Jose Aldo has held the UFC featherweight title since 2010, longer than the champs in any other division. “I look at the champions and see them lose and take lessons from that,” he said as he focuses on his July 11 fight with Conor McGregor at the MGM Grand.
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Former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar, arguably the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s most marketable fighter ever, ended months of speculation that he would return to the organization by announcing on ESPN that he has signed a new deal with World Wrestling Entertainment.
Conor McGregor expects to win the featherweight belt from longtime champ Jose Aldo in UFC 189 on July 11 at MGM Grand. Why is he so confident? “Fear has a strong stench and he is reeking of it,” the Irishman says of the champ. “I simply see fear.”
Apparently, Ultimate Fighting Championship superstar Ronda Rousey has a few other skills besides inflicting her painful, tapout-inducing armbar move on a rival mixed martial-arts fighter. Rousey has political pull, too.
Welterweight contender Demian Maia took Ryan LaFlare to the ground early and often on his way to a unanimous decision Saturday in the main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card in Rio de Janeiro. The loss was the first in LaFlare’s career.
Former middleweight title challenger Demian Maia will fight Ryan LaFlare in the welterweight main event of an Ultimate Fighting Championship card Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. LaFlare is 11-0 as a professional.
Despite a knee injury, UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos left little doubt about the outcome by winning all five rounds on all three scorecards against Anthony Pettis in UFC 185 in Dallas on Saturday night.
Rafael dos Anjos defeats Anthony Pettis by unanimous decision to win the UFC’s lightweight championship, and Joanna Jedrzejczyk scores a second-round knockout over Carla Esparza to take the women’s strawweight title.
Anthony Pettis will defend his lightweight championship against Rafael dos Anjos on Saturday in the main event of UFC 185 in Dallas. Pettis, who has battled injuries throughout his career, has won nine of his past 10 fights.
The main event of UFC 185 matches lightweight champion Anthony Pettis against Rafael dos Anjos. Pettis has stopped four straight opponents in the first or second round and might be the most explosive athlete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.