UFC Sacramento News

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Following a near three year hiatus, Urijah Faber returned in sensational fashion against Ricky Simon at tonight’s UFC Sacramento event. ’The California Kid’ was able to drop Simon with a right hand early in the opening round and promptly put the surging division contender away with some nasty ground and pound.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Tonight’s UFC Sacramento event was headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout featuring surging undefeated contender Aspen Ladd taking on former women’s featherweight title holder Germaine de Randamie. Aspen Ladd, who had a brutal weight cut for tonight’s main event, was most previously seen in action at May’s UFC Rochester event, where she scored a unanimous decision victory over Sijara Eubanks.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Tonight’s UFC Sacramento event is headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout featuring surging undefeated contender Aspen Ladd taking on former women’s featherweight title holder Germaine de Randamie. Aspen Ladd, who had a brutal weight cut for tonight’s main event, was last seen in action at May’s UFC Rochester event where she scored a unanimous decision victory over Sijara Eubanks.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Former WEC champion Urijah Faber returned to the octagon at tonight’s UFC Sacramento event for a bantamweight bout with Ricky Simon. Faber had not competed in mixed martial arts since December of 2016, where he defeated Brad Pickett via unanimous decision.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

The octagon returns to California tonight for UFC Sacramento, a 12-bout fight card that features the returns of both Urijah Faber and Germaine de Randamie. UFC Sacramento is headlined by a women’s bantamweight bout featuring surging undefeated contender Aspen Ladd taking on former women’s featherweight title holder Germaine de Randamie.

Chris Taylor - July 13, 2019

Fans and analysts were left cringing after witnessing Aspen Ladd weigh in for her fight with Germaine de Randamie yesterday in Sacramento. The undefeated bantamweight, Ladd (8-0 MMA), was visibly shaken by her weight cut and even had trouble making it to the scale yesterday morning.

Cole Shelton - July 11, 2019

UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber is set to return to the Octagon this Saturday when he takes on Ricky Simon at UFC Sacramento. This bout will be Faber’s first since he retired in 2016. Ahead of the fight, BJPENN.com reached out to several pro fighters to get their predictions. Although the 26-year-old in Simon is a -340 favorite, compared to Faber who is a +260 underdog, many are leaning towards the Hall of Famer getting it done.

Cole Shelton - July 9, 2019

Ricky Simon did not expect to get the offer to fight UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber. Simon believed the UFC would give Urijah Faber a winnable fight in his return to action, and assures that he is not that. The 26-year-old is 15-1 as a pro and undefeated in the UFC. He is coming off of a decision win over Rani Yahya at UFC 234, which cemented him as a top-15 bantamweight. While he was waiting for his next fight contract, he was in the midst of planning a wedding and honeymoon, which he had to cancel the latter when the call to fight Faber came.

Chris Taylor - May 30, 2019

Dana White has a clear message for the fight fans who are unhappy with Aspen Ladd vs. Germaine de Randamie being named as the headliner for UFC Sacramento. The UFC President responded to fans criticizing the July 13 main event booking with a suggestion to ‘Stay home’.