Also, hot off his spinning back elbow KO in Chicago at UFC 319, Brazilian sensation Carlos Prates steps up to face former champion Leon Edwards to add some welterweight intrigue to your MSG card. Before Zhang makes her bid for history, two Brazilian strawweights will duke it out for her vacated title at UFC 321 as Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie …
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Morning Report: Gordon Ryan ‘will never compete’ in UFC BJJ due to doping
As it did with MMA, the UFC is attempting to take over the world of professional grappling, but it will have to do so without one of the sport’s biggest stars. UFC BJJ is an offshoot of TKO set on bringing UFC structure and production to the sport of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The promotion has already two events and plans on …
Read More »Corey Anderson reveals surprising reason he never received UFC title shot
Corey Anderson has made quite the claim on why he never got a chance to compete for UFC gold. Anderson had been a veteran under the UFC banner from 2014 through early 2020. Ultimately, Anderson was granted his UFC release and signed with Bellator MMA. Anderson ended up fighting his way to eventually become the Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion. He …
Read More »Corey Anderson recounts UFC executive telling him why he wasn’t receiving title shot
Corey Anderson prefers to walk the walk rather than talk the talk and he knows for a fact that’s affected some of the opportunities made available-and not made available-to him during his career. The last-ever Bellator light heavyweight champion was once ranked among the top fighters at 205 pounds in the UFC, but it seemed like he never got close …
Read More »Nasty leg kick leads to KO in UFC Shanghai main event
Johnny Walker is back in the win column after scoring a unique knockout The long-time light heavyweight contender fought Zhang Mingyang in the UFC Shanghai main event on Saturday. After a tough first frame, Johnny Walker turned things around by landing two nasty kicks on his opponent’s calf. Zhang Mingyang dropped to the floor and tried to survive, but after …
Read More »‘Trained killer’ Johnny Walker reacts to emotional UFC Shanghai win: ‘I have chin, motherf*ckers’
Johnny Walker was a big underdog going into his UFC Shanghai main event clash with rising prospect Zhang Mingyang, especially after losing his past two by knockout, but turned the table with a TKO of his own. Walker tried to surprise Mingyang with a takedown seconds into the match but the Chinese star reversed the position and ended on top. …
Read More »Aljamain Sterling reveals he faced a ‘living nightmare’ during Brian Ortega fight at UFC Shanghai
Aljamain Sterling cruised to victory in lopsided fashion in his fight against Brian Ortega, but it turns out disaster nearly struck late in the five-round co-main event. Following his unanimous decision win where he swept every judges’ scorecard, Sterling revealed that he actually suffered a significant elbow injury that had him panicking about giving up a potential comeback to Ortega. …
Read More »UFC Shanghai results: Johnny Walker stuns Zhang Mingyang, Aljamain Sterling dominates Brian Ortega
Johnny Walker spoiled the homecoming of China’s Zhang Mingyang. Walker (22-9, 1 NC) scored a vicious second-round knockout to upset the rising light heavyweight star on Saturday at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in the main event of UFC Shanghai. Zhang (19-7), who made history as the first Chinese male fighter to ever headline a UFC event in mainland China, entered …
Read More »Johnny Walker upsets Zhang Mingyang at UFC Fight Night in Shanghai
Aug 23, 2025, 09:24 AM ET Johnny Walker spoiled Zhang Mingyang‘s homecoming party just as it was getting started early Saturday. Headlining the first UFC event in China in six years, Walker ended a skid of two straight knockout losses with a shocking knockout of his own in a comeback against the Chinese light heavyweight in the main event of …
Read More »UFC Shanghai results: Kyle Daukaus stuns Michel Pereira with 43-second knockout in octagon return
Welcome back to the UFC, Kyle Daukaus. In a middleweight preliminary bout of UFC Shanghai on Saturday, Daukaus returned to the promotion for a short notice opportunity against Michel Pereira. Daukaus made the most of it, dropping Pereira with a big punch early in the first round, before pouncing on his opponent with vicious ground and pound before the referee …
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