UFC 316 has a new fight. The UFC announced Monday that MarQuel Mederos (10-1) is booked to fight newcomer Mark Choinski (8-0) in a lightweight bout on the preliminary portion of this Saturday’s pay-per-view, which takes place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Eurosport was first to report the matchup. Mederos was scheduled to fight … Read more
Sean O’Malley feels better than ever heading into his rematch with Merab Dvalishvili. Next Saturday, O’Malley challenges Dvalishvili for the bantamweight title he lost to “The Machine” back at UFC 306. Ahead of the bout, O’Malley has pulled out all the stops, training with the likes of Israel Adesanya and Demetrious Johnson as he prepares … Read more
The UFC promised big news from Dana White on Tuesday, and the UFC CEO announced two bantamweight championship bouts for the UFC’s return to New Jersey. White revealed on social media that the main event for UFC 316 — which takes place June 7 at the Prudential Center in Newark — will be a rematch … Read more
Merab Dvalishvili faces Sean O’Malley in a rematch while Julianna Pena puts her bantamweight title up for grabs against Kayla Harrison in the new main and co-main events just announced for UFC 316 on June 7 from the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. UFC CEO Dana White announced the new fights on Tuesday. Dvalishvili looks … Read more
Islam Makhachev made short work of Renato Moicano in the main event of UFC 311 to retain the lightweight championship, while Merab Dvalishvili silenced the doubters and handed Umar Nurmagomedov his first loss to keep the 135-pound world title. After the first pay-per-view card of the year, where do both champions go? On an all-new … Read more
Merab Dvalishvili’s leg was in bad shape at UFC 311, not that anyone seemed to notice. Somehow, Dvalishvili not only successfully defended his bantamweight title with a spectacular five-round performance against Umar Nurmagomedov in Saturday’s co-main event, he also managed to hide a wounds that might have prevented him from competing at all. At the … Read more
Merab Dvalishvili and Umar Nurmagomedov might have already given fans the best fight of the year and they’ve been awarded accordingly. At the UFC 311 post-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White announced the bonuses for the event, with Dvalishvili and Nurmagomedov earning Fight of the Night for an epic five-round duel, and Jiri Prochazka … Read more
Merab Dvalishvili had a heck of a comeback at UFC 311 on Saturday night to keep his UFC title belt. After a tough first two rounds, Dvalishvili rallied over the past three rounds to edge past Umar Nurmagomedov via unanimous decision (48-47 x2, 49-46). See how the pros reacted to the memorable UFC 311 co-main … Read more