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Grant Dawson isn’t happy about what transpired in Professional Fighters League (PFL) this past weekend (June 23, 2023). Dawson’s fellow Lightweight American Top Team (ATT) teammates, Natan Schulte and Raush Manfio, went toe-to-toe at PFL’s sixth show of 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Despite Schulte walking away as the victor via unanimous decision, both were ultimately

Andres Waters Jun 27, 2023, 05:02 PM ET We’re five weeks into “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 31, and for the fifth week in a row, Michael Chandler‘s team got a win over Conor McGregor‘s. Team Chandler’s Brad Katona used his ground game to control Team McGregor’s Carlos Vera and pick up a unanimous decision victory

Max Griffin is ready to make a statement. Griffin is coming off a decision win over Tim Means back in October and was hoping to return much sooner. However, he wasn’t offered a fight until he was booked against Michael Morales at UFC Vegas 76. When Griffin got the fight offer, he admits he felt

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Elon Musk is a massive underdog in his perspective match up versus fellow tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. Maybe that’s why he’s already in the gym, working with popular podcaster and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Lex Fridman (H/T TMZ). Fridman shared a couple quick photos of their work together, one of which

Sean O’Malley knows who he wants to fight in his first title defense. O’Malley is set to fight Aljamain Sterling for the bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 292 on August 19 in Boston. Although Sterling is the betting favorite and many think he will emerge victorious, O’Malley has been vocal that he

Luke Rockhold will keep fighting. UFC 278 in Aug. 2022 looked to be the end of Rockhold’s professional fighting career. After his thrilling unanimous decision loss to Paulo Costa (watch highlights), Rockhold retired on the microphone when speaking with Joe Rogan. A few short months later, however, the former Middleweight champion requested and received his

UFC champion Israel Adesanya has reacted to the footage of rival Alex Pereira being tailed by a Walmart employee. It’s safe to say that there’s no love lost between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. These two men have been to war with one another on four different occasions, and who knows, perhaps they’ll meet again

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Cage side commentator Daniel Cormier walked away from UFC Jacksonville, which took place over the weekend (Sat. June 24, 2023), highly impressed with Featherweight standout Ilia Topuria. It’s easy to understand why. Topuria took apart veteran contender Josh Emmett, battering the former title challenger across five rounds (see scorecards here). His

PFL 6 was an incredible night of fights unfortunately now marred in controversy after the promotion decided to suspend Raush Manfio and Natan Schulte for essentially a boring fight. The suspension removed Schulte from the playoffs and put Shane Burgos in his place leading fans to wonder if the PFL was manipulating the system to

Jun 26, 2023, 09:29 AM ET With the conclusion of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night, the first half of the year is behind us. Starting with a surprise faceoff between the best heavyweights in the sport, Marc Raimondi, Brett Okamoto, Eddie Maisonet III and Andres Waters discuss the biggest moments we’ve seen so far in the

PFL lightweight contender Stevie Ray has decided to hang up the gloves for a second time. ‘Braveheart’ is a name that is recognizable to most MMA fans. The Scottish fighter quickly found success in BAMMA, winning lightweight gold. By 2015, Stevie Ray was in the UFC, and racking up multiple high-profile wins. That year alone,

Creating a fighters’ union may have been harder than Jake Paul realized. Paul, 26, has enjoyed gambling with additional stakes to his professional boxing matches throughout his seven-fight career (6-1). Ahead of his biggest fight to date against former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion and mixed martial arts (MMA) icon, Anderson Silva, “The Problem

Zuckerberg vs. Musk: GSP enters fray; Dana dons fight shirt If the Mark Zuckerberg vs. Elon Musk fight of the billionaires doesn’t ever really happen, it’s certainly managed to cause a stir in the interim. UFC Hall of Famer Georges St-Pierre has entered the fray, and UFC president Dana White already had a Zuckerberg vs.

Jun 20, 2023, 10:21 AM ET The 2023 ESPYS presented by Capital One are finally here. It’s time to decide which of your favorite athletes will win the show’s biggest awards. The nominees for Best Driver: Leon Edwards Jon Jones Islam Makhachev Amanda Nunes Your selections help determine the ESPYS winners! Vote now and tune

UFC middleweight Brendan Allen has hinted at Khamzat Chimaev vs Jared Cannonier being booked in the near future. Following his win over Marvin Vettori earlier this month, Jared Cannonier made it clear that he still wants to pursue the UFC middleweight championship. However, there wasn’t a clear route back to the top for him, even

Is Nate Diaz about to get tooled up badly when he boxes Jake Paul inside American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 5, 2023? That’s the consensus coming from the boxing community, with Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn predicting Diaz won’t last four rounds against the younger and bigger Paul. There’s also been some

According to a “semi-scientific Twitter study conducted over the past 36 hours” by BetOnline more US states are backing Twitter owner Elon Musk in a fight with Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp CEO Mark Zuckerberg. One must remember that this survey was done on the platform owned by Musk and could have a vastly different outcome

Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 24, 2023, 01:07 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun ATLANTA — Sadibou Sy just continues to establish himself as the man to beat in the PFL’s welterweight division — and looks really good doing it. Sy (15-6-2) secured his