Jesse Holland

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Staredowns! Hill faces off with Rountree Jr. at UFC Baku weigh ins

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

YouTube - UFC The UFC Baku ceremonial weigh ins are officially in the books (watch the video replay here) for this Saturday’s (June 21, 2025) combat sports fight card in Azerbaijan. That’s where former champion and No. 4-ranked contender Jamahal Hill collides with No. 7-ranked Khalil Rountree Jr., a five round showdown that streams on ABC (main card) and ESPN2 (prelims), as well as the ESPN+ digital network. For UFC Baku early weigh ins text results click here.
Live: UFC Baku ceremonial weigh ins video results | Hill vs. Rountree Jr.

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

With the UFC Baku early (and official) weigh ins already in the books (get complete results and updates here), the promotion will trot all 24 fighters back onto the stage for the ceremonial festivities, taking place LIVE at 10 a.m. ET inside Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. That’s the same venue that hosts the “Hill vs.
UFC Baku preview: ‘Hill vs. Rountree Jr.’ main, co-main event predictions

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC Atlanta mixed martial arts (MMA) event, set to go down tomorrow night (Sat., June 21, 2025) on ABC and ESPN+ at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan. UFC Baku features a light heavyweight main event between former 205-pound champion Jamahal Hill and venerable division “War Horse” Khalil Rountree Jr., a five-round showdown with serious title implications for late 2025 and beyond.
UFC Baku Early Weigh Ins Results

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jesse Holland |Alexander Behunin

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage its early and official weigh ins at 9 a.m. local time for this weekend’s UFC Baku mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ABC. Unfortunately for stateside fight fans, Baku is eight hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, so most of us will be asleep by the time the first fighter hits the scale at 1 a.m. ET. AdvertisementNo worries, we got some West Coast homies to get the job done.
UFC Baku Early Weigh Ins Results

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland |Alexander Behunin

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage its early and official weigh ins at 9 a.m. local time for this weekend’s UFC Baku mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ABC. Unfortunately for stateside fight fans, Baku is eight hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time, so most of us will be asleep by the time the first fighter hits the scale at 1 a.m. ET. No worries, we got some West Coast homies to get the job done.
Kevin Lee doesn’t blame MMA fans for ‘the write off’ - but does plan to ‘shut them up’ with PFL victory in Wichita

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Zuffa LLC Fight fans have already forgotten about Francis Ngannou, one of the most feared heavyweights in the history of MMA, which is why former UFC lightweight, Kevin Lee, doesn’t blame the combat sports community for writing him off. But it sounds like the “Motown Phenom” is going to “shut them up” with a breakout performance against PFL lightweight champion Gadzhi Rabadanov atop tomorrow night’s (June 20) fight card inside INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
Best Revenge Is To SHUT THEM UP

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Jesse Holland

Fight fans have already forgotten about Francis Ngannou, one of the most feared heavyweights in the history of MMA, which is why former UFC lightweight, Kevin Lee, doesn’t blame the combat sports community for writing him off. But it sounds like the “Motown Phenom” is going to “shut them up” with a breakout performance against PFL lightweight champion Gadzhi Rabadanov atop tomorrow night’s (June 20) fight card inside INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
Free MMA! Watch Combate Female full event LIVE on YouTube TONIGHT!

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

Combate Global is just a couple of hours away from its all-women’s mixed martial arts (MMA) event, “Combate Female,” streaming LIVE in both Spanish and English on YouTube as well as on Samsung TV Plus for stateside fans TONIGHT (Thurs., June 19, 2025) at 8 p.m. ET (5 p.m. PT) in the embedded video above. The Combate Female main event will feature the strawweight (115 pounds) showdown between undefeated Melissa “Mamba” Amaya (7-0) and well-traveled Shooto standout Megumi Sugimoto (11-4-3).
‘Deep faith’ helping Biaggio Ali Walsh find his fighting spirit ahead of PFL return on June 27 in Chicago (Video)

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

For most of his life, Biaggio Ali Walsh has been known as Muhammad Ali’s grandson. But now the 26 year-old lightweight is ready to step out of his grandfather’s considerably long shadow and cement his own legacy in combat sports, a journey that continues against “Windy City” slugger Ronnie Gibs this weekend on the ESPN+ digital network. Ali Walsh vs. Gibs is part of the PFL: “Edwards vs. Silveira” lineup on June 27 in Chicago.
‘Company man’ Jon Jones suggests inactivity is protecting UFC interests - ‘My job is to be still and take the punishment’

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Jesse Holland

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is holding up the 265-pound division with his super important “plans” that tacked on another six months to his combat sports layoff. As a result, an extremely “bored” Tom Aspinall recently became the longest-running interim titleholder in the history of the promotion. But what if Jones is taking a bullet for UFC?