Written by LAS VEGAS – Pat Sabatini beat Jonathan Pearce with a first-round submission Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 244 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Sabatini, who rebounded from a first-round knockout loss to Diego Lopes. Pat Sabatini def. Jonathan Pearce Pat Sabatini Result: […]
Usually, it’s the knockouts that have Dana White dropping expletives post-fight, but it was a submission during Tuesday’s welterweight opener at the UFC Apex had UFC CEO exclaiming “slick as sh*t.” In a transition-filled grapple-fest, Jonathan Micallef put Mohamed Ado to sleep with a slick triangle choke at 3:01 of Round 1 at Dana White’s […]
The UFC’s penultimate stop at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas goes down Saturday with UFC Fight Night 245, which streams on ESPN+. Streaking middleweights meet in the main event, with Michel Pereira (30-11 MMA, 9-2 UFC) looking to extend an eight-fight winning streak in the octagon against Anthony Hernandez (12-2 MMA, 6-2 UFC), who […]
The mixed martial artist known as “Bomba” has died, according to family members. Former UFC and Bellator fighter Guilherme Vasconcelos is dead at 38. The news first surfaced through Facebook posts by his uncle and mother. A cause of death was not revealed. Vasconcelos posted an Instagram story less than 24 hours before news of […]
The final UFC pay-per-view of the year officially has its main and co-main events. Last week, UFC CEO Dana White announced a pair of title fights that will headline the Dec. 7 event in Las Vegas as Belal Muhammad vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov and Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura will get top billing for UFC 310. […]
Sean O’Malley believes UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili wants no part of Umar Nurmagomedov. Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) emerged as No. 1 contender after outlasting Cory Sandhagen in the UFC on ABC 7 main event in August. A month later, Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) dethroned O’Malley to become bantamweight champion at UFC 306. O’Malley […]
Michael Chandler doubts Conor McGregor and Dan Hooker will end up fighting. Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) was scheduled to welcome McGregor back to the octagon at UFC 303 in June, but the bout was scrapped after McGregor withdrew because of a broken pinky toe. Chandler decided to move on and is scheduled to rematch […]
Brandon Royval and Tatsuro Taira gave MMA fans one of the best fights, if not the best fight, of 2024. The two flyweights went back and forth in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 244 in Las Vegas. With many momentum swings, Royval (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) ended up getting the better of […]
Monday’s episode of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,505, the gentlemen welcome in a pair of guests: Former UFC light heavyweight title challenger Khalil Rountree and upcoming Bellator middleweight title challenger Fabian Edwards. The fellas also recap UFC Fight Night 244 and more. Tune in!
Chael Sonnen doubts Ilia Topuria and Max Holloway will go the distance. Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) defends his featherweight title against Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) in the UFC 308 main event Oct. 26 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+). Topuria won the featherweight title by knocking out […]