UFC 261: Dwight Grant Happy to Have Fans Back Regardless of Reception
Jacksonville, FL — Dwight Grant battled his way to a close split decision with Stefan Sekulic at UFC 261 — and was jeered for his efforts. The welterweight seems to understand why. "I'm happy I won and I was able to...
RIZIN 28 Will Take Place After RIZIN 29, Bouts Announced
Due to a state of emergency being declared in several Japanese cities as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, RIZIN 28 has been pushed back. In what appears to be a first, the event will now take place...
UFC 261: Danaa Batgerel Wants Jose Aldo or Sean O’Malley
Jacksonville, FL — While it was a rough night for a number of visiting fighters at UFC 261, Mongolian Danaa Batgerel had a tremendous technical knockout of Kevin Natividad. Specifically, the bantamweight known as "Storm" put Natividad down with a...
ONE on TNT IV’s Reinier de Ridder on Aung La N Sang: “He’s Not...
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Jacksonville, FL — Featherweight Pat Sabatini finally got to make his octagon debut at UFC 261 on Saturday. Sabatini (14-3) had been brought in to fight Rafael Alves earlier this year, only for the fight to fall through at the...
Anthony Smith Says Reception at UFC 261 Might Be “Best Moment in My Career”
Jacksonville, FL — Up until Chris Weidman's unfortunate broken leg against Uriah Hall, it looked as if Jimmy Crute was going to be the man with the freak leg injury at UFC 261. Thanks to a well-placed kick by...
UFC 261: Uriah Hall Reacts to Weidman’s Leg Injury, Immediately Thought of Silva
Jacksonville, FL — The scene that unfolded in the octagon during Weidman vs. Hall 2 at UFC 261 was so eerily reminiscent and Weidman vs. Silva 2, it was straight out of a Hollywood production. At UFC 168 in 2013,...
Anderson Silva Sends Supportive Message After Chris Weidman Breaks Leg
The sports world, particularly MMA, can be extremely cruel sometimes, but athletes will stick together — even if they're former foes. Eight years ago at UFC 168, in a rematch with former middleweight champion Anderson Silva, Chris Weidman checked a...
UFC 261’s Valentina Shevchenko on Nunes Rematch: “This Fight Is Going to Happen”
Jacksonville, Florida — Rest assured, the fans played a role at UFC 261 on Saturday. That's per women's flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. "It made a big difference. It's a totally different feeling. It's so much energy leading to the fight,"...
UFC 261’s Rose Namajunas: “I Want to Produce Fruit with the Seed That I’ve...
Jacksonville, FL — Key to her second title reign will be giving back, Rose Namajunas said following UFC 261. "Thug" Rose reclaimed her strawweight title Saturday, upsetting China's Weili Zhang in the co-main event in front of a packed house...
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