Another title fight has been added to the UFC’s March schedule. Women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is set to put her women’s flyweight title on the line against Alexa Grasso. The title fight will take place at UFC 285 on March 4 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. MMA Junkie‘s Mike Bohn confirmed ESPN…
Zhang Weili is eyeing a cross-division superfight against flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko. ‘Magnum’ recently reclaimed her UFC strawweight title with a dominant second-round submission win over Carla Esparza at UFC 281. Brazilian veteran Amanda Lemos, currently ranked No.3 on the strawweight ladder, should ideally be next in line for a shot at Weili’s title. However,…
There have only been four simultaneous double champions in UFC history, with Conor McGregor, Amanda Nunes, Daniel Cormier, and Henry Cejudo the only fighters to achieve this feat to date. Will the UFC see any more simultaneous double champions in the future? It’s hard to say, but there are a handful of fighters who might…
Amanda Nunes (22-5 MMA, 15-2 UFC) avenged her stunning upset loss to Julianna Pena (11-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) on Saturday July 31 at American Airlines Center in Dallas with a lopsided beatdown over the course of five rounds that resulted in a unanimous decision win to regain the women’s bantamweight title. The UFC champion in…
The dominant UFC champion in the women’s lightest weight, Valentina Shevchenko, discussed the future career perspectives of the former holder of the promotion titles in two weight categories, Conor McGregor, who is currently going on a series of two defeats. “I do not know, it is very difficult to say here. He has achieved a…
The UFC lightweight champion Valentina Shevchenko shared her expectations from the upcoming fight with Lauren Murphy. According to Valentina, she respects her future opponent, but pursues only one goal – to destroy her during the fight. Valentina Shevchenko steps in the Octagon, she will be taking on Lauren Murphy at UFC 266. Lauren has won…
Well-known MMA analyst and ex-UFC fighter Dan Hardy believes that Weili Zhang is still able to cause problems to the current champion of the lightest women’s division of the UFC, Valentina Shevchenko. Zhang (21-2) suffered a first-round TKO at UFC 261 last April in Jacksonville, Florida, with the promotion reportedly “leaning towards” an immediate rematch…
The main card for the UFC’s September pay-per-view event has been revealed and return of Nick Diaz. During Saturday’s UFC Vegas 31 broadcast, the promotion announced the five-fight card that will air on ESPN+ PPV on Sept. 25. The event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will cap off the…
Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will return to defend her title against Lauren Murphy at the upcoming UFC 266 card scheduled on Sept. 25 in Las Vegas. For Shevchenko, this will be the sixth title defense. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. Recognized as one of…
On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck talking with UFC welterweight Colby Covington (7:24) to give an update on the negotiations for the rematch with Kamaru Usman, discusses when and where the fight could happen, Leon Edwards’ win at UFC 263 against Nate Diaz and why he believes he won’t…
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