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Tatsuro Taira | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Tatsuro Taira is back on the winning track, but where does he currently stand in the contender line at 125 pounds? The 25-year-old super prospect took out Hyun Sung Park in dominant fashion in the UFC Vegas 108 main event, needing a little more than a minute […]
Joe Pyfer | Photo by Ed Mulholland/Zuffa LLC Joe Pyfer has his next date and opponent. On Monday, the UFC announced that Pyfer (14-3) will face Abus Magomedov (28-6) at UFC 320, which takes place on Oct. 4 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Your #UFC320 card just gets better and better Abus Magomedov vs […]
Conor McGregor really wants to become the President of Ireland. On Monday, the former two-division UFC champion launched an online petition in hopes of gaining enough attention that he could potentially change procedures so he could get on the ballot for the general election. Under the current rules, potential candidates have to get nominated and […]
Demetrious Johnson showed there are levels to the fight game to a couple of Streetbeefs fighters. The longtime former UFC flyweight champion filmed a video for his YouTube channel where he trained and mentored Streetbeefs competitors Death Sentence and Winged C. During a sparring session with Winged C, Johnson began to lose his temper, feeling […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Artem Lobov is making his return to combat sports with a fight booked against longtime rival Zubaira Tukhogov planned for a PFL event in October, although no official details have been revealed. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting with Lobov touting the matchup […]
Sean O’Malley | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images After getting dominated and finished by UFC bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili in their rematch at UFC 316, Sean O’Malley volunteered his services for a super short turnaround. O’Malley has lost back-to-back fights to Dvalishvili, but recently said in an interview that after he was told a slated co-main […]
Photo courtesy of Walt Harris’ Instagram A trial date has finally been set for Ibraheem Yazeed — the man charged with the kidnapping and murder of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard, who is the stepdaughter of ex-UFC heavyweight fighter Walt Harris. Yazeed was arrested and charged with the crime all the way back in 2019 but delays […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Reinier de Ridder knew beating a former UFC champion like Robert Whittaker would get him a lot of attention and plenty of callouts from fighters who suddenly wanted to challenge him. Perhaps chief among them is one-time title challenger Paulo Costa, who stopped a two-fight skid with a decision win […]
Dricus du Plessis | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Dricus du Plessis defends his UFC title for the third straight time soon when he faces Khamzat Chimaev, and if he overcomes that test, there could be bigger things ahead for him. Podcaster and former fighter Brendan Schaub opined on the Aug. 16 UFC 319 main […]
Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. Game instructions are at the bottom if you’re new to the game! Feel free to share your results in the comments and […]