REPORT: Anthony Rocco Martin arrested for allegedly urinating in casino hallway and punching security officer Former UFC fighter, Anthony Rocco Martin, made headlines on Wednesday after news of his Las Vegas arrest was reported. According to MMA Fighting, who obtained the official police reports, Martin was arrested for “one count each of battery and lewd/dissolute
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PhotoCred: Cageside Press Kyoji Horiguchi is a man on a mission. The current RIZIN FF 135-pound bantamweight king recaptured the title he never officially lost on New Year’s Eve 2020 and hasn’t fought since. Now, Horiguchi has signed with Bellator in a rare deal that sees him remain the RIZIN champ and seeks the other
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Vegas 43, and we’ve got the full recap for you down below. Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: No Changes Women’s Flyweight: Talia Santos shoots up five spots to #5 after making short work of Joanne Wood at UFC Vegas
Welcome to Midnight Mania! 11 days out from the event, COVID-19 has disrupted a UFC Vegas 44 bout. Longtime UFC Welterweight Matt Brown revealed earlier today on Twitter that he tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to withdraw from his planned battle vs. Bryan Barberena. Shitty day today I tested positive for covid so my
Jake Paul, Nate Diaz and Ben Askren trade jabs on Twitter Who had Jake Paul and Nate Diaz fighting about wrestling on Twitter on your bingo board? On Tuesday, the YouTuber turned boxer and the fan-favorite UFC fighter got into it on Twitter over wrestling skills, because apparently, neither one of them had anything better
Arnold Allen UFC featherweight contender Arnold Allen says he is open to fighting The Korean Zombie next, predicting that “it’d be a good fight.” Allen is the No. 6 ranked featherweight in the UFC rankings, however, he often does not get mentioned when talking about the best fighters in the 145lbs weight class. The reason
Stipe Miocic would like the chance to enter the boxing ring. Miocic is arguably the greatest heavyweight of all time in MMA and is known for his striking. He has crisp boxing and has 15 of his 20 wins by KO. With that, if the former UFC champ could get a boxing fight, he says
Aljamain Sterling, it seems, is not without a sense of humor. The UFC bantamweight champion — a designation disputed by interim titleholder Petr Yan — is expected to make his Octagon return at some point in early 2022 and got busted open this week while training for his eventual comeback. “Three stitches, good as new,
Stipe Miocic down to welcome Jon Jones to the heavyweight division Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic wants his next fight to be a trilogy against Francis Ngannou or to welcome Jon Jones to the heavyweight division. Jones relinquished his light heavyweight title in May 2020 to pursue a championship run in the heavyweight
Image Credit: UFC’s Instagram In the main event of UFC Vegas 43, top-10 bantamweights were set to collide as Ketlen Vieira was set for her first main event against the former champ in Miesha Tate. Vieira entered the fight coming off a decision loss to Yana Kunitskaya and was just 1-2 in her last three
Conor McGregor may say that he is declaring war, but Nate Diaz says he was already slain in battle. The beef between McGregor and Diaz is well known. It spans all the way back to a famous callout from Stockton’s own in 2015. Since then, they have had two fights, with Diaz improbably tapping the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After an 8-4 run dating back to July 2017, Dan Hooker is heading back to Featherweight. Following a disappointing result vs. Islam Makhachev a few weeks back at UFC 267, Hooker hinted that a return to Featherweight may be in his future. Now, he’s already taken the next step, successfully making
Stipe Miocic: ‘I think I deserved a trilogy fight with Francis Ngannou’ Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was defeated by Francis Ngannou in his last outing, losing by knockout at UFC 260 in March. Miocic holds a win over Ngannou. He handed Ngannou his first career loss at UFC 220 in January 2018.
Former UFC fighter Marcus Davis, who was active as a pro between 2003 and 2014, recently won his return to MMA after a seven-year layoff. Davis was a former Ultimate Fighter contestant as well as a longtime veteran of the UFC who had memorable fights against the likes of Nate Diaz and Chris Lytle, among
Former UFC featherweight champion José Aldo is aiming at his Brazilian colleague, Paulo Costa following his weight-cutting controversy. Aldo and other UFC fighters have harshly criticized Costa for his recent debacle ahead of his UFC Vegas 41 main event against Marvin Vettori. Just days ahead of the fight, Costa called for a fight at catchweight
8:00 AM ET Four months removed from a devastating leg injury against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, Conor McGregor has begun his public campaign to line up his next opponent inside the Octagon. Unlike previous efforts, however, this latest push has been broader in scope. As he sat injured in the cage back in July,
Conor McGregor believes he will be first in line for a 155-pound title shot when he makes his Octagon return in late 2022, and despite the fact that “Notorious” is just 1-3 in the lightweight division, UFC would have no trouble rubber stamping that request. It would probably help if Dustin Poirier was holding the
Conor McGregor says he’s fighting for lightweight title when he returns ‘Deal with that’ Conor McGregor is the most talked-about man in combat sports and the discussion right now is ‘who will he fight’ when he returns. But McGregor has already answered that question for us. “Hi lads, here goes.. clicks and the like,” he