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A fight that started promisingly quickly turned to disappointment for Abdul Razak Alhassan. The 38-year-old Alhassan, a product of the Elevation Fight Team, staggered his opponent, Cody Brundage, with an elbow strike after blocking a takedown during their middleweight bout at UFC on ESPN 59 in Denver on Saturday night. Alhassan landed an elbow to the back of Brundage’s head during a flurry of attacks, earning a warning from referee Dan Miragliotta, and the bout was stopped as “Judo Thunder” continued to land strikes that the veteran official deemed illegal.Ultimately, the bout was declared void because Brundage was unconscious and…
Jean Silva’s stoppage win over Drew Dober at UFC Denver came as a blow to the Brazilian. Silva quickly moved up in weight to replace Mike Davis in the lightweight bout at UFC on ESPN 59 in Denver on Saturday. This also marked Silva’s return two weeks after his brutal knockout win over Charles Jourdan at UFC 303.Silva got up fast and clean, opening a cut above Dober’s right eye in the first round and ultimately finishing him off. Silva continued to inflict more damage, and despite Dober’s tenacity, the cut worsened, forcing referee Herb Dean to call in the…
Following the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump, some of the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s top stars have voiced their support for Mr Trump. Multiple shots were fired at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday night. Trump fell to the ground, visibly bleeding on the right side of his face, and was escorted to safety. The gunman, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, was shot and killed by Secret Service agents. Meanwhile, one attendee was killed in the shooting and another was critically wounded.Dana White and some of UFC’s biggest stars have voiced their support for Trump, who…
Getty Images/UFC Charles Johnson has a message for Ultimate Fighting Championship flyweights: “Trust him at your own peril.” Eleven days earlier, Johnson (16-6 MMA, 4-4 UFC) had come from the brink of defeat to defeat the in-form phenom Joshua Vang (10-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) in a spectacular knockout victory on the undercard of UFC on ESPN 59, handing Vang his first loss inside the Octagon. “Inner G” got off to a good start, taking advantage of Vang’s tendency to start slow and attack his lead leg. But Vang gradually gained the upper hand as the rounds progressed, staying in a…
It may not have been as exciting as they hoped, but Rose Namajunas’ performance did no wrong for her hometown Denver crowd. In the flyweight main event at UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Arena, former strawweight champion Namajunas (13-6 MMA, 11-5 UFC) faced off against newcomer Tracy Cortez (11-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) for a shot at a title in her new weight class. “Thug Rose” dominated the first round, fending off Cortez’s attacks, denying her clinch and takedown opportunities, and catching her with a number of clean punches, including a clean left hook that sent Cortez down midway through…
Belal Muhammad recently spoke out about the feud between former UFC middleweight champion Shawn Strickland and David Goggins, slamming Strickland. Strickland has angered Navy SEALs by saying that no one could stand a week of training with him, and former Navy SEAL and mixed martial artist Mitch Aguiar recently showed up to spar with Strickland and was beaten handily.Former SEAL turned fitness influencer David Goggins invited Strickland to a training session, and Strickland initially appeared to accept. However, Muhammad, who has a feud with Strickland, dismissed the former middleweight champion as a mere troll. According to Remember the Name, Strickland…
Montel Jackson beats Blackshear 1-2 in under 20 seconds #UFCDenver pic.twitter.com/NiJI7wxOHX — Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) July 14, 2024 Montel Jackson pulled off one of the quickest knockouts in UFC bantamweight history on Saturday night, and received a little extra reward for his efforts.”Quick” earned a $50,000 “Performance of the Night” bonus by knocking out Damon Blackshear in 18 seconds during Saturday night’s preliminaries at UFC on ESPN 59 at Denver’s Ball Arena. Jackson knocked out his opponent with a straight left in the opening bout, making it the second-fastest finish in UFC bantamweight history.Meanwhile, in a fierce lightweight battle, Jean…
Rose Namajunas and Tracy Cortez at the UFC Denver weigh-in. Photo Credit: Youtube/UFCRose Namajunas had signed to face Maycee Barber in the main event of UFC Denver, but by the time Saturday’s card rolled around, the former women’s strawweight champion and current flyweight contender was facing Tracy Cortez instead. These kinds of things happen all the time in MMA, and the question is whether Cortez can take the momentum off No. 6-ranked Namajunas in a fight at steep altitude. Both fighters started off with low kicks. Rose had a slight preference for calf kicks. Cortez stood in the center, and…
Santiago Ponzinibbio and Muslim Salikhov at the UFC Denver weigh-in. Credit: Youtube/UFCOn Saturday at UFC Denver, combat-hardened veterans Santiago Ponzinibbio and Muslim Salikhov collided at altitude. At 37, Salikhov was still going strong, but he had lost three of his four fights since then, making him 40 when the Sanda kickboxing specialist stepped into the cage. Standing opposite him was the Argentinian Ponzinibbio, a highly-regarded welterweight before health issues robbed him of three years of his career. With a 2-4 record since his return, he looks a different man to the 9-2 UFC winner he had been before, but at…
Drew Dober and Jean Silva at the UFC Denver weigh-in. Credit: Youtube/UFCDrew Dober had very little choice of opponent at UFC Denver on Saturday, which was surely a major disappointment for the fighter who trains with the Elevation Fight Team alongside the likes of Kamaru Usman and Justin Gaethje — at least until Jean Silva showed up. Silva was fresh off a win over Charles Jourdan at UFC 303 just two weeks prior, but was unsatisfied with his performance despite becoming the first fighter to finish the Canadian, so the Brazilian decided to move down to lightweight for a quick…