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Yahoo
25-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Live: UFC on ABC 9 preview with Farah Hannoun and Mike Bohn (2 p.m. ET)
ABU DHABI – It's fight week once again in the Middle East. MMA Junkie staff reporter Farah Hannoun is boots on the ground on Yas Island as UFC on ABC 9 takes place Saturday at Etihad Arena. In anticipation of the event headlined by Robert Whittaker vs. Reinier de Ridder, Hannoun will be joined by MMA Junkie senior reporter Mike Bohn on Friday at 2 p.m. ET to preview the event from top to bottom – and to answer your questions. Check out the live stream above and please submit your question. Farah and Mike would love to hear from you! This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC on ABC 9 preview with Farah Hannoun and Mike Bohn
Forbes
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Report: Fighter Released After UFC 317 Weight Miss Gets DWCS Booking
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 28: A general view of the Octagon during the UFC 317 event at T-Mobile ... More Arena on June 28, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC) Christopher Ewert had a rollercoaster ride of a fight week. The UFC brought Ewert in to serve as a late-replacement opponent opposite Jackson McVey on the UFC 317 fight card. However, Ewert was released by the promotion during the official weigh-ins for the event, with the UFC commentary team announcing that the fight was off after Ewert was 10 pounds heavy for the middleweight matchup. While Ewert might not be a member of the UFC roster any longer, he will still reportedly get a chance to earn a UFC roster spot through the Dana White's Contender Series. 'People don't understand how much we tried and we started the cut at 216,' Ewert's coach Javier Torres told MMA Fighting after Ewert had been released. 'When we got to Vegas, we checked in at 216 pounds. [Friday] '[Our] flight was leaving from Phoenix 8:30 a.m., [and got] delayed until 11:05 a.m. and we got to Vegas 1 p.m. We did bunch of media, pictures, obligations for UFC. We [had] a small window from 4-6 pm, [so] we did a small cut — a 30-minute run, pad, mitts, sauna, [and] mummy.' 'We told our business partner [we wanted]'[Mick Maynard, our business partner] and I [talked] at 4 a.m., I told him what was happening. Chris started getting cramps, small ones. 'I let him rest, he couldn't sleep for shit. We checked his weight at 6:45 a.m., then we started [the cut again] at 7:15 — run and pads with the sauna suit on, and we got in the sauna and we did the mummy with sauna suit on. And we did this process again until 9:30 am. 'We did try super (expletive) hard. We cut 22 pounds from Wednesday to Friday morning.' Ewert got the call for UFC 317 when McVey's opponent Sedriques Dumas was forced from the card. However, on Sunday, Carlos Contreras Legaspi of ESPNDeportes reported that Ewert, who was scheduled to compete on the upcoming season of Dana White's Contender Series would remain on the schedule for an appearance on the August 12 edition of the DWCS against Yuri Panferov. As for Ewert's scheduled opponent for UFC 317, McVey, he weighed in at 185 pounds for the canceled bout. Forbes reached out to the UFC for confirmation on Legaspi's report. Ewert is 7-0 as a pro with five knockout wins and two victories via decision. His most recent fight came in January when he defeated Reese Watkins via unanimous decision on a Fury Fighting Championship card.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
UFC 317 'Embedded,' No. 4: Renato Moicano channels his inner Brad Pitt at F1 Experience
The UFC is back in its "Sin City" home base for International Fight Week and UFC 317, its seventh pay-per-view of the calendar year, and the popular "Embedded" fight week video series is here to document what's happening behind the scenes. UFC 317 (pay-per-view, ESPN, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Advertisement In the headliner, the vacant 155-pound title is on the line between former featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) and ex-lightweight titleholder Charles Oliveira (35-10 MMA, 23-10 UFC). Topuria vacated the 145-pound belt to move to lightweight for a shot at a title in a second division. The co-feature is a flyweight title fight between champion Alexandre Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) and challenger Kai Kara-France (25-11 MMA, 8-4 UFC). The fourth episode of "Embedded" follows the featured fighters while they get ready for fight week. Here is the UFC's description of the episode from YouTube: Renato Moicano tests his F1 pit crew skills; Charles Oliveira hits pads; Beneil Dariush has his mind blown; Payton Talbott arrives in Las Vegas; UFC 317 athletes kick off fight week with their check ins; Ilia Topuria trains while his son hits pads; Kai Kara-France is cheered on by Alexander Volkanovski. Previous episodes of UFC 317 embedded This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 317 Embedded 4: Renato Moicano channels his inner Brad Pitt at F1
