Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 9, 2023, 08:00 PM ET DALLAS – Jake Paul has shaken up his coaching staff following his first career loss. The YouTube-star-turned-prizefighter told ESPN on Tuesday that he is now working with trainers Theo Chambers and legendary retired boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley, along with his longtime coach J’Leon Love, a
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Jake Paul was caught off guard by Nate Diaz’s lack of hostility at their first pre-fight press conference on Tuesday. The younger Diaz brother is finally set to make his lifelong dream of competing in a professional boxing match a reality. Along with that comes several press obligations and the media festivities kicked off this
Outlook: The peculiar case of Petr Yan continues. The illegal knee he threw against Sterling remains one of the biggest “what ifs” in recent memory, considering his dominant run to the title. Since then, he has lost three in a row. It says something about his strength of schedule and quality of performances that he
Merab Dvalishvili has accepted the challenge he received from former UFC champion Henry Cejudo. UFC 288 took place last Saturday, May 6th which saw Aljamain Sterling (23-3 MMA) defeat Henry Cejudo (16-3 MMA) via split decision in the main event. With the victory, Sterling has successfully defended his bantamweight title 3 times. Following the defeat,
This weekend (Sat., May 13, 2023), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) travels to the Spectrum Center in North Carolina for UFC Charlotte. Back on ABC for the first time in several months, Heavyweights will headline the four-fight main card, as knockout artist Jairzinho Rozenstruik will put his ranking on the line opposite rising submission ace, Jailton
First The Ultimate Fighter 31 trailer released The UFC has released the first trailer teasing the 31st season of the reality show The Ultimate Fighter. This season will feature coaches Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler who share no love for each other … at least according to the video. The pair can be seen trading
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 11:01 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Two-time Professional Fighters League lightweight champion Kayla Harrison believes the chances of her ever meeting Cris “Cyborg” Justino are “slim” following Justino’s decision to re-sign with Bellator MMA last week.
Chaos reigns on the latest episode of the MMA Fighting Rankings Show as the crew tie up some loose ends for UFC 288. Co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee are joined by their good pals Jed Meshew and Damon Martin to debate where Henry Cejudo falls in the bantamweight division after his split decision
With the announcement of Power Slap 2 arriving May 24 in Las Vegas, it’s the perfect time to get caught up on anything you might have missed from the inaugural event, Power Slap 1. You can watch several of the key bouts in their entirety below, and learn about the key players returning to the
Four PFL fighters have tested positive for banned substances, including Thiago Santos. The Professional Fighters League have multiple fighters who have been flagged for submitting samples which were deemed positive for banned substances. ‘MMA Fighting’ broke the news via ‘Twitter‘: Four fighters have failed their drug tests during the PFL’s 2023 season. 📰 https://t.co/SMEHBNFyH5 (via
DALLAS, TEXAS — Nate Diaz unsurprisingly wasn’t amused by today’s (Tues., May 9, 2023) pre-fight press conference for his upcoming boxing match against Jake Paul. Touching down in Dallas, Texas, for their first pre-fight press conference, Paul and Diaz took center stage. Fashionably late as per usual, Diaz didn’t end up enjoying his time, finding
Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz Press Conference Face-offs Video Jake Paul and Nate Diaz started slap-boxing during their press conference face-off on Tuesday in Dallas, Texas to promote their August 5 boxing match. After a 45-minute press conference on Tuesday, Paul and Diaz squared off for the first time and sized each other up. [embedded
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterMay 8, 2023, 07:01 PM ET The UFC has a new main event for May 20. A women’s strawweight contender bout between Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill has been moved to the UFC Fight Night headliner in Las Vegas, sources confirmed Monday with ESPN. Dern vs. Hill was originally scheduled for
Dominck Cruz is flabbergasted one judge gave Aljamain Sterling the fifth round of his UFC 288 title defense against Henry Cejudo – to him, that was the easiest frame to give to Cejudo. But Cruz is also relieved that, judging questions aside, Cejudo’s late surge didn’t win him the fight. He believes the bantamweight division
Power Slap 2 features three title matches and begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and is available live and free across the globe on Rumble. Rumble is available for free on desktop, mobile and web at www.rumble.com, iOS, Android, Roku, AppleTV, FireTV, Google TV and LG TV. Headlining Power Slap 2 will be a
UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling believes Dana White will help force his next fight. ‘The Funk Master’ returned to the octagon over the weekend in the main event of UFC 288. There, he faced former flyweight and bantamweight champion, Henry Cejudo. ‘Triple C’ had been out of action since a stoppage win over Dominick Cruz
UFC president Dana White has confirmed the UFC’s plans to put together a massive Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic heavyweight title fight for November’s UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden. There had previously been discussion around Jones vs. Miocic for UFC 290 in July during International Fight Week, but for whatever reason that didn’t come
Sean O’Malley: ‘I thought Henry Cejudo won’ Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling retained his title on Saturday in the UFC 288 main event with a split decision over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo, but top contender Sean O’Malley did not see it that way. O’Malley had cage side seats to the fights. He was guaranteed the
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