The UFC returns to broadcast television for the first time in 2016.
UFC on Fox 18: Johnson vs. Bader takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Saturday, Jan. 30. The promotion is hoping to build on two incredible championship main events welterweight champ Robbie Lawler eked out a controversial split decision win over Carlos Condit at UFC 195 and new UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz topped T.J. Dillashaw in a closely contested striking battle at UFC Fight Night 81 to start off the year..
The four-fight Fox main card is headlined by what is widely considered to be the light heavyweight No. 1 contender fight between Ryan Bader and Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. The surging Bader is on the best run of his career. He has won five straight, including victories over top-10 fighters Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Ovince St. Preux and Phil Davis. Bader, 32, is coming off the best win of his career over former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. Johnson m
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A featherweight showdown is being targeted for the octagon in May.
Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Damon Jackson and T.J. Laramie is in the works for the UFC’s event on May 1 in a location and venue yet to be determined. MMA Empire was first to report the bout.
After going 0-1-1 with one no contest in his first stint with the UFC, Jackson compiled an 8-2 record in the LFA to earn another opportunity to compete inside the octagon. “The Leech” made the most of his moment by submitting Mirsad Bektic in the third round at UFC Vegas 11 in September. Jackson will look to get back in the win column in his first 2021 appearance following a first-round TKO loss to Ilia Topuria in December at UFC Vegas 16.
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Five years ago, Rafael dos Anjos was the UFC lightweight champion and was expecting to defend his title in a superfight against featherweight champion Conor McGregor. However, in the lead-up to the fight dos Anjos broke his foot, and instead McGregor faced Nate Diaz who ended up submitting McGregor and effectively killing the McGregor-dos Anjos matchup. Now, RDA would like to get it back.
“I believe when I (was scheduled to fight) Conor he was in the best moment of his career, and I was in the best moment of my career,” dos Anjos told MMA Junkie. “I had the belt at the time, and I was feeling pretty confident at that time, and I was in great shape. Definitely, I think I’m a very bad matchup for Conor, especially for my style, my kicks and southpaw stance, my grappling skills, my wrestling skills. But that’s something that passed already. I think with the results of his last fights, I think our paths
UFC Vegas 16 Results: Marvin Vettori Decisions Jack Hermansson
Check out MMA News UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Vettori results, featuring a main event meeting between Jack Hermansson and Marvin Vettori
December 5, 2020
UFC Vegas 16 went down tonight (Saturday, December 5, 2020) from the APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada and we have the results. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy.
It was headlined by a meeting between Jack Hermansson and Marvin Vettori in a middleweight bout.
The co-headliner saw a light heavyweight bout between Ovince Saint Preux and Jamahal Hill. Gabriel Benitez vs. Justin Jaynes, Montana de la Rosa vs. Talia Santos, John Allan Arte vs. Roman Dolidze, and Movsar Evloev vs. Nate Landwehr was supposed to finish out the main card.
2020 Bloody Elbow Year-End Awards - Newcomer of the Year
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It’s back!
Over the next few days, Bloody Elbow is going to ask for your opinion on some of the best things that have happened in the MMA world over the course of 2020. There will be a total of eight different categories you’ll be asked to vote on. For the sake of simplicity we’re going to stick with high-level and relevant MMA stuff in these posts. While I’m sure there was a ludicrous knockout in an unscheduled MMA event at The Lumberyard strip club in Des Moines, or an insane pancreas lock submission on an obscure ZST! card in Japan, let’s just stick to stuff a lot of us have seen, okay? (If that spiel looked familiar, it’s because I’ve used the same one for ten years in a row. Originality? What originality? Also, is ZST! even a thing any more?)