The fight card for UFC on FOX 25 in July is quickly coming together, as the promotion recently announced three official bouts. Ryan LaFlare squares off against Alex Oliveira at welterweight, Lyman Good meets Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at 170 pounds, Damian Grabowski faces Christian Colombo in a heavyweight encounter and Rafael Natal gets Alessio […]
The fight card for UFC on FOX 25 in July is quickly coming together, as the promotion recently announced three official bouts. Ryan LaFlare squares off against Alex Oliveira at welterweight, Lyman Good meets Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at 170 pounds, Damian Grabowski faces Christian Colombo in a heavyweight encounter and Rafael Natal gets Alessio […]
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman wanted a rematch with Gegard Mousasi after the incredibly controversial ending to their co-main event bout at April 8’s UFC 210, but instead he’s moving on to a bout with one of his division’s fastest-rising contenders. News came at today’s UFC Summer Kickoff Press Conference Weidman will meet Gastelum in the
Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman wanted a rematch with Gegard Mousasi after the incredibly controversial ending to their co-main event bout at April 8’s UFC 210, but instead he’s moving on to a bout with one of his division’s fastest-rising contenders.
News came at today’s UFC Summer Kickoff Press Conference Weidman will meet Gastelum in the main event of July 22’s UFC on FOX 25 event from the Nassau Coliseum. It will be another must-win bout for Weidman, who has lost a shocking three straight bouts by finish, with the controversial TKO to Mousasi following a brutal knee KO from Yoel Romero at UFC 205 and a vicious TKO loss Luke Rockhold at UFC 194.
Gastelum, meanwhile has reeled off two straight knockouts over Vitor Belfort and Tim Kennedy since being forced to finally move up to middleweight after he missed weight for his scheduled welterweight bout with Donald Cerrone at UFC 205. He earned a high-profile affair with longtime former champion Anderson Silva at June’s UFC 212, but was pulled from the bout when he failed a drug test for marijuana metabolites.
He was suspended by USADA for three months and will return against another champion now.
Jimmie Rivera is in line to continue an impressive winning streak this summer as he is scheduled not to travel to far from home. Rivera (20-1) will take on Thomas Almeida (22-1) in a bantamweight bout at UFC on FOX 25. The bout was first reported by Long Island-based Newsday.com and has yet to be
Jimmie Rivera is in line to continue an impressive winning streak this summer as he is scheduled not to travel to far from home. Rivera (20-1) will take on Thomas Almeida (22-1) in a bantamweight bout at UFC on FOX 25. The bout was first reported by Long Island-based Newsday.com and has yet to be officially announced by the promotion.
The event continues the promotion’s takeover of New York after legislation was passed to legalize MMA in the state in 2016. Last November, the promotion held UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden in New York City, a Fight Night event took place in Albany in December and UFC 208 was held February in Brooklyn. And in April, UFC 210 was in Buffalo.
Rivera has held titles for major regional promotions King of the Cage, Ring of Combat at CFFC. He has also fought under the Bellator MMA and WSOF banners during his career. Following his successful CFFC bantamweight title defense via a knockout of Carson Beebe in May 2015, he signed with the UFC and hasn’t looked back. He has three straight decision wins over Pedro Munhoz, Iuri Alcantara, and Urijah Faber, with the latter coming this past September at UFC 203 in Cleveland.
On the flip side, Almeida got back on track this past November with a bonus-winning second-round TKO of Albert Morales at UFC Fight Night 100. Before that fight, he suffered the first loss of his pro career, a first-round knockout setback against Cody Garbrandt at UFC Fight Night 88’s main event. Almeida was on fire at one point in his career as he had 21 straight wins.
UFC on FOX 25 takes place on Saturday, July 22 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. The prelims will air on UFC Fight Pass, which is the official streaming service of the promotion, and FOX Sports 1 while the main card will air on FOX. The UFC has yet to announce the main event but has announced two other bouts. Here is the updated lineup:
Kelvin Gastelum still wants his shot at former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. The question now is, does “The Spider?” Gastelum and Silva were once scheduled to meet in June at UFC 212 from Brazil. However, after the former Ultimate Fighter winner came under the watchful eye of the USADA, the bout was scratched. Now, […]
Kelvin Gastelum still wants his shot at former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva. The question now is, does “The Spider?” Gastelum and Silva were once scheduled to meet in June at UFC 212 from Brazil. However, after the former Ultimate Fighter winner came under the watchful eye of the USADA, the bout was scratched. Now, […]
According to reports, Chan Sung Jung’s challenge of Ricardo Lamas will be accepted. Jung called out Lamas earlier this year on social media, and it appears UFC officials want the featherweights to headline the UFC on FOX 25 event this July in Long Island, New York. Fight undercard with someone else or fight me in […]
According to reports, Chan Sung Jung’s challenge of Ricardo Lamas will be accepted. Jung called out Lamas earlier this year on social media, and it appears UFC officials want the featherweights to headline the UFC on FOX 25 event this July in Long Island, New York. Fight undercard with someone else or fight me in […]
