UFC news: Tai Tuivasa to take on replacement fighter after Don’Tale Mayes withdraws from Las Vegas fight

Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa has revealed he almost disappeared onto the notorious Las Vegas strip after learning his opponent for Sunday’s UFC Fight Night, American Don’Tale Mayes, had withdrawn, saying: “I was so close to going out and getting pissed”.Famed for celebrating his Octagon wins with a ‘Shoey’, 28-year-old Tuivasa has been forced to endure a last-minute change of opponent […]

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‘Madness’: UFC world fumes at illegal move

The UFC has once again been rocked by an illegal knee shot, with Darren Stewart’s bout against Eryk Anders in Las Vegas finishing as a controversial no-contest ruling. The middleweight fight was the first contest on Sunday’s UFC Vegas 21 main card, but ended in ugly circumstances following an illegal knee shot. Watch Live UFC with ESPN on Kayo. Full […]

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‘100 per cent illegal’ drama rocks UFC

In dramatic scenes, reigning UFC champion Petr Yan has been stripped of his belt after he was disqualified for an intentional foul. Facing off at UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Sunday AEDT, Yan was disqualified for planting a knee in the face of American opponent Aljamain Sterling. Sterling had a great start in the fight, landing two flying knees […]

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Live blog: UFC 259

While preparing for the biggest fight of her career, UFC title contender Megan Anderson earlier this year found herself the centre of attention she didn’t ask for — the focus of crude remarks by a male fighter. Casey Kenney, responding to a question on fellow UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley’s The Timbo Sugar Show podcast, cracked jokes about whether he would […]

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