The UFC is back in the Qudos Bank Arena from Sydney, Australia and will feature some great fights for tonight’s UFC Fight Night 121 event. Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will make his return to the Octagon to take on rising contender Marci…
The UFC is back in the Qudos Bank Arena from Sydney, Australia and will feature some great fights for tonight’s UFC Fight Night 121 event. Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum will make his return to the Octagon to take on rising contender Marcin Tybura. Our co-featured bout of the evening has strawweights Bec Rawlings and […]
No. 8-ranked bantamweight Aljamain Sterling was originally scheduled to take on Rani Yahya at UFC Fight Night Fresno on Dec. 9, 2017, but Yahya was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury. Since then, the “Funkmaster” has been campaigning heavily for a fight with No. 4-ranked Jimmie Rivera, who was slated to […]
No. 8-ranked bantamweight Aljamain Sterling was originally scheduled to take on Rani Yahya at UFC Fight Night Fresno on Dec. 9, 2017, but Yahya was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an injury.
Since then, the “Funkmaster” has been campaigning heavily for a fight with No. 4-ranked Jimmie Rivera, who was slated to meet ex-champion Dominick Cruz at Dec. 30’s UFC 219 prior to Cruz suffering an injury, but he ultimately didn’t receive his wish.
Instead, he’ll take on former World Series of Fighting (WSOF) 135-pound champion Marlon Moraes. MMAJunkie reported the news, and Sterling later confirmed it on his official Twitter account.
Moraes holds a professional record of 19-5-1, but he’s just 1-1 since entering the UFC earlier this year. He dropped a split-decision loss to Raphael Assuncao last June before scoring a split-decision victory over former two-time flyweight title challenger John Dodson at UFC 217 earlier this month in New York City. Ironically, Moraes also called out Rivera after his win over Dodson, but in the end, he agreed to step up on short notice to take on Sterling.
UFC Fight Night 123 is set to be headlined by a featherweight tilt between Cub Swanson and Brian Ortega.
No. 6 UFC women’s bantamweight contender Cat Zingano is finally set for her UFC return. A report confirmed by MMA Fighting and initially reported by MMA Brasil revealed the former title challenger, who has been out of action since a decision loss to Julianna Pena at 2016’s UFC 200, will meet undefeated up-and-coming contender Ketlen […]
No. 6 UFC women’s bantamweight contender Cat Zingano is finally set for her UFC return.
A report confirmed by MMA Fighting and initially reported by MMA Brasil revealed the former title challenger, who has been out of action since a decision loss to Julianna Pena at 2016’s UFC 200, will meet undefeated up-and-coming contender Ketlen Vieira at March 3’s UFC 222 pay-per-view from Las Vegas.
Zingano has had an incredibly unique, mercurial, and taxing UFC run that began with her scoring an emphatic third-round finish of former champion Miesha Tate in her Octagon debut at The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 17 Finale in 2013, which earned her a title shot at dominant then-champion Ronda Rousey. A torn ACL suffered in training delayed that fight for almost two years, however, as Zingano instead returned to face and defeat current champion Amanda Nunes at September 2014’s UFC 178, her last win in MMA.
She faced Rousey for the belt at UFC 184 in February 2015, but lost to a strikingly quick armbar in 14 seconds. Varied injuries gave kept the otherwise decorated ‘Alpha’ out of consistent action.
Zingano will have no easy return match-up in the 9-0, No. 8-ranked Vieira. The surging Brazilian has won her three bouts in the UFC, with by far her biggest win coming in her latest fight, a shocking arm-triangle submission over former title challenger Sara McMann at September’s UFC 215.
Nik Lentz didn’t hesitate when offered a bout with Will Brooks. Tonight (Nov. 18), Lentz will take on Brooks inside the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. The bout will be featured on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of the UFC Fight Nigh…
Nik Lentz didn’t hesitate when offered a bout with Will Brooks. Tonight (Nov. 18), Lentz will take on Brooks inside the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. The bout will be featured on the FOX Sports 1 preliminary portion of the UFC Fight Night 121 card. The bout was initially set to go down at UFC […]
Rashad Evans’ middleweight run is over. Evans, who is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder, will return at 205 pounds. “Suga” has gone on a four-fight skid. Two of those losses were at middlewei…
Rashad Evans’ middleweight run is over. Evans, who is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight title holder, will return at 205 pounds. “Suga” has gone on a four-fight skid. Two of those losses were at middleweight in lackluster performances. These days, Evans looks nowhere near the competitor he once was. Still, “Suga” doesn’t […]
The UFC is back in Sydney, Australia tonight (Sat. November 18, 2017) and what a night of fights the promotion has in store for fight fans. In the main event of the evening, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum takes on rising contender Marcin Tybura. Also on deck is a strawweight bout between Jessica-Rose Clark […]
The UFC is back in Sydney, Australia tonight (Sat. November 18, 2017) and what a night of fights the promotion has in store for fight fans. In the main event of the evening, former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum takes on rising contender Marcin Tybura. Also on deck is a strawweight bout between Jessica-Rose Clark and Bec Rawlings.
Tim Means and Belal Muhammad will go head-to-head in a welterweight contest, and Dan Kelly will also make his Octagon return against “The Spartan” Elias Theodorou. You can check out the full fight card, start time, and information on how to watch tonight’s action here:
