[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/ufc-event-gates-10-highest-ever April 16, 2024 3:30 pm ET UFC 300 made history in various ways Saturday. Among historical feats achieved, the event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas placed third all-time for UFC’s live gates. According … Read more
[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/fight-of-the-month-march-2024-dustin-poirier-kniockout-benoit-saint-denis-ufc-299 With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from March 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight … Read more
[ Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/lists/mma-junkies-knockout-of-the-month-for-march-vinicius-oliveiras-flying-knee-nets-extra-100k April 1, 2024 10:15 pm ET With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best knockouts from March 2024: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, … Read more
[ Right after her most recent win earlier this month, Maycee Barber knew whom she wanted next. She didn’t know at the time her next opponent would be her own health. Barber on Monday posted on Instagram detailing what she said was a harrowing nine days in the hospital, where she eventually developed pneumonia. “Well, … Read more
[ Dustin Poirier thinks Benoit Saint Denis should have kept quiet about his staph infection. After Poirier (30-8 MMA, 22-7 UFC) knocked out Saint Denis in the second round at UFC 299 earlier this month, the Frenchman revealed that he entered the fight with staph infection on his forehead, which he says hampered his performance. … Read more
[ Sean O’Malley went off on Marlon Vera for accusing him of greasing at UFC 299. Bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) avenged his loss to Vera (21-9-1 MMA, 15-8 UFC) by battering him for five rounds in their title fight earlier this month in Miami. Vera said fighting O’Malley was “like grabbing a … Read more
[ Former bantamweight champion Petr Yan had to overcome serious adversity to snap his three-fight losing skid at UFC 299. Not only was Yan (17-5 MMA, 9-4 UFC) forced to fend off a determined Song Yadong, who fought sharp to start the matchup at Kaseya Center in Miami, but he had to do it with … Read more
[ Teddy Atlas had very high praise for Sean O’Malley after UFC 299. Bantamweight champion O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) notched his first title defense when he battered Marlon Vera for five rounds this past Saturday at UFC 299. O’Malley has mentioned crossing over to boxing numerous times, calling out the likes of Gervonta Davis, and … Read more
[ Gilbert Burns still thinks he has what it takes to become UFC welterweight champion. Burns (22-7 MMA, 15-7 UFC) was just over a minute away from beating Jack Della Maddalena (18-2 MMA, 7-0 UFC) at UFC 299 before a costly mistake led to him being knocked out in Round 3. Two of the three … Read more
[ Umar Nurmagomedov thinks Cory Sandhagen is a sterner test for him than the champion. Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) called for his previously scrapped bout with Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC) to be rescheduled after defeating newcomer Bekzat Almakhan at UFC Fight Night 238. Nurmagomedov got his wish when Sandhagen verbally agreed to fight … Read more
