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A new light heavyweight champion and interim heavyweight champion were crowned at the UFC’s return to Madison Square Garden in New York City. Alex Pereira capped off the wild night with a second-round knockout of Jiri Prochazka to capture the light heavyweight championship. What’s next for Pereira and Prochazka following the UFC 295 main event? MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee attempt to answer those questions on a brand new live edition of On To the Next One. Additionally, future matchups will be discussed for new interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall after his stoppage victory, along with his…
UFC 295 promised two new champions and two men stepped up and delivered. By the end of Saturday night, Alex Pereira laid claim to the light heavyweight title that has been tossed around like a hot potato over the past two years and Tom Aspinall became the interim champion of a heavyweight division that won’t see its undisputed titleholder compete anytime soon. So the question has to be asked: Are these two truly the best in the world in their respective weight classes? First off, let’s look at where Aspinall landed in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings after his momentous…
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: Recapping the weekend with UFC 295 and more. 1:30 p.m.: SBG Ireland head coach John Kavanagh joins the show in studio. 2:30 p.m.: Diego Lopes joins us in studio to talk about his win over Pat Sabatini at UFC 295. 3 p.m.: Loopy Godinez joins us in studio to talk about her win over Tabatha Ricci at UFC 295. 3:30 p.m.: New UFC interim heavyweight…
Jan Blachowicz was not pleased with Alex Pereira’s post-fight callout at UFC 295. The UFC made its annual return to Madison Square Garden in New York City this past Saturday night, and it was an eventful evening, particularly on the main card as all five fights ended by strikes in round two or sooner. To cap off the night, a highly-anticipated vacant light heavyweight title showdown between knockout artists and fan favorites Jiri Prochazka and the aforementioned Pereira unfolded for the raucous crowd. Brazil’s former UFC middleweight champion Pereira moved up in weight earlier this year after dropping his strap…
Jailton Almeida wants Ciryl Gane next, and hopefully Jon Jones some day. On Saturday, Almeida continued his dominant run through the UFC’s heavyweight division, taking a unanimous decision victory over Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo. The win was Almeida’s sixth straight since joining the UFC in 2022, and though it was the first time he failed to finish his opponent in the octagon, Almeida did put on a grappling clinic, sweeping the judges’ scorecards and even earning a few 10-8 rounds in the process, and outcome he’s pleased with. “Overall, I’m pretty happy with the…
Mackenzie Dern apologized to fans while addressing the first knockout loss of her career, a second-round stoppage in a bout with Jessica Andrade at UFC 295. It was a tough night at the office for the 30-year-old strawweight, who was knocked down four times in the second round. Andrade’s blistering performance put her back in the win column following three straight losses. The fight dropped Dern to 2-3 over her previous fight fights, continuing her seesaw between wins and losses. Following the event, Dern took to Instagram to address her performance and the disappointing result. “Hey guys, so I’m sorry…
Sean Strickland arrives at a UFC pay-per-view as champion for the first time. The reigning middleweight king goes for his maiden title defense when he faces Dricus Du Plessis in the main event of UFC 297, which takes place Jan. 20 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto. In the co-main event, Raquel Pennington and Mayra Bueno Silva battle for a vacant bantamweight championship. During Saturday’s UFC 295 broadcast, more bouts were made official for the upcoming card: welterweight win record-holder Neil Magny faces streaking Canadian contender Mike Malott; former light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz runs it back against Aleksandr Rakic after…
Noche UFC 2 already has a location booked for 2024, according to UFC CEO Dana White. The card celebrating Mexican Independence Day will take place at The Sphere in Las Vegas, White said at the post-fight press conference for UFC 295 on Saturday. The massive circular building, which cost $2.3 billion to build, asw the talk of the town after debuting with concerts from U2 and special screenings of a film shot by Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky. With huge LED screens surrounding the inside and outside of the building and a state of the art sound system, the buzz…
Videos of Tony Ferguson’s brutal training with ex-Navy SEAL David Goggins have raised concerns from UFC vets Chael Sonnen and Rafael dos Anjos. Sonnen echoed dos Anjos’ concern that Goggins was pushing Ferguson too hard in preparation for the former interim lightweight champ’s fight with Paddy Pimblett at UFC 296. “I see Tony’s workouts with David [Goggins],” dos Anjos wrote on X. “Those long workouts will not help Tony’s condition, it will slow him down. It could help him with some mental strength but Tony does not need that. He’s very strong mentally.” I see Tony’s workouts with David Goggings.…
Count Jamahal Hill among those who believe referee Marc Goddard pulled the trigger a little early after Alex Pereira dropped Jiri Prochazka in the UFC 295 main event. The former light heavyweight champion sat front and center for the fight, and while he felt bad that the fight didn’t have an ideal conclusion, he was also not that impressed by what he saw from Prochazka or Pereira. “I thought it ended a little early,” said Hill on the UFC 295 post-fight show. “[Prochazka] still had his arms clinched around his waist and things like that. You’ve got to let a…