Following the former double champion Conor McGregor‘s loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, the Canadian legend George St. Pierre (AKA “GSP”) offered some genuine words of wisdom to the young superstar. Even though McGregor may not want to hear it, GSP divulged some career guidance that may help the young 32-year old superstar get
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White is still trying his best to convince his current Lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, to come back for one more fight after announcing his retirement from the sport in Oct. 2020. I say current champion because despite “The Eagle’s” persistence in never fighting again, the promotion has yet to
Coming off a solid debut year in 2020 where he was victorious in all three of his fights, welterweight Mikey England continued his winning ways with a first-round TKO of Bryan McDowell at FAC 7 on March 5. While England had a strong performance against McDowell, it wasn’t perfect. Because of that, he’s happier than
Screenshot via MMA Junkie UFC president Dana White was welcomed back to Jacksonville by Mayor Lenny Curry for UFC 261, who said “we are proud to welcome you back.” White announced this week that the world’s leading MMA promotion is set to return with a full crowd of fans when UFC 261 takes place on
11:26 AM ET Retired two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo is not committed to a return to competition, but says there is one name that would entice him to come back more than any other: Max Holloway. Cejudo (16-2) shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his retirement last May, following a 135-pound title
Kevin Holland has determined that Israel Adesanya is now a bonafide loser following the outcome of the UFC 259 main event. At UFC 259, Israel Adesanya tried to do what only a select few before him were able to achieve: become a simultaneous two-division world champion. It looked like he could have been on his
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Every time a new champion puts together a couple title defenses, everyone from the UFC commentary table to fans on Twitter begin speculating the same thing: is this new champion the best ever? It’s an endless cycle, one that enhances the profile of the current divisional great … until someone new
Georges St-Pierre breaks down Conor McGregor, Israel Adesanya losses; Kamaru Usman’s dominance Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre recently spoke with ESPN about Conor McGregor and Israel Adesanya’s recent losses, Kamaru Usman’s dominance, and what he has coming up in his own career. St-Pierre is going to be a large part of the
Image Credit: UFC Alexander Volkanovski believes the UFC spoils Max Holloway like no one else on the roster. After Holloway earned a dominant decision win over Calvin Kattar, Dana White said the Hawaiian would get the next title shot against the winner of Volkanovski and Brian Ortega. However, Volkanovski believes Holloway is getting spoiled by
2:13 PM ET UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad is thankful he avoided serious injury from an inadvertent eye poke during a fight against Leon Edwards last weekend, and he is now telling ESPN he wants an immediate rematch as well as harsher penalties for eye pokes. On Saturday, the UFC Fight Night main event between Muhammad
Even though it would appear no permanent damage was done to Belal Muhammad’s eye following an illegal strike from Leon Edwards at UFC Vegas 21, the welterweight claims he specifically warned the referee Herb Dean of the tendency before the fight started. Ruled a no-contest, the bout between Muhammad and Edwards started hot with both
Emmanuel Sanchez will face current Bellator MMA “champ-champ,” Patricio Freire at the upcoming Bellator 255 event on April 2, 2021. The two men initially threw down at Bellator 209 in Nov. 2018 with “Pitbull” defeating Sanchez after five rounds of back-and-forth action. While that fight was entertaining for fight fans, Sanchez is looking to avoid
Brian Ortega dominates Korean Zombie to earn UFC 260 title shot UFC featherweight Brian Ortega looked as good as ever in his fight with the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, at UFC Fight island 6 in October. [embedded content] (Video courtesy of UFC) Ortega’s performance opposite Jung earned him a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski
Image via Dominick Cruz on Facebook/ SCMP An ex-Monster Energy photographer echoed the comments made by UFC’s Dominick Cruz with allegations of being “blackballed” by Hans Molenkamp. Cruz made news headlines when he recently called out Molenkamp for a charity MMA fight following his split decision win over Casey Kenney at UFC 259. That has
7:46 AM ET The bantamweight division is perhaps the deepest and most intriguing in the UFC. Aljamain Sterling‘s recent dethroning of Petr Yan did nothing to clarify the division’s hierarchy. Yan was ahead on two scorecards in the fourth round when he landed an illegal knee to the head of a grounded Sterling, who became
Even if Brian Ortega emerges victorious in his UFC 260 title fight against Alexander Volkanovski, he would still feel as though there is something missing from his championship celebration: redemption. There is only one man who holds a victory over Brian “T-City” Ortega, and he is the same man who has earned his place among
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou is getting close to his second title shot, a main event showdown opposite Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 next weekend (Sat. March 27, 2021) at UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first time those two battled back in January 2018, Miocic scored a clear-cut decision victory, wrangling his
Watch Kevin Holland’s quick KO of Jacare Souza | UFC Vegas 22 fight video UFC middleweight Kevin Holland tied a UFC record for wins in a calendar year with five victories in 2020, including this Knockout of the Year candidate in December. [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Holland will face Derek Brunson in the