Welcome to Midnight Mania! Promotions come and go, but freak shows are forever. Several times this week, clips of the infamous Fight Circus event have made this column, featuring multiple opponents taking on a single foe. Clearly, Thailand has some potential when it comes to freak show bouts, but Russia — home to team MMA
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Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. weigh in then face-off with plexiglass between them (video) [embedded content] Two legends of the world of boxing return to the ring on Saturday, as Mike Tyson, 54, squares off with Roy Jones Jr., 51. Tyson vs. Jones is being held as an exhibition bout, where the California State
Conor McGregor ends beef with Tony Ferguson, El Cucuy, Khabib may hints UFC return, Sean O’Malley announces comeback, Daniel Cormier on Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson vs. Charles Oliveira, Mark Hunt sends message to Paul Gallen, Henry Cejudo not happy with Ariel Helwani due Deiveson Figueiredo talks, Luke Rockhold and Weili Zhang training in the gym,
Image: @joannajedrzejczyk on Instagram Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-4 MMA) showed off her softer side in a recent photo on Instagram. The Polish standout, Jedrzejczyk, has not stepped foot inside the Octagon since UFC 248 where she suffered a split-decision loss to Weili Zhang in her bid to reclaim the promotions 115-pound
“I never rolled with him before, he never rolled with me before, he never even touched me, he never even shook my hand, he doesn’t know what to expect, just like I don’t know what to expect, but I know my ability and I’m pretty sure he knows his ability,” he said. “To me, I’ve
Derrick Lewis is confident that Jon Jones will fare just fine in the heavyweight division. Jon Jones has been teasing and contemplating a move up to the heavyweight division for years, and now it appears that he will finally make the leap. Nobody really knows how Jon Jones will fare at heavyweight. It’s an entirely
2:16 PM ET Anthony Smith has gotten the call again. For the second time this year, the UFC light heavyweight contender has been tabbed on short notice to be in the main event of a UFC Fight Night card. On Friday, the UFC lost its headliner for Saturday’s event, a heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes
The Figueiredo family has another member on the UFC roster after the company inked a deal with Brazilian bantamweight Francisco Figueiredo, his manager Wallid Ismail announced on social media. “Sniper” Figueiredo, brother of 125-pound champion Deiveson Figueiredo and a former interim Jungle Fight bantamweight titleholder, is expected to make his octagon debut on one of
Mike Tyson will make his first trip to the boxing ring in over 15 years tomorrow night (Sat., Nov. 28, 2020) live on FITE PPV from inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif., as the former heavyweight champion takes on fellow legend Roy Jones Jr. in a highly-anticipated exhibition match. Tyson, who turned 54 this
UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark Live Results (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC Vegas 15: Smith vs. Clark (formerly Blaydes vs. Lewis) bout from the Apex in Las Vegas is scheduled to
Curtis Blaydes has tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, his UFC Vegas 15 main event fight with Derrick Lewis has been canceled. This unfortunate news was first reported by Ariel Helwani of ESPN, the UFC’s official broadcast partner. Helwani also added that the UFC is hoping to reschedule this heavyweight fight for later in
With just 12 pro fights under his belt, you can’t say it’s years and years of experience that have made Day like this. And at 32, he shouldn’t have the wisdom of someone much older. I tell him of that old saying, “I’ve seen fighters get knocked out and think they deserve a draw,” and
Bobby Nash (10-4) advanced in the Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) welterweight tournament at XFC 43. The promotion is trying something new along with their new home at NBC Sports Network and Nash, who is no stranger to the sport of mixed martial arts could not be happier to be fighting for the XFC. “I love
8:10 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The sport of mixed martial arts has evolved through the years to the point where nowadays most professional fighters, especially those at or near the top of the heap, are proficient at mixing together an array of combative styles. But when the sport was young and drawing its athletes from
At the UFC Vegas 15 weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday morning local time. In the main event, Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis must weigh no more than 266 pounds, the limit for non-title heavyweight bouts. The UFC Vegas 15 official weigh-ins will be
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After months of speculation and then contract negotiation, the Conor McGregor sweepstakes are decided: he’s fighting Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 on Jan. 23, 2021. Now that all that is settled, however, further speculation immediately begins: who will McGregor fight afterward?!? At the moment, a Lightweight title fight or Manny Pacquiao
Dana White won’t UFC bring fans back to a half empty arena, not even Cowboys Stadium [embedded content] UFC president Dana White has achieved a lot of first during 2020. He was the first to get his fight promotion and in turn the sport back to a regular schedule. He was the first to find
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