The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the UFC‘s nominations for Best Submission of 2021. It’s the last week of 2021, which means it’s time to start looking back at the biggest
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UFC welterweight contender Belal Muhammad got a stiff finger to the eye from Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21, ending their 170-pound headliner by way of “No Contest” back in March 2021. Instead of booking an immediate rematch, the promotion sent both fighters in different directions. Edwards believes that his follow-up fight, a unanimous decision
Dec 12, 2021 Jeff Wagenheim Julianna Peña believed. She might have been the only one. Peña entered Saturday night’s UFC 269 co-main event as a 6½-to-1 betting underdog against Amanda Nunes, and who could argue with that? She was up against the greatest fighter in the history of women’s MMA, and a two-division champion. Amanda
2021 UFC Submission of the Year Nominees | Video As we close out 2021 and look ahead to 2022, the UFC named their nominees for the promotion’s Submission of the Year category. The choices for Submission of the Year include: Vicente Luque’s D’arce choke finish of former welterweight champ Tyron Woodley at UFC 260 in
PhotoCred: MMA Mania UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has given a frank assessment of what could happen when he meets Charles Oliveira. At UFC 269, Charles Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier to successfully retain the UFC lightweight championship. One month prior, Justin Gaethje defeated Michael Chandler via decision at UFC 268 to cement his status as the
Newly-ranked bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has criticized comments Joe Rogan made on commentary during his UFC 269 victory over Raulian Paiva. O’Malley closed out a strong year for “The Suga Show” last weekend at the final pay-per-view of 2021. Having rebounded from his first loss in MMA to Marlon Vera with back-to-back finishes over Thomas
Add Joe Rogan to the list of people blown away by Conor McGregor’s physical transformation over the past six months. “The Notorious” has clearly been busy at the gym while simultaneously rehabbing a badly broken leg from his third fight with Dustin Poirier in July of 2021. Just a few weeks ago he started sharing
Tyron Woodley suffers knockout loss to Jake Paul in Boxing, KO UFC commentator Daniel Cormier has criticized Tyron Woodley for the way he’s reacted to his knockout loss to Jake Paul. In the first meeting between Tyron Woodley and Jake Paul, Woodley put up a decent enough effort but still came up short on the
Yesterday, we shared an editorial from last year that documented Jon Jones‘ chaotic drug-testing history. Once the news broke of another atypical test finding for Jones, Daniel Cormier was expectedly one of the first to react. Stipe Miocic would then react to Cormier’s reaction, five months after DC defeated him for the UFC heavyweight championship.
Jon Jones is no stranger to lashing out against haters on Twitter, but even we were a bit surprised to see him go head to head against Dan Hooker over the holidays. Hooker had thrown up his own diss against Jones earlier in the week in response to Jones’ not so subtle jabs at Chael
Dana White says ‘100 percent’ we’ll see Rose Namajunas vs. Carla Esparza next Fans were not happy when Carla Esparza was passed up for the next title shot against Rose Namajunas in favor of hosting a rematch with former champion, Weili Zhang. But it looks like UFC president Dana White is finally listening to what
UFC champion BJ Penn and WWF champion Hulk Hogan UFC legend BJ Penn has credited professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan for inspiring his eventual UFC title run. Penn, 43, originally captured UFC gold in January of 2004 when he shocked the world with a first round submission victory over longtime welterweight champion Matt Hughes. BJ
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou doesn’t recognize Ciryl Gane as the interim titleholder and believes the Frenchman’s belt is illegitimate. After 2018 defeats to Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis stalled his rise, Ngannou hit the form of his life. In four fights, “The Predator” recorded four first-round knockouts against Curtis Blaydes, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos
Event: Bellator 275: “Mousasi vs Vanderford”Date: Fri., Feb. 25, 2022Location: 3Arena in Dublin, IrelandHow To Watch: Showtime (watch it here) Bellator 275 Main Event: 185 lbs.: Champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC) vs. Austin Vanderford (11-0) Bellator 275 Main Card: 155 lbs.: Peter Queally (13-6, 1 NC) vs. Kane Mousah (13-4) Bellator 275 ‘Prelims’ Card:
Jon Jones posts inspirational Christmas message and challenge | Video Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones posted a Christmas message and challenge to his Instagram account on Saturday evening. “I’ve got a message for that person out there that maybe isn’t the happiest today, that person that maybe didn’t get the gift that they
Image via @jonnybones on Instagram (photographer not listed) Jon Jones is slamming Jake Hager for turning down a grappling match: “You had the chance of a lifetime”. The former light heavyweight kingpin tweeted the following: “You can’t gloat about turning down a grappling match with the goat. You had the opportunity of a lifetime, now
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor recently made waves by showing what appeared to be an incredibly bulked-up physique, but Joe Rogan doesn’t think all is as it originally seemed. For the first time since 2016, McGregor entered the Octagon twice in the same calendar year in 2021. But while he avenged a loss to
It’s been fascinating (and more than a little melancholic) to watch the mixed martial arts (MMA) grappling baseline climb ever higher, slowly chipping away at both the number and diversity of submissions as time goes by. Luckily, we still had more than our fair share of stunning mat work to appreciate this year. Let’s take