{"id":155167,"date":"2025-08-18T11:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=155167"},"modified":"2025-08-18T11:50:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T15:50:05","slug":"fans-connect-angel-reese-and-wendell-carter-jr-at-viral-ufc-319-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/18\/fans-connect-angel-reese-and-wendell-carter-jr-at-viral-ufc-319-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Connect Angel Reese and Wendell Carter Jr. at Viral UFC 319 Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans connected Angel Reese\u2019s WNBA stardom to her viral appearance at UFC 319 on Saturday night. Chicago Sky<\/a> forward and two-time WNBA All-Star Angel Reese<\/a> attended UFC 319 at the United Center in Chicago with Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., and she sparked buzz across social media. Although the 23-year-old has missed the Sky\u2019s last seven games because of a lingering back injury, she stayed in the spotlight off the court by showing up at the highly anticipated event\u2014headlined by middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis against challenger Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n

Angel Reese Out with Wendell Carter Jr<\/h2>\n

Fans Claim Reese Was On A Date With Carter Jr.<\/h3>\n

Reese is currently enjoying her time off the court, and no return date has been set yet. The 23-year-old, who has become one of the most recognizable faces in women\u2019s basketball, looked relaxed and happy as she posted clips from fight night. She shared her excitement in a post: \u201cUFC is so cool but SCARY\u201d on her Instagram stories. But it was another post with the caption \u201cdate night\u201d that caught everyone\u2019s attention and triggered fans’ reactions.<\/p>\n

While Reese didn\u2019t say who she was with, many fans connected the dots. They insisted it was Wendell Carter Jr. Some even said they saw the two together. ESPN\u2019s cameras showed them in the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas that not Angel Reese and Wendell Carter?\u201d a fan asked on X<\/a>. \u201cI swear that\u2019s Wendell Carter Jr.,\u201d another fan posted on X<\/a>. However, one fan claimed he saw Wendell Carter and Angel Reese while watching the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m watching this UFC fight & I see Wendell Carter & Angel Reese posted \ud83d\ude02,\u201d the fan wrote<\/a>. This claim was corroborated by another fan who posted: \u201cAngel Reese is at the UFC fights with Wendell Carter. Need the damn drop because she\u2019s looking good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speculation About Angel Reese and Carter Jr.\u2019s Relationship Persisted<\/h3>\n

Speculation that Reese and Carter are in a relationship has been circulating for some time. This intensified after Carter attended the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis to show his support for Reese. Carter was pictured wearing a t-shirt that showcased Reese\u2019s new signature shoes with Reebok, and he even posed for photos with her at the event. There were also rumours that Carter attended Reese’s 23rd birthday party last May.<\/p>\n

Reese also watched several Orlando Magic games<\/a> last season, adding more fuel to the rumours. However, some fans speculate that Reese goes to Orlando Magic games with her teammate Hailey Van Lith<\/a>, who is dating Magic star Jalen Suggs.<\/p>\n

Despite the intense speculation, neither Carter nor Reese have denied or confirmed that they are in a relationship. Wendell Carter Jr. was previously in the news for dating Connecticut Sun star Olivia Nelson-Ododa. Their relationship first attracted public attention when Olivia wrote \u201cI love you\u201d on a birthday post Wendell made for her. That post has since been deleted, leading fans to think that their relationship has ended \u2014 with signs now pointing to Carter Jr. possibly being in a relationship with Reese.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fans connected Angel Reese\u2019s WNBA stardom to her viral appearance at UFC 319 on Saturday night. Chicago Sky forward and two-time WNBA All-Star Angel Reese attended UFC 319 at the United Center in Chicago with Orlando Magic center Wendell Carter Jr., and she sparked buzz across social media. Although the 23-year-old has missed the Sky\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":155267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49709,1608],"tags":[49157,2957,49156,3259],"class_list":["post-155167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wnba","category-basketball","tag-angel-reese","tag-chicago-sky","tag-hailey-van-lith","tag-jalen-suggs"],"modified_by":"Zach Kircher","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155167"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155268,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155167\/revisions\/155268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}