Sean O’Malley opened up about the after-effects of his UFC 280 fight against Petr Yan. Sean ‘Sugar’ O’Malley says he needed 20 minutes backstage to recover from Petr Yan fight at UFC 280. O’Malley shut up doubters at UFC 280. ‘Sugar’ took on the number one bantamweight contender and overcame adversity to secure a split-decision…
Charles Oliveira failed to become a two-time UFC Lightweight Champion and he has spoken out following his UFC 280 loss. Oliveira and Islam Makhachev did battle inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi this past Saturday. The bout was contested for the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. This was a one-sided showing in favor of Makhachev, who…
According to a report by TOTAL, the premier MMA promotion has shelled out upwards of five million dollars in total fighter pay for UFC 280. Both main event fighters have reportedly cleared the million mark in individual payouts. Newly crowned lightweight champion Islam Makhachev racked up a total of $1.03 million through his guaranteed pay, winning…
Conor McGregor is confident he has the tools to defeat Islam Makhachev after watching today’s UFC 280 event in Abu Dhabi. Islam Makhachev (23-1 MMA) collided with former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (33-9 MMA) in the headliner of pay-per-view event with the promotions coveted 155lbs title up for grabs. Oliveira had entered the contest sporting…
Islam Makhachev dominated Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 280 to capture the vacant lightweight crown. The pay-per-view card took place on Saturday at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Makhachev made good on his promise to handle the Brazilian with ease. In the opening frame, Makhacev took Oliveira down…
UFC President Dana White doesn’t seem very convinced with Sean O’Malley‘s win over former bantamweight champion Petr Yan. During the post-fight press conference at UFC 280, the 53-year-old spoke his mind on the matter. White stated that the judges scored the contest completely differently from how he thought the fight played out: “It was one…
Charles Oliveira came up short against Islam Makhachev in their lightweight title clash at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. During his post-fight presser appearance, Oliveira shared what Makhachev’s mentor, former undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, told him in the aftermath of his loss. According to ‘do Bronx’, Nurmagomedov told him that all the comments he’d…
On October 22nd one of the most high-profile of the year UFC 280 took place in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The main event of the tournament was the light-welterweight title fight between Russian boxer Islam Makhachev and Brazilian Charles Oliveira. The UFC handed out four post-fight bonuses after Saturday’s card, including one to its new lightweight…
At the last UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, it was hot not only in the octagon, but also outside it. Judging by the videos that appear on the Web, the Swedish-Chechen fighter of the promotion Khamzat Chimaev almost got into a fight with Abubakar Nurmagomedov when the athletes were talking about something at the cage….
UFC 280 main card featured a highly anticipated men’s bantamweight matchup between Sean O’Malley and Petr Yan. O’Malley (16-1 MMA) was returning to action for the first time since July’s UFC 276 event, where his bout with Pedro Munhoz was ruled a no-contest due to an accidental eye poke. Prior to that inconclusive result, ‘Suga’…
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