Welcome to Midnight Mania! Like it or not, the return of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is imminent. The most recent season ended in November 2018, and the unprecedented extended layoff had many assuming that TUF was done for good, replaced by “Contenders Series” and “Looking For A Fight.” However, UFC has since announced otherwise, and
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ONE Full Blast results: Edward Kelly gets back to winning ways Edward Kelly snapped his two-fight losing streak with a win over Ahmed Faress at ONE: Full Blast. The previously recorded event was broadcast on Friday. The Filipino featherweight was one of the big winners. Faress was making his promotional debut. The southpaw got off
UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira says he open to moving back to 145lbs, but only for a title shot, saying that he “would do well.” Oliveira knocked out Michael Chandler in the main event of UFC 262 in Houston two weeks ago to become the new UFC lightweight champion. He has won his last nine
1:57 AM ET City Kickboxing (CKB) fighter Fau Vake, who died earlier this month, will be firmly in the thoughts of both middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and rising lightweight Brad Riddell when the duo step into the Octagon at UFC 263 next month. Vake died on May 23 in an Auckland hospital, seven days after
UFC legend Miesha Tate doesn’t sound too confident that Michael Venom Page (MVP) would find success in the UFC. Earlier this week, Michael Page stated that he would like to test himself in the UFC at some point in his career. MVP has been competing in Bellator since 2014, and many have always wondered how
The premiere date for season 29 of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) is set, with the longstanding reality show making its return to the airwaves on June 1, 2021. While the show — which will air on ESPN+ and is coached by Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega — is locked and loaded, a date
Following a nearly five-year layoff former UFC bantamweight Francisco Rivera returned to MMA with a first round TKO over Ryan Lilley for XMMA this past January. Though he took the fight less than a month before it happened, the fact that he had never really stopped working on his game during his time away helped
Jon Jones and Richard Schaefer via ESPN on Twitter Richard Schaefer, the new advisor to MMA legend Jon Jones, has detailed his strategy to represent ‘Bones’ against the UFC. According to Schaefer, he was recently introduced to Jones through a mutual friend, and after meeting with Jon he knew “this is the kind of guy”
9:20 PM ET The UFC is working on a featherweight matchup between Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez for July, according to UFC president Dana White. Contracts have not been signed, but the UFC is close to finalizing the 145-pound contest, sources told ESPN. Once official, it is expected to headline a UFC Fight Night event
Michel Pereira (25-11-2) and Niko Price (14-4-2) are charging head first into what has the makings of a very memorable car crash at UFC 264. First reported by AG Fight on Thursday, high-octane welterweights Michel Pereira and Niko Price have been paired opposite one another for the July 10 pay-per-view. This event will of course
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s been a wild ride for Diego Sanchez. Sanchez has always been a bit on the odd side, sure, but he’s seemed entirely disconnected from reality thanks to the influence of Joshua Fabia, his head coach — or parasitic cult leader — over the last couple years. Fabia’s conflict with UFC
Max Holloway opens as heavy favorite over Yair Rodriguez for July 17 headliner No. 1 ranked featherweight contender and former undisputed UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway is set to make his return to the octagon in the Summer and will take on no. 3 ranked contender Yair Rodriguez. The fight promotion officially announced the match
Screenshot via MMA Junkie UFC president Dana White has revealed the potential locations of upcoming UFC pay-per-view cards, saying he’s looking at several U.S. cities. The UFC has begun to visit different cities in the United States now that the country is opening back up following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The UFC has
7:51 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim MMA is doing pretty well for a sport less than three decades old. From the UFC to Bellator to the PFL and beyond, the fight game has grown from a shady niche to the spotlit mainstream, drawing in new fans by the day. A few fighters have broken through to
Charles Oliveira believes that it is the start of the new era in the lightweight division. After winning the vacant UFC lightweight championship belt by defeating Michael Chandler at UFC 262 in Houston, Oliveira returned to his home country of Brazil to celebrate with his hometown. The new lightweight king does not believe that former
Long before a big time Heavyweight bout between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou was in Dana White’s crosshairs, the big man showdown every fight fan wanted the UFC boss to make was one between former 265-pound champion, Brock Lesnar, and former PRIDE champion Fedor Emelianenko. It was said that White even made the trip to
Michael ‘Venom’ Page eventually desires move to UFC No. 4 ranked Bellator welterweight contender Michael ‘Venom’ Page is eyeing an eventual move to the UFC. ‘MVP’ was a guest on former UFC middleweight champion and UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping’s “Believe You Me” podcast, and Bisping asked Page about whether or not he would
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes has opened up on the horrific train accident that left him clinging to life in a medically induced coma. On June 16, 2017, Hughes sustained severe head injuries after a train collided with his truck at a rail crossing close to his residence. Hughes was air-lifted to a local