Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fans were gifted a grapple-heavy featherweight scrap on Saturday night’s UFC Vegas 55 prelim card between BJJ black belts, American Chase “The Dream” Hooper and Brazilian Felipe Colares. Hooper grappled his way to mount where he ground and pounded Colares and the referee stopped the match; earning himself
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Amanda “Tubby” Alequin is calling her shot. In a recent Instagram post, the veteran black belt and no-gi world champion asks for a 20-minute submission-only match against newly-crowned UFC strawweight champion Carla Esparza. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tubby Alequin (@tubbybjj) Carla Esparza, congratulations on your
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Charles Oliveira def. Justin Gaethje by submission (RNC) at 3:22 of round 1. Charles Oliveira submitted Justin Gaethje via RNC in the first round of the UFC 274 main event on Saturday, as the Brazilian took the first step on what he hopes will be his road back to the
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ADCC and IBJJF world champion Rodolfo Vieira has been booked for his 10th professional fight. On June 25 at UFC Fight Night, Vieira will take on the streaking Chris Curtis in a middleweight bout. Curtis’ management, Iridium Sports Agency, first announced the bout. View this post on Instagram A post
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Fresh off his thrilling decision win over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273, Khamzat Chimaev’s star has never been brighter. Chimaev’s win not only improved his perfect professional record to 11-0 and netted him a Fight of the Night bonus, but it also resulted in a promotion to purple belt in
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Undefeated pro MMA fighter Khamzat Chimaev caused a storm in 2020 when he won (and dominated) three fights in just over two months. His last fight being against Li Jingliang, where Chimaev displayed his elite wrestling skills from the beginning and finished Jingliang with a RNC three minutes into the
Read moreUFC welterweights Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal had an altercation at a Miami restaurant late Monday night. Details are sketchy as to what happened between the former American Top Team teammates. Talk show host and podcaster Andy Slater broke the news via Twitter: “SLATER SCOOP: UFC stars Colby Covington and
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UFC announced Friday that a three-round lightweight bout between Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson is being set for UFC 274 on May 7 and will take place at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ. It’s a great match-up for both fighters, both very technical with unorthodox styles, especially Ferguson. Ferguson
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At UFC 270, former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane came up just short in his bid for the UFC heavyweight title against current champ Francis Ngannou. It was the first loss of Gane’s relatively young professional MMA career. Going into the fifth round of that bout, two judges had
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Kevin “Trailblazer” Holland has done what countless other professional fighters have surely wanted to do — faced one of his internet trolls. On Saturday, Holland — an 11-fight UFC veteran — posted video on social media showing what appears to be the tail end of a grappling match Holland had
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