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Welcome to Midnight Mania! If, like me, you woke up today unaware of the name Charleston White, prepare for a serious education. Let’s start with the basics: White is a 53-year-old YouTuber, known for saying crazy s—t on the Internet. Naturally, White found his way to the Influencer Championship Boxing (ICB) promotion, scoring himself a

Aug 28, 2023, 11:04 AM ET A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40 percent of youth, high school and college athletes – primarily football players – who were exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports and died before age 30. The study was conducted

BJ Penn says running for Governor allowed him to stop fighting “You know what, I actually had a hard time letting my identity go and moving on from life without fighting, it was really hard for me,” BJ Penn said on Just Scrap Radio. “But, then I got into the Governor thing and the Governor

UFC Senior Vice President and head of UFC Asia, Kevin Chang, was running the show at UFC Singapore last weekend because promotion president, Dana White, was vacationing at his summer home in Levant, Maine. Unfortunately for White and his family, an unexpected visitor dropped by after hours. Unlike the creep who found his way into

Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNAug 28, 2023, 08:07 AM ET If you’re a mixed martial arts promotion and your name doesn’t begin with “U” and end with “FC,” the fight business can rough you up. How does your second-fiddle company attract athletes the MMA fan base has heard of and cares about? How do your fights even

Max Holloway has praised Chan Sung Jung, aka The Korean Zombie, following their fantastic fight at UFC Singapore. Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC Singapore, Max Holloway went to war with The Korean Zombie. The two men traded back and forth until finally, at the start of the third round, Holloway caught

Conor McGregor is continuing to push for a fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 296 on December 16th. McGregor and Chandler coached opposite each other on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter, and the general plan has always seemed to be a fight on the UFC’s last pay-per-view of the year. The only problem?

Israel Adesanya Still Wants Dricus du Plessis Fight During an interview with Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie, Israel Adesanya admitted that he very much still wants to share the Octagon with du Plessis. Despite this, “The Last Stylebender” says the clock is ticking on the window for that fight to happen (h/t MMAFighting). “We’ll see if

[embedded content] “Gamebred” and “Funky” will never get along. There has been no love lost between bitter rivals Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren since their iconic five-second fight back in 2019, in which the first “BMF” melted Askren with a knee (rewatch the knockout here) Earlier this month, Askren accused Masvidal of being scared of

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Max Holloway picked up his 20th win in UFC’s featherweight division, and Chan Sung Jung exited the sport the only way he knew how — on his shield. Holloway (24-7)

Max Holloway has explained why he didn’t callout Alex Volkanovski following his knockout win over The Korean Zombie at UFC Singapore. Holloway (25-7 MMA) collided with Chan Sung Jung (17-8 MMA) in the headliner of today’s event in Singapore. The result was a third-round KO victory for ‘Blessed’ (see that here), with The Korean Zombie

Logan Paul has very little combat sports experience, which is probably why he believes social media cohort and PRIME partner in crime, KSI, was a tougher out than Floyd Mayweather Jr. inside of the boxing ring. While Paul is more known for his YouTube videos and recent transition to professional wrestling the social media influencer

Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close Brett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Aug 26, 2023, 10:52 AM ET What were the biggest moments from UFC Fight Night in Singapore? Marc Raimondi and Brett Okamoto react to Saturday morning’s fights at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

The Korean Zombie has issued a statement following his KO loss to Max Holloway and subsequent retirement announcement. Chan Sung Jung (17-8 MMA), aka ‘The Korean Zombie’, was looking to get back in the win column in the headliner of today’s UFC Singapore event when he squared off with former featherweight champion Max Holloway. ‘TKZ’

With UFC Singapore a wrap after an exciting day (Sat., Aug. 26, 2023) of fights on ESPN+ from inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, fight fans can now check out the post-fight press conference video above for all the best reaction and official bonus winners. On a day that featured a main event featherweight

We have you covered for all of today’s UFC Singapore results, including the flyweight bout between Erin Blanchfield and Taila Santos. Blanchfield (11-1 MMA) will be returning to action for the first time since scoring a second-round submission victory over former strawweight champion Jessica Andrade at UFC Vegas 69 back in February. That victory marked

Max Holloway will be fighting with a heavy heart tomorrow afternoon (Sat., Aug. 26, 2023) at UFC Singapore live on ESPN+ from inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, when “Blessed” takes to the Octagon for the first time following the unfortunate wildfires in Hawaii. Holloway, who is the most recognizable UFC fighter from Hawaii

Korean Zombie looking to turn back the clock “I’m very proud to be competing in the UFC and to have been part of it for so long. This will be my tenth consecutive main event. To know that I helped the sport grow even in a small way makes me very proud,” Korean Zombie said