Wilder Reveals Discussions For Ngannou Megafight

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has revealed that discussions have taken place over a potential megafight with UFC titleholder Francis Ngannou. Talk of a boxing appearance for “The Predator,” who’s held gold inside the …

Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has revealed that discussions have taken place over a potential megafight with UFC titleholder Francis Ngannou. Talk of a boxing appearance for “The Predator,” who’s held gold inside the Octagon since March 2021, has long existed. Having aspired to enter the ring early in his combat sports career, the…

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Aspen Ladd’s PFL Debut Opponent Announced

Former UFC contender Aspen Ladd reportedly has her first assignment under the Professional Fighters League (PFL) banner set. After her latest struggle on the scale, which forced another bout to be canceled on late notice, Ladd was released from the UFC…

Former UFC contender Aspen Ladd reportedly has her first assignment under the Professional Fighters League (PFL) banner set. After her latest struggle on the scale, which forced another bout to be canceled on late notice, Ladd was released from the UFC. With that, the once-highly touted 27-year-old’s time in the Octagon came to an end…

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Report – Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev slated for UFC 282 on December 10.

Jan BlachowiczA light heavyweight showdown between former undisputed division champion, Jan Blachowicz, and surging Russian force, Magomed Ankalaev is set to land at UFC 282 on December 10. The event is scheduled to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining UFC Vegas 54 back in May, former champion, Blachowicz managed to defeat […]

Jan Blachowicz

A light heavyweight showdown between former undisputed division champion, Jan Blachowicz, and surging Russian force, Magomed Ankalaev is set to land at UFC 282 on December 10. The event is scheduled to take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Headlining UFC Vegas 54 back in May, former champion, Blachowicz managed to defeat Aleksandar Rakic in the third round, after the latter suffered a knee injury in their UFC Apex facility event. 

Featuring most recently at UFC 277 back in July, Ankalaev turned in successive victory number nine, the Russian striker finish one-time title challenger, Anthony Smith with second round strikes – after the Nebraska native himself suffered a leg injury. ESPN MMA reporter, Brett Okamoto was first to report the news of Jan Blachowicz’s return against Magomed Ankalaev.

“No. 2 Jan Blachowicz vs. No. 3 Magomed Ankalaev is set for UFC 282 on Dec. 10, per sources,” Okamoto tweeted. “Gotta believe this will produce the next light heavyweight title contender after Glover Teixeira.” 

Rebounding to the winner’s enclosure with his victory against Rakic back in May, Poland fan-favorite, Blachowicz suffered a second round rear-naked choke loss to former champion, Glover Teixeira in Abu Dhabi, UAE – dropping his championship.

Jan Blachowicz clinched the light heavyweight title back in 2020

Assuming the vacant throne back in September 2020, former KSW light heavyweight titleholder, Blachowicz stopped Dominick Reyes before scoring his sole successful title defense with a unanimous decision triumph against middleweight kingpin, Israel Adesanya.

18-1 as a professional, in his single professional defeat, Ankalaev dropped a buzzer-beating submission loss to Paul Craig at UFC London back in March 2018.

Amongst is UFC victories, Ankalaev has defeated the likes of Ion Cutelaba, Nikita Krylov, as well as former title chasers, Volkan Oezdemir, and recent PFL acquisition, Thiago Santos. Ankalaev also boasts 10 career knockout wins. 

Jan Blachowicz Vs. Magomed Ankalaev Set, Twitter Reacts

A potential No. 1 contender matchup between former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev is set for UFC 282. News of the Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev booking was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Blachowicz returns f…

A potential No. 1 contender matchup between former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev is set for UFC 282. News of the Blachowicz vs. Ankalaev booking was first reported by ESPN’s Brett Okamoto. Blachowicz returns following a TKO win via injury stoppage against Aleksandar Raki? earlier this year. It was his first…

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The Top 7 UFC APEX Events

Let’s take a look back at the top 7 best UFC APEX events over the last few years. The UFC faced some backlash after rolling out the red carpet for Mark Zuckerberg at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez. #MMATwitter in particular was up in arms. T…

Let’s take a look back at the top 7 best UFC APEX events over the last few years. The UFC faced some backlash after rolling out the red carpet for Mark Zuckerberg at UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez. #MMATwitter in particular was up in arms. To make our list of best UFC APEX cards,…

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Report – Tai Tuivasa vs. Sergei Pavlovich added to Dec. 3 UFC Orlando card

Tai TuivasaUFC heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich are set to collide later this year. The UFC’a No.4 ranked heavyweight, Tuivasa and No.5 ranked Pavlovich fight to be added to the UFC Orlando card taking place at the Amway Center. The bout will take co-main event honors in the ‘Sunshine State’. Tuivasa will aim to get […]

Tai Tuivasa

UFC heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich are set to collide later this year.

The UFC’a No.4 ranked heavyweight, Tuivasa and No.5 ranked Pavlovich fight to be added to the UFC Orlando card taking place at the Amway Center. The bout will take co-main event honors in the ‘Sunshine State’.

Tuivasa will aim to get back to winning ways following his TKO loss to Ciryl Gane earlier this year in Paris. ‘Bam Bam’ would drop Gane during the back-and-forth affair, presenting the Frenchman with trouble we have never seen him in before.

For his efforts Tuivasa would earn a Fight of The Night bonus, but the Australian will want to return to the run of form that saw him on a five-fight win streak, all finishes, stopping the likes of Derrick Lewis and Augusto Sakai.

As for Pavlovich, it has been smooth sailing for the Russian since his lone professional defeat to Alistair Overeem in 2018. The 30-year-old is on a four-fight finish streak, most recently taking out Derrick Lewis and Shamil Abdurakhimov. MMA Junkie were first to report the news of Tai Tuivasa’s fight with Sergei Pavlovich.

UFC Orlando welcomes Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich to the card

December’s first UFC card is shaping up to be one of the best Fight Night events that we have seen as of late. Derek Brunson is set to make his final Octagon appearance when he faces ‘The Joker’ Jack Hermansson in a middleweight matchup.

Former lightweight title holder Rafael dos Anjos is set to take on welterweight veteran Bryan Barberena. Veterans such as Angela Hill, Clay Guida and Michael Johnson are also scheduled to compete while Eryk Anders and Kyle Daukas will do battle at 185lbs.

Check out the full list of announced fights take place so far below.

Who wins? Tai Tuivasa or Sergei Pavlovich?