Jake Paul knows his feud with UFC president, Dana White has only helped him. Ever since Paul has turned pro and started to call out and fight UFC fighters, White has trash-talked him. He thought Ben Askren would beat him but after Paul beat him and Tyron Woodley, the UFC boss still criticized him for
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Fans will have to wait for the “three-piece and a soda” rematch between Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards for a little bit longer. ESPN reported Wednesday that the UFC 269 bout between Jorge Masvidal and Leon Edwards is off due to a Masvidal injury. There has been a pretty decent amount of interest in seeing
Nov 7, 2021 NEW YORK — Rose Namajunas successfully defended her strawweight crown on Saturday against Zhang Weili — the same woman she took the belt from back in April. Saturday’s rematch, however, was a much different fight than the first. Namajunas (11-4) edged Zhang (21-3) by the slimmest of margins, as she earned a
Just a few days ago, a clip circled the web of Francis Ngannou walking past former team mate Ciryl Gane without so much as a glance in his direction. It was a pretty cold move for a generally affable competitor, but there’s more to the story than simple pre-fight drama. More than Gane himself, Ngannou
Miesha Tate: ‘I remember what it feels like to be the champ’ It’s been six years since women’s bantamweight contender Miesha Tate held the UFC 135-pound title, but she remembers what it feels like to be champion. Tate returned after five years away from completion in July, defeating Marion Reneau by TKO. She immediately jumped
Image Credit: UFC Israel Adesanya tuned in to watch his former kickboxing opponent Alex Pereira make his Octagon debut Saturday night at UFC 268. Pereira (4-1 MMA), a former Glory Kickboxing champion, made his highly anticipated UFC debut last weekend at MSG against Andreas Michailidis. During his storied kickboxing past, Alex Pereira scored two victories
Michael Chandler believes mistakes were made at UFC 268. The lightweight powerhouse took to social media to update fans after his war with Justin Gaethje last weekend. Chandler shared a video where he appeared to be in good spirits while joking about his injuries with his son. He also used to post to thank his
1:36 PM ET UFC lightweight Michael Chandler might have lost to Justin Gaethje last weekend in New York — but he appears to have caught Conor McGregor‘s attention in doing so. Chandler (22-7) suffered a unanimous decision loss to Gaethje at UFC 268 on Saturday in a three-round bout that is the likely front-runner for
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Having successfully recovered from a long battle with COVID-19 and returned to the Octagon in stellar fashion vs. Li Jingliang just a couple weeks ago at UFC 267 (HIGHLIGHTS!), “Borz” is once again the talk of the town. Not long after his victory, Chimaev called out roughly half of the Welterweight
Valentina Shevchenko shows off her sixth ruby on her UFC championship belt UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko got her sixth ruby set in her championship belt and showed it off via Instagram. Once you win a UFC title, you receive a championship belt. Once you defend your title, instead of handing out a new
Image via @marvinvettori on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC middleweight contender Marvin Vettori believes there is one lightweight fighter who could give Islam Makhachev “a lot of problems.” Vettori trains at Kings MMA alongside Beneil Dariush, who is one of the top-ranked lightweights in the sport. Speaking to Mike Swick recently on his podcast, Vettori
Frankie Edgar has released his first statement following his UFC 268 KO loss to Marlon Vera. At UFC 268, former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar took on Marlon “Chito” Vera prior to the co-main event. It was a very competitive fight up until Vera ensured in the third round that the judges would have no say
9:30 AM ET Going into his UFC 268 main event against Colby Covington, welterweight champion Kamaru Usman already was No. 1 in the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound rankings. There was no room for upward movement. However, Usman’s strong performance at Madison Square Garden did earn him the backing of the last holdout on our voting panel.
Anderson Silva’s combat sports career hasn’t even ended yet, but his sons are already carrying the torch for the next generation. Both Gabriel and Kalyl Silva are amateur kickboxers with solid records and highlight wins of their own, and both were in action this past weekend at a FightersRep 11 event in Los Angeles. But
Israel Adesanya reacts to UFC 268 and Canelo vs. Plant | Video UFC Middleweight Champion Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya reacts to the stacked UFC 268 PPV including Alex Pereira’s UFC debut victory & Canelo Alvarez’s knockout of Caleb Plant. UFC 268 highlights & recap: Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington [embedded content] (Video Courtesy of
Jorge Masvidal clearly tuned in to watch his former friend turned bitter enemy Colby Covington rematch Kamaru Usman at UFC 268. Usman (20-1 MMA) and Covington (16-3 MMA) originally collided back at UFC 245 in December of 2019, with the ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ emerging victorious by way of a thrilling fifth round TKO. Since then, Kamaru
Dana White was caught in 4k watching Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant in the middle of UFC 268, but now we know why. White has had a ton of respect for Canelo, and the skills that he possesses. So much so in fact, that when UFC welterweight champ said that he wanted to box Canelo
1:54 AM ET NEW YORK — Kamaru Usman has said repeatedly that he dislikes Colby Covington more than any other opponent he has ever faced. But after their 10th round in the cage together, Usman and Covington could do nothing except embrace. Usman beat Covington via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) in the main event