Cormier Believes “Thug” Rose the Type of Athlete Who Could Win Two Belts
Edmonton — UFC colour commentator Daniel Cormier knows a thing or two about being a double-champ in the UFC. "DC" won both light heavyweight and heavyweight gold in the company during his fighting career, becoming one of the few fighters...
Jhonata Diniz Surprised To Be Facing Derrick Lewis
UFC heavyweight Jhonata Diniz did not expect Derrick Lewis's name to be on the contract the UFC sent him, but he's set to face him at UFC Edmonton on Saturday night. "Derrick Lewis is a very big name. Not just...
Pedro Munhoz Not Ready To Call It Quits Yet
UFC bantamweight Pedro Munhoz has found a second love in MMA as a coach, and while he's not sure when he'll go full time coaching, it won't be at UFC Edmonton where he faces Aiemann Zahabi on Saturday night. So...
UFC Edmonton’s Mike Malott Surprised By Number of People Waiting for Him to Fall
Edmonton — There were plenty of takeaways from Mike Malott's last-minute loss to Neil Magny at UFC 297 in Toronto earlier this year. Areas he needed to improve in. He'll look to show those improvements come this Saturday at...
Brandon Moreno Sees Asakura Signing As Positive For 125 Division
Former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno was supposed to take the rest of 2024 off, but it was a tough task and he's back at UFC Edmonton against Amir Albazi on Saturday night. "I'm a competitor. When I (decided) to...
UFC Edmonton: Jasmine Jasudavicius Suggests Suspension For Massive Weight Misses
Edmonton — Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius looks to make it three wins in a row, and three wins in 2024, when she faces Ariane Da Silva at UFC Edmonton this Saturday. Ranked #14 in the women's flyweight division, Jasudavicius (11-3), who...
Rose Namajunas on Being One of Three Remaining TUF 20 Fighters in UFC
Edmonton — "Thug" Rose Namajunas is a former two-time UFC women's strawweight champion. She's also one of the last three fighters still active in the promotion to have appeared on The Ultimate Fighter 20, which kicked off in 2014...
UFC Edmonton’s Aiemann Zahabi: “Being A Volume Guy is Great, but Being a Damage...
Edmonton — Sitting pretty on a four-fight win streak, Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi has earned his biggest opponent yet in terms of name value in Pedro Munhoz. The pair serve as the featured preliminary card fight at UFC Edmonton this...
UFC Edmonton’s Erin Blanchfield: “A Little Bit of the Mystique” Gone from Shevchenko
Edmonton — Flyweight contender Erin Blanchfield believes landing another high-profile match-up, this time against Rose Namajunas, despite losing her last outing shows how much she's proven herself in the UFC. "I did lose my last fight, but I've had a...
Derrick Lewis Struggled to Get a Fight, Struggles with Poutine Ahead of UFC Edmonton
Edmonton — Heavyweight Derrick Lewis (28-12, 1NC) doesn't seem to be sold on the Canadian staple Poutine. In fact, he struggled to recognize what it was on Wednesday, confusing it with a similar sounding but very different term during...