12:00 PM ET Curtis Blaydes was riding high in the UFC’s heavyweight division a little over a year ago. He had won four fights in a row, and the only defeats of his career had come against the champion, Francis Ngannou. But then, in February 2021, Blaydes ran into a Derrick Lewis uppercut, and his
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A Brazil vs. Argentina clash between rising welterweight contenders Santiago Ponzinibbio and Michel Pereira is in the works for May 21. The Underground was the first to report the news of the targeted bout. Ponzinibbio is looking to get back in the win column after a split decision loss to Geoff Neal at UFC 269.
Daniel Cormier has spoken out about the recent loss Dan Hooker took at UFC London this past Saturday, March 19th. At the O2 Arena in London, it was Dan Hooker (21-12 MMA) vs Arnold Allen (18-1 MMA) in the featherweight co-main event. The outcome was in favor of Allen, who finished Hooker in the first
Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor was arrested and charged with “dangerous driving” on Tuesday (March 22) in Dublin, Ireland, compelling law enforcement to impound his $187,000 Bentley Continental. That’s according to a report from local news outlet Independent.ie. McGregor, 33, was transported to the local police station and eventually released on bail. “Notorious” promptly
Bellator on Wednesday confirmed an interim title bout to MMAWeekly.com, since welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov is currently fighting for Ukraine and withdrew from his scheduled title defense against Michael “Venom” Page. Amosov had been slated to defend against Page in the Bellator 281 headlining bout on May 13 at OVO Arena Wembley in London. He
12:01 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Colby Covington scored a lopsided unanimous decision over Jorge Masvidal when they met earlier this month at UFC 272, but apparently they have unfinished business. Masvidal is suspected of felony battery in connection with an altercation Monday, according to a Miami Beach police report obtained by ESPN. The other person
Former UFC fighter Ben Askren may still have a grudge towards his former rival Jorge Masvidal, but they agreed on a recent controversy. Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has been at the center of an ongoing debate about whether or not transgender women should compete in female sports. Thomas recently became the first openly transgender athlete
Image via @colbycovmma on Instagram (photographer not listed) Colby Covington agrees with Chael Sonnen that he should be next for Israel Adesanya. Covington is coming off a dominant win over Jorge Masvidal and after the event, Sonnen said the fight that made the most sense is ‘Chaos’ vs. Adesanya. He believed it would be a
RIZIN Fighting Federation 35 is shaping up to be a truly epic event as international fighters can now return to the ring. Weds. afternoon in Japan (Mar. 23, 2022), the promotion held a press conference to reveal the latest batch of fight announcements for the upcoming RIZIN Trigger 3rd and RIZIN 35 events on Apr.
Jake Paul weighs in on Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal altercation: ‘Masvidal is a b*tch’ YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul gave his opinion of the alleged altercation between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal, and sided with Covington. Masvidal allegedly assaulted Covington outside of a Miami steakhouse on Monday as Covington was leaving the restaurant.
8:00 AM ET Kayla Harrison turned away from the Octagon and placed both hands on the barricade behind her. She threw her hands up and screamed “f—!” several times. It was Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Harrison had just witnessed, from the front row, her then-American Top Team training partner Amanda Nunes
11 separate battery charges have been filed against former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen after an incident at a Las Vegas hotel last December. TMZ Sports was the first to report the news. Sonnen is accused of assaulting six different hotel patrons, including one woman, during an altercation at the Luxor Hotel and Casino. The incident
Paddy Pimblett has responded to reports of what he earned at UFC London, and he doesn’t seem pleased. ‘The Baddy’ made his return last weekend against Kazula Vargas. After a scare early in the first round, Pimblett recovered and quickly submitted his foe. With the victory, he moved to 2-0 in his UFC career, and
Current Bellator MMA bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis was recently injured and forced to withdraw from his scheduled title defense against teammate Raufeon Stots, previously booked to headline Bellator 279 on April 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii. According to a report from CBS Sports, “The Phenom” will be replaced by Juan Archuleta, whom Pettis defeated at Bellator
More details are emerging of the Monday night altercation between UFC welterweights Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at a Miami restaurant. Talk show host and podcaster Andy Slater broke the news of the incident and revealed new details about the altercation on Tuesday. “The initial call to police came from one of Colby Covington’s coaches,
Chael Sonnen believes Charles Oliveira should thank Tony Ferguson because without him, he wouldn’t have gotten the title shot. At UFC 256 in December of 2020, Ferguson stepped up to face Oliveira on just a few weeks’ notice. It was an intriguing matchup as ‘El Cucuy’ was linked to Dustin Poirier and Michael Chandler before
Cody Brundage knew the opening minutes of his UFC Vegas 50 fight against Dalcha Lungiambula would be hectic. Entering his second UFC fight, Brundage knew Lungiambula’s path to victory was an early stoppage. With that, his coaches told him he needed to survive the early few minutes but in the opening exchanges, he got rocked
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Welterweight is a strange division. The 170-pound king is Kamaru Usman, who has the division in a complete stranglehold to the point that he’s lapping all the top contenders. Then, there’s still kind of a BMF champion in Jorge Masvidal, the one-off belt awarded to “Gamebred” for slicing up Nate Diaz