UFC News

Chris Taylor - March 20, 2021

Tonight’s UFC Vegas 22 fight card just took a major hit as the scheduled co-main event between Gregor Gillespie and Brad Riddell has been cancelled. Gillespie and Riddell were set to collide in a key lightweight bout, with the winner likely earning a top ranked opponent their next time out.

Christopher Taylor - March 19, 2021

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman performed what can only be described as the ultimate troll job on his bitter rival Colby Covington. Usman and Covington have a longstanding rivalry that eventually culminated in a welterweight title fight at UFC 245. That evening in Las Vegas, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ and ‘Chaos’ went toe to toe for four straight rounds, this before Usman was able to put Covington away in the final five minutes via TKO.

Adam Martin - March 19, 2021

Bellator women’s champ Cris Cyborg reacted after a fighter collapsed at the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins, saying “This is a scary video to watch.” On Friday afternoon, UFC women’s bantamweight Julija Stoliarenko collapsed not once, but twice at the weigh-ins in Las Vegas. Stoliarenko stepped onto the scale and then fell down on her first weigh-in attempt, but after sitting down for a few minutes, she was then given a second attempt at weighing in, which she did successfully when she came in at 135.5lbs. However, as soon as her weight was read by the commission, she collapsed a second time and had to be taken away to the hospital on a stretcher. It was an extremely scary scene and another reminder of the harsh realities of weight cutting in the sport of MMA.

Christopher Taylor - March 19, 2021

Justin Gaethje has reacted after losing out on a proposed UFC matchup with Michael Chandler on May 15. Earlier this week it was reported that a bout between Gaethje and Chandler was in the works for UFC 262.

Cole Shelton - March 19, 2021

Julija Stoliarenko has revealed what caused her to collapse on the scale at the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins. Stoliarenko was set to open the card against Julia Avila at women’s bantamweight. Unfortunately, the fight was canceled due to Stoliarenko fainting twice at weigh-ins, but the 27-year-old says she still wants to fight.

Cole Shelton - March 19, 2021

Robert Whittaker knows he has to fight differently if he rematches Israel Adesanya. At UFC 243, Whittaker suffered a second-round knockout loss to Adesanya to lose his middleweight title. Since the loss, he rebounded nicely with a five-round decision win over Darren Till on Fight Island and followed that up with a decision over Jared Cannonier.

Cole Shelton - March 19, 2021

Edmen Shahbazyan is back. According to Manouk Akopyan of the LA Times, and confirmed by BJPENN.com, Shahbazyan will fight sixth-ranked middleweight, Jack Hermansson at UFC 262 on May 15. The event will also take place in Houston, Texas with a full crowd.

Adam Martin - March 19, 2021

The upcoming UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler pay-per-view on May 15 will take place in front of a full crowd of fans in Houston, Texas. The UFC made the fight card official on Friday afternoon, officially confirming the Oliveira vs. Chandler main event for the vacant UFC lightweight title, as well as announcing that it will take place at the Toyota Center in Houston with fans in attendance. The tickets will go on sale on April 2. This is the UFC’s second fight card announced in the past week that will feature a full crowd of fans. The other is UFC 261, on April 24 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Cole Shelton - March 19, 2021

JP Buys will get to make his UFC debut alongside his wife, Cheyanne. On the prelims of UFC Vegas 22, JP Buys will face Bruno Silva while on the main card Cheyanne will face Montserrat Ruiz. They will also be looking to make history as the first married couple to both win UFC fights on the same card. Not only are they competing on the same card, but they will also corner one another.

Adam D Martin - March 19, 2021

The official weigh-in results for Saturday’s UFC Vegas 22 card are in place, and one fighter missed weight and one fight was canceled. Headliners Derek Brunson and Kevin Holland both successfully weighed in at or under the non-title middleweight limit of 186lbs. Brunson came right in at 186, while Holland actually came a bit underweight at 183lbs. In the co-headliner, both Gregor Gillespie and Brad Riddell successfully weighed in at 155.5lbs under the non-title limit of 156lbs. Both the UFC Vegas 22 main event and the co-main event are now official and we are good to go there.

Adam D Martin - March 19, 2021

UFC lightweight contender Tony Ferguson explained his decision to change up his camp and add Freddie Roach to his training staff. Ferguson is coming off of back-to-back losses to Justin Gaethje and Charles Oliveira in his last two fights and knew he had to make serious changes going forward. It wasn’t that long ago that Ferguson was one of the top lightweight fighters in the world. But after suffering two lopsided losses to Gaethje and Oliveira, he’s quickly fallen out of the elite at 155lbs. With Ferguson looking to bounce back in his career, he’s now enlisted the help of one of the best boxing coaches in the world to help him out, bringing Roach into his camp.

Adam D Martin - March 19, 2021

UFC women’s bantamweight fighter Julija Stoliarenko collapsed on the scale, twice, during the UFC Vegas 22 weigh-ins on Friday. Stoliarenko is set to take on Julia Avila in a women’s bantamweight bout set for Saturday’s card. During the weigh-ins on Friday, Stoliarenko stepped onto the scale to weigh in. However, she fainted and needed to be helped by commission officials. A few minutes later, Stoliarenko got back onto the scale. She weighed in successfully at 135.5lbs but a few seconds later Stoliarenko collapsed for a second time. She was immediately given fluids to rehydrate with and a stretcher came to the scale to take her away for a medical check-up.