The 34th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN with Cole Shelton is here ahead of Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren and UFC Vegas 24. We’re first joined by former UFC welterweight and now a professional boxer, Ben Askren (3:16). Next, former UFC heavyweight champ and pro boxer, Frank Mir (15:02) comes on. UFC lightweight,
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ALEXANDR ROMANOV VS. JUAN ESPINO Intriguing heavyweight grapplers collide here as Alexandr Romanov looks to build on his solid rookie campaign as he takes on TUF 28 winner Juan Espino. In less than two months last fall, Romanov established himself as someone to track in the big boy ranks by racking up back-to-back submission wins
12:06 PM ET Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier built up a lot of good will prior to their non-title fight at UFC 257 in January, but that good will appears to be gone. The two lightweights lashed out at each other on social media on Sunday, less than three months ahead of their scheduled trilogy
Jiu-jitsu coach and The Ultimate Fighter 18 contestant Rafael de Freitas is no longer facing jail time after a prosecutor filed a motion not to pursue a third-degree criminal sexual penetration charge. De Freitas, an Albuquerque, N.M., resident who’s coached several high-profile fighters, initially was arrested this past December after a female client accused him
Editorial Featured News On May 7, at Bellator 258, Juan Archuleta will live out a career goal of being a defending Bellator champion. However, he has grown frustrated in recent months with his new role and its place on the Bellator pay scale. Especially, since a few big-ticket free-agent additions to the roster are pulling
Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier have engaged in a full-on war of words that has reached a level that may have canceled their UFC 264 fight. Yesterday, Dustin Poirier issued a response to Conor McGregor’s fourth-round KO prediction by mostly just outing him for reneging on his agreement to donate to The Good Fight Foundation.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Over the weekend, news broke that UFC Flyweight Jimmy Flick announced his retirement at a regional promotion. It came as a definite surprise; Flick had a majorly successful 2020, winning four fights that included an LFA title, “Contender Series” victory, and incredible flying triangle in his UFC debut that earned him
Marvin Vettori: I should be next for Israel Adesanya | UFC Vegas 23 video Marvin Vettori makes the case as to why he should be next to challenge Israel Adesanya for the middleweight belt. Hear everything Vettori had to say at the UFC Vegas 23 (aka UFC on ABC 2) post-fight press conference, following his
A potential fight between Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones has everyone excited these days. Including Georges St-Pierre who sees both fighters experiencing fear after talk of Jones being the “scared” one out of the two. Immediately after Ngannou was crowned as the new UFC heavyweight champion of the world at UFC 260 on March 27,
Marvin Vettori’s five-round decision victory over Kevin Holland won’t likely go on his personal highlight reel, but it most certainly went into his win column, and at this point in his career, that’s all that matters as he looks to secure a rematch with middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Their first fight was a close one,
7:32 AM ET Jorge Masvidal doesn’t view his UFC 261 main event as his last shot at UFC gold, but only because he won’t allow himself to accept the possibility he’ll lose to champion Kamaru Usman. “I feel like every fight, I have to win,” Masvidal told ESPN. “But, no, I don’t feel like [this
Conor McGregor has had it with Dustin Poirier. A public dispute between the UFC stars arose over the weekend after Poirier called McGregor out for leaving him and his Good Fight Foundation in the dark regarding a $500,000 donation that was supposed to be made in conjunction with their UFC 257 bout in January. According
News UFC Twenty-fight UFC veteran Sam Alvey welcomed Julian Marquez back to the Octagon, following his February win and flirtations with Miley Cyrus. It was a fight the “Smilin” one desperately needed to win in his first fight at middleweight since 2017. He did not get it. The opening round started uneventfully as Alvey played
Scheduled to fight the legend Shinya Aoki at ONE Championship on April 28, Sage Northcutt will be unable to compete because he is still suffering from lasting COVID-19 effects. The news is unfortunate because ONE just started its journey with North American broadcasting after the promotion televised its first show on TNT last week. While
That escalated quickly. Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor claims he’s withdrawing from his Dustin Poirier trilogy, apparently still upset “The Diamond” called him out for holding back a donation pledge “Notorious” made ahead of their UFC 257 rematch. Get up to speed on that squabble right here. “You’re ripped you inbred hillbilly,” an angry
Just weeks after the fight was announced, Conor McGregor is claiming that he is not fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on July 10. He made the comment in the midst of a Twitter spat between the two fighters. McGregor won the first meeting between the two when he was on the rise to UFC
Image: @mackenziedern on Instagram UFC women’s strawweight standout Mackenzie Dern has issued a statement following her submission win over Nina Nunes at UFC Vegas 23. Dern was facing the toughest test of her career to date in the form of Nunes when she fought her at this past Saturday’s UFC Vegas 23. Though Dern was
Those are words UFC bantamweight prospect Hunter Azure takes to heart, especially now as the father of a young son. It’s easy to miss those parenting moments while being a professional athlete at the highest level of his sport who is chasing a championship, but Azure is settling in nicely by slowing things down. “It’s