Las Vegan Frank Mir was forced to pull out of his scheduled Strikeforce bout against Daniel Cormier, scheduled for Nov. 3 in Oklahoma City.
Mir, a former UFC champion, suffered an injury during training and will be unable to compete against the undefeated former Olympic wrestler in what was to be the final heavyweight bout in Strikeforce history.
Jon Koppenhaver will be one of the featured stories on the new series “Dark Side of the Cage.”
The off-market sale was brokered by Colliers and features two buildings which are 70 percent occupied by the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
UFC president Dana White, a longtime vocal supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, said last weekend that he most likely won’t get involved in politics again.
The UFC reached another settlement with one of the two class-action litigants, agreeing Thursday to pay the former fighters $375 million after a previous agreement was thrown out by a Nevada district judge.
After successfully hosting Power Slap 8 in June, the casino agreed to take on five live, televised matches.
UFC president Dana White couldn’t be happier with how UFC 306, the first live sporting event at Sphere, played out Saturday on Mexican Independence Day weekend.
UFC 306 at Sphere had no chance to live up to the kind of hype that had surrounded the event for weeks, yet somehow it may have been even better.
Merab Dvalashvili neutralized superstar striker Sean O’Malley to take the UFC bantamweight title in the first live sporting event at Sphere on Saturday.
Betting opportunities abound Saturday for Mexico’s Independence Day weekend with a UFC card at Sphere and a Canelo Alvarez boxing match at T-Mobile Arena.
UFC president Dana White promises to put on a show that will “never be done again” when sports and entertainment blend for the first live sporting event at Sphere.
