Uriah Hall isn’t looking past the next challenge ahead of him, but he’d be lying if he said he didn’t have his eyes on the current middleweight champion. Hall was scheduled to face former champ Chris Weidman in the co-main event of UFC 258. However, Hall will have to wait in his attempt to avenge
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News Former ONE Championship welterweight titleholder Ben Askren was traded to the UFC for GOAT candidate, former flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson. “Mighty Mouse” has gone 3-0 in ONE, winning the flyweight grand prix, and fights for the ONE title vs. reigning division champion Adriano Moraes on February 24. Askren beat Robbie Lawler, and then lost to Jorge Masvidal
There is a new main event for the February 27 Fight Night card, as Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka has been cancelled, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane now takes its place atop the card. MMA Junkie has reported that the original February 27 headliner of Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka will no longer be
Jake Paul’s next boxing appearance will take place against former UFC fighter Ben Askren this April on pay-per-view (PPV) and few people are betting against the YouTube star. Paul, who made a huge splash in combat sports by knocking out former NBA star Nate Robinson on PPV last November, is trying to turn his social
Having established himself as someone to watch on the amateur circuit in 2019, light-heavyweight Zac Pauga was looking to make 2020 a big first year as a pro, but things did not work out as he anticipated. With Covid-19 wreaking havoc with scheduling, Pauga was only able to get in one bout in 2020, but
PhotoCred: DAZN Dustin Poirier’s wife Jolie paid a visit to Conor McGregor’s locker room immediately following the Irishman’s loss to her husband. Poirier and McGregor squared off for a second time in the main event of UFC 257, this after ‘Notorious’ had emerged victorious by way of first round TKO in their first encounter in
In mid-July the LFA introduced the world to an eccentric 155er named Jordan Leavitt. This unique personality wasn’t the most intimidating battler, but the undefeated 25-year-old strutted to the cage to the tune of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” amid disclaimers of an awkward style from the commentary team. In Chase Hooper-type fashion, Leavitt gave undefeated foe
2:54 PM ET Next month’s Chris Weidman vs. Uriah Hall fight is being moved. Their scheduled fight at UFC 258 on Feb. 13 has been canceled, sources say, after Weidman tested positive for COVID-19 recently. The current plan is for the fight to be moved to UFC 261 on April 24, according to the sources.
In the latest edition of “The Thrill and the Agony,” cameras take in the aftermath of UFC 257 this past Saturday in Abu Dhabi. The top-heavy event naturally focuses on the main and co-main events, Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler vs. Dan Hooker, as the action comes to an end and the
Eddie Alvarez believes he is the only fight that would make sense for Khabib Nurmagomedov to come out of retirement. 29 men have tried to topple the unbeaten and seemingly flawless UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and all have failed. As the speculation of whether or not Khabib will pursue a 30-0 record spreads, in
Michael Chiesa is not on board with referee Mario Yamasaki returning to mixed martial arts (MMA) in 2021 and he’s not afraid to say it. This past week as been quite surprising for fight fans everywhere. Not only did Dustin Poirier hand Conor McGregor his first career knockout loss at UFC 257, but Yamasaki announced
YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul is in for the biggest test of his athletic life on April 17 when he faces former ONE Championship and Bellator champion Ben Askren in a boxing match. It should be a telling moment for Paul’s seriousness as a boxer. If he can’t defeat Askren, who is a phenomenal athlete
The UFC 257 athletes hit their marks at the official weigh-ins. Then it’s a return to tradition as they face off in front of fans at the ceremonial weigh-ins marked by only the type of energy that a Conor McGregor event can bring. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live
We touch on everything from virtual reality to Bitcoin on today’s episode of UFC Unfiltered! Belal Muhammad opens the show ahead of his bout against Dhiego Lima at UFC 258 on February 13th. The guys chat about his new podcast and having Matt on as a guest, Dustin Poirier’s victory over Conor McGregor, the state
Heavyweight MMA legend Alistair Overeem is hoping to win a UFC belt, then immediately retire from competition. Overeem is currently riding back-to-back stoppage wins over Augusto Sakai and Walt Harris. He’s hoping to keep that momentum going and, hopefully, win one of the few major titles that’s eluded him thus far: the UFC heavyweight championship.
8:33 AM ET At the UFC 257 postfight news conference in Abu Dhabi — just moments after Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor in a blockbuster event — the man of the hour compared his two-week experience on Fight Island to being in “a prison in my own mind.” “You couldn’t call this Fight Island,” Poirier
Megan Anderson is not pleased with Casey Kenney. During a recent appearance on the Timbo Sugarshow podcast with Tim Welch and UFC fighter Sean O’Malley, Kenney answered a question about whether he would have sex with the UFC featherweight title contender. I guess MMA is a line of work where you can publicly talk about
Justin Gaethje has no intentions of standing by and watching Conor McGregor receive a title shot after losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. As the world awaits news on how the UFC will move forward with the lightweight championship following Khabib’s retirement and Dana White’s apparent failure to convince him to reconsider, there are