Marlon Vera On Merab’s Chin, “You get dropped by Cejudo”
Abu Dhabi - Former UFC title challenger Marlon 'Chito' Vera faces Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday, but he chimed in on the next bantamweight title fight on media day. "People get confused because (Sean) O'Malley's a funny...
Loopy Godinez on Dvalishvili Headlining Noche UFC: “Sometimes Our Hearts Are in Two Different...
Mexican-Canadian strawweight Loopy Godinez perhaps understands better than most the criticism received by Merab Dvalishvili, who is headlining next month's Noche UFC (UFC 306) card at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Godinez (12-4) faces Mackenzie Dern at UFC Abu Dhabi...
Mackenzie Dern Expects Godinez To Strike
Abu Dhabi - UFC strawweight Mackenzie Dern looks to snap a two-fight losing streak against Loopy Godinez at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Godinez is a wrestle-heavy type of fighter with solid striking, but going to the ground with Dern...
Michael Chiesa Expecting “Ferguson I was supposed to fight 8 years ago”
Abu Dhabi - UFC welterweight Michael Chiesa takes on Tony Ferguson at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday night, but it's to be seen which version of 'El Cucuy' he sees in the octagon. "I would be a fool to train...
Shara Magomedov Expects Tough Fight From Oleksiejczuk
Abu Dhabi - UFC middleweight Shara 'Bullet' Magomedov takes on Michal Oleksiejczuk at UFC Abu Dhabi this Saturday, but the fight wasn't originally on the card until another fight fell off. "I don't know the exact ins and out of...
Tony Ferguson Not Calling It A Career After Chiesa Fight
Abu Dhabi - UFC welterweight Tony Ferguson isn't ready to call it quits after taking on Michael Chiesa at UFC Abu Dhabi on Saturday. UFC CEO Dana White has said, for the last couple of Ferguson bouts, that he hopes...
Cory Sandhagen: “Weird that people are counting me out.”
Abu Dhabi - UFC bantamweight Cory Sandhagen may be the #2 135er in the world but he comes into UFC Abu Dhabi as the underdog in many eyes against Umar Nurmagomedov this Saturday. "Umar is a unique fighter. Stylistically he's...
Umar Nurmagomedov Says He’ll Do “Whatever I Want” With Sean O’Malley
UFC Abu Dhabi headliner Umar Nurmagomedov admitted this week that he's a little surprised - just a little, mind you - that he's a sizeable favorite in his bantamweight fight with Cory Sandhagen. "I don't know why it's happened. I'm...
PFL Nashville’s Oleg Popov Once Doubted He’d Make It This Far
Heavyweight Oleg Popov knows big things are ahead if he can keep winning, as he enters a PFL Nashville semifinal fight with Linton Vassell on Friday. At the same time, during Wednesday's media day, Popov (18-1) told media outlets including...
Raquel Pennington Excited to Punch Pena in the Face, Shut Down Harrison Train
Las Vegas — UFC bantamweight champ Raquel Pennington took the long road to title glory, finally earning her first world championship at UFC 297 this past January. Pennington (16-8) claimed the vacant belt by defeating Mayra Bueno Silva, and now...
