Jose Aldo, the Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight champ, has pulled out of a scheduled title defense against Conor McGregor because of a rib injury. Chad Mendes will step in to face McGregor for the interim title at UFC 189 on July 11 at the MGM Grand.
Culinary Local 226 and Ultimate Fighting Championship are mixing it up again, and this time the Clark County Government Center has become the Octagon.
After nearly two tense days of uncertainty, UFC officials revealed last Wednesday that injured featherweight champion Jose Aldo still intends to defend his belt against Conor McGregor at UFC 189 on July 11 at the MGM Grand Garden.
Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship’s losing streak in New York state continued Thursday when officials of the mixed martial arts promotion and media outlets learned that the proposed MMA bill failed again in the New York Legislature.
A scheduled fight between Conor McGregor and UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will proceed as planned as the main event for UFC 189 at MGM Grand on July 11. Probably.
FC featherweight champion Jose Aldo suffered a rib injury in training Tuesday, jeopardizing a scheduled title defense against Conor McGregor. The fight was supposed to serve as the main event of UFC 189 at MGM Grand on July 11.
Shannon Knapp and her all-female mixed martial arts organization will have a week of firsts in Las Vegas during UFC’s International Fight Week in July.
Street-fighting legend Kimbo Slice will finally step into a cage to fight mixed martial arts and wrestling legend Ken Shamrock on Friday night, seven years after the fight was originally planned.
Fabricio Werdum completes rise to the top by beating Cain Velasquez in Mexico City to become the UFC heavyweight champion. He also propelled himself into the conversation of the best heavyweights in the sport’s young history.
Fabricio Werdum, who won the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s interim heavyweight title during the 20-month absence of champion Cain Velasquez, submitted Velasquez in the third round of the main event of UFC 188 in Mexico City to claim the undisputed belt Saturday.
