Leon Edwards thinks he is one win away from being the deserving BMF champ. Edwards is set to take on Jorge Masvidal, after a few years of build-up between the two, starting with a backstage brawl in 2019. This viral moment was the start of the meteoric resurrection of Masvidal, which included two shots at
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4:01 PM ET Junior dos Santos seems to have several options moving forward with his combat sports career following his release from the UFC earlier this year. The former UFC light heavyweight champion will make his professional wrestling match debut Friday for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). And dos Santos told ESPN on Wednesday that he
Chael Sonnen is not pleased with the way Jon Jones has handled himself after getting banned from Jackson Wink MMA following his most recent arrest. Jones’ long-time coach, Mike Winkeljohn, revealed earlier this week that the former UFC light heavyweight champion has been kicked out of the gym until he gets his drinking under control.
UFC Vegas 40: Ladd vs. Dumont Weigh-in Face-off Video Following Friday’s UFC Vegas 40 weigh-ins at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the athletes competing on Saturday’s fight card faced off with their opponents. In the main event, No. 3 ranked women’s bantamweight Aspen Ladd moves up the the featherweight division to take on Norma Dumont. UFC Vegas
Kamaru-Usman UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman could push for a Canelo Alvarez boxing match next, says his manager, Ali Abdelaziz. Usman is one of the best MMA fighters on the planet right now, and on November 6 at UFC 268 in New York City, he rematches his rival Colby Covington for the UFC welterweight title.
It seems that we might not get Francis Ngannou vs Jon Jones after all. A potential fight between Ngannou and Jones has been the talk of the town since “The Predator” won the heavyweight title from Stipe Miocic early this year. In fact, with Jones hard at work to bulk up for a heavyweight move,
8:00 AM ET The UFC has several monster events on its schedule to close out 2021. Before the year is done, we will have seen six more title fights, as well as some blockbuster matchups such as Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler, Jorge Masvidal vs. Leon Edwards, Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez and Paulo Costa
No. 3-ranked women’s bantamweight contender Aspen Ladd, who was tossed from her Macy Chiasson fight earlier this month after failing to make weight (yet again), will jump up to 145 pounds for a short-notice affair opposite female featherweight bruiser Norma Dumont in the UFC Vegas 40 main event, which takes place this Sat. night (Oct.
Nate Diaz responds to Conor McGregor’s comment that his boxing is piss: ‘I turned you into a wrestler’ Nate Diaz handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss at UFC 195 in March 2016 and the two have been feuding regularly for the last five years. McGregor defeated Diaz in their rematch by majority decision at
Image: UFC on Instagram The 911 call from Luis Pena’s girlfriend has been released. On Thursday, TMZ Sports obtained the police audio from Pena’s girlfriend who called the police to report the domestic violence. She confirmed Pena hit him and she has marks to prove it and she wants him gone for good. MMAFighting then
Nate Diaz has not taken his radar off of Vicente Luque, and he’s now zeroing in on getting things finalized. “Closed mouths don’t get fed” is a common American expression. It is a modernized version of the more antiquated, “Ask and you shall receive.” Many men have asked for a fight with Nate Diaz, but
1:58 PM ET Two of Bellator MMA’s top featherweight prospects have agreed to meet at Bellator 271 on Nov. 12, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. The promotion is finalizing a bout between Aaron Pico and Justin Gonzales for the event, which will take place at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
If having Manny Pacquiao as a father isn’t a good enough resource, Emmanuel Pacquiao Jr. can also draw from the genius of professional boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez. Pacquiao Jr. recently got some reps in with Alvarez. Video of the younger Pacquiao, 20, was posted to social media. In one clip, which you can watch below,
Luis Pena was arrested for two counts of misdemeanor battery and domestic violence last week, and released from the UFC on Tuesday. Now the audio from the victim’s 911 call has been released and it’s chilling, to say the least. “We have a no-contact order so, technically, we shouldn’t even be living together,” the woman
Image Credit: DAZN Jon Jones revealed that he was molested as a child and has things he needs to “deal with” following his recent domestic violence arrest. The former UFC light heavyweight kingpin, Jones (26-1 MMA), was arrested last month on charges of battery, domestic violence, and injuring / tampering with a vehicle. The incident
Khamzat Chimaev and Khabib Nurmagomedov are on good terms again after a falling out earlier this year. In June, we reported on Khamzat Chimaev’s exit from management team Dominance MMA, which came on the heels of some comments Chimaev made that ruffled some feathers. During a Q&A session alongside Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in May,
3:36 PM ET Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is not currently allowed inside the confines of his longtime mixed martial arts gym following an arrest last month in Las Vegas. Jackson Wink MMA spokesperson James Hallinan wrote in a statement to ESPN that Jones is “temporarily suspended” from the Albuquerque, New Mexico, gym
Welcome to Midnight Mania! 2020 was a difficult year for Paul Felder. Riding the best wave of momentum of his career towards the title mix, Felder left it all in the Octagon in a five-round war vs. Dan Hooker. It was a tremendous effort, but Hooker was awarded the split-decision victory, leaving Felder understandably heartbroken