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Steve Erceg thought Alexandre Pantoja was polite before their UFC 301 fight, but wasn’t impressed with the champion’s behavior after the bout. Erceg has risen several notches in the rankings and now has the opportunity of a lifetime to face Pantoja in a title fight at UFC 301 on May 4 in Brazil. Pantoja won by unanimous decision to retain his flyweight belt, but Erceg took a serious shot at the champion and proved he can go toe-to-toe with the best.While Erceg had a lot of respect for Pantoja before the fight, comments made by “The Cannibal” after the bout…
It appears that the Ultimate Fighting Championship in June is not going according to plan. In the biggest setback for the promotion, Conor McGregor officially withdrew from his UFC 303 main event bout against Michael Chandler last week due to injury. The former two-division champion is UFC’s biggest star but has not competed in nearly three years since breaking his leg in July 2021. McGregor vowed to return soon in a statement on social media, but the exact nature of the injury and the timeline for his recovery are unclear.After a busy few weeks, UFC CEO Dana White would not…
☀️🌍🌘The sun in Africa is the same sun that shines on our planet.The sun will set and rise again until you enter it.Enjoy the sun while it shines, when it goes out you will have darkness. pic.twitter.com/u5Swlzr6TW — Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) June 17, 2024 Israel Adesanya looks set to have a chance to reclaim the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight title later this year. “The Last Stylebender” announced on social media that he will face current middleweight champion Dorricus du Plessis at UFC 305 in Perth on August 17. Du Plessis later confirmed the news in a series of posts on…
Khamzat Chimaev hasn’t been particularly active in recent years, but the Chechen-born Swede has no plans to retire from mixed martial arts. In a brief statement sent to MMAjunkie.com, Chimaev’s manager, Majidi Shammas, denied retirement rumors that have been circulating since the middleweight boxer withdrew from the main event against Robert Whittaker at UFC on ABC 6 due to serious illness.”That’s simply not true,” Shamus said. “We’re going to get to the bottom of this situation, this issue, and he’ll be back.” Shamus portrayed Chimaev’s situation as serious in another social media post over the weekend, but also said that…
Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Mark Diakies recently explained his reasons for moving to rival organization Professional Fighters League. Diakies announced his move to the PFL earlier this month after ending his 15-fight UFC career. Diakies revealed that his contract with UFC was terminated following a second-round submission loss to Joel Alvarez at UFC London in July 2023. While exploring free agency, the Brit was given a short-term opportunity to face Kaue Fernandez at UFC Sao Paulo in November 2023, where he won by split decision.Diakiese had expected UFC to renew his contract in time for the promotion’s pay-per-view event in…
UFC on ABC 6 has suffered another blow with less than a week until fight day. Mersik Baghdasaryan announced on his Instagram Story that he will miss his featherweight bout against Mohammedjon Naimov at UFC on ABC 6, which takes place Saturday at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is unclear at this time whether Naimov will remain on the card against a replacement opponent.”Hey everyone, I have some bad news,” Bagdasarian said. “The match has been canceled. I am injured, I have a torn labrum in my left shoulder. I would like to thank everyone for their support.…
Brady Hiestand and Garrett Armfield clearly had no hard feelings towards each other after their fight at UFC on ESPN 58 on Saturday. Hiestand survived a knockdown by Armfield in the second round before submitting in the third in one of the most competitive bouts of the night. Afterward, both fighters shared screenshots of direct messages on Instagram, revealing their mutual respect.After initially showing respect, Armfield asked Heistand if his armbar attempt in the first round “Bang Bang” was too tight. “You’ve got a lot of heart,” Armfield wrote. “At least the armbar was tight?”Hiestand countered that the most lethal…
Bo Nickal claims he received a short notice offer to fight Robert Whittaker at UFC Saudi Arabia, but was unable to accept due to unfortunate circumstances. Whittaker was originally scheduled to fight Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of Saturday’s UFC on ABC 6, but Chimaev pulled out of the bout nine days before the event due to health concerns, and Ikram Aliskerov was pressed into service in Chimaev’s place.The fight was booked, but Nickal revealed that he was on the shortlist of candidates to replace Chimaev. Nickal claims that he received a call inviting him to compete at UFC…
Rose Namajunas recently detailed an “unnecessary” exchange she had with her upcoming opponent, Macy Barber’s father.Namajunas and Barber will meet as flyweight contenders in the main event of UFC on ESPN 59 on July 13. Barber is riding a six-fight winning streak and is full of confidence going into the matchup with the two-time UFC champion. Namajunas has no problem with Barber’s confidence, but feels her “future” father has been disrespectful to her.”I like when a fighter is confident. I like when they believe in themselves,” Namajunas told MMAjunkie.com. “For me, as long as she’s not being disrespectful, I’m fine…
It’s not uncommon for Alex Pereira to travel across continents for a fight at short notice. Pereira will face Jiri Prochazka for the light heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 303 on June 29. Both fighters stepped up on 15 days’ notice to salvage the card after the originally scheduled main event between Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler was canceled due to an injury to McGregor.It would be a quick bounce back for Pereira, who is coming off a first-round knockout win over Jamahal Hill at UFC 300 in April, but his GLORY kickboxing career has him prepared…