PFL offers Rolls Royce on top of $3 million payday for Cris Cyborg vs. Kayla Harrison superfight It’s clear that the PFL wants Cris “Cyborg” Justino to fight Kayla Harrison now, more than ever. Shortly after Harrison lost her first ever MMA bout, Cyborg took to Twitter to joke that PFL saved money not booking
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UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira — literally — wants to see Brendan Schaub put his money where his mouth is. Following Pereira’s stunning late finish of Israel Adesanya at UFC 281, Schaub reacted to the new champion’s potential reign and said he believes Pereira doesn’t beat “a single guy in the top-five.” Additionally, when a
12:57 PM ET Professional Fighters League co-founder Donn Davis says he believes a fight between two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison and MMA legend Cris “Cyborg” Justino is actually more likely to happen in 2023 following Harrison’s stunning upset loss to Larissa Pacheco last week in the PFL lightweight finals. Harrison (15-1) was set to capture
Pearce is one of the more intriguing “under the radar” competitors in the UFC at the moment. The 30-year-old Tennessee native, who trains with the Fight Ready crew in Scottsdale, has quietly put together four straight wins since moving to the featherweight division following a first-round stoppage loss to Joe Lauzon at lightweight in his
Nate Diaz is watching the drama unfold between Conor McGregor and Artem Lobov. Two of MMA’s closest friends have now become enemies. Conor McGregor and Artem Lobov were one-time close buddies and training partners. McGregor even got Lobov into The Ultimate Fighter cast and chose him with his first pick as a coach. Now, the
Conor McGregor has blasted Anthony Smith. Recently, Smith took aim at McGregor for not being in the USADA testing pool. He says it bothers him due to the fact the Irishman is getting closer to a return while his friend Chris Weidman is not. “It bothers the f**k out of me. Like that, he pulled
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is working hard to book two-time title challenger Colby Covington against undefeated welterweight sensation Khamzat Chimaev for an upcoming pay-per-view (PPV) card in March (more on those plans here). That’s because the promotion is expected to approve immediate rematches for both the welterweight and middleweight titles following upsets from Leon Edwards
UFC lightweight Paddy Pimblett and YouTube content creator turned boxer Jake Paul have engaged in a back-and-forth over the last two days. Pimblett got Paul’s attention with comments he made earlier this week during an appearance on Pub Talk. “The Baddy” said that he thinks Paul’s boxing matches are ‘fixed’ after watching Paul’s win over
Anthony Smith has now answered Conor McGregor in their ongoing war of words after the former two-division champion dropped out of the UFC’s anti-doping program while recovering from a broken leg. The situation boiled over after Smith took exception to McGregor removing himself from the United States Anti-Doping Agency testing pool, which means he has
2:10 PM ET Nate Diaz‘s time with the UFC is officially over. At least for now. The longtime UFC fighter and one of the biggest stars in MMA has officially been removed from the UFC roster, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN on Tuesday. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news. The final fight
It’s the most sustained run of success Barberena has enjoyed over the course of his eight-year, 15-fight career inside the Octagon, and the father of three is very clear about why things have really started to click for him this year. “I had been traveling for a while — traveling for camps, being gone all week
UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal feels Kayla Harrison should keep her head held high despite her first professional loss. Harrison lost to Larissa Pacheco via unanimous decision at the 2022 PFL Championships this past weekend in New York City. It was the first loss of her MMA career after breezing past her competition with 15 consecutive
Kayla Harrison is disappointed in her performance. Harrison suffered her first career loss in the main event of the 2022 PFL Championship as she dropped a decision to Larissa Pacheco. The fight was competitive but Pacheco was able to do enough to stun Harrison and become the new PFL champ. Harrison – who had defeated
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paddy Pimblett does fully fit into the usual criteria for a potential Jake Paul opponent. For one, “The Baddy” remains in the prime of his career. Worse yet, he’s still in the midst of his UFC contract, not free to pursue a boxing match without … complications. However, there are some
UFC lightweight star Paddy Pimblett recently said that he thinks Jake Paul’s boxing matches are ‘fixed,’ and Paul took offense to Pimblett’s comments. “They are a gang of idiots,” Pimblett said about YouTube boxers during an appearance on Pub Talk. “I give Jake Paul his due now, he’s training that much he probably could beat some
With Jiri Prochazka making the decision to vacate the light heavyweight title after suffering an injury that knocked him out of the UFC 282 event with Glover Teixeira, did the UFC make the right call going with Jan Blachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev for the vacant championship? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning,
Welterweights occupy the penultimate spot on this weekend’s fight card, as well, as Bryan Barberena looks to extend his winning streak to four when he takes on two-division standout Rafael Dos Anjos. After dropping his first fight following life-saving abdominal surgery in late 2020, “Bam Bam” has collected consecutive victories over Darian Weeks, Matt Brown,
A veteran boxing official has shockingly admitted that he cheated in order to ensure that Manny Pacquiao defeated Nedal Hussein in 2000. Over two decades ago, then-prospect Pacquiao shared the ring with another thought-to-be rising star in “Skinny” Hussein, who was widely expected to establish his name on the global scene soon enough. And in