“I didn’t listen to those people,” he said. “I was either gonna be an alcoholic construction worker for the rest of my life or chase my dream. I didn’t come from a lot, I never had a lot, but I put everything in this game, and I knew it was investing in myself. So if
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10:05 AM ET Former MMA super prospect Sage Northcutt is returning to action in April. Northcutt will face Shinya Aoki on April 28 at ONE on TNT IV, ONE officials told ESPN. Northcutt also confirmed the news on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. The fight will be contested in the promotion’s lightweight division, which is 170
UFC heavyweight Walt Harris and his wife Angela suffered an unspeakable tragedy when their daughter Aniah Blanchard was kidnapped and murdered in 2019. Now they are hoping to prevent other families from suffering the same fate with a new non-profit organization started in their daughter’s name. Aniah’s Heart Foundation will seek to provide resources to
ONE Championship announced on Wednesday that in May they would begin what they are calling “biggest women’s mixed martial arts tournament in the world.” May 28, the ONE Atomweight World Grand Prix will begin and the eight fighters competing in the tournament were announced. The winner of the tournament will face the current ONE Atomweight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The clip below was featured on Monday’s column. It was widely popular already, but it’s only grown more viral since then, and now details and consequences are beginning to emerge. Walker Brown is the “MMA trained fighter” who puts a beating on University of Oklahoma wide receiver Spencer Jones. Though the
Watch Ciryl Gane slice through Junior dos Santos ahead of UFC Vegas 20 [embedded content] UFC heavyweight Ciryl Gane (7-0) extended his unbeaten streak with a TKO finish over Junior dos Santos at UFC 256 in December last year. Gane next faces Jairzinho Rozenstruik in the main event of UFC Vegas 20 on Saturday, February
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson is working with renowned boxing coach Freddie Roach for his next Octagon appearance. Ferguson (25-5 MMA) is currently in the midst of the first two-fight losing skid of his illustrious career. In his most recent effort at December’s UFC 256 event, ‘El Cucuy’ suffered a lopsided unanimous decision
French heavyweight prospect Ciryl Gane burst onto the UFC scene in 2019 and has a 100% finish rate to date in his young career. Gane makes his first headliner appearance in the main event of UFC Vegas 20 against Jairzinho Rozenstruik. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC
Joe Rogan on Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad for replacing Khamzat Chimaev, UFC community responds, The UFC and Tik Tok partnership announced, Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno 2 in works, Bellator will add official rankings and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since
Despite the setbacks, Wright is as calm as ever about his main event bout on AKA’s premiere card on UFC FIGHT PASS. A veteran of the sport for over a decade, the 32-year-old has the wisdom and composure to not only put the work in under any circumstances, but to make weight and never cheat
1:00 PM ET Deciding who should be next to challenge UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is perhaps the hottest topic in MMA, and it involves some of the biggest names in the sport. Usman dispatched Gilbert Burns via third-round TKO at UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and he immediately called out Jorge Masvidal as his
UFC heavyweights Maurice Greene and Marcos Rogerio de Lima will collide inside the octagon on May 8, multiple people with knowledge of the booking informed MMA Fighting following a report from MMA Junkie. Greene (9-5) has only won once over his last four bouts, a third-round submission over Gian Villante sandwiched between stoppage defeats to
Dominick Cruz is convinced that we’ve all seen the last of Henry Cejudo inside the UFC Octagon. At UFC 249, Henry Cejudo became the first man to defeat Dominick Cruz via KO/TKO and then made the surprise decision to ride off into the sunset and retire at the age of 33. Cejudo has not completely
Top-ranked UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou was taken down six times in his UFC 220 title fight against Stipe Miocic, a five-round drubbing that exposed multiple holes in the challenger’s still-developing MMA game. His ego may have been one of them. With that in mind, maybe we can scale back the high-fives and butt-slaps every
Forget about the beef with Jorge Masvidal, Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson believes UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman should fight him next. After Usman defeated former teammate Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 recently, he called out Masvidal, whom he had already defeated last summer. Masvidal had accepted their first fight on short notice, losing a decision to
Image Credit: UFC The betting odds have been released for the upcoming UFC 261 women’s flyweight title fight between Valentina Shevchenko and Jessica Andrade. This long-rumored battle between elite women’s flyweight fighters will finally take place on April 24 at UFC 261, though the location and venue are yet-to-be-determined. What we do know is that
Today’s episode is almost as fun as Derrick Lewis’ performance against Curtis Blaydes on Saturday! First: IT’S TIME… to welcome UFC announcer Bruce Buffer back on the show to celebrate his 25 years with the UFC! He gives Matt and Jim a tour of his house and movie poster collection, shares Dana’s reaction to the
11:00 AM ET The PFL’s 2021 season will kick off April 23 and feature one of its most prized offseason signings in former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. Pettis (24-10) will meet Clay Collard (18-8) in the main event of PFL 1, president Ray Sefo told ESPN. The fight will take place at a location