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Contender Series Week 6: James Llontop vs. Malik Lewis kicks off the fight card with a bout in the bantamweight division between Jean Matsumoto and Kasey Tanner. Matsumoto is an undefeated prospect who has won 13 straight fights to start his career as he comes into this fight meanwhile, Tanner is also an undefeated prospect […]

Sean Strickland shocked the world when he not only defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 to become the new middleweight champion, but outclassed him throughout five rounds to do so. It marked Adesanya’s second defeat at 185 pounds after losing to Alex Pereira last year. While many observers were quick to ponder what was next […]

Alex Pereira was happy to give Sean Strickland his flowers. Strickland became the new middleweight champion following an impressive unanimous decision victory over Israel Adesanya in the UFC 293 headliner this past weekend in Sydney, Australia. It was one of the biggest upsets in MMA history, not only from an odds perspective, but the manner […]

Mixed martial arts is one of the most unpredictable sports in the world. Anything can happen, and all it takes is one punch or a split-second mistake to completely alter or end an event. This is especially true in the UFC, where the best fighters in the world square off. Still, there have been some […]

Sean Strickland stuck to the basics — and it helped him in a big way against Israel Adesanya. Strickland became the new middleweight champion following an impressive unanimous decision victory over Adesanya in the UFC 293 headliner last night in Sydney, Australia. Despite going into the contest as a massive underdog, the American was able […]

The MMA world is still reacting to the massive upset at UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland where we laid witness to No. 5 ranked Sean Strickland outclass and outstrike the reigning Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya. Not many people were expecting the result and Adesanya was certainly the last person to think his fight would’ve played […]

UFC 293 is in the books and we’re now officially in a crazy timeline where Sean Strickland is the new middleweight champion following his unanimous decision win over Israel Adesanya last night in Sydney, Australia. In the co-main event, Alexander Volkov continued his winning streak with a submission victory over Tai Tuivasa. Exciting flyweight Manel […]

Sean Strickland pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history on Saturday night, dominating Israel Adesanya for five rounds to claim the middleweight championship at UFC 293. AND NEW‼️ Sean Strickland is the new UFC middleweight champion 🏆 #UFC293 pic.twitter.com/EwI1NQnnXG — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 10, 2023 The fight was a back-and-forth affair […]

Sean Strickland may talk a lot, but he proved he can still very much fight. Strickland shocked the world on Saturday night when he became the new middleweight champion following a comprehensive unanimous decision victory over Israel Adesanya in the UFC 293 headliner last night in Sydney, Australia. The American even dropped Adesanya towards the […]

Sean Strickland pulled off one of the biggest upsets in UFC history on Saturday night, dominating Israel Adesanya to claim the middleweight championship at UFC 293. Sean Strickland: UFC middleweight champion 🤠 #UFC293 pic.twitter.com/Rq0AoxwUhG — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) September 10, 2023 Israel Adesanya has issued his first statement, which was brief, since losing his middleweight […]

Dana White is clearly shocked by the results of the UFC 293 main event, and he couldn’t help but be disappointed by the performance of Israel Adesanya against Sean Strickland. Despite that, though, he doesn’t have any issue with the two arranging a rematch sooner rather than later. Strickland dominated his fight against Adesanya in […]

Sean Strickland is the new middleweight champion of the UFC after beating Israel Adesanya via decision during their Saturday clash in Australia. Sure enough, however, Strickland admitted it wasn’t easy. Strickland snatched the middleweight belt away from Adesanya after all the judges scored the fight 49-46. It was definitely a massive upset, but there’s no […]

Saturday night’s UFC 293 crowd watched welterweight Charles Radtke recorded his first ever UFC win via decision against challenger Mike Mathetha in Sydney, Australia. Mathetha’s loss was Radtke’s gain as the welterweight impressed the UFC brass with his first victory inside the Octagon. Afterwards, an interview with former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier quickly went […]

In the UFC 293 prelims, Jack Jenkins faced off against Chepe Mariscal in a featherweight bout. Unfortunately, the fight ended in a TKO stoppage due to a gruesome arm injury that Jenkins suffered during the second round of the fight. The Jack Jenkins elbow snap was nasty 🤮 https://t.co/JRHexiNzru — Lewis Simpson (@LewisSimpsonMMA) September 10, […]

Newly signed UFC welterweight Charles Radtke defeated Blood Diamond in his debut at UFC 293 by unanimous decision. The crowd was booing him during the fight when the official scorecard and announcement were made. Radtke didn’t take too kindly to that and let them know how he felt calling them all an NSFW slur. https://twitter.com/jedigoodman/status/1700660538001567841?s=20 […]

Given the past, it was inevitable that iconic rapper Drake would be at full force for the UFC 293 middleweight title bout between champion Israel Adesanya and challenger Sean Strickland. He revealed his latest big bet ahead of Saturday’s showdown, in an Instagram post. Drake is wagering $500,000 thousand that Adesanya will win via knockout, […]

The time has finally come and the Main Event of UFC 293 is live from Sydney, Australia. There’s just one more score to settle – five rounds to determine a Champion in the Middleweight (185 lb) Division. Defending Champion and home country hero Israel Adesanya will defend his belt against the most polarizing figure in the UFC, […]

We’re set to bring you another prediction and pick for this stacked UFC 293 Main Card from Sydney, Australia. The Co-Main Event takes place in the Heavyweight Division and features one of Australia’s favorite sons. No. 6 ranked Tai “Bam Bam” Tuivasa will take on Russia”s No. 7 ranked Alexander Volkov. This fight is bound to bring fireworks! […]

We’re back with another prediction and pick for Main Card action at UFC 293 from Sydney, Australia. The action is starting to heat up as we turn our attention towards the Flyweight (125 lb) Division for this next bout. No. 10 ranked Manel Kape will take on Felipe dos Santos making his debut on short notice. Check out our […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland continues on the main card with a rematch in the heavyweight division between Justin Tafa and Austen Lane. Tafa has won two fights in a row meanwhile, Lane has won six fights in a row coming into his promotional debut. With that said, check out our UFC odds […]

We’re back for our continued coverage of UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland from Sydney, Australia. This next bout will open up the Main Card action and takes place in the Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Division. Tyson Pedro of Queensland will take on Sweden’s Anton Turkalj. This should be a fun fight the get the Main Card kicked off! Check […]

We’re back with another prediction and pick for UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland as we see our featured Prelim of the night coming in the Light Heavyweight (205 lb) Division. City Kickboxing’s Carlos Ulberg will take on South Korea’s Da Woon Jung in a competitive scrap as the Main Card follows immediately after! Check out our UFC odds series […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland continues on the prelims with a fight in the featherweight division between Jack Jenkins and Chepe Mariscal. Jenkins is on a nine-fight winning streak meanwhile, Mariscal is coming off four straight wins coming into his second fight inside the octagon. With that said, check out our UFC odds […]

We’re back and set to bring you another prediction and pick for UFC 293 from Sydney, Australia. We continue our coverage of the Prelims with this next bout in the Lightweight (155 lb) Division. Australia’s own Jamie Mullarkey will take on Canada’s John Makdessi. Check out our UFC odds series for our Mullarkey-Makdessi prediction and pick. Jamie […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland continues on the prelims with a fight in the lightweight division between Nasrat Haqparast and promotional newcomer Landon Quinones. Haqparast got back on track in his last fight meanwhile, Quinones won each of his last five fights coming into his UFC debut. With that said, check out our […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland continues on the prelims with a fight in the welterweight division between Blood Diamond and promotional newcomer Charlie Radtke. Diamond has lost each of his two fights in the UFC meanwhile, Radtke won each of his last four fights coming into his UFC debut. With that said, check […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland continues on the prelims with a fight in the featherweight division between Shane Young and Gabriel Miranda. Young has lost each of his last three fights meanwhile, Miranda lost his UFC debut his last time out. With that said, check out our UFC odds series for our Young-Miranda […]

UFC 293: Israel Adesanya vs. Sean Strickland kicks off the prelims with a fight in the welterweight division between two promotional newcomers Kevin Jousset and Kiefer Crosbie. Jousset has won three straight fights coming into this fight meanwhile, Crosbie has won two straight along with an exhibition boxing match as he makes his UFC debut. […]

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping still rates Anderson Silva higher than Israel Adesanya. Adesanya will be looking for the first defense of his second reign as middleweight champion when he battles Sean Strickland in the UFC 293 headliner taking place Saturday night in Sydney, Australia. Should “The Last Stylebender” come out on top, he’ll […]

The UFC 293 headliner in Sydney, Australia, features a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland. For most observers in the combat sports world, this is a fairly straight forward fight — Adesanya is the higher-level striker and will more or less pick Strickland apart. However, if Strickland — who usually fights with […]

Alexander Volkanovski had a unique prediction for the UFC 293 headliner this weekend. Israel Adesanya defends his middleweight title against Sean Strickland in the main event of UFC 293 which takes place Saturday night in Sydney, Australia. For most observers, the fight is a foregone conclusion and that’s simply because of how the stylistic matchup […]

UFC 293 will feature two of the biggest names (and biggest mouths) in mixed martial arts. Israel Adesanya is set to defend his middleweight title against Sean Strickland. The two will be headlining the event, but who else will be fighting in UFC 293? This article will detail everything you need to know before the […]

Israel Adesanya believes Alexander Volkanovski is the greatest fighter of all time. Adesanya will return to action at UFC 293 this Saturday in Sydney, Australia, when he defends his middleweight crown against Sean Strickland in the main event. Ahead of the matchup, “The Last Stylebender” was asked where he ranked himself among all the all-time […]

Losses are often tough to accept for most UFC stars. A lot of them want to finish their careers with untarnished records inside the octagon. Sean O’Malley is no exception. Sugar had just recently battered down Aljamain Sterling in an insane TKO victory in the second round of UFC 292. Despite this, a huge knock […]

Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is hoping to headline the upcoming UFC 300 pay-per-view event. Although there is nothing official as far as a date or venue goes, UFC 300 promises to be a major event as it’s the promotion’s anniversary show that is expected to be stacked from top to bottom. UFC 200 took place […]

Former UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez is open to a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. Responding to a fan’s post on X stating that he’d defeat the likes of Poirier, Michael Chandler and Justin Gaethje, Alvarez claimed he already beat all of them. While he did defeat Chandler in Bellator and Gaethje in the UFC, he […]

Most in the combat sports world would agree that Dricus du Plessis is next for a middleweight title shot — but that doesn’t include two of the most important men in Israel Adesanya and UFC president Dana White. Following his upset second-round TKO win over Robert Whittaker in July, du Plessis looked set to fight […]

UFC 293 takes place Saturday night in Sydney, Australia. Although it’s not the strongest card when it comes to regular pay-per-view events, it should still be a fun night of fights given the contingent of Oceanic fighters. In the headliner, we have Israel Adesanya and Sean Strickland colliding for the middleweight title. The co-main event, […]

Kurt Angle is a WWE legend, but in another time, he may have been a regular competing in MMA. As many may know by now, Angle is not only a two-time NCAA Division 1 champion, but also an Olympic gold medal winner in 1996, doing so with a broken neck. Having achieved his goal, Angle […]