Vitor Belfort left Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) because promotion president, Dana White, refused to create a “Legends League” for aging combatants, and the 42 year-old “Phenom” was tired of getting knocked around by younger, stronger fighters.
MMA Fighting has ONE Championship: Enter the Dragon results for Friday’s ONE event at Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In the MMA main event, Angela Lee will look to rebound from her first loss when she takes on Michelle Nicolini in a 125-pound bout.
We may not know (if ever) the estimated pay-per-view buys for UFC 239, but the promotion’s biggest event thus far of 2019 generated plenty of attention for the televised preliminary card.
Jorge Masvidal’s highlight reel, five-second knockout of Ben Askren at UFC 239 has taken the MMA world by storm, and just about everybody has had their say on the matter.
Ben Askren suffered one of the worst knockout defeats in MMA history at UFC 239, crumpling to the canvas just five seconds into his highly anticipated welterweight bout with Jorge Masvidal after being blasted with a flying knee.
The UFC returns this week with something of a palate cleanser after their big UFC 239 PPV event. Germaine de Randamie takes on Aspen Ladd in a women’s bantamweight top contender bout as the main event, with Urijah Faber returning from 2.5 years of retirement to take on Ricky Simon in the co-main. The rest of the card is dotted with action fights and Team Alpha Male talent, but does little to stand out from the UFC’s constant schedule of Fight Night offerings.
On Friday, July 12, former world champion Amir Khan will challenge Australian boxer Billy Dib for the vacant WBC International welterweight championship at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Amanda Nunes vs. Holly Holm was wicked!
It only took Jorge Masvidal five seconds to score a finish and ultimately deal Ben Askren his first-ever career loss. “Gamebred’s” flying knee knockout is now the fastest in UFC history, edging Duane Ludwig by a mere second.
