Everyone has a fighting chance
Robert Whittaker remains his usual quiet self in lead-up to the biggest fight of his career when the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s 185-pound champ takes on the interim title holder, New Zealand’s Israel Adesanya on Saturday at UFC 243.
Colby Covington vs. Kamaru Usman is finally official with the highly anticipated championship grudge match set to take place in December at UFC 245.
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship bantamweight king T.J. Dillashaw is currently serving a two-year suspension for taking a banned substance, but that hasn’t stopped him from chiming in on the state of the 135-pound division, claiming it is in need for some entertainment.
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight contender Ben Askren holds the unwanted record for suffering the quickest loss in UFC history when he was knocked out cold in just five seconds by Jorge Masvidal’s flying knee back in July.
Robert Whittaker will make his long-awaited return to the Octagon on Saturday night where he will defend his middleweight title for the first time against the interim champ Israel Adesanya when the Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Melbourne, Australia, for the biggest fight in Australian combat history.
Last week, former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champ Chris Weidman claimed that he saw “holes” in Jon Jones’ game and believed he would be the one to finally beat him ahead of his move up to the 205-pound division, which has been dominated by “Bones” for the past eight years.
When Robert Whittaker steps into the cage to face Israel Adesanya next weekend at UFC 243, it will be his first fight in over a year and only his second in 27 months.
Chris Weidman once shocked the world by knocking out a seemingly unbeatable champion, and he believes he has what it takes to do it again.
The main event at UFC Fight Night 159 this past weekend lasted just 15 seconds after Jeremy Stephens took an eye poke from Yair Rodriguez and was unable to continue, prompting referee Herb Dean to stop the fight.
Analyst and former Ultimate Fighting Championship title challenger Kenny Florian has criticized the way Yair Rodriguez “incited” the crowd at UFC Mexico City last Saturday after the brief and controversial main event.