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UFC 261 Free Fight: Watch Jessica Andrade stop Katlyn Chookagian April 22, 2021 Jessica Andrade‘s flyweight debut against Katlyn Chookagian earned her Performance of the Night honors on Fight Island in October. The former strawweight champion looks to win the belt in her second division when she takes on Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261. Take a look back at Andrade’s first-round finish of Chookagian in her last outing.

UFC 261 free fight: watch Valentina Shevchenko defeat Jennifer Maia April 22, 2021 Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko continued her dominant run as champion this past November with a defeat of Jennifer Maia at UFC 255. On Saturday, April 24, Shevchenko will put her belt on the line again against former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade. The Shevchenko and Andrade women’s flyweight title fight is one of three title bouts featured on Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view. The strawweight title is on the line in the fight card’s co-main event between champion Zhang Weili and former cham...

Tabatha Ricci looking to stay undefeated at LFA 105 April 21, 2021 Coming into 2021 with an undefeated record, strawweight Tabatha Ricci was looking to keep her winning ways going when she faced Vanessa Grimes at LFA 95 this past January. For Ricci it didn’t take long to establish herself as someone to watch in her new promotion, submitting Grimes just 67 seconds into the first round of their bout. “I just fought Vanessa Grimes at the end of January and it was a great fight for me,” Ricci told MMAWeekly.com. “It was a great experience. I think she was a great opponent. I’m very than...

Amanda Nunes puts bantamweight title on the line at UFC 265 against Julianna Pena April 15, 2021 Two-division UFC champion Amanda Nunes will put her bantamweight title on the line against Julianna Pena in August. UFC president Dana White broke the news to ESPN on Thursday. The title fight is expected to take place on the UFC 265 pay-per-view card. The event doesn’t yet have a specific date or location, but the fight promotion is targeting the Aug. 7 date. Nunes (21-4) holds both the women’s 135-pound title and the 145-pound championship. “The Lioness” hasn’t tasted defeat sin...

Julia Budd expects to shine at Bellator 257 April 15, 2021 Following a loss to Cris Cyborg in January that cost her the Bellator featherweight championship, and the onset of the coronavirus lockdowns, for former titleholder Julia Budd getting an opportunity to close out her 2020 against Jessy Miele at Bellator 244 last August was a big thing. Budd was able to pick up a unanimous decision victory over Miele and get herself back on track, continuing the trend of never having lost two fights in a row during her 11-year career. “I felt like it was awesome that I was able to get back in there af...