In an unusual situation, the main card was 20 percent ahead of the 2017 average, but the prelims were 12 percent below average By Dave Meltzer Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Saturday’s UFC event in Atlantic City, N.J., headlined by Kevin Lee’s fifth-round stoppage of Edson Barboza, averaged 956,000 viewers. The number was […]
By Alexander K. Lee@AlexanderKLee Glover Teixeira Esther Lin, MMA Fighting UFC Hamburg has added another major light heavyweight contest to the lineup. Sources confirmed with MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani that Glover Teixeira and Ilir Latifi will fight at the July 22 Fight Night event at the Barclaycard Arena in Hamburg, Germany. The bout was first reported […]
MMAFighting.com By Guilherme Cruz@guicruzzz Ronaldo Souza faces Kelvin Gastelum in the co-main event of UFC 224 in Brazil. Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Ronaldo Souza has big plans for 2018. The former Dream and Strikeforce middleweight champion came close to earning a shot at the UFC belt in the past, but is confident that […]
MMAFighting By Shaun Al-Shatti@shaunalshatti Ricky Simon defeated Merab Dvalishvili at UFC Atlantic City. Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Ricky Simon and Merab Dvalishvili took home a Fight of the Night bonus for their undercard brawl at UFC Atlantic City, but that extra cash didn’t quell the controversy surrounding the bout’s unbelievable finish. On the verge of […]
By Guilherme Cruz@guicruzzz Warlley Alves choked out Colby Covington at UFC 194 in 2015. Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Colby Covington will face Rafael dos Anjos for the UFC interim welterweight championship, but Warlley Alves is upset that he won’t get to meet the American talent in May. The interim title bout between Covington and dos Anjos was […]
By Sherdog.com Chan Sung Jung isn’t one for elaborate callouts, but he gets his point across nonetheless. Using the screen of a UFC video game with his desired matchup as the background, “The Korean Zombie” angled for a showdown with Frankie Edgarfollowing the former lightweight champion’s unanimous verdict over Cub Swanson in the UFC […]
