UFC Fight Island 3 Medical Suspensions: Plenty of Winners Get 30 Days
The UFC's final stop on Fight Island was filled with close, back-and-forth bouts. Although no Fight of the Night bonus was given, there was plenty of close scorecards and overall dog fights. As a result, even some of the...
Nurmagomedov vs. Gaethje Announced for October 24
UFC President Dana White has announced that the lightweight unification bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje is official for October 24. UFC President Dana White announced on Tuesday morning in an interview with CNN that the fight between Khabib...
UFC: Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz on the Move Again, Will Headline August 22...
Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz has found a new date yet again. The anticipated bantamweight debut of former lightweight champ Edgar has been rescheduled a fourth time, per a report by Brazil's Combate. It will now headline the UFC's August...
Ryan Spann vs. Johnny Walker Headed to Fight Island for UFC 253
Popular light heavyweight Johnny Walker is set to make the trip to Fight Island. ESPN was first to report that Brazil's Walker will take on Ryan Spann at UFC 253 in September. While nothing is set in stone as of...
Cummins-Zappitella Title Fight Announced As Invicta FC 42 Main Event
Invicta FC has announced it's next event, and it features a vacant atomweight title fight in the main event. Following Jinh Yu Frey's missing weight earlier this year in her title defense against Ashley Cummins, the Invicta FC 105lb belt...
Jason Jackson Credits Gilbert Burns, Vicente Luque following Bellator 242 Victory
"Have fun, smile, and don't have bad energy." That, at least in part, was what welterweight Jason Jackson saw as keys to his performance at Bellator 242. Whether the positive approach helped or not, the result was the right one....
UFC, Strikeforce Vet Gilbert Melendez Hit with Two Year Ban by USADA
Now former-UFC fighter Gilbert Menedez has been handed a two-year suspension from competition by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Melendez, 38, was last seen in action at UFC 239 in July 2019. Once a Strikeforce lightweight champion, who challenged for gold...
Dan Hardy Issues Statement on Confrontation with Herb Dean at UFC Fight Island 3
It's not often you see commentators get into a heated discussion with a ref during a live event. Yet that's what went down Saturday on "Fight Island" (Yas Island, Abu Dhabi) as the UFC's well-publicized stint there came to...
Now Departing Fight Island, Looking Back on the One-of-a-Kind Event
Now that the historic events in Abu Dhabi have come and gone, we look back on the Fight Island experience that set a benchmark for mixed martial arts forever. The planes are in the air. The cage on the beach...
UFC Fight Island 3: After Fighting Out Contract, Fabricio Werdum Not Sure What’s Next
While the retirement of Little Nog (Antonio Rogerio Nogueira) perhaps overshadowed it, it shouldn't be forgotten that Saturday night may have been the last time we see Fabricio Werdum in action. At the very least in the UFC. Leading up...