Month: December 2019

Image Credit: Mark J. Rebilas of USA TODAY Sports The Korean Zombie (Chan Sung Jung) feels that the UFC matchmakers should hold off on a potential rematch between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway and greenlight a bout between himself and the new champion instead. Alexander Volkanovski became the new UFC featherweight champion when he defeated

Image: PFL Former Olympic judoka Kayla Harrison is a little over a day out from a championship clash with Larissa Pachecho. The winner of this bout, which headline the final Professional Fighters League (PFL) event of the year, will pocket a whopping $1M prize. In addition to this $1M prize, which is awarded to the

Rizin’s year-end extravaganza hits the Internet early tomorrow morning (Tues., Dec. 31, 2019) with three title fights and the conclusion of its Lightweight Grand Prix in tow. In the main event, 26-year-old phenom Kai Asakura looks to build off of his brutal upset of Kyoji Horiguchi against fellow knockout artist Manel Kape. The promotion’s top

Dana White: Max Holloway 100-percent deserves immediate rematch… maybe in Australia [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Though Alexander Volkanovski looked sharp in taking the UFC featherweight title from Max Holloway at UFC 245, he’ll likely have to make his first defense against the Hawaiian to solidify his status as champion. Holloway had won 14

Image Credit: Amanda Westcott/SHOWTIME Gervonta Davis is still undefeated and has added another piece of gold to his mantle after stopping Yuriorkis Gamboa. Davis was already the WBA (Super) super featherweight champion, but he went for the WBA (Regular) lightweight gold last night (Dec. 28). Davis vs. Gamboa headlined a card held inside the State

Last week, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took to Twitter to bash his UFC 247 opponent Dominick Reyes. “Dominic watching your interviews, it’s obvious you think you’re better than me,” Jones wrote. “You never struggled with substance abuse, you have your big degrees, was always team captain at everything. We get it. “I’ve been

It’s crazy to think that the next couple of weekends are going to be UFC-free, and even crazier knowing things kick right back into high gear on January 18th with the return of Conor McGregor against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. It just doesn’t feel real yet: the typical circus surrounding a McGregor fight hasn’t

Fedor clarifies retirement comments after knocking out Rampage Jackson [embedded content] (Courtesy of MMAFightingonSBN) Fedor Emelianenko wasted no time putting a stamp on his final fight in Japan.  Two minutes and 44 seconds into his Bellator Japan headlining fight, he landed a right hand that put fellow Pride FC veteran Quinton “Rampage” Jackson face down

1:28 AM ET Fedor Emelianenko‘s farewell tour is off to an outstanding start. Emelianenko landed a big right hand to knock out Quinton Jackson at 2:40 of the first round Saturday night in the main event of Bellator Japan at Saitama Super Arena. It was the first time Jackson had been stopped since 2005 and

Another year is coming to a close, which means it’s time for the 2019 MMA News Awards. Fight fans weren’t short on witnessing memorable moments in 2019. From the emergence of a familiar face in Jorge Masvidal to a new star being born in Israel Adesanya, MMA in 2019 won’t soon be forgotten. The MMA

Before UFC 246 takes place next month featuring a welterweight main event between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone, check out this fan-made promo video. The YouTuber Youssef Hannoun created the following promo video for UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone. Check it out below. [embedded content] When McGregor meets Cerrone in the main event of UFC