Maycee Barber thinks Champion Valentina Shevchenko has been exposed. Fresh off her big win over Jessica Eye at UFC 276, Maycee Barber is looking to what could be lying ahead for the young upcoming star. Barber, at 24 years old, is moving her way up the flyweight rankings. Before the fight with Eye, Barber was
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8:22 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Max Holloway was walking backstage at the UFC Apex last week, just three days before he challenged Alexander Volkanovski in a trilogy bout for the featherweight title at UFC 276. When pressed with a question, the former featherweight champion — long one of the top fighters on the planet
Johnny Eblen didn’t surprise himself of any of his teammates this past Friday when he became the Bellator middleweight champion. In the main event of Bellator 282, Eblen swept the scorecards en route to dethroning Gegard Mousasi atop of the promotion’s 185-pound division with a complete, well-rounded showing. Many fans seemed shocked at the result
Back at the house… Walker gets her pre-fight call with her sister, Mackenzie, acknowledging afterwards that it made her both emotional and confident. She shows her sister the journaling she’s been doing in the house to fill her time, explaining that it has helped her reflect and gain a sense of peace as she progresses
Image Credit: UFC Khabib Nurmagomedov has named Michael Jordan as the celebrity he would want to fight if given the opportunity to do so. It’s well known within the mixed martial arts community that Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the best to ever do it, but within the landscape of sport in general, there are
The upcoming Bellator 283 event, which is set to go down on July 22, 2022 in Tacoma, Washington, has lost its main event. According to MMA Fighting, Patricky Pitbull will not be able to defend his Lightweight title against Syndey Outlaw after he was forced out with an injury. While details of the injury remain
Pedro Munhoz shares medical record following eye injury against Sean O’Malley Fans have not been kind to Pedro Munhoz following his no-contest over Sean O’Malley at UFC 276. They’ve taken to social media to blast the veteran fighter for faking the eye injury to “get out” of the fight (of which the judges scored for
Full Send reporter Shawny Mack has commented about being slapped by Nate Diaz backstage at UFC 276. A video of the UFC welterweight slapping Mack has quickly gone viral on social media. Mack, who was covering UFC 276 for the Full Send podcast, started interviewing Diaz just before the main card got underway, asking him
9:52 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone decided it was finally time to ride off into the sunset. Cerrone (36-17) retired from the sport of mixed martial arts on Saturday, immediately following a loss to Jim Miller at UFC 276. Before the bout, Cerrone said he intended to fight two more times beyond
It’s July 4 weekend, which means it’s time for MMA fighters born and bred in the United States and those who have come to call the country their adopted home to celebrate. Coming off of the UFC’s massive UFC International Fight Week, you can bet that plenty of fighters were looking forward to resting and
A lot of people will look at Jalin Turner’s win over Brad Riddell and assume he fell out of the sky and into the Octagon at T-Mobile Arena. Not quite. Turner paid more than his share of dues, he got over some tough times during a long layoff following his 2019 loss to Matt Frevola,
Image via EssentiallySports Joe Rogan has given his thoughts on scoring in mixed martial arts as the debate regarding the current criteria continues. Over the course of the last few decades in MMA we’ve seen the sport change and grow in a multitude of different ways, from the scoring criteria to the dominant fight style
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov is lobbying for his teammate Islam Makhachev to challenge for the UFC lightweight title next. That would mean a matchup between Makhachev and former 155-pound champion Charles Oliveira, who saw his title vacated after missing weight for a defense against Justin Gaethje at UFC 274. A fight that Oliveira
UFC 276 judges scored Sean O’Malley losing the first round, O’Malley calls them ‘stupid’ The UFC 276 main card bantamweight bout between Sean O’Malley and Pedro Munhoz ended in the second round due to an accidental eye poke. Munhoz was unable after being poked in his eye. Munhoz was O’Malley first Top 10 ranked opponent,
UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski successfully defended his title once again after going the distance with former champ Max Holloway at UFC 276 on Saturday, coming out with the win via unanimous decision. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
Watch highlights from the UFC 276 pre-fight press conference featuring Israel Adesanya, Jared Cannonier, Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, Sean Strickland, Alex Pereira, Sean O’Malley, and more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting feed on
Sean Strickland talks to MMA Junkie and other media outlets at UFC 276 media day ahead of Saturday’s featherweight bout vs. Alex Pereira in Las Vegas. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-276 Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest MMA
Tai Tuivasa wants Jon Jones to have another drink. If there’s one person who might be able to give Tai Tuivasa a run for his money on the partying front, it might just be Jon “Bones” Jones. Of course, while Tuivasa has a reputation for being a “happy drunk,” Jones, on the other hand, has