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When Edson Barboza got knocked out by Justin Gaethje on March 30th for all of ESPN to see we were admittedly surprised. We thought this would be one of those wars that received a standing ovation no matter who managed to win out in the end. We were obviously wrong. Edson’s coach Anderson Franca was … Read more
UFC on ESPN 4 is giving us one of the best rematches we could ask for. Heavy hitters Robbie Lawler and Tyron Woodley will try to knock each other’s heads off. The first go around saw Woodley take the welterweight title off of Lawler back in 2016. Woodley just got manhandled by Kamaru Usman in … Read more
The weigh-ins for Saturday’s UFC Wichita is in the books. The main event of Derrick Lewis and Junior Dos Santos is greenlit with ‘Hot Balls’ tipping the scales a 1/2 of a pound over the 265 pound weight limit. The full results are below (via BJPenn.com). The Main Card | 8 pm ET on ESPN+ … Read more
Former NFL player turned UFC prospect Greg Hardy gets a shot at redemption at UFC on ESPN 3. The event is not on the channel ‘ESPN3’ it is the third card hosted on ESPN. They didn’t think this naming through did they? ESPN is reporting that Hardy will face Dmitrii Smoliakov at UFC on ESPN … Read more
Dustin Poirier was supposed to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 230 but he had to back out citing injuries. Since then making that fight a possibility once more has been impossible. The fans want it, Dana wants it, Dustin wants it, but Nate Diaz doesn’t want it.
Check out what Poirier had to say to Nate via ESPN MMA’s Twitter:
Normally we wouldn’t zoom and enhance a loss but the Cain Velasquez camp and his friends are making it hard. At UFC on ESPN 1 we watched Cain get knocked silly by power puncher Francis Ngannou and fall to the ground. His knee buckled and despite this angle showing Francis land a vicious shot… …there … Read more
Joe Rogan is the voice of the UFC on pay per view so when ESPN entered the picture it was a natural assumption that he would be there, too. He was there recently as Jon Jones defended his belt, who proved a popular selection amongst punters using this promo code. So was this the case … Read more
Despite what you are being told we witnessed the decimation of Cain Velasquez in the main event of UFC on ESPN 1 by Francis Ngannou via KO in less than half a minute from strikes and not injury. You can watch it, deny it, but it’s over and it was a KO. After the dust … Read more
Dana White once was in love with how hard Francis Ngannou hit people. Since then he has soured a bit and so have a lot of others. One person who was never impressed it would seem is his opponent for Sunday’s UFC on ESPN 1, Cain Velasquez. The former heavyweight champion scoffed at Dana White’s comparison of Francis’s punching power to getting hit by a Ford Escort. Check out what he said and laugh with us.
The ESPN+ streaming service plays host to archived UFC events but it offers more than that. It also airs live UFC events, analysis shows, weigh-ins, and press conferences. Admittedly the other sports being offered leave a lot to be desired but a UFC fan is in heaven especially for $4.99 a month. Amazingly, since its … Read more
