While UFC Fight Night 88 will feature prospects in the headline act, a slew of veteran fighters will comprise the rest of the lineup.
The May 29 card from Las Vegas boasts Cody Garbrandt vs. Thomas Almeida as the main event on FOX Sports 1. During U…
While UFC Fight Night 88 will feature prospects in the headline act, a slew of veteran fighters will comprise the rest of the lineup.
The May 29 card from Las Vegas boasts Cody Garbrandt vs. Thomas Almeida as the main event on FOX Sports 1. During UFC Fight Night 85 Saturday, several more matchups were confirmed.
Three lightweight fights featuring Abel Trujillo-Carlos Diego Ferreira, Erik Koch-Joe Proctor and Josh Burkman-Paul Felder are set, along with welterweights Tarec Saffiedine-Rick Story and Jorge Masvidal-Lorenz Larkin.
Other bouts scheduled for Mandalay Bay Events Center include Chris Camozzi-Vitor Miranda, Chris De La Rocha-Adam Milstead and Jake Collier-Keith Berish.
They join the co-main event, which will see former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao move up to featherweight and challenge Jeremy Stephens.
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes Conor McGregor should end his time away from the 145-pound division and defend his title.
While McGregor’s name continues to sit atop the rumor report for UFC 200 and Nate Diaz, in a recent interview, Aldo completely went all “Notorious” on the champion.
“You will come back (to the featherweight division) with your tail between your legs after what happened, after that embarrassment,” Aldo told Esporte Espetacular (thanks to MMAFighting.com for the quotes). “You will come back. My hand almost caught you, but when it does for good, you will sleep.
“He’s a lion when he’s attacking, but a kitten when he’s getting beat up. Everybody saw in his eyes that he’s just a (expletive) that quits when he’s getting beat up. That’s what we saw.”
McGregor lost to Diaz via second round rear-naked choke, but the two appear to be set for a rematch this July. Along with Aldo, Frankie Edgar has also been calling for a shot at the UFC title.
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes Conor McGregor should end his time away from the 145-pound division and defend his title.
While McGregor’s name continues to sit atop the rumor report for UFC 200 and Nate Diaz, in a recent interview, Aldo completely went all “Notorious” on the champion.
“You will come back (to the featherweight division) with your tail between your legs after what happened, after that embarrassment,” Aldo told Esporte Espetacular (thanks to MMAFighting.com for the quotes). “You will come back. My hand almost caught you, but when it does for good, you will sleep.
“He’s a lion when he’s attacking, but a kitten when he’s getting beat up. Everybody saw in his eyes that he’s just a (expletive) that quits when he’s getting beat up. That’s what we saw.”
McGregor lost to Diaz via second round rear-naked choke, but the two appear to be set for a rematch this July. Along with Aldo, Frankie Edgar has also been calling for a shot at the UFC title.
Submissions were the name of the game Friday at ONE Championship 40: Union of Warriors, as both the main and co-main events ended in the first round with tapouts.
In the headline bout from the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, Aung La N Sang locked up a guillotine choke on Mohamed Ali. Sang, a native of Myanmar, sent the crowd home happy with the first round win.
Adriano Moraes, a former ONE champion, positioned himself nicely for a rematch for the title by securing a brabo choke on Eugene Toquero. That stoppage came with seven seconds left in the opening round.
Highly-touted prospect Christian Lee scored a TKO victory in the first round vs. Anthony Engelen, while Edward Kelly picked up a first round submission vs. Jordan Lucas.
Complete results from the event can be found below:
Aung La N Sang def. Mohamed Ali via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:38
Tha Pyay Nyo def. Kyal Sin Phyo via TKO (knee/strikes) – Round 3, 1:36
Christian Lee def. Anthony Engelen via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 4:14
Kyal Linn Aung def. Thway Thit Aung via unanimous decision
Alex Silva def. Rabin Catalan via submission (arm-triangle choke) – Round 1, 4:25
Phoe Thaw def. Saw L Lay via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:27
Edward Kelly def. Jordan Lucas via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 3:47
Thar A Thal Ta Pwint def. Nay Ruby via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 2:58
Ye Yint Aung def. Yan Naing Aung via TKO (strikes) – Round 1, 3:50
Submissions were the name of the game Friday at ONE Championship 40: Union of Warriors, as both the main and co-main events ended in the first round with tapouts.
In the headline bout from the Thuwanna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar, Aung La N Sang locked up a guillotine choke on Mohamed Ali. Sang, a native of Myanmar, sent the crowd home happy with the first round win.
Adriano Moraes, a former ONE champion, positioned himself nicely for a rematch for the title by securing a brabo choke on Eugene Toquero. That stoppage came with seven seconds left in the opening round.
Highly-touted prospect Christian Lee scored a TKO victory in the first round vs. Anthony Engelen, while Edward Kelly picked up a first round submission vs. Jordan Lucas.
Complete results from the event can be found below:
Aung La N Sang def. Mohamed Ali via submission (guillotine choke) – Round 1, 2:38
The UFC confirmed a recent report for UFC 198, making Anderson Silva vs. Uriah Hall official.
Silva vs. Hall is added to the May 14 event from inside the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil that features Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the hea…
Silva vs. Hall is added to the May 14 event from inside the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil that features Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title.
Also, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza battles Vitor Belfort in the co-main event and former light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua takes on Corey Anderson.
The 40-year-old Silva (33-7) is coming off a decision loss to Michael Bisping last month in England. “The Spider” has not scored an official victory since a 2012 TKO vs. Stephan Bonnar in Brazil, which was also the last time he competed in his home country.
Silva’s name is atop several UFC records, including most finishes (14), most finishes in the middleweight division (10), most consecutive wins (16), longest win streak (16) and most knockdowns (17).
Hall (12-6) had his two-fight win streak snapped by Robert Whittaker in November. The Ultimate Fighter finalist, who was compared to Silva after a highlight-reel knockout on the show by UFC president Dana White, had finished Gegard Mousasi and Oluwale Bamgbose as part of a five-fight calendar year in 2015.
Following a loss to Kelvin Gastelum in the finals of TUF, Hall was bested by John Howard. He went on to win three in a row over Chris Leben, Thiago Santos and Ron Stallings before losing a split decision to Rafael Natal.
According to a report out of Brazil by Combate, former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao will test his skills at featherweight against Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 88.
The event is scheduled for May 29, a few weeks after UFC 198 goes down …
According to a report out of Brazil by Combate, former UFC bantamweight champion Renan Barao will test his skills at featherweight against Jeremy Stephens at UFC Fight Night 88.
The event is scheduled for May 29, a few weeks after UFC 198 goes down in Brazil.
Barao (33-1) lost the bantamweight title to T.J. Dillashaw and was unsuccessful in a rematch. The 29-year-old Brazilian had won 32 of his first 34 bouts, including UFC wins over Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland and Michael McDonald.
Stephens (24-12) is just 1-3 over his last four, but all three defeats have been via decision to Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira and Cub Swanson. In did win three straight from 2013-14, besting Estevan Payan, Rony Jason via knockout and Darren Elkins.
