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French light heavyweight standout Oumar Sy is set to make his big debut in May against Rodolfo Verrato. Sea (9-0) will make his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut against Berato (12-2) on May 18 at UFC Fight Night 241 at the Apex in Las Vegas. The matchup was reported by Eurosports_Nl’s Marcel Dorf in the following post: X (Formerly known as Twitter). Mr. S then confirmed the reservation on social media.Shi will make his promotional debut in October 2023, approximately seven months after signing with the UFC. The French prospect boasts a perfect 9-0 record, including seven stoppage wins. The Bulgarian…
Indonesia’s Jeka Saragi is looking forward to his next UFC stint after scoring a big win. Saragi (14-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will take on Westin Wilson (16-9 MMA, 0-2 UFC) at the June 15th UFC Fight Night event. The card will take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Two people familiar with the fight recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking, but requested anonymity as the promotion has not yet officially announced the fight. Saragi, 29, was the 2023 Road to UFC lightweight runner-up. After suffering a TKO loss to Ansur Jubli in the finals, Saraghi made the…
In November 2022, Mike Tolizano was riding high after scoring a big win at UFC 281 at Madison Square Garden. If he hadn’t lost weight, he could have gotten a bonus with the way Choi Seung Woo finished. Two months later, Tolizano (10-3) was removed from the UFC roster. This was unusual, as winning fighters and promotions rarely separate. Tolizano moved up with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses and became the Ultimate Fighter 27 lightweight champion. Many fans expressed surprise when his name was posted on the algorithm-based X Account UFC roster tracker as a departure from…
During the co-main event of UFC 300, Yang Xiaonan said he was visibly dazed and unsteady when he stood up at the end of round 1, but not completely unconscious. Xiaonan (17-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) was caught by Weili Zhang’s rear-naked choke attempt, was saved by the bell, and then struggled to reach the corner. Referee Jason Herzog watched carefully but did not rule that the title challenger could not continue. “I was close, but I wasn’t completely out,” Xiaonan told MMA Junkie through an interpreter on Wednesday. “I looked at the cage-side clock and saw there were only a…
PFL 3 2024 may be a battle for the underdog. The promotion will make its Chicago debut this Friday, which will be the final game of the first half of the 2024 regular season. The divisions are welterweight and featherweight. In the night’s main event, former Bellator welterweight champion Andrei Koreshkov takes on undefeated Magomed Umalatov. The co-main event will be a featherweight battle, with 2023 PFL Featherweight Champion Brendan Loughnane taking on Pedro Carvalho. Below are the betting odds currently posted on DraftKings. If you want to make some cash, why not take advantage of the underdog? Because they…
UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira broke his toe two weeks before facing Jamahal Hill in the main event of UFC 300, but still won by first-round knockout and suffered another blow during the bout. I broke my toe. “Poitan” is still pushing the idea of making a fresh start and fighting as a heavyweight at UFC 301 in 21 days, but manager Jorge Guimarães wants to delay those talks. Coach Guimarães told MMA Fighting’s Trocação Franca Podcast that he is concerned about Pereira getting injured heading into UFC 300, but that he won’t let the promotion know because he…
Older UFC stars helped generate millions of dollars in pay-per-view sales, but times have changed, and Dana White’s latest century-long show proved that.Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, and Georges St-Pierre are just a few of the up-and-coming fighters who made the transition from mixed martial arts and left a star-shaped hole.11White will rely more on UFC star power than big-name athletes in 2024 Credit: GettyOf course, Conor McGregor helped bridge the gap, but new warriors are emerging and looking to knock the Irishman off his perch.Following a record-setting showing at UFC 300, talkSPORT.com ranked the top 10 fighters who command attention…
UFC 300 lived up to its hype, as promised by UFC CEO Dana White. The event featured some of the best fighters putting on a show for the fans. One such match was the lightweight battle between Renato Moicano and Jalyn Turner. Moicano scored an important victory with a knockout in the second round.His dominant victory propelled him into the UFC’s top 10 lightweight division. However, ‘Money Moicano’ doesn’t seem too impressed with the latest rankings. The Brazilian recently shared a comment about his dissatisfaction on his X account.Renato Moicano isn’t too impressed with his latest rankingadvertisementArticle continues below this…
On March 13, Ultimate Fighting Championship settled several lawsuits, including Kung Le v. Zuffa, which was scheduled to go to trial in April. The Kunle plaintiffs had accused mixed martial arts organizations of several anticompetitive practices that led to suppressing fighters’ wages. Stephen F. Ross and his Gurtej Grewal detail the facts of the case and what the settlement means for the industry. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently settled a series of antitrust lawsuits that accused the mixed martial arts (MMA) organization of monopolizing the industry to the detriment of fighters. This article provides the background to these complaints,…
Brendan Loughnane will almost certainly go into the 2024 PFL season with redemption in mind. The 2022 PFL Season $1 Million Winner is off to a great start in 2023 as he looks to defend his title. However, he was eliminated in the first round by eventual champion Jesus Pinedo in 2023, missing out on the postseason due to a minor blunder. On Friday, Loughnane (27-5) will face former Bellator standout Pedro Carvalho (13-8) to open the 2024 PFL featherweight season at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. With Pinedo not participating in the 2024 season, there is plenty of room for a…