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Tom Aspinall
Tom Aspinall

UFC Vegas 19 Result: Tom Aspinall stops Andrei Arlovski (Video)

Chris Taylor - February 20, 2021

A heavyweight bout featuring former division champion Andrei Arlovski taking on Tom Aspinall kicks off tonight’s UFC Vegas 19 main card. Arlovski (30-19 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since defeating Tanner Boser by way of unanimous decision this past November. That win hard marked Arlovski’s second in a row, as ‘The Pitbull’ had previously defeated Philipe Lins in May.

Khabib Nurmagomedov
Khabib Nurmagomedov

Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Justin Gaethje gave up at UFC 254: "I don’t think that I won this fight physically, but rather mentally"

Chris Taylor - February 20, 2021

Khabib Nurmagomedov believes Justin Gaethje “gave up” in their lightweight title unification bout this past October in Abu Dhabi. Gaethje and Nurmagomedov squared off in the main event of UFC 254, in what many believed would be the toughest fight of Khabib’s career.

Derrick Lewis

UFC Vegas 19 loses Drakkar Klose vs. Luis Pena fight on just hours notice

Chris Taylor - February 20, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 19: ‘Blaydes vs. Lewis’ event has taken a late hit as a lightweight bout between Drakkar Klose and Luis Pena has been scrapped. Klose and Pena were set to collide on today’s preliminary card but the bout was unfortunately called off after one of Drakkar’s cornermen tested positive for Covid.

Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz

OC Taxi Driver shares wild sex story involving former UFC champion Tito Ortiz: "I'd never seen stamina like this before"

Chris Taylor - February 20, 2021

A retired Orange Country Taxi Driver has shared a wild sex story allegedly involving former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz. Ortiz (21-12-1 MMA), who has been recently making headlines ever since being elected to city council in Huntington Beach, is considered a pioneer in mixed martial arts.

UFC Vegas 19
Derrick Lewis

UFC Vegas 19: 'Blaydes vs. Lewis' Live Results and Highlights

Chris Taylor - February 19, 2021

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 19 event, a fourteen-bout fight card headlined by Curtis Blaydes vs. Derrick Lewis. Blaydes (14-2 MMA) will be stepping foot in the Octagon for the first time since defeating Alexander Volkov by unanimous decision this past June. That win marked Blaydes’ fourth in a row, as he had previously scored victories over Justin Willis, Shamil Abdurakhimov and Junior dos Santos.

Maycee Barber
UFC

Video | Maycee Barber apologizes to Dana White immediately after UFC 258 loss

Cole Shelton - February 19, 2021

Maycee Barber suffered her second loss in a row at UFC 258 and proceeded to apologize to Dana White right after the setback. In last Saturday’s co-main event, Barber took on Alexa Grasso in her return to the Octagon after tearing her ACL at UFC 246 last January in a loss to Roxanne Modafferi. In her comeback fight, “The Future” planned to finish Grasso but that did not come to fruition.

Gabe Green
UFC

Gabe Green hoping to be active in 2021, wants Christian Aguilera after he "KO'd four of my friends"

Cole Shelton - February 19, 2021

Gabe Green is glad he finally got his hand raised. To open up UFC 258, Green fought Phil Rowe in a battle of two promising welterweight prospects. Early on in the fight, Green used leg kicks to try and get inside of Rowe’s lengthy reach. However, as the fight wore on, the leg kicks started to hurt Rowe.

Petr Yan
Petr Yan

Petr Yan sends a video to Aljamain Sterling showcasing what is to come at UFC 259

Adam Martin - February 19, 2021

UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan sent top contender Aljamain Sterling a video of what he is preparing to do to him at UFC 259. Yan and Sterling will mix it up on March 6 when the two meet in the co-main event of UFC 259. The two bantamweight stars have been chatty with each other on social media in the buildup to this fight, which has been entertaining for fans to watch. In March, they will finally be able to get their hands on each other at UFC 259. In a video that Yan sent to Sterling posted on his social media, he showed “Funk Master” a taste of what’s to come.

Rafael-Alves
UFC

Rafael Alves issues statement following embarrassing weight miss, claims salmon played a factor

Adam Martin - February 19, 2021

UFC featherweight Rafael Alves pointed to salmon as the reason behind his record-setting 11.5lbs weight miss for his fight at UFC Vegas 19. It was an embarrassing morning on the scale for Alves, a former Titan FC and Contender Series competitor who was set to make his UFC debut against Pat Sabatini in the curtain jerker of UFC Vegas 19. Alves weighed in at 157.5lbs for his featherweight bout against Sabatini, which was a full 11.5lbs above the non-title featherweight limit of 146lbs. It’s actually the biggest weight miss in UFC history, narrowing beating out Anthony Johnson, who came in at 197lbs, a whole 11lbs over the limit for a middleweight bout against Vitor Belfort in 2012. It’s very rare to see a fighter at the UFC level miss weight this egregiously.

Henry Cejudo, Weili Zhang
Dana White

Henry Cejudo has a theory for why Dana White won’t book him against Alex Volkanovski

Cole Shelton - February 19, 2021

Henry Cejudo has an interesting theory as to why Dana White and the UFC never booked the fight against Alex Volkanovski. After Cejudo TKO’d Dominick Cruz at UFC 249 to defend his bantamweight title, he announced his retirement from the sport. However, since the retirement he has hinted at a return to face Volkanovski. But, he believes White won’t book the fight because he knows he’d win and retire with the belt.

Sean O'Malley
UFC

Sean O'Malley expects to be "too fast" for Thomas Almeida and will eventually "find that right hand" to earn KO win

Cole Shelton - February 19, 2021

Sean O’Malley is ready to get back into the win column. At UFC 260, O’Malley is set to return to the Octagon against Thomas Almeida in a fight many fans are looking forward to. Both men desperately need a win to get some hype back behind their name. However, for O’Malley, he says the Brazilian originally turned him down.

Kamaru Usman, Jorge Masvidal
MMA News

Kamaru Usman shuts down rematch with Jorge Masvidal, ‘Gamebred’ issues fiery response

Drake Riggs - February 19, 2021

Right when it looked like the Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal saga was set to continue, the champ has now appeared to change his tune. Following his stellar title defense against former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258, Usman took to the mic to express his dissatisfaction with a former foe. Threatening to finish Masvidal in a potential rematch, the champion went on to express that he was “feeling generous” days later. Thus indicating his willingness to grant a rematch to “Gamebred” although Masvidal fell short via a lopsided decision at UFC 251.

Dan Hardy
Matt Brown

Dan Hardy wants return but not to "fight some bum", Matt Brown offers his services

Adam Martin - February 19, 2021

Former UFC welterweight title contender Dan Hardy said he wants to return to the Octagon, and now Matt Brown has volunteered his services. Hardy hasn’t fought since a unanimous decision win over Amir Sadollah at UFC Nottingham in September 2012, the same night Stipe Miocic was knocked out by Stefan Struve. Hardy was supposed to fight Brown at UFC on FOX 7 in April 2013, but he was forced out of the fights by doctors due to Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPWS) and he has not fought since then. However, Hardy has continued to train, and now that his condition is improved, he has been teasing a return to the Octagon. His goal is to fight again sometime in 2021.

Gregor Gillespie
UFC

Gregor Gillespie returns from lengthy layoff opposite City Kickboxing's Brad Riddell

Tom Taylor - February 19, 2021

Gregor Gillespie is finally slated to return to the cage. The once-beaten American lightweight will take on Kiwi striker Brad Riddell on March 20. News of this matchup was first reported by Christopher Reive of the New Zealand Herald.

Tony Ferguson Khabib Nurmagomedov Dana White
Tony Ferguson

Khabib Nurmagomedov on Tony Ferguson: "I swear that I never considered him an elite lightweight"

Adam Martin - February 19, 2021

UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said in a recent interview that he doesn’t believe Tony Ferguson was ever an elite lightweight. Nurmagomedov and Ferguson were rivals for the better part of five years, but despite the UFC booking them to fight five times, the bout never came to fruition for various reasons. With Ferguson having recently lost back-to-back fights to Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje, and with Nurmagomedov likely set to retire from MMA, it seems like this is a dream fight that will never come to fruition. Though some fans still swear that Ferguson has the skill set that could be the kryptonite for Nurmagomedov, the champ has moved on.

Jan Blachowicz, UFC Prague
Jan Blachowicz

Jan Blachowicz makes bold prediction for Israel Adesanya fight at UFC 259

Adam Martin - February 19, 2021

UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz made a bold prediction for his upcoming championship match against Israel Adesanya at UFC 259. Blachowicz puts his 205lbs belt on the line for the first time against Adesanya on March 6 at UFC 259. For Blachowicz, it’s yet another fight where he’s being count, as the champion is once again a sizeable underdog to defeat Adesanya. Many believe that Adesanya is going to go in there and earn an easy paycheck, but despite all of the doubters, Blachowicz is confident he can get the job done. In fact, he’s even predicting a highlight-reel finish.

Henry Cejudo
MMA News

Henry Cejudo: "The best 135 pounder other than me" is "probably" Cory Sandhagen

Tom Taylor - February 19, 2021

Former two-division UFC champ Henry Cejudo believes Cory Sandhagen is the best fighter among the promotion’s active bantamweights. Cejudo previously ruled over the UFC flyweight and bantamweight divisions, but retired in early 2020.

Sean O'Malley, UFC 252
Tyron Woodley

Sean O'Malley, Tyron Woodley fights official for UFC 260

Tom Taylor - February 19, 2021

Sean O’Malley and Tyron Woodley are both officially scheduled to return to the Octagon at UFC 260 on March 27. O’Malley, a promising prospect in the 135-pound bantamweight division, will make his return to the cage against Brazilian striking specialist Thomas Almeida. Woodley, the former UFC welterweight champion, will return to action against rising contender Vicente Luque.