Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paddy Pimblett is on his way to being one of the sport’s biggest draws. Just two fights into his UFC career, there’s already plenty of buzz around the Liverpool scrapper. He’s done well to market himself, picking up some significant sponsorships in the process. A couple weeks ago, Pimblett brought down
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Joe Rogan says he would quit his podcast if he had to ‘walk on egg shells’ UFC commentator, comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan says that he’d quit his podcast if it become an environment where he couldn’t be himself. Rogan made the comments on Tuesday’s edition of his popular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience
9:00 AM ET WWE will begin talent tryouts Wednesday for 45 current and former college athletes, including 19 football players, as part of WrestleMania Week in the Dallas area. The three-day tryout, taking place at Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, Texas, will include evaluations for performance and promotion as well as interviews and technical sessions
UFC middleweight Darren Till may have to sacrifice his bromance with Khamzat Chimaev if both of them emerge in the 185lb title picture. Till is anticipating a return to the UFC Octagon later this year as he looks to snap a recent losing skid. He has lost back-to-back fights to Derek Brunson and Robert Whittaker
Image Credit: DAZN Jon Jones has taken to Twitter to talk about his former light heavyweight status and what’s to come for the fighter in 2022. Jones (26-1 MMA) last fought back in February of 2020 at UFC 247, where he defeated Dominick Reyes (12-3 MMA), defending the light heavyweight title for the 13th time.
Jorge Masvidal isn’t shying away from the spotlight after his recent dust-up with Colby Covington. According to Florida Politics, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight title challenger will be featured as the marquee guest of a Gov. Ron DeSantis campaign event in Miami tonight (Weds., March 30, 2022). The event takes place from 5:30
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
9:00 AM ET The PFL announced on Tuesday its opening regular-season matchups for the heavyweight and featherweight divisions on April 28. A heavyweight matchup between 2021 champion Bruno Cappelozza (14-5) and Stuart Austin (15-7) will headline the PFL 2 event at Esports Stadium Arlington in Texas. PFL’s regular-season format begins April 20 with the light
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The following comments from Colby Covington were made prior to the alleged restaurant attack by Jorge Masvidal last week] Since Drake placed a heavy bet on Jorge Masvidal, Colby Covington is no longer a fan of his music and has now declared war. The roller coaster of pre-fight tension leading up to UFC
Image via @MarvinVettori on Instagram Marvin Vettori had weighed in on the Masvidal-Covington altercation as well as Will Smith’s slap on Chris Rock at The Oscars. Vettori, 28, currently competes in the middleweight division of the UFC. A former Venator FC welterweight champion and now listed as #4 in the UFC middleweight rankings. ‘The Italian
Welcome to Midnight Mania! For the first time in UFC history, two fighters are likely to fight back-to-back-to-back-TO-BACK! Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo are 1-1-1 in their previous trio of clashes, and without a truly standout top contender (sorry Kai Kara-France), booking the quadrilogy next seems the best move. UFC is on board. Current Flyweight
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has options, and if Curtis Blaydes were him, he’d go for the payouts boxing has to offer. Ngannou successfully defended his title at UFC 270 in January, defeating interim titleholder Ciryl Gane by unanimous decision. The bout was the final fight on Ngannou’s contract. At the end of the year,
3:11 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Editor’s note: Khamzat Chimaev faces the biggest test of his career on April 9 at UFC 273, taking on top-five welterweight Gilbert Burns. This story has been updated since being published in October following Chimaev’s most recent fight. After an absence of over a year, Khamzat Chimaev returned to the
Georges St-Pierre has revealed the proposal he sent Dana White after the viral Oscars slap this past weekend. When celebrities collide in the streets or well-known individuals throw hands in public, the MMA fanbase is always there to comment, meme, and discuss. That has certainly been the case since the 94th Academy Awards ceremony on
UFC 275 It is now official, UFC 275 will take place at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore on Saturday, June 11th. The UFC pay-per view event will feature two world championships on the line. The UFC Tweeted: The first ever UFC PPV in South East Asia is coming, and it is STACKED 🔥🔥🔥
Jon Jones still has full faith that his planned run at Heavyweight will pan out as intended. The former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion fought his last fight in his long-time division at UFC 247 in Feb. 2020 (watch highlights). Taking home a controversial unanimous decision win against Dominick Reyes, Jones would
UFC 273 live results: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Korean Zombie UFC 273 live results begin at 6:15 p.m. ET / 3:15 p.m. PT on Saturday, April 9, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. Click on the fight below in the UFC 273 live results section. Then scroll to
8:43 PM ET A promising young middleweight fighter is out of what would have been his biggest test to date. Nassourdine Imavov has been removed from a scheduled fight with Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 273 on April 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, because of visa issues, the UFC announced Monday. The bout has been canceled from