UFC Fight Island 1: Kattar vs. Ige Post-Fight Press Conference Live Stream
The UFC's second date on Fight Island — UFC Fight Island 1, following this past weekend's PPV — took place Wednesday, with a key featherweight fight in the main event. Calvin Kattar and Dan Ige were both looking to...
UFC Fight Island 1: Mounir Lazzez Free of Nerves Ahead of Octagon Debut
The UAE's first homegrown UFC fighter, Mounir Lazzez, makes his octagon debut Wednesday. Lazzez (9-1) fights out of Dubai, and the Tunisian-born welterweight will make history as the first Arab-based fighter to fight for the world's largest MMA promotion. He'll...
UFC Fight Island 1: Tim Elliott Signed New Deal, Got Pay Raise Despite Current...
Tim Elliott won a season of the Ultimate Fighter, challenged Demetrious Johnson for the UFC's flyweight title, and gave the all-time great one of the toughest tests of his UFC run. And despite that, he probably doesn't get the...
UFC Fight Island 1: Cody Stamann Doesn’t Consider Rivera Bout to be Short-Notice
Cody Stamann has what most would consider a short-notice fight this Wednesday at UFC Fight Island 1. Only, he doesn't really see it that way. Speaking to Cageside Press during a virtual media day for the event, Stamann (19-2-1) noted...
Ryan Benoit Lets Slip About Secret Training Sessions Ahead of UFC Fight Island 1
With Frankie Edgar vs. Pedro Munhoz being pushed back to UFC 252 next month, Ryan Benoit got something of a gift ahead of his fight with Tim Elliott at UFC Fight Island 1 this Wednesday. The pair have been moved...
UFC Fight Island 1: Jimmie Rivera Reveals “Hard Lesson” Learned in Petr Yan Fight
Having overcome COVID-19, Jimmie Rivera gets back in the octagon this Wednesday at UFC Fight Island 1. There, he'll meet fellow bantamweight Cody Stamann in a featherweight bout. That's a side effect of the short-notice nature of the fight. Still,...
UFC Fight Island 1’s Calvin Kattar: “There’s an awful lot of talking going on,...
Calvin Kattar enters his UFC Fight Island 1 main event with Dan Ige on the first fight of a new deal. Something he calls a "six-fight opportunity" — one that could likely land him in the title picture with...
UFC Fight Island 1: Abdul Razak Alhassan Nearly Driven to Suicide During Sexual Assault...
There's no sugar-coating it: Abdul Razak Alhassan has not fought in the UFC since September of 2018 because he was on trial for sexual assault. The welterweight was 4-1 in the promotion, with three straight wins via stoppage, when his...
UFC Fight Island 1: Dan Ige Surprised, but Respects Calvin Kattar for Fighting Down...
Dan Ige was most certainly an interested party when it came to Max Holloway's fight with Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 251 over the weekend. Ige (14-2), who features in his first UFC main event this week at UFC Fight Island...
UFC 251: Makwan Amirkhani Opens Up on the Loneliness of Losing
Sometime after his UFC 244 fight with Shane Burgos, Makwan Amirkhani had what you might call an epiphany. "I'm not here anymore for the money. That was the old me," he told Cageside Press of the fighter whose goal was...
