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Frankie Edgar shares who could be greatest UFC lightweight ever
Frankie Edgar thinks the fighter who currently holds UFC lightweight gold is on track to be the greatest the division has ever seen. A former titleholder himself, Edgar (24-11-1 MMA, 18-11-1 UFC) ...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Ignacio Bahamondes doesn't think Ilia Topuria should get UFC lightweight title shot
MEXICO CITY – Ignacio Bahamondes just put his name in the hat for a potential fight against former UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria. Bahamondes (17-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC), a young, rising ...Yahoo Sports - 9h -
UFC on ESPN 64 winner MarQuel Mederos says 'f*ck it' and calls out lightweight veteran
MEXICO CITY – MarQuel Mederos wasn't totally thrilled with his performance, so a callout wasn't the first thing on his mind. But just as he was going to officially decline a namedrop once and for ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Ilia Topuria confirms UFC promise and fires back at Charles Oliveira
Topuria vacated the featherweight title in February, with the aim of challenging for the lightweight belt nextYahoo Sports - 3d -
World champion boxer Tevin Farmer reveals Tourette’s diagnosis amid fan ‘concern’
Farmer held the IBF super-featherweight belt from 2017 until 2020 and came close to winning WBC lightweight gold on SaturdayYahoo Sports - 2d -
Brighton 0-3 Aston Villa - the fans' verdict
Jon: Another game in which Brighton are outperformed by a physically stronger and well organised team. Just as they did with Everton and Nottingham Forest, Brighton seemed lightweight compared ...Yahoo Sports - 23h -
Dan Hardy: No shortage of 2025 PFL fighters who could hang in UFC right now
Dan Hardy is confident many of the PFL's top stars would succeed in the UFC. The PFL analyst specifically referred to Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov's (19-0) successful title ...Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Streaking Heat next get to see if they can punch up in class vs. Celtics, Grizzlies, Bucks
BOSTON – In defeating the flyweights, bantamweights and featherweights amid this five-game winning streak, the Miami Heat have shown they can pack a punch against NBA lightweights. Not that the ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Dillon Danis vows to retire Tony Ferguson ahead of GFL matchup
Dillon Danis plans to put the nail in the coffin of Tony Ferguson's MMA career. Danis (2-0), who is a part of GFL's Team New York, takes on Team Los Angeles' Ferguson (25-11) in a lightweight main ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Michael Bisping: 'We would all sign off on' Justin Gaethje vs. Islam Makhachev
Michael Bisping sees a world where Justin Gaethje is next in line for UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. Gaethje (26-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) returned to the win column after defeating Rafael Fiziev ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Henry Cejudo suggests Khabib Nurmagomedov could prevent Makhachev vs. Topuria from happening
Henry Cejudo believes UFC Hall of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov could get in the way of Islam Makhachev defending his lightweight title against Ilia Topuria. In a chat with Cejudo this past December, ...Yahoo Sports - 1d