While this fight has been penciled in for awhile now, the UFC has been wishy-washy about etching it in stone. As of today though, the UFC officially confirmed that Amanda Nunes will put her women’s bantamweight title on the line against Raquel Pennington. Nunes is currently rising a six-fight win streak against absurd competition, beating Miesha Tate, Ronda Rousey, and Valentina Shevchenko twice. While she’s been out for two years, Pennington is still rising a four-win run of her own. Amanda Nunes vs. Raquel Pennington finally official for UFC 224 in Brazil. Long time coming, UFC originally t ..read more

The card was headlined by a women’s featherweight title fight between champion Cris Cyborg and challenger Yana Kunitskaya. This bout that replaced the card’s originally scheduled main event, a men’s featherweight title fight between champion Max Holloway and challenger Frankie Edgar. Cyborg won this main event battle by first-round TKO. Shortly after the event, the official salaries of the 24 fighters on the bill were revealed. As expected, the champ Cyborg led paydays for the event, earning $500,000. Interestingly, hot-and-cold heavyweight veteran Andrei Arlovski pocketed the next biggest che ..read more

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Get ready for a champion versus champion fight in 2018. UFC president Dana White revealed on Thursday that women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will face off with women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in her next fight. “First of all, Amanda Nunes wants to fight her. Amanda Nunes wants to fight Cyborg. That is the fight to make and that is the fight I will make. That’s the fight,” White told Yahoo! Sports on Thursday. Read More Here: (19 ..read more

Very little has come easy for Namajunas, but she has spent a lifetime figuring out how to channel negative events into positive energy. She perfected it in 2017, which is why she is ESPN’s Fighter of the Year. Read the Full Article Here (14 ..read more

Ediane has been calling out Cyborg for many months now, to no avail. She has been snubbed by the UFC, and Cyborg herself. In her latest Facebook post, she says that she wants to take on Cyborg, explaining how she has fought some of the top fighters in the world, including Ronda Rousey with only a 7 day notice. However, in that fight, she lost to Ronda in the first round by way of armbar. Ronda only needed 25 seconds to finish off Ediane. In her post, Ediane goes on to call out the Brazilian media for not covering her calling out Cyborg, stating that the only way that they would cover her is fo ..read more

Via reports from BJPenn.com, Cris Cyborg wants to fight Megan Anderson on the big stage. Megan is a true 145lber in the Featherweight Division, built by the UFC. Cris wants to ensure that the Featherweight Division continues, even after her retirement, sometime in the future. If Anderson is not available, Cris wants to fight Pam Sorenson, who ranked in the Featherweight Division. Many would like to see Amanda Nunes fight Cris, and Amanda has called for that fight. However, it has been a long time since Amanda fought in the Featherweight Division, having only fought in the Bantamweight Division ..read more

Last weekend, the UFC touched down in Las Vegas, Nevada with UFC 219. Here’s a rundown of the UFC 219 salaries (via MMAFighting.com). UFC 219 Salaries:  Main Card (Pay-per-view) Cris Cyborg ($500,000 + no win bonus = $500,000) def. Holly Holm ($300,000) Carla Esparza: ($36,000 + $36,000 = $72,000) def. Cynthia Calvillo ($41,000) Reebok, Payday through the UFC’s athlete outfitting deal with Reebok. Reebok Payout for UFC 219 Cris Cyborg: $40,000 def. Holly Holm: $30,000 Carla Esparza: $5,000 def. Cynthia Calvillo: $2,500 This article first appeared on BJPenn.com&nbs ..read more

In a Facebook post that Angela posted an hour ago, she asked the UFC for immediate rematch but was released since she has lost three in a row which is normal standard procedure with the UFC as we have seen in the past…check post below: (183 ..read more

  UFC 219 gets a title fight! The octagon will return to T-Mobile Arena next month for UFC 219 on December 30 in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view event finally received a title fight just moments ago as the promotion just announced that Cris Cyborg will be defending her women’s featherweight title against former bantamweight title holder Holly Holm. BREAKING: There’s a title on the line at #UFC219!@CrisCyborg is set to defend her undisputed featherweight championship against @HollyHolm in Las Vegas on Dec. 30. pic.twitter.com/zHAGrIQDir — UFC (@ufc) November 17, 2017 https://platform.twitter ..read more