PhotoCred: Drake Riggs / Financial Times 2020 and 2021 proved that truly any type of combat sports match is possible. Early into 2022 and ONE Championship has already gauged interest in a president vs. president bout. ONE took to its official Twitter account on Tuesday sharing a video of promotional frontman Chatri Sityodtong hitting mitts
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UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou won’t allow himself to divert from the gameplan ahead of his UFC 270 clash with Ciryl Gane. Ngannou will make his first title defense against Gane, a former teammate of his while they were at MMA Factory in France. He’s been at an impasse with the UFC brass amidst an
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Top-ranked Middleweight contender Marvin Vettori is likely a long way from a third match up vs. Israel Adesanya, which is perhaps why “The Italian Dream” is casting a wider net. Earlier today, Vettori issued an open challenge to Paul, offering up an open check if “fake Paul” is willing to test
Dustin Poirier says he’ll fight Nate Diaz within 6 weeks It seems like we might be one step closer to actually seeing Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz in the Octagon together. According to Poirier, both he and Diaz have agreed to fight and it’s in the works as we speak … and should happen soon.
Jon Jones is getting closer to finally making his UFC heavyweight debut. After Jones vacated his light heavyweight title in 2020 he said he would be fighting at heavyweight soon. However, he went all of 2021 without a fight and proceeded to bulk up for the move instead. Now it appears ‘Bones’ is getting close
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier has accepted a fight with Nate Diaz on just weeks’ notice if Diaz wants it. Poirier is coming off of his lightweight title loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269. It was the second time in his career that he fell short of the lightweight title after losing
Joanna Jedrzejczyk is coming back. The former UFC strawweight champion hasn’t competed since her epic, “Fight of the Night” war against fellow ex-titleholder Weili Zhang back in March 2020, a five-round slugfest that left the quick-fisted Pole with considerable damage to her dome. And it sounds like Jedrzejczyk wants to pick up where she left
7:46 AM ET The next 12 months could be some of the most interesting in MMA history. Conor McGregor is set to return from a broken leg. Jon Jones, who hasn’t fought since February 2020, could finally get a heavyweight title shot. Kamaru Usman is closing in on Anderson Silva‘s record of 16 straight UFC
How does Conor McGregor’s 3-year old daughter spend her birthday? Check it out Former two-division UFC Champion and international superstar Conor McGregor has three children, two sons and a daughter. His daughter, Croía, turned 3-years old this week and celebrated with a unicorn-themed party. McGregor posted photos and video of his daughter’s birthday celebration on
PhotoCred: Drake Riggs Amanda Serrano is letting it be known that she fears no woman. The current multi-weight boxing champion fought her last two matches as the co-main event to Jake Paul and Tyron Woodley. Winning both to extend her winning streak to 28, the 42-1-1 Puerto Rico native is only looking up – even
UFC Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou packs a heavy punch and knows a thing or two about striking. In a Youtube video posted to his channel last Thursday, Ngannou came out and labeled potential foe Jon Jones as the best striker in MMA. Ngannou also talked about his most challenging fight, which was his first fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! One of the more ridiculous stories in recent memory was Paulo Costa’s antics vs. Marvin Vettori. The Brazilian showed up to fight week outrageously heavy, forcing UFC to bump his main event match up to 205-pounds. Vettori gamely took the fight anyway, even after Costa threatened to walk if UFC fined
Scott Coker says he would sign Jake Paul if given the chance There’s been a never-ending back-and-forth between Jake Paul and UFC president Dana White over the last few days. But now Bellator president Scott Coker has thrown himself into the mix. Paul has been campaigning to fight in the UFC (with conditions) and White
Image Credit: Screenshot UFC Former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt is open to a fight with Sean O’Malley suggesting he wants to “whoop his ass”. Garbrandt (12-5 MMA) made his flyweight debut earlier this month at UFC 269 when he collided with perennial division contender Kai Kara-France. Cody Garbrandt had made the decision to test
Iago Kiladze wasn’t happy when the referee called a stop to his fight with Viktor Faust, and he took out his frustration by punching the official. Kiladze, a heavyweight boxer who was competing on the Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin boxing undercard, was in a back-and-forth battle with Faust. At one point, Kiladze appeared completely
UFC bantamweight rising star Sean O’Malley, long before he was famous for his Octagon exploits, had trouble convincing people he was a legitimate MMA fighter. So “Sugar” took a random non-believer to the local UFC Gym and kicked the shit out of him. Literally. “He didn’t believe I was a fighter,” O’Malley told Full Send
The social media war between UFC president Dana White and YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul continued over the weekend. Paul extended his undefeated boxing record to 5-0 in his last fight by knocking out former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley in their rematch on Dec. 18. After the win, Paul directed his attention toward the UFC
Tony Ferguson continues to pester his longtime nemesis Khabib Nurmagomedov, this time taking aim at Eagle FC’s new 165lbs weight class. Ferguson (25-6 MMA) and Nurmagomedov (29-0 MMA) of course have a long and storied rivalry. The lightweight standouts were slated to meet on five different occasions inside of the Octagon. However, none of those