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UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is facing two misdemeanor charges stemming from a confrontation with drug testers at his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home earlier this year. According to online records from the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Jones was charged with assault and interference with communications. He is scheduled to have a virtual bail hearing at 9:15 a.m. local time on Wednesday where he will be arraigned and given conditions of release. The case will then be set for trial before a judge within 30 to 45 days. Jones could face up to a year in jail and a $500 fine…
Benir Dariush believes that “energy conservation” will be a differentiating factor in a possible clash between Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. Tsarukyan earned himself a chance at a title fight with Makhachev after winning a split decision in a title eliminator bout against Charles Oliveira at UFC 300 in April, but last month, Tsarukyan declined the title fight at UFC 302, citing short notice. Makhachev, who was locked in defending his lightweight title over the summer, defeated Dustin Poirier by submission in the fifth round in the main event of UFC 302.Meanwhile, Tsarukyan was fined $25,000 and suspended for nine…
Charles Johnson claims he still had more than five minutes left in his fight when he flipped the switch to score an upset win in the third round against Joshua Vann at UFC Denver. Johnson faced Vann on Saturday in a featured prelim at UFC on ESPN 59 in Denver, and although things didn’t look good for Johnson early on, the fight was otherwise evenly scored by the judges, but “Inner G” came back from behind in the final round to knock Vann out just 20 seconds into the bout.Johnson believes he was never completely out of the fight, but…
Curtis Blaydes has become the latest to voice his issue with UFC 304’s odd start time. Blaydes will challenge interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall in the co-main event of UFC 304, which takes place on July 27 at the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England. The event marks the promotion’s return to Manchester for the first time in nearly eight years, but the card is scheduled for primetime in the United States. Early prelims for UFC 304 will begin at 11pm British Summer Time (BST), with the main card starting at 3am BST.Blaydes argues that the odd timing of the…
Rose Namajunas is slowly making her mark as a flyweight. The former strawweight champion earned her second victory in the 125-pound division on Saturday night, defeating Tracy Cortez via unanimous decision in the main event of UFC on ESPN 59 at Ball Arena in Denver. Namajunas knocked Cortez down early and then blitzed the rest of the way, confusing her last-minute opponent with a mix of strikes and takedowns.”Obviously I’m happy, firstly, that I was pretty injury-free, secondly, that I won, and thirdly, I feel like it was a very exciting fight,” Namajunas said in her post-fight press conference. “Obviously,…
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…