UFC Vegas 9: Brian Kelleher Glad to Forgo Build Up to Fight This Weekend
Brian Kelleher was primed for a fight with Ricky Simon this Saturday night at UFC Vegas 9. It's a fight Kelleher (21-11) admits he was excited for, but with one of Simon's corners testing positive for COVID-19, it wasn't...
UFC Vegas 9: Kevin Natividad Would Have Fought Tony Ferguson if it Meant Entry...
Welcome to the UFC, Kevin Natividad. At UFC Vegas 9, Natividad (9-1) steps up on just a couple of day's notice to take on the gritty Brian Kelleher. "Quicksand" is an LFA veteran, who had expected to fight his way...
UFC Vegas 9: Thiago Moises Trained with Luis Pena to Prepare for Jalin Turner’s...
Brazil's Thiago Moises will enter UFC Vegas 9 coming off what is almost certainly the biggest fight of his career. That came back in May, when Moises, a former RFA and LFA lightweight champion, submitted Michael "The Menace" Johnson...
UFC Vegas 9: Jalin Turner Ready to Thrive Under Self-Imposed Pressure
Lightweight Jalin Turner looks to make it two wins in a row this weekend, when he returns to action at UFC Vegas 9. It's been roughly seven months since we last saw "The Tarantula" inside the octagon. A bit longer...
UFC Vegas 9: Alonzo Menifield Never Got Too Down About OSP Fight Delay
For a fighter pulled from an important bout at the 11th hour, Alonzo Menifield sure is rolling with the punches. Two weeks ago, at UFC Vegas 7, Menifield was expected to face off with Ovince Saint Preux in the card's...
UFC Vegas 9: Training with Cows, Aiming to Put on Show, There’s No One...
Brazilian show-stopper Michel Pereira returns this weekend at UFC Vegas 9, in something of a precarious position. The athlete known as "Demolidor" is best known for his flashy, creative, exhausting style. A style that has as many critics as fans,...
UFC: Just Say No — to an Immediate Heavyweight Title Fight for Jon Jones
The allure of Jon Jones moving to heavyweight has been in place so long, it's almost hard to remember when exactly it started. Sometime during the dominant but troubled champion's first run atop of the 205lb weight class, no...
UFC Vegas 9: Alistair Overeem on Lesnar Returning, Jones Moving Up, and Derrick Lewis
Entering into UFC Vegas 9, Alistair Overeem (46-18, 1NC) knows he's on the final run of his career. One last sprint to the title for an athlete who has won gold wherever he has competed over the years —...
UFC Vegas 9: Ovince Saint Preux Believes Jon Jones Will Do Well at Heavyweight,...
When Ovince Saint Preux hits the scales on Friday morning, it will be his second cut to 205lbs in two weeks. The light heavyweight and opponent Alonzo Menifield had been expected to serve as the co-main event at UFC...
UFC Vegas 9: Don’t Count Augusto Sakai Among Fans of Heavyweight Legend Alistair Overeem
Maybe it should come as no surprise, given they're fighting this weekend. But don't count August Sakai among fans of longtime heavyweight legend Alistair Overeem. The pair meet atop the UFC Vegas 9 card on Saturday, which marks Sakai's first...
