Dana White announces UFC 261 to house full house of fans, three title fights UFC president Dana White on Monday announced that UFC 261 is headed to Jacksonville, Fla., with a full house of fans. The fight card will be topped with three title fights. VyStar Veteran’s Memorial Arena will be open to a full…Continue Reading
Megan Anderson is longer a UFC fighter following her loss to Amanda Nunes this past weekend at UFC 259. UFC officials told MMA Fighting on Tuesday that Anderson had fought out of her contract following the fight with Nunes. Speaking on a Twitch stream, Anderson confirmed her promotional exit and announced the UFC’s plans to…Continue Reading
If fans thought for the slightest second that Ben Askren wasn’t serious about his training for Jake Paul, this latest update from the former UFC welterweight’s fight camp might change a few minds. The former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder recently revealed to MMA Junkie Radio that he’s enlisted the help of one of the…Continue Reading
Petr Yan doesn’t sound like he has too mutch patience for Jon Jones, after the former light heavyweight champ commented on Yan’s illegal knee that cost him the bantamweight title at UFC 259. It wasn’t the way Yan wanted to make history this past weekend. An illegal knee left Aljamain Sterling unable to continue, marking…Continue Reading
Not one, but two fights are gone from UFC Vegas 21 just like that. A featherweight bout between Ricardo Ramos and Zubaira Tukhugov has been scrapped after Tukhugov withdrew due to injury. Unfortunately for Ramos, officials were unable to find a replacement opponent so he’s off the card as well (per MMA Fighting). Ramos (14-3)…Continue Reading
Matt Rourke/Associated PressClaressa Shields completed her second conquest of a women’s boxing division Friday night, defeating Marie-Eve Dicaire by unanimous decision to become the undisputed champion at junior middleweight.The judges scored it 100-90, 100-90, 100-90, per the FITE TV pay-per-view broadcast.It was a typically dominant display from the 25-year-old Shields (11-0, 2 KOs), who won…Continue Reading
As promised, Israel Adesanya hit the scales with room to spare for Saturday’s UFC 259 main event. “The Last Stylebender” successfully weighed in at 200.5 pounds for his light heavyweight title challenge of reigning champion Jan Blachowicz, who came in at 205 pounds. Weighing almost five pounds less than Blachowicz, the UFC’s 185-pound champion looks…Continue Reading
The UFC’s female bantamweight and featherweight champion is ready to get back to business for her first outing of 2021. Paired up against Megan Anderson to defend the 145-pound title at UFC 259, Amanda Nunes is not taking her competition lightly and expects a difficult match on Saturday night. In an intervew with Combate, Nunes…Continue Reading
On Saturday, Amanda Nunes puts one of her two UFC titles on the line when she faces Megan Anderson in the co-main event of the UFC 259 pay-per-view card. At stake is the women’s featherweight championship. Nunes also holds the women’s bantamweight crown. Nunes opened her UFC career on a 2-1 run. That one loss,…Continue Reading
Welcome to the The Level Change Podcast, our combat sports themed variety show hosted by Stephie Haynes, Mookie Alexander and Victor Rodriguez, featuring the news of the week, fight card breakdowns and analysis, a roundup of regional promotions’ cards and fights, and whatever else we decide is important enough or entertaining enough to bring to…Continue Reading
UFC 223 will go down in history as one of the oddest, most fiasco-filled events that ever came to be. In a span of six days, we saw one of the biggest lightweight fights fall out because of cable wires, three opponent changes for Khabib Nurmagomedov, and an angry Irishman throw a dolly at a…Continue Reading
