Jake Paul: ‘I think Dana White is coming around to me’ fighting in the UFC YouTube creator turned professional boxer Jake Paul has had a successful boxing career thus far and expects to eventually make the jump to mixed martial arts. When he makes that move, he plans for it to be with the UFC.
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1:47 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alexander Volkanovski vowed to finish Saturday night, something he has yet to do to an opponent since becoming UFC featherweight champion. One of the world’s top fighters lived up to his promise. Volkanovski stopped “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung via TKO (punches) at 45 seconds of the fourth
Rising UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley has provided an update on his plans for 2022, and revealed where he hopes his results this year will leave him in the division. Having suffered his first professional loss in 2020, O’Malley returned to form with a bang last year, securing a place in the rankings and status
Image via @weighinginsow on Instagram ‘Big’ John McCarthy has responded to Aljamain Sterling throwing shade at him on Twitter. Last Saturday night, ‘Funk Master’ faced off against Petr Yan for the second time. 13 months after their first encounter ended in a disqualification, Sterling captured his second victory over Yan via split-decision. The win didn’t
According to the man himself, without boxing, we might not have Jake Paul. Paul has established himself as a fairly decently skilled boxer after racking up five consecutive wins in his professional career. Among those five, four have resulted in knockouts, two of which came against former multi-time mixed martial arts (MMA) world champions, Ben
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie slow motion video highlights Check out the slow motion highlights from UFC 273 which took place on April 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. In the fight card’s main event, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski dominated ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. In the co-main event,
9:59 PM ET One of the only double champions in UFC history seems on his way back to the Octagon. Henry Cejudo will re-enter himself into the USADA drug-testing pool Monday, his manager Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA told ESPN on Sunday. That signifies that Cejudo, a former Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, is on
Kamaru Usman could face Khamzat Chimaev next with a win over Leon Edwards, according to his manager Ali Abdelaziz. Usman is expected to return this summer to defend his welterweight title against Edwards. The fight hasn’t been officially booked or announced yet as Usman continues to recover from hand surgery. Usman wrapped up 2021 as
Corey Anderson in Bellator Bellator light heavyweight star Corey Anderson has gone off on his critics ahead of his title fight at Bellator 277. On Friday night in San Jose, Corey Anderson will attempt to capture his first major world title when he goes head to head with Vadim Nemkov in the light heavyweight tournament
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight veteran Chan Sung Jung absorbed over 150 strikes in his lopsided loss to reigning 145-pound champion Alexander Volkanovski, with more than 100 of those blows landing to his head. In fact, “The Korean Zombie” was taking so much punishment that referee Herb Dean had to step in and put an
Coach says Nick Diaz will fight again ‘by the end of the year’ It looks like we might see Nick Diaz in the Octagon again after all. According to Cesar Gracie, Diaz’s coach, he plans on coming back … and soon. “Look for @nickdiaz209 to fight by the end of the year,” the Instagram post said.
3:29 PM ET Marlon Moraes, long one of the best bantamweight fighters in MMA, is retiring from the sport, his manager, Ali Abdelaziz, told ESPN on Wednesday. Moraes, 33, held the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) bantamweight title from 2014 to 2016 before signing with the UFC, racking up five title defenses in WSOF. “Magic”
Rising UFC welterweight prospect Shavkat Rakhmonov has hit back after being referred to as a “chump” in a deleted comment by top-five contender Khamzat Chimaev. In recent months and years, two surging 170lbers from across the Atlantic have caught the eye in the UFC. While one is unbeaten in five fights and recently jumped into
The 74th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is here ahead of UFC Vegas 51. We’re first joined by one-half of the main event and fourth-ranked welterweight, Vicente Luque (2:38). Next, UFC heavyweight, Chris Barnett (19:00) joins the show for the first time. UFC lightweight, Drakkar Klose (35:14) then comes
Since parting ways with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), BJ Penn has followed in the footsteps of his fellow former champion, Tito Ortiz in pursuit of a political career. Widely known for his legacy as one of Hawaii’s all-time best sportspersons, Penn has already assured the people of his beloved state many different promises of
Dustin Poirier thinks the UFC is ‘probably’ sitting him on a shelf for Conor McGregor’s return On Wednesday former UFC interim champion Dustin Poirier answered several fan questions on Twitter. Most of those questions centered on who Poirier would fight next and when they might be. Throughout the Q and A Poirier reiterated that the
7:29 AM ET A big victory resulted in a small (but significant) move for Alexander Volkanovski. The UFC men’s bantamweight champion had his way with Chan Sung Jung on Saturday in their UFC 273 title fight, outstriking the South Korean by 152-51 on his way to a one-sided fourth-round TKO. The win, Volkanovski’s 21st in
Alexander Volkanovski wants a homecoming fight in the very near future. The current UFC featherweight champion wants to defend his belt at home in Australia, and he believes if the UFC books it, they would sell out a stadium. They did a stadium show for the middleweight title fight between Robert Whittaker and Israel Adesanya