Image Credit: Getty Images Conor McGregor is making his return to the welterweight division and one former UFC fighter thinks he’s eyeing Jorge Masvidal. McGregor is set to step back inside the Octagon on Jan. 18. He’ll go one-on-one with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in Las Vegas. The “Notorious” one hasn’t been seen in action since
Month: December 2019
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman says that the 170lbs weight class is the most exciting division right now in the UFC. Usman won the UFC welterweight championship earlier this year when he dominated Tyron Woodley en route to a lopsided decision at UFC 235. He is set to make his
Welcome to Midnight Mania! I’ll be honest, I really was hoping to find a different headline for tonight’s article. The circumstances surrounding the abduction and murder of Aniah Blanchard — UFC Heavyweight Walt Harris’ step daughter — are neither “weird” nor “wild.” It’s all just disgustingly sad. Nevertheless, more details have emerged regarding Blanchard’s death
The man accused of kidnapping UFC heavyweight Walt Harris’s stepdaughter, Aniah Blanchard, will now face capital murder charges with the prosecution seeking the death penalty. The remains of 19-year-old Blanchard were positively identified by Auburn, Ala. police last week following a forensic investigation into a body discovered. Blanchard had been missing since Oct. 23. Police previously
Go behind the scenes with UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic while he’s working his non-Octagon job at the fire station. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. To start your 7-day free trial, visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages To order UFC Pay-Per-Views,
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12:00 PM ET Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show will again be high on star power, with Tony Ferguson giving his thoughts on fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov for the UFC lightweight belt on April 18. Kicking off the show will be Helwani’s reaction to the recently scheduled bouts between Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone and Ferguson vs. Khabib.
Middleweights Brad Tavares and Antonio Carlos Junior have verbally agreed to meet in a three-round contest at UFC Brasilia on March 14, multiple sources told MMA Fighting following a report by Combate. Contracts have yet to be signed, sources said. The Fight Night card will take place at the Nilson Nelson gymnasium in Brasilia, Brazil.
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Henry Cejudo has taken another dig at Jose Aldo. Cejudo has been trash-talking several fighters while he is sidelined with an injury to set up a possible fight. The flyweight and bantamweight world champion was in Brazil and took a picture declaring himself as the king of
Image via @ufc on Instagram Tyron Woodley is able to see the positives in his defeat to Kamaru Usman. Back in March, Woodley put the UFC welterweight championship on the line against Usman. While “The Chosen One” had looked unstoppable at 170 pounds, Usman had the style and pressure to dethrone Woodley after five rounds
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s bantamweight champion, Holly Holm, was pulled from the UFC 243 pay-per-view (PPV) event last October in Melbourne, thanks to a short-notice injury that left opponent, Raquel Pennington, with no other choice but to hit the showers. With her hamstring tendon all patched up and ready to go, Holm will
By his own admission, Conor McGregor needs to get himself back on track. That means both inside and outside of the cage. One feeds the other for McGregor. When he’s busy in the cage, he tends to fight well and get in less trouble outside of the cage. But we’ve seen over the past three
Rugby star James Haskell’s signing to Bellator was met with notable enthusiasm, but the former English international’s announcement that he would be taking part in the U.K. reality TV show I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! was not greeted with the same optimism. Haskell is currently taking part in the reality series that pits
Image Credit: Getty Images Logan Paul is talking to Tito Ortiz on potentially dipping his toes in the MMA waters. Paul is a popular YouTuber with two boxing matches. Paul had an amateur boxing match with fellow Internet sensation KSI, which ended in a draw. The two had a rematch, which was a professional bout.
A wild video of a double knockdown leading to a KO victory for one fighter has emerged from Portugal’s ECE promotion on Enfusion TV. It’s a pretty crazy video that needs to be seen to be believed. Check out the footage below, courtesy of Enfusion Live (h/t MikeyThomasMMA on Twitter). A Double Knockdown/KO In A
Tyson Fury is a bad man. And so is his father John, who didn’t take UFC president Dana White’s recent comments doubting his son’s ability to hang in the UFC. Tyson has been talking about a potential mixed martial arts run for the past couple of weeks, and went so far as to spend a