2021 PFL Playoffs 2 is well underway, and we’ll be bringing you all the results, sights, and sounds from the main card right here on MMA News! This second PFL playoff event takes place from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The main event will feature undefeated Olympic gold medalist Kayla
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6:22 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim As the PFL playoffs continue with semifinals in two weight classes on Thursday in Hollywood, Florida (live on ESPN+; 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+), the emerging narrative could be that a dominant champion remains in the driver’s seat. Or it could be that someone new is about to take the
Anthony Smith says former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) king Conor McGregor has crossed the line so much he’s doing victory laps. Smith has had less than delightful exchanges with fighters, including former UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones in the lead-up to their title fight. McGregor, however, is taking things way too far for “Lionheart”
No. 3 ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier is set to make his return to the octagon this Saturday in the main event of UFC Vegas 34 when he faces no. 9 ranked contender Kelvin Gastelum. Cannonier has not fought since he was defeated by no. 1 contender and former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in
UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping trashed Bellator fighter Dillon Danis following his boxing callout, saying “You cannot fight… utter fool.” Danis took to his social media on Thursday to reveal that an offer has been made to Bisping for a boxing match. However, “The Count” fired back shortly after, insisting that there is no
A third UFC analyst has blasted Conor McGregor over his controversial trash talk. Anthony Smith, a current UFC light heavyweight and analyst, says he doesn’t like the way McGregor has been talking since his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. He also thinks the Irishman has taken his trash talk too far throughout his
11:03 PM ET The return of The Ultimate Fighter has hit an unforeseen snag. Tresean Gore is injured and out of the TUF middleweight final at UFC Fight Night on Aug. 28, UFC officials confirmed Wednesday with ESPN. Gilbert Urbina, whom Gore beat in the semifinals, will now fight Bryan Battle in the championship bout.
Long-time contender, Kelvin Gastelum, will square off with multi-division power puncher, Jared Cannonier, this Saturday (Aug. 21, 2021) at UFC Vegas 34 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gastelum is an interesting athlete, especially from the analyst’s chair. On one hand, he’s clearly a remarkable talent, a contender in whatever division he can make
Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre was offered a lucrative deal to box Oscar De La Hoya, but UFC president Dana White prevented it from happening. During an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, St-Pierre detailed exactly what went down from the time he was offered the fight from Triller Fight Club, his
PhotoCred: TheMacLife Georges St-Pierre was open to the idea of yet another comeback — just not in an MMA cage. Widely considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, if not the greatest, St-Pierre is now 40-years old and hasn’t fought since his middleweight title capturing against Michael Bisping at UFC 217 in 2017.
Georges St-Pierre has revealed a big reason why UFC President Dana White was against the idea of him boxing Oscar De La Hoya. It’s no secret that White and De La Hoya have bad blood. White has taken jabs at De La Hoya’s past drug use. De La Hoya has referred to White as a
11:40 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in Sept. 2019. Cannonier fights Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC Fight Night on August 21, 2021. Jared Cannonier was living in Anchorage, Alaska, and doing maintenance on air traffic control equipment for the Federal Aviation Administration. It was 2009, he was almost
Jorge Masvidal is bringing Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva to the world of Gamebred Fighting Championship and bare-knuckle mixed martial arts (MMA). Masvidal is setting the wheels in motion for Gamebred Fighting Championship 2, the second event from Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA promotion. The event takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi on Sat., Sept. 11. The former Ultimate Fighting
Israel Adesanya on Jon Jones: “He’s getting fat for no reason now.” UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who is coming off a unanimous decision victory and a third successful middleweight title defense against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263, was the final guest on the re-installment of “The MMA Hour”, hosted by Ariel Helwani. ‘Stylebender’ spoke
Image Credit: Vinc Pichel’s Instagram (photographer not listed) Vinc Pichel is excited to show off how much better he has gotten since changing camps to Factory X. Pichel has been training in California for years now, but he recently decided to move to Colorado and train at Factory X. For Pichel, he says he immediately
TJ Dillashaw was amused at the prospect of facing Urijah Faber in his UFC return fight when the offer was halfheartedly made by the promotion. At UFC Vegas 32 last month, TJ Dillashaw defeated Cory Sandhagen to become the new #1 contender for the bantamweight title in his first fight back after a two-year USADA
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor is growing increasingly irate with the UFC commentary team. It is their jobs to offer analysis and opinions alike on the promotion’s athletes, and lately, the remarks have been less than flattering. As a result, McGregor has taken quite a few shots at Daniel Cormier, but now it seems
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya breaks down Jared Cannonier vs Kelvin Gastelum | Video UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya analyses the main event of upcoming UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Gastelum. No. 3 ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier faces no. 9 ranked Kelvin Gastelum in a fight in Adesanya’s division. Cannonier enters the bout coming