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Earlier today, the UFC officially confirmed that Valentina Shevchenko (16-3) would be making the first defense of her 125-pound title against surging contender Jessica Eye (14-6-1). The fight is scheduled to take place at UFC 238 on June 8 from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. Valentina Sh...
UFC Fight Night 147 will take place on March 16th in London. This year the UFC is bringing the most exciting card in recent memory for their annual trip to England. Stream UFC on ESPN+. Start your 7-day FREE trial today! With closely competitive match-ups from the first fight on the prelims to th...
According to a report from ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, a light heavyweight bout between former title challengers Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson and Anthony “Lionheart” Smith is set to headline a UFC Fight Night card on June 1 in Stockholm, Sweden from Ericcson Globe. Prior to this news, Gustafsson h...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of UFC Fight Night 146: Lewis vs. dos Santos? #UFCWichita
The UFC is making its first trip to Kansas as they head to the city of Wichita for UFC Fight Night 146. The main event will feature a heavyweight fight between a former champion and a former title challenger. Fresh off his championship loss to current champion, Daniel Cormier, at UFC 230, Derrick...
Per Brett Okamoto (ESPN), Dana White confirmed Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza will take on Yoel Romero on April 27th in Sunrise, Florida for UFC on ESPN 3. This news comes out on the heels of Romero’s appearance on a Spanish reality TV show. The matchup comes as a bit of a surprise. Up until this fight w...
Kicking off the UFC‘s new era on ESPN, Henry Cejudo put his flyweight title on the line against bantamweight champion, TJ Dillashaw. Cejudo made a statement that night as he finished the two-time bantamweight champion with strikes in just over thirty seconds. Dillashaw made it clear immediately a...
It was recently announced that the Bryce Harper-sweepstakes had finally ended with the Major League Baseball free agent signing a record 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. That marked the largest contract in the history of baseball. Given that, it’s fun to imagine a wo...
A rematch between #7 bantamweight Aspen Ladd and TUF 26 finalist and #2 flyweight Sijara Eubanks has been booked for UFC Fight Night 151 in Rochester, New York. Originally meeting at Invicta FC 21, Ladd defeated Eubanks by unanimous decision, in what was Eubanks’ final fight before entering the T...
B.J. Penn vs. Clay Guida UFC 237 Legendary former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion B.J. Penn once again steps into the octagon. The former 2 division champion looks for his first win since 2010 when he defeated Matt Hughes. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz reported that Penn is set to face ...
Jose Aldo and Alexander Volkanovski, look to be dance partners for UFC 237. A report from Farah Hannouh first broke the news. It was then confirmed by ESPN. The matchup has the makings of a potential featherweight title eliminator. Both fighters have been red hot of late and a victory here could ...
There are a lot of reasons to love “The Black Beast”, Derrick Lewis. From “my balls was hot” to his legendary post-fight interview against Travis Browne, Lewis has proven to have a candid and endearing personality. He fights with violent bursts, earning ten knockouts out of 12 UFC wins. Derrick L...
‘Anderson Silva loses to Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision.’ To anybody who didn’t watch this fight live, those words would serve as further evidence that Silva has nothing left to offer the sport of MMA. However, in real time, many fans felt the fight between Silva and Adesanya lived up to ...
Perhaps the most impressive performance of UFC 235 this past weekend was the 25-minute beating Kamaru Usman put on Tyron Woodley in the co-main event to win the UFC welterweight crown. Usman put on an incredibly dominant showing which included a 10-8 round. That beating, however, didn’t deter Woo...
UFC Fight Night 146 Walkout Songs UFC Fight Night 146, is coming at us live this weekend from the Intrust Bank Arena in Witchta, KS! In the main event, former heavyweight kingpin Junior “Cigano” dos Santos squares off with “Mr. Hot Balls” himself, Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis. Underneath the p...
UFC 235: What We Learnt With UFC 235 now one for the history books, there was a lot to take away. What was one of the biggest cards of the early part of 2019 for the UFC, saw light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones dominate Anthony Smith to a unanimous decision victory. Kamaru Usman upset Tyron Woodl...