Everyone has a fighting chance
Frankie Edgar’s debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s bantamweight division will be somewhat of a baptism-by-fire after the New Jersey native accepted a fight against the highly-rated Cory Sandhagen on Jan. 25 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
It seems former Ultimate Fighting Championship and Strikeforce middleweight champion Luke Rockhold may have fought his last bout, with the 35-year-old claiming he doesn’t have the same passion to compete as he once did and that he’s enjoying his life outside of the Octagon.
The ongoing saga between Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor doesn’t seem like it’s going away anytime soon.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship dual-division champion Conor McGregor sent social media into overdrive last month when he announced that he would be making his long-awaited return to the Octagon on Jan. 18.
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has had a meteoric rise in 2019 with wins over Darren Till, Ben Askren and most recently Nate Diaz, with the American Top Team product calling for his next fight to be against the guy who will put the most money in his bank.
Tyson Fury’s recent announcement that he intends to pursue a career in mixed martial arts was met with mixed reactions on social media.
After Israel Adesanya’s sensational stoppage of former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Robert Whittaker back in October, all eyes turned to his first title defense, which was meant to be against the juggernaut Paulo Henrique Costa.
The rivalry between Nick Diaz and Jorge Masvidal continues to heat up, with the former World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce welterweight champion looking to dish out some revenge to Masvidal after the Miami native put a beating on Diaz’s younger brother Nate Diaz at UFC 244.
Khabib Nurmagomedov is set to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight belt in 2020 against former interim champ Tony Ferguson and the Dagestani says he’s still holding out hope of one-day fighting former dual-division champion Georges St. Pierre.
It looks like New Zealand mixed martial arts fans are set to get an early Christmas present, with the Ultimate Fighting Championship readying an announcement for their return to the country after more than a two-year hiatus. Reports indicate the event will be held inside Auckland’s Spark Arena on Feb. 23.