9:05 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he would like to fight twice more this year, and while he’s not sure what’s going on between the UFC and Jon Jones, he said he wants Jones first and then a rematch with Derrick Lewis. Ngannou dethroned Stipe Miocic, who’s considered the greatest heavyweight in
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On the brink of returning to the UFC, Luke Rockhold spoke about Dana White and his hold over the fighter’s pay. Luke Rockhold is getting prepared to return to the UFC after some time away. When Rockhold walked away from the UFC back in 2019 it was never an official retirement, but with so many
Longtime welterweight contender Leon Edwards will continue to stay busy in the 170-pound division when he collides with mouthy fan favorite Nate Diaz in the upcoming UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event, scheduled for May 15 in Houston, Texas. And he’ll do it as the -350 betting favorite. That’s according to our fiscal friends over
Darren Till out of UFC on ABC 2 headliner No. 5 ranked UFC middleweight Darren Till has pulled out of his bout on April 10 against no. 6 ranked middleweight Marvin Vettori. The main event, which is scheduled to take place UFC on ABC 2, is still up in the air as a result of
Nate Diaz vs Leon Edwards UFC 262 via ESPN As expected, Nate Diaz has opened as the betting underdog for his five-round welterweight fight with Leon Edwards on May 15 at UFC 262. Earlier this evening Diaz (20-12 MMA) thrilled fight fans when he announced that his return to the Octagon was set to take
11:26 PM ET Nate Diaz is back. Diaz, one of the most popular fighters in MMA, will meet Leon Edwards at UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, sources told ESPN. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight, though the contract is not signed yet. The fight will serve as a five-round co-main event
Bellator MMA has released its inaugural fighter rankings. The rankings include every men’s and women’s division as well as a pound-for-pound rankings list for both genders. Here are the full inaugural fighter rankings for Bellator MMA: MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (27-6) 5.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has been aggressive in its efforts to bolster up it’s roster. After signing former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) “it” girl, Paige VanZant, the promotion expressed interest in signing Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem. Now it seems BKFC is in the process of landing another former UFC veteran in the
While there’s no denying 2020 was a low point for many fighters, for some the year turned out to provide enough opportunities to qualify as an up year. For Bellator lightweight Chris Gonzalez, 2020 ended up being one of those up years. After capping off his 2019 with three wins in a row, Gonzalez would
Middleweight contender Darren Till is out of his fight with Marvin Vettori, which was set to headline next Saturday’s UFC Vegas 23 event. Till announced this unfortunate news on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve been sat here for a good few hours debating how to say this & put into words what I’m feeling &
8:30 AM ET Jon Jones, who reigned as UFC light heavyweight champion for much of the past decade before vacating his belt in August to move up to heavyweight, is back at the top of the ESPN men’s pound-for-pound MMA rankings. Francis Ngannou, fresh off winning the heavyweight title on Saturday at UFC 260, has
The medical suspensions list following UFC 260 has been released two days after the event. Five fighters are looking at a potential suspension of six months. Both Stipe Miocic and the new heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou are looking at relatively short suspensions, with Ngannou out for 30 days with no contact and Miocic suspended for
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 185-pound champion Anderson Silva will make his boxing debut against ex-WBC middleweight titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sat., June 19, 2021, a fight card that also features Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. battling Hector Camacho Jr. under exhibition rules. I guess Roy Jones Jr.
Jake Paul embarrasses himself against Ben Askren Watch the highlights from the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren press conference that took place in Las Vegas. The two are set to box on April 17 in the Triller Fight Club promotion. Askren, an Olympian, two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and former Bellator MMA and ONE
PhotoCred: CBS Sports / MMA Fighting At UFC 260, Vicente Luque finished a former champion in the first round. Afterward, he was hoping to challenge the BMF himself. Unfortunately for Luque, Jorge Masvidal has now been granted a rematch with the current undisputed UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman. Thus throwing a wrench in the Brazilian’s
8:10 AM ET UFC 260 proved to be a changing of the guard in the heavyweight division. Francis Ngannou displayed enhanced fight skills beyond his already devastating knockout power as he dethroned Stipe Miocic with a thoroughly impressive all-around performance. But with that knockout behind him, and the UFC heavyweight championship belt around his waist,
Tyron Woodley has issued a statement after his fourth consecutive loss at UFC 260 against Vicente Luque. Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley entered the Octagon against Vicente Luque as a man with everything to lose. The urgency he fought with in the UFC 260 co-main event depicted a man fighting under such conditions. What
UFC 260 injuries and medical suspensions for the athletes who competed at the “Miocic vs Ngannou 2”-led event this past weekend (March 27) from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, have been obtained by The Underground. In the main event of the evening, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic in the second round to