Tag: Welterweight

If you believe that Jorge Masvidal is going to be out of shape when he battles Kamaru Usman at UFC 251, Dustin Poirier is here to tell you that you’re wrong.

UFC president Dana White opens up on negotiations with Jorge Masvidal for UFC 251, Colby Covington, Kamaru Usman, and the BMF title.

After it was reported that Gilbert Burns was out of his title fight with Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 after testing positive for the coronavirus, Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington were quick to react.

Colby Covington wants to fight ‘scared motherf***er’ Jorge Masvidal in a ‘winner takes all’ clash inside the UFC Octagon.

When discussing Nate Diaz, Mike Perry described him as a ‘skinny, weak little f***’, with ‘weak-ass punches’.

Coach John Kavanagh has revealed that a fight between Conor McGregor and Justin Gaethje was close to being done and discussed how the Irishman would do against Kamaru Usman.

Cosmo Alexandre gives his thoughts on Sage Northcutt moving down two weight classes and whether he thinks he should continue fighting.

Answering fan questions on his YouTube channel, Jorge Masvidal revealed the hardest hitting opponents he has faced during his seventeen year-long career in mixed martial arts.

Despite Darren Till trying to make peace with Mike Perry prior to UFC Vegas 4, the two have continued to trade blows.

Zebaztian Kadestam has responded to Agilan Thani’s recent call out. And revealed that he wants to fight in the ONE Super Series.

Jorge Masvidal is hopeful of fighting in 2020, but only if he’s paid his worth. And also comments on Gilbert Burns’ title shot and potential Nate Diaz rematch.

UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman explains the reasons behind his change of camp, ahead of his next title defence against Gilbert Burns at UFC 251 on Fight Island.

Mike Perry opens up about his hostile relationship with Darren Till, in face of the Liverpool native’s most recent comments.

ONE Championship kickboxing and MMA knockout artist Cosmo Alexandre, has found common ground with the promotion after fresh negotiations talks.

Mickey Gall looks ahead to his UFC Vegas 4 showdown with the ‘not very bright’ Mike Perry, including ‘Platinum’s’ unique corner setup.

Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos, has opened up on why he recently called out Conor McGregor again.

Stephen Thompson on Bruce Lee:

“If Bruce Lee was in his prime today, we would see him in the UFC. He’d be where Conor McGregor is now.”

ONE welterweight champion Kiamrian Abbasov has two potential opponents in mind, in James Nakashima and two division champion, Aung La Nsang.

UFC superstar Jorge Masvidal opens up on the financial negotiations for his future fight and discusses the distribution of the company’s total revenue.

Similarly to Jon Jones and Dana White going back and forth last week over failed negotiations, Jorge Masvidal and the UFC boss have now been exchanging words. While Colby Covington and Dillon Danis have also hit out at ‘Gamebred’.

UFC president Dana White has revealed that Gilbert Burns is “highly likely” to be the next title contender for the welterweight title.

Rafael dos Anjos discusses opponents for the last fight of his current UFC contact.

And hits back at Santiago Ponzinibbio.

Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley claims that he has already been offered and accepted a fight against his foe, Colby Covington.

Georges St-Pierre reveals which fighters make him to tune in to watch the fights. And while he listed many, one name topped his list.

Top UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards has accused Jorge Masvidal of running away from a title shot against Kamaru Usman.

After dominating the former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas, Gilbert Burns had this to say:

“Kamaru [Usman], I love you man, much respect but I wanna fight for the title.”

UFC welterweight Leon Edwards hits back at the former champion, Tyron Woodley. And hits him where it hurts.

Gilbert Burns wants to finish Tyron Woodley at UFC Vegas, knowing that an upset win would be ‘disastrous’ for the former champion.

Kamaru Usman has no intentions of giving Colby Covington an immediate rematch, stating that ‘Chaos’ doesn’t deserve another title shot yet.

Colby Covington has hit out at Jorge Masvidal, Dustin Poirier and Joanna Jedrzejczyk. ‘Chaos’ wants to settle his differences with ‘hypocrites’ ‘Gamebred’ and ‘The Diamond’ inside the Octagon.