Lightweights co-headline in Sin City. Russia’s Damir Ismagulov makes his return against Grant ‘KGD’ Dawson at UFC Vegas 76. Imsagulov had a short-lived retirement after losing to Arman Tsarukyan but he’s active again, attempting to bounce back in style. Dawson, on the other hand, has dreams of extending his win streak to 11. Round 1:
Damir Ismagulov has retired from MMA due to health concerns. ‘Qazaq’ was a rising lightweight contender who diehard MMA fans adored. The 31-year-old seemed destined to fight for the 155-pound title but recently decided to start a new chapter in his life. Ismagulov made the official announcement on Instagram by saying: “Unfortunately, due to circumstances
No. 9 ranked lightweight contender Arman Tsurukyan looked to get back into the win column and improve his potential for a UFC title opportunity at UFC Vegas 66 on Saturday night. Standing his way was streaking lightweight Damir Ismagulov. Undefeated inside the Octagon and riding a 19-fight win streak, Ismagulov was intent on breaking into
TriStar MMA head coach Firas Zahabi says Arman Tsarukyan has made the lightweight division more interesting. Tsarukyan picked up the biggest win of his career as he scored a first-round knockout win over Beneil Dariush in the main event of UFC Austin to become an immediate title contender. View this post on Instagram A post
Top contenders collide! Beneil Dariush and Arman Tsarukyan are set to headline UFC Austin in a key lightweight matchup, scheduled for five rounds of action. Dariush was putting together quite the case for a title shot with eight wins in a row, but that streak came to an end in his latest fight against Charles
Beneil Dariush weighed in on how his fight with Arman Tsarukyan will play out The 34-year-old is expecting “Ahalkalakets” to be aggressive Beneil Dariush thinks he is in for one tough competition as he faces the younger Arman Tsarukyan in a lightweight showdown at UFC Vegas 83. A difficult situation Speaking to Michael Bisping in
Grant Dawson is finally headlining a UFC card. Dawson On Landing Main Event Spot After 9 fights inside the Octagon, the #10 UFC Lightweight contender gets the main event spotlight this fall. On Oct. 7, Dawson will take on Bobby ‘King’ Green in a bout scheduled for five rounds. With less than a month out
Grant Dawson is not a fan of the PFL’s recent decision. The PFL booked Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio to fight each other in the second regular season matchup of the year. However, the two are very good friends and teammates and Schulte is the Godfather of Manifo’s daughter, which shows how close they are.
In a recent UFC event held in Las Vegas, there were some noteworthy changes in the rankings. After much-heated debate and speculation over the performances of Alexander Volkanovski and Islam Makhachev at the previous UFC 284 held in Perth, it appears that their efforts may have been for naught. The reason is, Jon Jones, the
Lightweight fan favorites Bobby Green and Drew Dober are set to square off as part of the UFC’s final event of 2022. Emanating from The APEX in Las Vegas, the lightweight feature will go down on December 17th. While the UFC is yet to officially announce the bout, a report from MMA Junkie states they
Tony Kelley missed the mark for his upcoming bout at UFC on ESPN 37. This Saturday, Kelley was originally set to take on Adrian Yanez this Saturday at bantamweight. However, he did not make the weight limit of 135 lbs and will be giving up a percentage of his purse. Ahead of the fight, Kelley
The UFC is going back to Texas, and this time it is not Houston. MMA Junkie was the first to report the news that the UFC will be heading to Austin, TX, for a Fight Night on June 18. Texas has been one of the locations that the UFC has used to put on pay-per-views
Khamzat Chimaev is in Phuket, Thailand training at Tiger Muay Thai. Khamzat Chimaev, Petr Yan, Rafael Fiziev, Marlon Moraes, Yaroslav Amosov, and Damir Ismagulov, among other fighters, are currently training at Tiger Muay Thai in Thailand right now, according to Sayat Abdrakhmanov, an MMA manager for Ruby Sports. Petr Yan, Rafael Fiziev, Khamzat Chimaev, Marlon
This weekend sees the return of Fight Island in a card that is worthy of PPV, but given to fans on ESPN+. This is the weigh-in results for UFC 267: Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira. By all accounts, UFC 267 should be a pay-per-view event, as is tradition with numbered events, and it is a
This weekend sees a crucial match-up in the bantamweight division main eventing the card in Vegas. This is the complete weigh-in results for UFC Vegas 27: Rob Font vs Cody Garbrandt. This weekend’s main event sees the return of former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt, who is looking to get his second straight win after
UFC 262 pay-per-view MMA event is set to take place at Toyota Center in Houston on May 15. The lineup currently has 15 bouts. This fight card is the promotion’s second event, to go down with a full capacity crowd after UFC 261 is hosted with 15,000 fans on April 24 in Florida. In the