be considered by many as the ...