(Editor’s Note: Additional fights on the main card ended too late for our staff select function.) The UFC is back with another event on its territory. UFC on ESPN 12 takes place Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card is broadcast on ESPN and broadcast on ESPN …
Read More »Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker and 5 burning questions
The UFC machine continues to run Saturday night, as the promotion’s coronavirus-mandated Las Vegas residency continues with the UFC on ESPN 12 at the UFC Apex. If you’ve been picking and picking your events since the UFC restart, this one features a main event you don’t want to miss. The …
Read More »Everything by weight, including Poirier and Hooker
LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie was on the scene and reported live from the UFC early and official on Friday at the ESPN 12 Fighter Weigh-In, where all 20 fighters on the card were on target. In the main event, former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier (25-6 MMA, 17-5 UFC) …
Read More »The positive test COVID-19 forces Ramiz Brahimaj to withdraw
Ramiz Brahimaj will not be making his promotional debut in the UFC on ESPN 12 on Saturday because one of his cornerbacks tested positive for COVID-19. Brahimaj (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a Fortis MMA prospect, was slated to face Takashi Sato in the preliminaries. However, late on Thursday afternoon, the …
Read More »Dustin Poirier’s Grassroots Bill for UFC on ESPN 12 Observers in Lafayette
Dustin Poirier’s charitable efforts at the time of his fights have become a tradition. That hasn’t changed in Saturday’s UFC on the ESPN 12 lineup with Dan Hooker. Although the coronavirus pandemic has altered the reality of what’s possible, Poirier (26-6 MMA, 17-5 UFC) and his nonprofit charity, The Good …
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