Flashback: Jon Jones talks to Steve-O about Francis Ngannou and UFC pay Jon Jones has long been at odds with the UFC over his contract. The situation resurfaced recently when the potential megafight between him and newly minted UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou became a very public negotiation that has turned ugly. That’s nothing new
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Image via Marvin Vettori on Instagram, photo by ROF Industries Inc. Perennial middleweight contender Marvin Vettori is looking absolutely shredded ahead of his UFC on ABC 2 fight with Kevin Holland. Vettori (16-4-1 MMA) and Holland (21-6 MMA) are set to square off in the headliner of next weekend’s UFC Fight Night event in Las
“I kicked him in the head, but I kicked him light,” Griffin said. “It was more like a slap kick, but my foot hit his ear and his ear started ringing. After the practice he was like, ‘my f****** head’s still ringing!’” Not that a former champion, TUF winner, savior of a sport and frontrunner
12:10 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Two-division champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire showed off what makes him the best fighter in Bellator and perhaps the top featherweight in all of MMA on Friday night. Freire, a 33-year-old from Brazil, handed Emmanuel Sanchez his first stoppage loss with a technical submission by guillotine choke in Round 1 to
Cris Cyborg thinks there are several reasons why her second fight with Leslie Smith could look different from the first. During Friday’s Bellator 255 broadcast, it was announced that Cyborg’s next featherweight title defense will be a rematch against Smith set to headline Bellator 259 on May 21 Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Cyborg
Michael Chandler is basing his belief that he will break Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 on past evidence. Michael Chandler is on record in recently stating that he believes that Dan Hooker was a tougher test than Oliveira will be, and one of the reasons he came to that conclusion is because Hooker never gives
Conor McGregor has made things official for his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier. One day after Poirier signed his contract, McGregor took to social media to confirm that the trilogy has been finalized for UFC 264 on July 10. McGregor also promised to show the MMA world what “Mac” is all about when he meets
LOS ANGELES – BELLATOR MMA and SHOWTIME Sports today announced BELLATOR 259 on Friday, May 21, will be headlined by a featherweight championship rematch pitting current 145-pound titleholder and the top-ranked women’s pound-for-pound fighter Cris Cyborg (23-2, 1 NC) against Northern California’s Leslie Smith (12-8-1). The event airs live exclusively on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and emanates from Mohegan Sun Arena
Khamzat Chimaev vs. Kamaru Usman Khamzat Chimaev has issued a bold statement ahead of his proposed UFC return, this while taking a shot at reigning welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. Chimaev (9-0 MMA) has been one of the many unfortunate victims of the global pandemic and due to lingering symptoms, has been unable to compete since
“I didn’t even know it was on ABC, I didn’t even know it was in the morning,” he laughs. “I took the fight because I said that I wanted to fight. I’m here as a fighter. I spent 31 months out of the Octagon, I need to get in there, I need to get as
Francis Ngannou trains with Kamaru Usman, and Sean O’Malley starts his weight cut. Vicente Luque peels off the final pounds, and champ Stipe Miocic plays cards with his team. UFC 260 foes face off after they weigh in on Friday morning. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC
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6:43 PM ET Earlier this week, as the proposed Conor McGregor–Dustin Poirier trilogy fight continued to trend in the right direction, I wrote a caption on social media that said: “For all the marbles.” Well, the caption rubbed some people the wrong way. How could I say this one is for all the marbles when
Patricio Pitbull is still the undisputed king of the Bellator featherweight division. Facing Emmanuel Sanchez (20-5) for a second time, Pitbull (32-4) made short work of his rival in Friday’s Bellator 255 main event, latching on a guillotine choke and leaving Sanchez unconscious at the 3:35 mark of round one. With the win, Pitbull recorded
Beneil Dariush doesn’t think Michael Chandler should’ve gotten the lightweight title shot. When Chandler signed with the UFC, he was the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight at UFC 254. He then made his debut at UFC 257 and scored a first-round TKO win over Dan Hooker. After the win, it was revealed Chandler
Michael Chandler still has much to prove heading into his lightweight title fight with Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 this coming May and the former Bellator champion is looking to put all doubt to rest with one single punch. Chandler, who made a huge Octagon debut at UFC 257 with a co-main event knockout finish
Las Vegas – For the first time in three years, a new UFC lightweight champion will be crowned as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Also, for the first time in UFC history, a non-title co-main event will be five rounds as No. 3 ranked welterweight contender Leon Edwards faces off with Nate Diaz.
MMA fighter Khetag Pliev has issued a statement after losing one of his fingers at a Cage Fury Fighting Championships fight on Thursday night. It almost seemed like it couldn’t be real when Pliev lost his finger during his fight against Devin Goodale at CFFC 94. But he in fact did lose his finger during