UFC welterweight Colby Covington unsurprisingly favors himself in a potential matchup with Georges St-Pierre, saying the Canadian’s striking is “very kindergarten.” Former two-division champ St-Pierre (26-2) is widely regarded as the greatest welterweight of all time, if not pound-for-pound as well. And while the 40-year-old is officially retired, his return to the Cctagon has been
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The past decade hasn’t been kind to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, who went from being a pretty feared heavyweight behemoth to a struggling giant that proved the adage ‘The bigger they are, harder they fall.’ At the start of 2011, a 16-2 “Bigfoot” beat Fedor Emelianenko in the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinals. But in the
Colby Covington: ‘Georges St-Pierre would have been a very easy fight for me’ Former interim UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington believes that the sport of mixed martial arts. has evolved since some all-time greats ruled their divisions. Covington (17-2) is the top ranked 170-pound contender in the world. He’s 8-1 in his last nine fights
Image via @ufc on Instagram UFC welterweight superstar Jorge Masvidal reacted after the first-ever Gamebred Fighting Championship event was officially announced. Masvidal last month announced that he would be launching Gamebred FC, which is a bare-knuckle MMA promotion. We have seen bare-knuckle fighting make a rise in popularity over the last few years with organizations
The first Gamebred Fighting Championship (GFC) event has a certified slugfest as its main event, with Jason “The Kid” Knight” taking on Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett. Two men who have earned the reputation of being down for a good brawl are Jason Knight and Charles Bennett. Jorge Masvidal couldn’t have done much better for the
Pioneering MMA referee and current Bellator Fighting Championships commentator “Big” John McCarthy took to social media this afternoon to disclose that he suffered numerous internal injuries (and some cuts and bruises) while doing some yardwork earlier today, Saturday, May 29th, 2021. McCarthy posted a video of himself on the way to seek medical care. “Well,
Relive Michael Bisping’s TUF 3 road to becoming ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ Michael Bisping introduced himself to UFC fans around the world on season 3 of The Ultimate Fighter back in 2006 where he won the light heavyweight tournament and started down the path of a Hall-of-fame career. UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and no. 2 ranked contender Brian
Conor McGregor and Michael Bisping Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping says the Conor McGregor of old doesn’t exist anymore and won’t be seen again. According to Bisping (30-9 MMA) the Irishman has achieved far too much in life to ever revert back to the trash-talking version of ‘Mystic Mac‘ that UFC fans originally met
After his big win last weekend, Rob Font would like to continue his momentum and be the backup fighter for the upcoming bantamweight main event. At UFC Vegas 27, former bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw will make his long-awaited return to the division following a two-year suspension for a performance-enhancing drug violation. Since the fight has
The first ever Gamebred Fighting Championship (GFC) bareknuckle MMA event has an official date and headlining act. Ultimate Fighter Championship (UFC) superstar, Jorge Masvidal, unveiled the newly-minted bareknuckle MMA promotion prior to his rematch opposite Kamaru Usman back at UFC 261. Masvidal ended up losing to Usman in vicious fashion, but his proposed bareknuckle MMA
LFA CEO Ed Soares announced on Wednesday that the promotion will return to Oklahoma in June. LFA 109 will feature an explosive lightweight showdown when the promotion returns to the Sooner State. This will be the seventh event the promotion has hosted in the OKC area in 2021. LFA 109: McKinney vs. Irizarry takes place
UFC featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski has dubbed his upcoming opponent Brian Ortega “fake” and “awkward” following their filming of TUF 29. Volkanovski (22-1 MMA) and Ortega (15-1 MMA) just spent weeks in each others presence while serving as coaches of Season 29 of The Ultimate Fighter. According to the Australian, after getting to know ‘T-City‘
8:34 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Clay Collard was the other guy. He was the one standing across the cage from the PFL’s prized new signee, Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. It was a big moment for the emerging fight promotion, and the vibe of the introductions for this season-opening main event last month in Atlantic City, New
Alexander Volkanovski is exiting The Ultimate Fighter house with a new and unfavorable image of his opposing coach and upcoming opponent Brian Ortega. When you spend several weeks in close proximity with the same people, one can’t help but learn more about their tendencies and characteristics. In the case of reigning UFC featherweight champion Alex
T.J. Dillashaw is keeping a close eye on Cory Sandhagen leading into their clash this July and that includes spying on “Sandman’s” camp. Dillashaw, who has been serving out a two year suspension after popping for banned substances back in 2019, is expected to make his awaited Octagon return on July 24 against Sandhagen. The
Check out the 11 TUF contestants that went on to win UFC gold 11 alumni of The Ultimate Fighter have gone on to win UFC championships after appearing on the show. Can you name all 11 before watching the whole video? Season 29 of TUF kicks off next week on June 1. Alexander Volkanovski excited
Image Credit: Logan Paul’s Twitter Floyd Mayweather is confident he will beat Logan Paul with ease on June 6. Mayweather is set to face the YouTuber turned boxer in Paul in an exhibition bout in Miami next Sunday. Entering the fight, the undefeated boxer is a massive -1300 favorite and he doesn’t have much of
After coming so tantalizingly close to claiming the UFC lightweight championship before being dropped by Charles Oliveira, Michael Chandler is already looking forward to a future clash with Justin Gaethje. Chandler was more than happy to share his thoughts with MMA Fighting when asked about the possible/inevitable showdown between him and Gaethje. “I think Gaethje-Chandler