7:16 PM ET Raul Rosas Jr., the 18-year-old prodigy who became the youngest fighter to ever sign with the UFC, will return to the Octagon on April 8 to fight fellow prospect Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287, sources confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. Former UFC champion Anthony Pettis, who represents Rodriguez under the Showtime Group
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Bare Knuckle FC middleweights Lorenzo Hunt and Mike Richman brawled about a month before their fight. Hunt and Richman attended a KnuckleMania 3 pre-fight press conference on Thursday in Albuquerque. The two fighters will square off for the BKFC middleweight title on February 17th. Hunt and Richman, two of the most successful fighters in BKFC,
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley is reacting to Dana White’s Power Slap League. The Power Slap League made it’s TV debut last night, January 18th. The UFC claims it’s ‘the biggest slap competition of all time’ and was held inside the UFC’s APEX Center in Las Vegas. Prior to the debut, ‘Sugar’ gave his thoughts
Dana White’s Power Slap League has arrived. The season debut of the UFC boss’ new slap-fighting side project aired last night (Weds., Jan. 18, 2023) on the TBS network. Numbers from the Nielsen Ratings System came in today (Thurs., Jan. 19, 2023) via MMA Fighting and the average viewership over the one-hour episode at 10
Matt Frevola blasts ‘dumb SF’ Dana White Slap Fighting show On Wednesday night Dana White’s Power Slap show debuted on TBS and it received mixed reviews. One of those reviews came from rising UFC star Matt Frevola, who took his thoughts to Twitter on Thursday morning. “I don’t want to know how much money went
8:42 AM ET IT WAS A MID-DECEMBER evening at the UFC’s Performance Institute in Las Vegas, and Brandon Moreno was trying to find it in him to train at a world-class level. It wasn’t going well. Moreno was in the middle of camp for his title unification bout against Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC 283 on
UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo is ready to put an end to his long-running rivalry with Brandon Moreno. The pair will fight for the fourth time at UFC 283. The pair first fought to a draw at UFC 256 in December 2020. The rematch at UFC 263 saw Moreno win the Flyweight Championship by submitting
Jake Shields is reacting to the news of Mike Jackson being cut by the UFC. It was earlier this week that the UFC released Mike Jackson (1-2 MMA) from their current roster. The 37 year old welterweight last fought and lost to Pete Rodriguez (5-1 MMA) this past October at UFC Fight Night 212. Former
After a one-week delay due to reasons Dana White would rather we not discuss, the UFC president’s new Power Slap league made its television debut on TBS last night (Weds., Jan. 18, 2023). What could possibly go wrong? Nevertheless, it was not a live event. The show was filmed months ago, featuring a The Ultimate
The four fighters competing in the two title fights that headline UFC 283 on Saturday: Glover Teixeira, Jamahal Hill, Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, faced off at Wednesday’s media day. Former titleholder Glover Teixeira and Jamahal Hill heading the fight card for the vacant light heavyweight championship. In the co-main event, flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo
9:03 PM ET UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko will defend her title for the eighth time when she fights Mexican challenger Alexa Grasso at UFC 285 on March 4. Shevchenko’s representatives told ESPN on Wednesday that an agreement for the fight has been reached, while sources told ESPN Deportes that there is a mutual agreement
Jon Jones‘ heavyweight title challenge at UFC 285 won’t be his last fight in the Octagon, despite speculation he might retire. Jones will face Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title at UFC 285 on March 4th. He returns following a three-year hiatus to make his long-awaited heavyweight debut. The Jones/Gane fight came to fruition
Francis Ngannou is now officially a free agent after being released from the UFC. The former UFC heavyweight champion now has the freedom to negotiate new opportunities with other promoters across different sports. The 36-year-olds next likely move is to transition into boxing, a dream the Cameroon native has held close to his heart since
Like it or not, Dana White’s Power Slap league is finally airing on TBS tonight (Weds., Jan. 18, 2023) at 10 p.m. ET. As it appears to be a show similar to The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) in which contestants are selected onto teams and will live in a house together, not much is currently known
Anthony Smith gives brutal analysis of Francis Ngannou’s boxing: ‘He’s below average’ Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou was unable to reach a contract agreement with the fight promotion after two years of negotiations. “The Predator” was giving an offer that would have made him the highest paid heavyweight in UFC history, but he turned
9:00 AM ET Andres Waters He had worked his way into the UFC’s light heavyweight top-15 rankings, but suddenly Jamahal Hill found that status in jeopardy. With his head and arm trapped inside the triangle of jiu-jitsu ace Paul Craig, Hill was nearly helpless. Hill’s arm had been dislocated at the elbow by an armbar
UFC megastar Conor McGregor recently shared some advice for Francis Ngannou following ‘The Predator’s departure from the UFC. In a shocking turn of events, Ngannou’s UFC Heavyweight Championship has been vacated. A new champion will be decided at UFC 285 when Ciryl Gane takes on the returning Jon Jones. While Ngannou has been having contract
Aljamain Sterling, the current bantamweight champion, believes Francis Ngannou made a mistake by parting ways with the UFC. The news that the UFC released the heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou (17-3 MMA) made headlines in the MMA. ‘The Predator’ had not fought since defeating Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision in January of 2022 at UFC 270.