News TriStar MMA founder Firas Zahabi has arguably the most insightful mind in mixed martial arts, and his analysis of the UFC 257 main event between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor was not kind to “The Notorious.” “In the second round, when McGregor was getting hit along the fence. I found it strange that he wasn’t —
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The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 257! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Conor McGregor falls to #15 on the pound-for-pound rankings after his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, causing Jan Blachowicz (#14) and Francis Ngannou (#13) to move ahead of him. Women’s Pound for Pound: Carla
Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre knows a little bit about losing a fight everyone expected you to win. In 2007 massive underdog Matt Serra knocked GSP out in what is still considered the biggest upset in UFC history. So it’s safe to say the Canadian fighter knows a little about what it
Dustin Poirier’s knockout of Conor McGregor in the UFC 257 main event pushed the event to be one of the promotion’s top selling pay-per-views of all time. According to John Ourand of The Sports Journal, UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 has topped 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, which would put it in line with UFC
UFC 257 fighters Jessica Eye and Michael Chandler take off for Abu Dhabi. Sara McMann does an in-flight workout, while Brad Tavares and Antonio Carlos Junior eye each other across the aisle. Headliner Dustin Poirier celebrates his birthday on camera. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT
Todd Duffee – December 31, 2010 – Dynamite 2010 Result – Overeem KO1 You figure three K-1 fights in one night would have earned Overeem a nice holiday break. Uh-uh. Instead, he accepted a New Year’s Eve bout against UFC vet Todd Duffee for the Dream heavyweight crown. He described his December to remember earlier
Image via @georgesstpierre on Instagram Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has opened up on a long-discussed superfight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, which now seems impossible. Nurmagomedov, 29-0, announced his retirement from MMA in October, after defeating Justin Gaethje via submission. However, Nurmagomedov had long expressed interest in fighting St-Pierre—who is also retired—in
8:30 AM ET One performed heroically on the biggest stage possible. The other put on a historic performance. Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway grabbed the attention of the mixed martial arts world in different ways in the last couple of weeks, but for both the results show in the latest ESPN pound-for-pound rankings. Poirier made
Dana White promised that UFC 257 would go down as one of the biggest pay-per-views in the company’s history and the show definitely delivered. According to a report from the Sports Business Journal, the card headlined by Dustin Poirier’s second-round knockout against Irish superstar Conor McGregor sold 1.2 million pay-per-views domestically in the United States
The UFC 257 medical suspensions are in, and if they hold up, it could be a long time before we see Conor McGregor compete again. Following his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, Conor McGregor will now be sidelined for six months and cannot have contact training for 30 days. A six-month layoff would
UFC 257 injuries and medical suspensions were submitted to MixedMartialArts.com earlier this week for those athletes competing at the “Poirier vs. McGregor 2” pay-per-view (PPV) event, which took place this past weekend (Sat., Jan. 23, 2021) from inside Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. Not surprisingly, a fair share of combatants were handed
Former UFC champ BJ Penn arrested on suspicion of DUI UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn has been arrested again in Hawaii. Penn, 42, was arrested on Jan. 23 under suspicion of Driving Under the Influence. Police were alerted to Penn by a reckless driver complaint, according to Hawaii County Police spokesperson Denise Laitinen. Laitinen
He’ll get in on Saturday night from a hungry contender looking for payback. How does McGregor respond to that on UFC Fight Island? “I’ll knock Dustin out within 60 seconds,” he said. “The fans can expect ferocity. Precision, correct preparation, commitment, something they’ve never seen before inside that Octagon.” Yeah, the fire is still there,
Max Holloway knows a thing or two about great fights. The 29-year-old delivered a performance for the ages against Calvin Katter at UFC Fight Island 7 and set a new record for most significant strikes landed with 445. Rank these Holloway moments:‣ Stand and bang v Lamas – UFC 199‣ Teaching Ortega defence – UFC
7:14 PM ET A UFC Hall of Famer is in trouble with the law once again. Former UFC two-division champion BJ Penn was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence Saturday in Honokaa, Hawaii, Hawaii Police Department spokesperson Denise Laitinen told ESPN on Monday. Penn was released pending an investigation, Laitinen said. A request for
As Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar bludgeoned each other over five rounds at UFC Fight Island 7, UFC President Dana White feared the worst. In a new video released on the promotion’s official YouTube channel, White fretted about the damage Kattar took as the fight went into deep waters, at one point calling out for
A middleweight bout with practically guaranteed title implications is headed to the spring UFC lineup if the targeted bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa is finalized. Sherdog is reporting that both the Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa camps are currently negotiating fighting on April 17 in a bout that would serve as the main
Rising strawweight prospect Amanda Ribas has built a reputation off of always being happy and smiling, but that positivity was put to the test this past Saturday when she was TKO’d (twice) at UFC 257 by Marina Rodriguez (watch the highlights here). We’re happy to report that Ribas is still smiling. “It happened,” Ribas said