Everyone has a fighting chance
Cristiane Justino is the top free agent available and many promotions are after her. Count Kayla Harrison among those recruiting her to the Professional Fighters League.
Colby Covington put on another dominant performance on Saturday night in the main event at UFC Newark, completely nullifying former welterweight champion Robbie Lawler and booking his spot for a title fight against the current champion Kamaru Usman. Despite the strong performance by the outspoken Covington, he’ll head into the bout against the champion as the heavy betting underdog.
Colby Covington continues to stir the proverbial pot when it comes to fellow fighters and didn’t take long to snap back at UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones for expressing disappointment that Robbie Lawler didn’t beat him.
Last week, Dana White announced that the Ultimate Fighting Championship was “out of the Cyborg business,” and it appears that Cristiane Justino couldn’t be happier.
After Jason Knight had to pull out of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7 main event against Leonard Garcia, Jim Alers got the call from the promotion to step in and headline Saturday’s card.
Even after they meet in the Octagon as expected later this year, Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington will likely never be the best of friends.
Sherdog’s live DWTNCS Season 3, Episode 7 coverage kicks off Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
After losing his welterweight title to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 in March, Tyron Woodley is making some changes to his training camp.
It’s all systems go for Season 3, Episode 7 of Dana White’s Contender Series.
A matchup of surging light heavyweight contenders is in the works for UFC 244, as Corey Anderson and Johnny Walker have verbally agreed to fight at Madison Square Garden on Nov. 2.