Новости за 09.05.2017

One of the top Brazilian prospects have signed a multi-fight deal with Invicta FC.

Georges St-Pierre's statement earlier this week that he would be ready to fight after October is just the latest in what has to be a frustrating period for those waiting for the kind of big fights that propel the UFC into mainstream consciousness.

Jimmie Rivera got his wish.

The top bantamweight was hoping for a matchup with Thomas Almeida at UFC on FOX 25 on July 22 on Long Island — and that’s the exact fight that will happen, UFC officials confirmed with MMA Fighting on Tuesday. Newsday’s Mark La Monica was the first to report the news.

Rivera told MMA Fighting last month that he was targeting a bout with Almeida for Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y. Rivera is a New Jersey native, owns a Tiger Schulmann’s MMA gym in Manhattan and lives in Brooklyn. Читать дальше...

In the second episode of UFC 211 Embedded, Stipe Miocic does some target practice, Joanna Jedrzejczyk has a sushi dinner with her team (on Dana White?), Jessica Andrade's father-in-law makes a farewell barbecue, and Junior dos Santos trains in privacy.

Kelvin Gastelum has been issued a 90-day suspension and a 20 percent fine by the Brazilian MMA Sports Court (STJDMMA) after failing a drug test for marijuana on the day of his UFC fight Vitor Belfort in March, but the court is now saying that Gastelum has changed his version of the facts.

Kelvin Gastelum has had a rough few weeks following his failed marijuana test at UFC Fight Night 106.

Before UFC 211, see how UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Junior dos Santos ended up in Saturday’s main event in Dallas.

This is the Promotional Malpractice Live Chat.

I'm back from vacation and ready to rock. Even though there wasn't much MMA while I was gone, there was a lot of news. Believe it or not, I mostly kept up with it all. That includes Al Iaquinta literally asking (or daring) the UFC to cut him. I don't think it worked, but it's somewhat unprecedented. Then there's Anderson Silva threatening retirement, Nate Diaz saying he doesn't want a third Conor McGregor fight, Luke Rockhold calling for an... Читать дальше...

UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes has confirmed something most of us have likely suspected for years.

UFC 205 went about as poorly as it possibly could for Eddie Alvarez. On that night, the then-UFC lightweight champion lost his title to a man who had been talking a relentless amount of trash at him. Worse yet, the bout wasn’t even close. Conor McGregor dethroned Alvarez with a second-round TKO, but the fight was over long before then, with McGregor dropping Alvarez multiple times in the first and showboating in front of the hapless Alvarez. It was a demoralizing loss and one that took a lot to get over. Читать дальше...

The UFC 212 official poster is out.

Headlined by undisputed and interim featherweight champions Jose Aldo and Max Holloway, respectively, the pay-per-view card is scheduled for June 3 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

UFC 212 will feature a strawweight bout between Claudia Gadelha and Karolina Kowalkiewicz in the co-main event, and also Vitor Belfort’s retirement bout versus Nate Marquardt.

The card was also expected to feature former middleweight champion Anderson Silva against Kelvin Gastelum... Читать дальше...

Vitor Belfort has switched camps ahead of the final fight of his contract with the UFC.

After spending four years reigning over World Series of Fighting’s lightweight division with an iron fist, Justin Gaethje is finally a UFC fighter. The undefeated 28-year-old inked an exclusive free agent deal with the UFC last week, ending a sterling 10-fight run with WSOF that established Gaethje as one of most talented and entertaining non-UFC fighters in the world.