Esther Lin, MMA Fighting At UFC 242, Khabib Nurmagomedov throttle Dustin Poirier to retain his lightweight title and started raising the question of just how good is Khabib, so let’s talk about that plus the rest of the lightweight division and yet another hypothetical battle. Who can beat Khabib? already know your answer, but I’ll […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Justin Gaethje wants to become UFC champion, and following a first-round TKO against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, he’s one giant step closer towards his ultimate goal. The victory on Saturday night was Gaethje’s third straight knockout as he continues his meteoric rise up the lightweight ranks with only a couple of potential […]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Ahead of Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 16 in Vancouver, UFC senior vice president of international and content David Shaw spoke with the media on the state of the promotion from a global standpoint. First, Shaw spoke on the current landscape of the UFC’s Canadian ventures pertinent to Vancouver and beyond. According […]

Glover Teixeira (pictured) faces Nikita Krylov at UFC Vancouver on Saturday night. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Glover Teixeira shared the cage with Jon Jones for 25 minutes back in 2014, coming up short in his attempt to become the UFC light heavyweight champion. Years later, he sees another athlete as the best pound-for-pound fighter […]

Patricio Freire believes he has what it takes to dethrone Khabib Nurmagomedov. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting A highly anticipated bout with Tony Ferguson, a very lucrative rematch with Conor McGregor, and a superfight with Georges St-Pierre are some of the options for Khabib Nurmagomedov’s next title defense, but a top lightweight from outside the […]

Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 marked the UFC’s first trip back to the Middle East for UFC 242, and it was my first UFC event as a credentialed media member. It’s actually pretty coincidental since I started covering the sport in 2014, the last time the UFC came to Abu Dhabi. So timeline wise, it worked […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov is still ready to welcome Georges St-Pierre back to the Octagon if he wants to return from retirement. Following a dominant win over Dustin Poirier on Saturday at UFC 242, the undefeated Russian was once again asked about his dream fight against the former two-division champion. While UFC president […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting On Saturday night, Khabib Nurmagomedov defended his UFC lightweight title with a third-round submission win over interim champion Dustin Poirier. It was, for the most part, total domination. Poirier had brief moments of success in the second and third rounds but ultimately they were fleeting and Nurmagomedov did what he’s done […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting If there was any doubt about Khabib Nurmagomedov’s claim as the best lightweight in the sport, those questions were emphatically answered during UFC 242 on Saturday. The undefeated Russian dominated interim champion Dustin Poirier for the majority of two-plus rounds before finishing the fight with a rear-naked choke submission in the […]

ABU DHABI – Khabib Nurmagomedov’s performance in the UFC 242 main event impressed a lot of people, but maybe none more so than UFC president Dana White. After the bout, White spoke to the media and praised Nurmagomedov (28-0 MMA, 12-0 UFC) for the dominant showing he put on against Dustin Poirier (25-6 MMA, 17-5 […]

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The fifth time might be the charm in the seemingly cursed fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. After four previous attempts to put the fight together fell apart due to injuries and weight-cutting errors, UFC president Dana White declared Ferguson as next in line to face Nurmagomedov for the lightweight […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov unifies lightweight championship with UFC 242 submission of Dustin Poirier. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

On Saturday in Abu Dhabi, UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov thoroughly thrashed Dustin Poirier to retain his title. With the world in his grip, “The Eagle” has one man in his sights: Tony Ferguson. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

For all the seriousness Khabib Nurmagomedov usually projects, it turns out the UFC lightweight champion has a sense of humor after all. Nurmagomedov moved his undefeated record to a remarkable 28-0 and retained his title Saturday with a third-round submission win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 242. Afterward, Nurmagomedov – and you know he must’ve […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov and Dustin Poirier will clash in the UFC 242 main event Saturday. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting MMA Fighting has UFC 242 results for the Khabib vs. Poirier fight card from the The Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, live blogs of the top fights, and live UFC 242 […]

Dustin Poirier will try to upset Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 242 on Saturday. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting The UFC 242 start time, TV schedule for the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Dustin Poirier event at the The Arena in Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, on Saturday. The fight card is broken into three different parts and […]

Davi Ramos is undefeated with four UFC wins since moving back down to lightweight. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Davi Ramos wanted a good challenge and a top-15 opponent after winning four in a row in the UFC, and he’s getting both Saturday in Abu Dhabi, when he faces No. 15-ranked lightweight Islam Makhachev in […]

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Sherdog’s live UFC 242 “Khabib vs. Poirier” coverage begins Saturday at 10:15 a.m. ET. View full post on Recent News on Sherdog.com

Dustin Poirier | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Ten years ago, a camera crew followed Dustin Poirier as he started out on a path toward the major MMA scene. At the time, Poirier was a novice, just months into his professional fight career. Yet when the resulting film, Fightville, was released, the first words out of […]