1:30 AM ET Robert Whittaker doesn’t create a lot of headlines. He doesn’t talk any trash. Never has he made a spectacle of himself. But, quietly, Whittaker has built a resume that rivals some of the most impressive in mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight champion put forth another excellent performance Saturday, beating Kelvin
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Drakkar Klose has issued a statement after withdrawing from his UFC Vegas 24 co-main event against Jeremy Stephens. During the UFC Vegas 24 faceoffs on Friday, Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose had a very tense faceoff that ended with Stephens giving Klose a very hard shove. Though it isn’t too often that things get physical
Rose Namajunas shocked a lot of people last week when she revealed that she was framing her upcoming title fight against Weili Zhang at UFC 261 on April 24th as a sort of battle between ‘American Freedom’ and ‘Chinese Communism.’ The words “Better dead than red” were uttered, and it was just an uncharacteristically bad
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PhotoCred: South China Morning Post / UFC The team of UFC women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang responded to the recent “better dead than red” comments from Rose Namajunas. Namajunas’ recent comments led to a lot of media coverage after a clip of her talking about communism. As part of the comments, Namajunas took a shot
1:58 AM ET The mini-middleweight tournament is over, and after Robert Whittaker dominated Kelvin Gastelum on Saturday night, he’s likely to be the next foe for Israel Adesanya. Whittaker offered a complete performance against one of the toughest fighters in the sport, earning his third straight win since he lost his title to Adesanya in
The UFC Vegas 24 post-fight press conference will be live once the action concludes. In the headliner, Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum will collide in a middleweight clash. UFC Vegas 24’s co-main event will see a lightweight clash between Drakkar Klose and Jeremy Stephens. action will also be featured on the main card as Andrei
Robert Whittaker looked like a man on a mission last night (Sat., Apr. 17, 2021) at UFC Vegas 24 live on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev., when the former UFC middleweight champion stifled Kelvin Gastelum for a lopsided main event beatdown (highlights HERE). In addition to the middleweight headliner, a collection
Not since Conor McGregor drew Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of retirement has a boxing vs. MMA crossover fight drawn such attention. Whether or not you like either fighter or the bout itself, the celebrity boxing match between YouTube sensation Jake Paul and former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren couldn’t be ignored. Jake Paul
Image Credit: Triller Jake Paul squared off with former MMA champion Ben Askren in the headliner of tonight’s Triller event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Paul (3-0), a YouTube star turned boxer, and Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion, collided in the squared circle for an eight-round boxing match this evening. Askren (19-2 MMA)
12:42 PM ET Eddie Alvarez is getting right back to work. The former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion will fight at ONE on TNT IV on April 28 in Singapore, sources told ESPN. The bout will take place just three weeks after his last fight for ONE. Alvarez will fight the winner of Marat Gafurov
There’s a good chance that tonight isn’t the last time we see Ben Askren competing in combat sports. Two years ago, Ben Askren made the difficult decision to retire from mixed martial arts at the age of 34 due primarily to hip issues. After having hip replacement surgery in 2019, the former ONE and Bellator
One of the biggest combat attractions of the year will finally unfold later tonight (Sat., April 17, 2021) live on FITE TV from inside Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta, Ga., as YouTube sensation Jake Paul makes his third walk to the boxing ring against former mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Ben Askren. While Paul offers
No. 4 ranked welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal spoke with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on a variety of topics ahead of his April 24 rematch against Kamaru Usman for the welterweight championship at UFC 261. One of the topics Masvidal and Helwani touched on was the boxing match between YouTube sensation turned professional boxer Jake Paul and
Image via @ufc on Instagram Jorge Masvidal believes the UFC needs to pay the top fighters more money. Masvidal, who helped the UFC sell over one million pay-per-view buys for his UFC 251 fight against Kamaru Usman, wants to be compensated more for the number of pay-per-views he sells. “Gamebred,” says he also wants to
11:56 PM ET Vadim Nemkov has clearly established himself as the man to beat in Bellator’s light heavyweight tournament, following Friday night’s convincing title defense over Phil Davis. Nemkov (14-3) is already Bellator’s 205-pound champion, but with bigger names in the promotion’s tournament like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Yoel Romero and Ryan Bader, it would be
Jake Paul is heading into his second boxing match but already has his sights set on Conor McGregor. Jake Paul has done a good job of attacking MMA fighters and lining them up to fight. Since he started his boxing career he has had many UFC fighters looking to step into the squared circle with
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Despite his recent and rather public spat with Dustin Poirier over his charitable donation, McGregor is riding high. UFC 264 tickets were priced as high as $10,000, but that didn’t stop them from selling out in mere seconds. Regardless of his loss to “The Diamond,” McGregor is clearly still an absolutely