11:26 AM ET Retired two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo is not committed to a return to competition, but says there is one name that would entice him to come back more than any other: Max Holloway. Cejudo (16-2) shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his retirement last May, following a 135-pound title
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Frank Mir has never shied away from going out on his shield, and when it comes to his first boxing match, he’s prepared to take Antonio Tarver with him. On April 17, Mir competes in boxing for the first time when he meets Tarver on the undercard of Triller’s Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren event.
Kevin Holland has determined that Israel Adesanya is now a bonafide loser following the outcome of the UFC 259 main event. At UFC 259, Israel Adesanya tried to do what only a select few before him were able to achieve: become a simultaneous two-division world champion. It looked like he could have been on his
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Every time a new champion puts together a couple title defenses, everyone from the UFC commentary table to fans on Twitter begin speculating the same thing: is this new champion the best ever? It’s an endless cycle, one that enhances the profile of the current divisional great … until someone new
Georges St-Pierre breaks down Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya losses; Kamaru Usman’s dominance Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre recently spoke with ESPN about Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya’s recent losses, Kamaru Usman’s dominance, and what he has coming up in his own career. St-Pierre is going to be a large part of the
It’s just the second time in UFC history that both parties in a marriage are due to fight on the same card. But unlike when Mark and Montana De La Rosa shared the spotlight at UFC Rio Rancho last February, both JP and Cheyanne will both be making their proper UFC debuts. “For her and
UFC middleweight Kevin Holland tied a UFC record for wins in a calendar year with five victories in 2020, including this knockout of the year candidate in December. Holland will face Derek Brunson in the main event of UFC Vegas 22 on Saturday, March 20. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience
Image Credit: UFC Alexander Volkanovski believes the UFC spoils Max Holloway like no one else on the roster. After Holloway earned a dominant decision win over Calvin Kattar, Dana White said the Hawaiian would get the next title shot against the winner of Volkanovski and Brian Ortega. However, Volkanovski believes Holloway is getting spoiled by
2:13 PM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is thankful he avoided serious injury from an inadvertent eye poke during a fight against Leon Edwards last weekend, and he is now telling ESPN he wants an immediate rematch as well as harsher penalties for eye pokes. On Saturday, the UFC Fight Night main event between Muhammad
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya remains undeterred by his loss to light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259, calling the setback “a little valley” before a triumphant comeback. “In any movie, in any anime series, you have the valleys,” he told ESPN.com on Wednesday. “This is just mine. I’m taking this very well, and
Even though it would appear no permanent damage was done to Belal Muhammad’s eye following an illegal strike from Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21, the welterweight claims he specifically warned the referee Herb Dean of the tendency before the fight started. Ruled a no-contest, the bout between Muhammad and Edwards started hot with both
Emmanuel Sanchez will face current Bellator MMA “champ-champ,” Patricio Freire at the upcoming Bellator 255 event on April 2, 2021. The two men initially threw down at Bellator 209 in Nov. 2018 with “Pitbull” defeating Sanchez after five rounds of back-and-forth action. While that fight was entertaining for fight fans, Sanchez is looking to avoid
Brian Ortega dominates Korean Zombie to earn UFC 260 title shot UFC featherweight Brian Ortega looked as good as ever in his fight with the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, at UFC Fight island 6 in October. [embedded content] (Video courtesy of UFC) Ortega’s performance opposite Jung earned him a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski
Executed perfectly, Walker understood what was on the line if he missed the kick. Not only is a botched tornado kick an impossible landing to predict, it’s an awful look and it would result in a permanent removal of one of his most crowd-pleasing strikes. “Put ‘Em To Sleep” couldn’t have that. “Bill Newcomb always
Image via Dominick Cruz on Facebook/ SCMP An ex-Monster Energy photographer echoed the comments made by UFC’s Dominick Cruz with allegations of being “blackballed” by Hans Molenkamp. Cruz made news headlines when he recently called out Molenkamp for a charity MMA fight following his split decision win over Casey Kenney at UFC 259. That has
7:46 AM ET The bantamweight division is perhaps the deepest and most intriguing in the UFC. Aljamain Sterling‘s recent dethroning of Petr Yan did nothing to clarify the division’s hierarchy. Yan was ahead on two scorecards in the fourth round when he landed an illegal knee to the head of a grounded Sterling, who became
Former Strikeforce champion and American Top Team coach Muhammad “King Mo” Lawal knows plenty of fighters who’ve used psilocybin mushrooms – not for recreation, but to treat a variety of ailments. He tried them himself for the first time this past year. “It’s hard to explain – it’s like a reboot,” he told MMA Fighting.
Even if Brian Ortega emerges victorious in his UFC 260 title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, he would still feel as though there is something missing from his championship celebration: redemption. There is only one man who holds a victory over Brian “T-City” Ortega, and he is the same man who has earned his place among