Martial Arts

Following Fridays UFC Vegas 6 weigh-in at the Apex in Las Vegas, the fighters for Saturdays card faced off for the media in attendance. Watch as main eventers Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik and the rest of the athletes squared off ahead of UFC Vegas 6 (aka UFC on ESPN+ 32). The fight card features a heavyweight showdown between Lewis and Oleinik. The winner hopes to take a big step toward a heavyweight title shot with Stipe Miocic defending his belt in a trilogy fight with Da...

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UFC Vegas 6 (aka UFC on ESPN+ 32) is set for Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas following Fridays weigh-in. Main event heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik easily made weight, as they each look to take another step toward a UFC heavyweight title shot. Oleinik was the first of the two to the scale, weighing 227 pounds. Lewis arrived a short time later, hitting the 265-pound limit on the nose, leaving a 38-pound disparity between them. Oleinik, 43 years of age, has more than 70 bou...

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UFC president Dana White on Friday revealed that UFC 255 will take place on Nov. 21 and features two flyweight championship bouts. Deivison Figueiredo will put the mens 125-pound title on the line opposite former champion Cody Garbrandt, while womens flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her belt against Jennifer Maia. The news was first reported by ESPNs Brett Okamoto on Twitter . The location of UFC 255 has not yet been determined, nor has the bout order. UFC 255: Deivis...

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Watch the UFC Vegas 6: Lewis vs. Oleinik weigh-in live with full results on MMAWeekly.com on Friday, Aug. 7, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT. The fight card (aka UFC on ESPN+ 32) features a heavyweight showdown between contenders Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik. The winner hopes to take a big step toward a title shot with Stipe Miocic defending his belt in a trilogy fight with Daniel Cormier next week at UFC 252. SPOILER: Full written results below. (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on...

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When the novel coronavirus send MMA and businesses into a state of shutdown, the extent of how much it affected fighters differed, but for featherweight Cris Lencioni it was particularly rough. For Lencioni, who makes a living owning and teaching at a gym, the lockdown made life understandably difficult, yet throughout it all he pushed through and maintained a positive outlook. My martial arts academy got shut down, so it was a hell of a ride, Lencioni told MMAWeekly.com. I applied for all...

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Former UFC heavyweight title contender Derrick Lewis is working his way back into the mix. But while he was happy to get victories in his last two bouts, he was still in a learning process, and is now ready to let his massive paws fly again. Ive been trigger shy, Lewis said of his last couple of fights during the UFC Vegas 6 media day on Thursday. I was a new creature. A different type of body coming into the octagon, feeling different, lighter, feeling faster, and just wanted to test ...

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Las Vegas - The fourth season of the hit show Dana Whites Contender Series continues with Episode 2, featuring a lineup of rising athletes looking to make their dreams come true by impressing UFC President Dana White and earning a spot on the UFC roster. The second episode of season four takes place on Tuesday, August 11 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT, with all five bouts streaming exclusively on ESPN+ in the US. ESPN+ is available through the ESPN.com , ESPNPlus.com or the ESPN App on al...

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