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MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 86 results, a live blog of the main event, and more from the UFC Apex on Saturday in Las Vegas. In the main event, Jack Hermansson will try to cool off Joe Pyfer in a middleweight contest. Hermansson has lost three of his past five fights, while Pyfer has won five straight fights. Featherweights Dan Ige and Andre Fili will clash in the co-main event. Check out UFC Vegas 86 results below. Middleweights Clash In Las Vegas! Jack Hermansson vs. Joe Pyfer face off – LIVE HERE – on Saturday. Watch Live Stream Here Related…
MMA truly is the sport of kings. On Friday, Dogfight Wild Tournament 2nd Impact took place at Tarraco Arena in Tarragona, Spain, and delivered some of the most insane MMA-adjacent action you will ever see. The brainchild of Spanish YouTuber Jordi Wild, the event was Wild’s second foray into combat sports promotion and featured a number of unorthodox matchups, including a no-rules fight, 2-on-2 MMA, a 5-on-1 “Last Survivor” bout, and a four-man “Bloodsport Tournament” that was striking only. The main event was a 3-on-1 matchup that was absolutely electric. Eduardo Riego faced off against three smaller men (Manuel, Ivan,…
Rodolfo Vieira was working with MMA veteran and coach Diego Braga for the first time ahead of UFC Vegas 86, training alongside head coach Davi Ramos, when tragedy struck. Braga was killed by members of criminal organization Comando Vermelho in January. Now, Vieira is focused on honoring Braga with a masterful performance on Saturday. “He was a special man, really nice guy,” Vieira told MMA Fighting. “I remember when Davi texted me [with the news], and I was reading it, ‘No, it’s not possible.’ I kept staring at the phone and thinking, ‘Did Davi send the wrong name? Was it…
The UFC makes one more stop at the APEX on the road to UFC 298 with UFC Vegas 86, and for the third event in a row, the middleweight division gets top billing as veteran Jack Hermansson will look to stop the incredible momentum of DWCS standout Joe Pyfer. Will experience win out, or will the powerful Pyfer make his presence felt in the 185-pound rankings? MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jed Meshew, and Eric Jackman preview Saturday’s event, the main event between Hermansson and Pyfer, and what’s at stake for both fighters. Additionally, they’ll discuss the featherweight co-main event between…
UFC Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin was forced to save streamer Sneako from former UFC middleweight champ Sean Strickland. And par for the course, Jake Paul found a way to get in the middle (at least online). Strickland recently accepted an invitation from Sneako – a fellow Trump booster and notorious “red pill” social media guru – to box at the UFC Performance Institute. The YouTuber quickly found out that there is no going light when he puts on the gloves. Sneako absorbed several hard punches from Strickland, prompting several people from outside the cage to throw in the towel.…
Another weekend, another APEX card as the UFC returns on Saturday for UFC Vegas 86. In the main event, Joe Pyfer finally gets his chance to break into the middleweight top 15, while Jack Hermansson does his best to hold on to his perennial spot in the rankings by rebuffing another up-and-comer. There are also three more middleweight matchups on Saturday, along with a host of other fights, so let’s get to it. As always, all odds are courtesy of our friends at DraftKings Sportsbook. Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Straight Bets Brad Tavares +200 Here’s the…
A light heavyweight matchup is headed to Miami. Light heavyweight contenders Philipe Lins and Ion Cutelaba will face off at UFC 299 on March 9 in the Kaseya Center in Miami, multiple sources confirmed with MMA Fighting, Marcel Dorff was first to report the news. Former PFL heavyweight champion Lins joined UFC in 2020, losing his first two bouts in the promotion. He then dropped down to 205 pounds where he’s won three straight, most recently a unanimous decision win over Maxim Grishin at UFC Vegas 74. A staple of the UFC’s light heavyweight division since joining the promotion in…
Devin Haney defends his WBC super lightweight title against Ryan Garcia on April 20 in the latest big boxing booking. Haney vs. Garcia takes place in Las Vegas at a venue to be announced. It marks Haney’s first defense of the super lightweight title he captured from Regais Prograis this past December, ESPN.com first reported. Haney’s win over Prograis made him a two-division champion, adding to the lightweight titles he unified this past year with a pair of wins over George Kambosos, Jr. He is the No. 1 ranked super lightweight and resides within the top 10 of pound-for-pound lists.…
Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer are ready for battle. The two ranked middleweights successfully made weight on Friday morning in Las Vegas at UFC Vegas 86’s official weigh-ins. Hermansson, a longtime middleweight contender, tipped the scales at 185 pounds, while up-and-coming prospect Pyfer came in a half-pound heavier, weighing 185.5 pounds for the first main event of his burgeoning UFC career. Hermansson, 35, has alternated wins and losses over his last seven bouts, defeating the likes of Kelvin Gastelum, Edmen Shahbazyan, and Chris Curtis, while falling short against Jared Cannonier, Marvin Vettori, Sean Strickland, and most recently Roman Dolidze. Pyfer,…
The upcoming UFC 298 broadcast team will look a little different than usual. Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping will sit in for Daniel Cormier as part of the commentary team calling the fights from Anaheim, Calif. The rest of the pay-per-view team remains the same with Jon Anik handling play-by-play duties and Joe Rogan handling color commentary alongside Bisping. Megan Olivi will handle reporting duties for the broadcast. UFC officials confirmed the broadcast team to MMA Fighting on Friday. Of course, Bisping has sat in for pay-per-views in the past, often times for international cards where Rogan typically doesn’t travel…