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MMA Weekly UFC 261 results: Usman sleeps Masvidal, Namajunas reclaims belt, and Shevchenko dominates Though UFC 261 featured three championship fights, that fact was largely overshadowed in the lead-up by the idea that it also marked the promotion’s first event since the pandemic struck that a sold-out venue full of fans would be allowed in

MMA Weekly UFC 261 results: Usman sleeps Masvidal, Namajunas reclaims belt, and Shevchenko dominates Though UFC 261 featured three championship fights, that fact was largely overshadowed in the lead-up by the idea that it also marked the promotion’s first event since the pandemic struck that a sold-out venue full of fans would be allowed in

Rose Namajunas stood in her corner prior to her strawweight title fight in the co-main event of UFC 261 Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida, repeating the same words over and over with fiancé Pat Barry. “I’m the best,” she said. “I’m the best. I’m the best.” After she knocked out Zhang Weili with a high kick

Jorge Masvidal entered UFC 261 wearing a T-shirt with a message, apparently calling for the freedom of his former training partner, ex-MMA fighter Alexis Vila. Vila is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder in 2019, as part of a gruesome kidnapping, torture and murder plot at the behest of

Valentina Shevchenko continues to be unbeatable at 125 pounds. At UFC 261, Shevchenko (21-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) successfully defended her UFC women’s flyweight title for the fifth straight time when she defeated Jessica Andrade by TKO at the 3:19 mark of Round 2. The women’s flyweight title bout was part of the UFC 261 main

The UFC 261 main card opened with back-to-back finishes, but they weren’t the kind that anyone feels good about. Anthony Smith was declared a TKO winner over Jimmy Crute in their light heavyweight bout at VyStar Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, that opened the main card. Smith kicked Crute late in the first round by the

5:48 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will defend his title Saturday against Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Florida. It will be the first UFC card in front of a capacity crowd since before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down spectator sports in March 2020. ESPN has Usman ranked

Getty Images A championship tripleheader sits atop a stacked UFC 261 card, which takes place Saturday night from VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The card also marks the first UFC event to take place in front of a sold out crowd since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Welterweight champ Kamaru Usman and

Saturday’s UFC 261 features three title fights including a rematch for the welterweight title between champion Kamaru Usman (18-1 MMA, 8 KOs) and Jorge Masvidal (35-14 MMA, 16 KOs) in the main event.  Zhang Weili will put her strawweight title on the line in the co-main event against former champion Rose Namajunas and flyweight champion

Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal have promised better performances behind a full training camp after their first meeting came on just a week’s notice. Noticing the recurring theme, the UFC made “no excuses” the official marketing theme behind their rematch on Saturday in the main event of UFC 261. Their matchup tops a main UFC

11:57 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight title fight between Israel Adesanya and Marvin Vettori for UFC 263, per UFC president Dana White. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound title fight is expected to headline the UFC’s pay-per-view event on June 12. The UFC has not yet announced a venue for

Getty Images After failing to win the light heavyweight championship at UFC 259, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will return to 185 pounds to defend his title against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263 on June 12, as first reported by Globo. The fight is a rematch of an April 2018 clash, which Adesanya won by split

Reuters Kamaru Usman, Weili Zhang heavy UFC 261 favorites BetRivers announced that no event this weekend has attracted more bets or handle at the sportsbook than UFC 261. Zhang Weili (21-1), the UFC’s first Chinese-born champ, puts her strawweight belt on the line against former titleholder Rose Namajunas (10-4). Weili is a -200 favorite at

8:00 AM ET The UFC will take another big step toward normalcy this weekend, with a UFC 261 pay-per-view event in Jacksonville, Florida, in front of a full capacity crowd. It’s pretty interesting this landmark event will feature a welterweight title fight main event between Kamaru Usman (18-1) and Jorge Masvidal. (35-14). That’s the exact

Jorge Masvidal received loud ovations this week when he took the stage leading up to UFC 261. There’s little doubt where the majority of fan sentiment will lie when the fourth-ranked challenger takes on champion Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 261 on Saturday night. Their clash tops a main UFC 261 card

12:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Anthony Pettis, the main attraction of Friday night’s season-opening event in the Professional Fighting League, is known as “Showtime.” But Clay Collard stole the show. Collard knocked down Pettis, the former UFC lightweight champion, twice in Round 2 and survived a head-kick knockdown in the third round to take a

Jorge Masvidal is getting his second shot at UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on Saturday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV), and that’s just one of three title fights scheduled for UFC 261. The UFC welterweight, women’s strawweight and women’s flyweight titles will all be on the line in Jacksonville, Florida, with Valentina Shevchenko and Zhang

Upset, upset, upset. Underdogs cashed in three of the four main card fights Friday at 2021 PFL 1 against three of the promotion’s most notable names. First, it was seasoned MMA veteran Bubba Jenkins, who pulled off an improbable unanimous decision victory over two-time featherweight champion Lance Palmer in the main card opener. Two fights