The fourth of five UFC events in August ends Saturday with UFC on ESPN 15. The event takes place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas and is broadcast on ESPN / streams on ESPN +. An important battle for bantam weight takes place in the most important event. Pedro Munhoz …
Read More »Frankie Edgar wants to show that he is ‘still a top dog’
Frankie Edgar may be nine of his career on the back burner, but he still has a lot of top-level effort inside him going to ESPN 15. Edgar (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC), the former UFC lightweight champion and multi-time featherweight title challenger, drops to fist time Saturday in the bantamweight …
Read More »Leaving UFC for Bellator was ‘no-brainer’
Corey Anderson is excited to start a new chapter in his career as he points to a throwback to a key element of his past. Anderson (13-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) was released by the UFC and quickly signed with Bellator, where he looks forward to closing the promotion as a …
Read More »Israel Adesanya was able to follow Jon Jones to heavyweight
Israel Adesanya thinks it’s time for Jon Jones to commit to moving on to the heavyweight division. Jones (25-1 MMA, 12-0 UFC) announced Monday that he had reached an agreement with the UFC brass to lower his lightweight championship in heavyweight. Jones indicated that negotiations would begin to look at …
Read More »Miocic, Cormier needed eye removal
Support Miocic and Daniel Cormier should both have trouble controlling their left eye after their heavyweight title trilogy match at UFC 252 on Saturday. MMA Junkie received the full list from the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday. Fighters may return earlier than the duration of their suspension as determined by …
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