Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was issued a five-year prison sentence Monday by Judge Arthur Bocanegra in a San Jose courtroom. The sentence was handed down after Velasquez pleaded no-contest to multiple charges, including attempted murder. The 42-year-old Velasquez gets credit for 1,283 days of time that’s already been served while in jail … Ex-UFC champ Velasquez given 5-year sentence
Bryce Mitchell has always had a lot to say and never been bashful about letting his remarks fly. However, the 13th-ranked featherweight contender went way too far in his latest controversial rant on the first episode of his new podcast – ArkanSanity – that dropped earlier this week. Among other things, Mitchell said, “I honestly … Dana condemns Bryce Mitchell’s Hitler remarks
Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor released a statement Monday afternoon about the abrupt cancellation of the UFC 303’s sold-out press conference in Dublin, Ireland. The UFC announced the postponement late Sunday night. The event was scheduled for Monday at noon Eastern. In a post to his Twitter account, McGregor wrote: “In consultation with the UFC, today’s … McGregor releases statement after UFC 303 presser cancellation
Ilia Toporia is the new featherweight champion after scoring a second-round knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski in this past Saturday’s UFC 298 main event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. The 27-year-old Spaniard knocked Volk out cold with a violent right hand to hook up his betting supporters as a +115 to +128 (BetRivers) underdog. … Toporia ends Volk’s featherweight reign with R2 KO
The Octagon is returning to Kaseya Center in Miami for UFC 299 just 11 months after the promotion’s first trip to The Magic City in 20 years. The show on March 9 will be headlined by a bantamweight title fight. ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley will defend his 135-pound belt for the first time in a rematch … Odds are out for UFC 299 fights in Miami
Leon ‘Rocky’ Edwards successfully defended his welterweight belt for the second time by dominating Colby ‘Chaos’ Covington in a unanimous-decision win (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) as a -160 favorite in Saturday’s UFC 296 headliner from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Bettors backing Edwards to win by decision cashed tickets for a +160 return. ‘Yes’ on the … Edwards cruises to decision win at UFC 296
Jon ‘Bones’ Jones is out of his first title defense vs. Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 for the heavyweight belt he won earlier this year with a first-round submission victory over Ciryl Gane. According to a late-night tweet from UFC President Dana White, “Jones was training last night, got injured, he was wrestling and tore … Injury forces Jon Jones to pull out of UFC 295 title fight vs Miocic
Less than 24 hours after featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski replaced an injured Charles Oliveira to face Islam Makhachev in the UFC 294 main event, former welterweight champ Kamaru Usman (20-3 MMA, 15-2 UFC) accepted an opportunity to take on Khamzat Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) in the co-main event on Oct. 21 in Abu Dhabi. … With Costa out, Usman-Chimaev is UFC 294 co-main event
In the fifth round of his final sparring session Monday before flying to Abu Dhabi on Tuesday ahead of his Oct. 21 rematch against Islam Makhachev, former lightweight champion Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira sustained a cut that’s forced him to pull out of UFC 294. In a gangster move that only took one phone call … Oliveira out of UFC 294; Volk faces Makhachev on 11 days’ notice
On July 18 of 2017 moments after knocking out Alfred Khashakyan on Dana White’s Contender Series, Sean O’Malley famously pointed at White and said, “Hey Dana. Welcome to The Sugar Show.” Seventy-three months later at Boston’s TD Garden in the UFC 292 main event this past Saturday night, ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley became the undisputed bantamweight … UFC 292 Rewind: O’Malley upsets Sterling with 2nd-round KO