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Dricus Du Plessis welcomes any heat that Sean Strickland wants to bring to their feud. A month before Du Plessis is set to challenge Strickland in Toronto for the UFC middleweight championship, the two found themselves in a brief brawl at UFC 296 on Saturday in Las Vegas. Du Plessis fended off the attacking Strickland before security swarmed the reigning middleweight champion and afterwards, Du Plessis could only react in amusement when asked about the incident. “I’m 5-0 in the T-Mobile Arena and tonight I officially became 6-0, so I’m happy with that,” Du Plessis told the UFC’s Megan Olivi…
Tony Ferguson dropped his seventh consecutive fight in a row when he lost a lopsided decision to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296, but it remains to be seen what his future holds. If UFC CEO Dana White had his way, the former interim lightweight champion would call it a career because it’s pretty clear at this stage that Ferguson’s best days are clearly behind him. “I would love to see Tony retire,” White said about Ferguson at the UFC 296 post-fight press conference. During that seven-fight losing streak, Ferguson has been knocked out or submitted four times and his other…
Colby Covington admitted he had an off night at UFC 296, but he also blamed judges for not awarding him a win over Leon Edwards. Covington reacted with shock when Edwards was declared the winner of Saturday’s pay-per-view via unanimous 49-46 scores. Despite his performance, he chalked up his third title loss to bias from officials. “I thought the third, fourth and fifth round were mine,” Covington said at the post-fight press conference for UFC 296. “The fifth was mine, easily. … He didn’t put any damage on me. He got a couple of low kicks, but then I started…
Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis got into an ugly brawl in the crowd during UFC 296 on Saturday but it turns out Dana White isn’t blaming the fighters for their behavior. Instead, the UFC CEO quickly pointed the finger back at himself when addressing the melee where Strickland was caught on video literally diving over chairs and punching du Plessis several times as security rushed in to separate them. While it was obviously an unfortunate altercation, White says he can’t get angry at Strickland and du Plessis after he personally put them in close proximity to each other. “So…
Watch Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington full fight video highlights from the main event of UFC 296, courtesy of the UFC and other outlets.UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington took place Dec. 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards (22-3, 1 NC) put his belt on the line against Colby Covington (17-4) in the night’s main event, which aired live on ESPN+ pay-per-view.Catch the video highlights below. Round 1: Covington out and switching stances early. Leon doing the same and he presses Covington back to start. When will the first takedown attempt come? Leon…
Colby Covington talked a big game, per usual, but this time he didn’t bring his usual style in the octagon against Leon Edwards at UFC 296. Edwards routed Covington via unanimous 49-46 scores in a fight that, after a heated buildup, was one of the more dull UFC title fights in recent history. Edwards mostly stayed in the driver’s seat when Covington failed to come forward, and round after round, Covington’s chances got slimmer. Save for a last gasp in the fifth, Covington’s performance was widely panned by his UFC colleagues. Here’s what fighters had to say about Leon Edwards…
Leon Edwards made it look easy in his second title defense when he earned a unanimous decision over Colby Covington in the main event of UFC 296. Although it certainly won’t be on anyone’s Fight of the Year lists, what comes next for the UFC welterweight champion, as well as Covington, will be interesting. Following the final pay-per-view event of 2023 for the UFC, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, and Jed Meshew react to Saturday’s card, Edwards’ championship retaining victory, Covington’s puzzling strategy and performance, Alexandre Pantoja’s successful flyweight title defense against Brandon Royval, Shavkat Rakhmonov and Paddy Pimblett’s…
Leon Edwards was consumed by rage after a tasteless remark rattled him ahead of his title defense on Saturday but still managed to shut out Colby Covington for the better part of five rounds to cruise to victory in the UFC 296 main event. After Covington insulted his father, who was murdered when Edwards was only 13 years old, the reigning welterweight champion had to stamp down his emotions to ensure that didn’t get the better of him in the fight. So Edwards stayed calm, cool and collected while picking Covington apart on the feet and even mixing in some…
UFC 296 saw five fighters walk away from Las Vegas with some extra money on the last UFC fight card of the year. On Saturday, following UFC 296, UFC CEO Dana White announced at the post-event presser that the company awarded a “Fight of the Night” bonus and three “Performance of the Night” bonuses for the event. The “Fight of the Night” award went to the three-round women’s bantamweight war between Irene Aldana and Karol Rosa, that saw Aldana score a hard-fought win in a true Fight of the Year contender. Each woman will take home an extra $50,000 for…
After months of speculation (and an inadvertent internet leak), Michael Page is headed to the UFC. UFC CEO Dana White announced Page’s signing at the post-fight press conference for UFC 296, announcing Page is set to face vet Kevin Holland at UFC 299, which takes place March 9 at Kaseya Center in Miami. The Page vs. Holland match shouldn’t be a shock to dedicated MMA observers, who caught the matchup on the board the UFC maintains in its “war room” at its Las Vegas headquarters; White’s appearance on the “Full Send” video podcast let the cat out of the bag.…