“Sexyama” has his next opportunity to get back in the win column. The lineup for ONE Championship: King of the Jungle has been announced, with a pair of title fights and an appearance by Japanese veteran Yoshihiro Akiyama among the highlights. In the main event, Nong Stamp—better known as “Stamp Fairtex”—defends her ONE atomweight (115-pound)
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Former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will return to action in enemy territory when he faces Leon Edwards in the main event at UFC London on March 21. The fight has been in the works for weeks but final agreements weren’t put into place until Thursday according to multiple sources speaking to MMA Fighting following initial
Conor McGregor isn’t known for killing his opponents with kindness but that appears to be his strategy ahead of his showdown with Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246. Known as one of the most prolific trash talkers in the history of combat sports, the former two-division champion has made mental warfare as much a part
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If Claressa Shields calls for some MMA coaching, Cris Cyborg will answer. The former UFC and Strikeforce champ and current Bellator title challenger said she’ll gladly train the boxing champ transition into her sport. She only cautions against taking on too much too soon. “If it was my athlete, I would make some fights in
Conor McGregor’s fight against Donald Cerrone pits a fighter without a UFC win in three years against an opponent who was stopped in his last two fights. To the public, that hardly seems to matter. If past is prologue, Saturday’s event could be the UFC’s most successful event of the ESPN era. McGregor is the
Paul Daley is no longer part of the Bellator broadcast team. The veteran welterweight slugger revealed this past week that the promotion no longer employs him as a commentator after comments he said were “off-script.” Sources close to the promotion on Monday confirmed to MMA Fighting that Daley will no longer be part of the
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While the UFC and media continue to paint a picture of Conor McGregor striving for redemption in his upcoming main event clash with Donald Cerrone at UFC 246, John Kavanagh maintains that Conor McGregor’s Irish support is as rampant as ever based on what he has witnessed in the presence of “The Notorious”. McGregor became
Watch Donald Cerrone vs. Mike Perry full fight video to see how “Cowboy” picked up a win in his most recent fight at 170 pounds. Cerrone flashed his submission skills against Perry to score a first-round finish at UFC Denver on Nov. 10, 2018 in Denver. The victory capped off a 6-4 run at welterweight
Andre Fili will be the first to admit not every tattoo he’s gotten holds a deeper meaning with him. With a long term goal of covering every inch of skin with some kind of ink, the 29-year-old UFC featherweight has numerous pieces that are just for fun without any real significance to him beyond putting
With UFC 246 only a week away, check out the latest McGregor vs. Cowboy fight card for the pay-per-view event Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In the main event, Conor McGregor competes for the first time in 15 months when he meets Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in a welterweight bout. A bantamweight rematch
Dustin Poirier has a lot of options available to him now that he’s healthy and ready to fight. But unfinished business with Nate Diaz might top his wish list of potential opponents. “Of course I would love that fight,” Poirier told MMA Fighting. “Not just because of the stuff between me and him leading up
The USADA has now responded to Jessica Penne’s claims that she’s essentially being forced into retirement under the threat of a four-year suspension from the sport. On Friday, the UFC strawweight released a lengthy statement taking aim at the USADA following a positive drug test for a banned substance after already serving an 18-month suspension
When Conor McGregor became the biggest star in MMA, and challenged for the lightweight title while still holding the featherweight belt, it ushered in a new era of MMA – The Superfight Era. Sure, before McGregor there had been superfights occasionally, but with the kind of money McGregor was able to bring to MMA in
A light heavyweight rematch with legitimate title contender implications is front and center on the official poster for UFC Rio Rancho. View this post on Instagram Who’s ready for a rematch? #UFCRioRancho A post shared by ufc (@ufc) on Jan 8, 2020 at 6:25pm PST In the main event, Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz meet
It may be 2020, but the beef between Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones is far from buried. Last year, Jones and Adesanya had one of the most unexpected feuds in MMA. What started as good-natured calling out of one another for a future fight, quickly devolved into a full-blown war of words and things are
The UFC marketing team is going with black and white for a matchup that is expected to produce plenty of red. The official poster for UFC Auckland was released this week, featuring fan favorite lightweight headliners Paul Felder and Dan Hooker. The #UFCAuckland poster has arrived pic.twitter.com/iutGt1ulZU — UFC_Asia (@UFC_Asia) January 8, 2020 Felder looks