Facebook co-founder and avid MMA fan Mark Zuckerberg had the time of his life at a private UFC event in Las Vegas this past weekend.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the UFC used its APEX facility in Las Vegas, which holds about 500 people, to keep putting on MMA events for an exclusive audience.
Amanda Nunes won a unanimous five-round decision over Julianna Peña in the main event of UFC 277 on Saturday night to regain the women’s bantamweight championship that she lost last December.
Nunes (22-5), nicknamed “The Lioness,” also holds the featherweight belt. The judges’ scoring was 50-45, 50-44 and 50-43.
“Double champ again, baby!” Nunes yelled to the crowd after the fight. “This is the best day ever.”
The UFC Vegas 24 main card just witnessed the company’s former middleweight champion, Robert Whittaker, put on a masterful performance in a unanimous decision win over former title challenger, Kelvin Gastelum. The counters of Whittaker were dialed in all night, as was his footwork and wrestling for that matter. Robert won each round on every scorecard, and has now amassed a three-fight winning streak since losing his title to Israel Adesanya.
"PPV buys came over just under 1.8 million globally. Dana White said as much at the post event press conference.
I’m told that 500,000 of those buys came from international, which means ESPN+ logged around 1.3 million buys"
UFC 264, which took place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, featured McGregor’s (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier (28-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) in the headlining act. It was a highly anticipated rubber match after each man picked up a knockout win over the other, and it’s clear it has the focus of the sports and entertainment world.
it’s been a while since Scott Holtzman was getting ready for a fight in Arizona, but it’s been a smooth return to the MMA Lab squad as he prepares for his Saturday bout against Mateusz Gamrot. Just don’t say it was like riding a bike.
It is very rare that two global mixed martial arts promotions would work together to co-promote a mega event pitting fighters from both sides against each other. In fact, it has only happened a handful of times in the sport’s history, despite massive interest from hardcore and casual fans alike.
It’s the reason why he’s chosen to leave the sun and sand for the snow and mountains to train with the Factory X squad in Colorado.
“My last fight in August, I knew for maybe about a few weeks before that that I was going to move to Colorado because my wife got into an internship program for veterinary school up here,” said Cachero, who then got a short notice call to make his UFC debut against
UFC double-champion Amanda Nunes has cleaned out what’s left of the women’s featherweight division. With no challengers for the immediate future, “The Lioness” is now back to defending her bantamweight title.
After Nunes disposed of Megan Anderson at UFC 259 in March, UFC president Dana White says he’s keeping the women’s 145-pound division open “as long as the champ-champ wants to defend it.
Jamall Emmers Is Excited For The Opportunity To Start 2021 Off Against A Veteran Like Chas Skelly At UFC Fight Night: Blaydes Vs Lewis
The 31-year-old featherweight, who takes on Chas Skelly on Saturday night in Las Vegas, made his promotional debut on short notice last March at UFC 248, stepping in for Douglas Silva de Andrade against emerging star Movsar Evloev.
