Welcome to Midnight Mania! Thus far, there’s been a pattern to Jake Paul’s career. Four of his six victories come against MMA fighters, specifically older and smaller fighters. He branched from his comfort zone last time out when he faced Tommy Fury, a young man like himself who actually had a decent amount of professional
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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2023, 06:57 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Undisputed featherweight boxing champion Amanda Serrano is heading back to her secondary sport — mixed martial arts. Serrano signed a deal with
Jake Paul is calling his shot for Saturday’s big boxing match with Nate Diaz. “My prediction is a fifth-round knockout,” Paul said Wednesday on The MMA Hour. “I’m not concerned. I know I want it more and I know what I did in training, and we had people that mimic exactly how he fights. And
“That’s why I started a little bit slow in the fight; I did get the finish, but I was ready to fight Joanderson two weeks later,” Buzukja said. “They ended up signing Westin Wilson and he got flatlined. I told (Sean) Shelby I’m training hard, keeping my weight low, and once the call comes, I’m
‘It will be a fun fight’ Jacoby knows both he and Kennedy Nzechukwu like to stand and trade and believes both thrive when the going gets tough. However, Dustin Jacoby does think he can clip Nzechukwu from what he has seen in his past fights. “We have fought some similar opponents and been around him in
Paulo Costa hates Khamzat Chimaev. I’m not sure what transpired between “The Eraser” and “Borz” to elicit such a strong emotional response, other than both fighters occupying real estate in the crowded middleweight title chase, but Costa wants to use that hatred to fuel his performance against Chimaev at the UFC 294 pay-per-view (PPV) event
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 12:50 PM ET Kelvin Gastelum announced Tuesday that he is injured and out of the scheduled UFC Noche co-main event Sept. 16 due to a facial fracture sustained in training. His scheduled opponent was Shavkat Rakhmonov. Gastelum would have been making his return to welterweight for the first
For the second time in its history, The MMA Hour is taking its show on the road. We’re live from Dallas, site of Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz. Our first show of the special Paul vs. Diaz road edition airs live on Wednesday, beginning at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT / 8 p.m.
In true MMA tradition, Fighters Only gives the world’s fight fans the power to vote for their favourite fighters, knockouts and submissions that amazed them, and which nominees impressed them the most over the past year to determine who takes home a coveted Fighters Only World MMA Award. This is the only awards show where
BJPENN.com Fighter Picks Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz: Chris Daukaus, UFC light heavyweight: I’m pulling for Nate Diaz. I do hope he goes out there, wins, and gets a pocket full of cash and maybe even a rematch. Vicente Luque, UFC welterweight: I got Nate Diaz. He has too much experience for Paul and has
Andres Waters Aug 1, 2023, 11:00 PM ET The move from Michael Chandler’s team to Conor McGregor’s team appears to have paid off for Brad Katona. On last week’s episode of “The Ultimate Fighter,” Katona, a Season 31 bantamweight semifinalist and the Season 27 winner, accepted the opportunity to swap teams and train with Team
Brad Katona is back in The Ultimate Fighter finals. Five years ago, Katona (12-2) emerged as the winner of TUF 27 competing at featherweight and he now has the chance to become the first-ever two-time winner of the long-running reality show after advancing to the TUF 31 bantamweight final with a split decision win over
Holland is the lone newcomer to the welterweight rankings this week, entering the rankings at No. 12 off his submission victory against Chiesa on Saturday. Middleweight Thirteen fighters moved up exactly one spot in the middleweight division this week and one fighter is a new entrant as a result of another fighter leaving the division.
On Saturday night at UFC 291, Tony Ferguson was submitted in the final seconds of his fight against Bobby Green. It marks his sixth straight loss inside the Octagon, following on from a run in which he established himself as one of the best lightweights of all time. It’s been a hard transition for many
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Sorry Michael Chandler, but the Conor McGregor snowball appears to be rolling in a new direction. Last Saturday (July 29, 2023), Justin Gaethje scored arguably the best win of his entire career by smoking Dustin Poirier with a second-round high kick (watch highlights) in the main event of UFC 291. It
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2023, 12:56 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Light heavyweight title contenders Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker will meet at UFC 294 in October, sources confirmed to ESPN. The 205-pound bout will take place on Oct. 21 in
UFC 291 is in the books — and the rankings crew is getting called out! Mike Heck and Jed Meshew join co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee this week to debate the state of the light heavyweight division following Alex Pereira’s successful debut over Jan Blachowicz and respond to the fiery criticism of former
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