UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier suggested that Charles Oliveira and Michael Chandler fight each other for the vacant title. The race for the UFC lightweight title is high in the wake of Poirier’s knockout win over Conor McGregor at UFC 257. With UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov almost assuredly set to retire in the coming
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UFC light heavyweight Jamahal Hill does not think the UFC is documenting his ascent the way they have done others before him. Khamzat Chimaev. Sean O’Malley. Maycee Barber. Mike Perry. Johnny Walker. These are just a few names who were considered “hype trains” shortly after their arrival in the UFC. There have been many others
The UFC’s recent pattern of one month Fight Island, two months Las Vegas continues. The promotion has been shuttling their shows back and forth between Abu Dhabi and their UFC APEX arena in Vegas since a brief stint in Florida marked their return to action in May. A pattern emerged: July on Fight Island, August
UFC 257: The Thrill and Agony of Conor McGregor’s loss to Dustin Poirier [embedded content] Go behind the scenes of UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2 for a closer look at the thrill of victory and agony of defeat for the athletes on fight night. Watch the full episode exclusively on UFC Fight Pass. (Video
Jessica Andrade says she is planning on fighting UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko sometime later this spring. After defeating Katlyn Chookagian in her 125lbs debut last fall on Fight Island, UFC president Dana White confirmed that Andrade would be next in line for Shevchenko after she took out Jennifer Maia at UFC 255. So
UFC lightweight Beniel Dariush believes that the one thing that might be more influential than Max Holloway’s five-star performance at UFC on ABC 1 are the words he said after the fight. The stage was set for the UFC to make its return to network TV when UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar hit the
Conor McGregor took his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 pretty well on the surface, but you know he’s gotta be steamed about the defeat scuttling another big money boxing bout with Manny Pacquiao. You’ve got to roll a whole bunch of tangential figures like general sponsorship and whiskey sales into McGregor’s UFC paydays
Wrestling superstar Bill Goldberg praises Dustin Poirier ahead of WWE Royal Rumble [embedded content] Bill Goldberg is probably the most famous athlete known for mixed martial arts that has never fought in mixed martial arts. A longtime fan of the sport, Goldberg adopted a mixed martial arts persona for his character when he became a
Former UFC standout James Vick suffered his third consecutive stoppage loss at tonight’s XMMA event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Vick (13-6 MMA) became a free agent in October of 2019, this after the UFC opted against renewing his contract. ‘The Texecutioner’ returned to action in tonight’s XMMA headliner for a welterweight bout with Andre
1:23 PM ET USADA gave a six-month suspension to UFC women’s bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington on Thursday for the use of two banned substances, the agency announced. According to a USADA release, Pennington informed UFC’s anti-doping partner on Nov. 17 that she had used two prohibited drugs: 7-keto-DHEA and AOD-9064. USADA tested Pennington and the
Petr Yan and T.J. Dillashaw are in agreement that they should fight one another when T.J. Dillashaw makes his Octagon return. UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan is set to defend his bantamweight championship against Aljamain Sterling in five weeks at UFC 259, but he is already surveying who might be his next opponent should he
Nik Lentz is as tough as they come, but the newly retired UFC fighter may have just crossed the line of no return. Lentz, who lost to Movsar Evloev via split decision last weekend at UFC 257, retired after the fight citing issues with his vision dating back to a previous loss to Arnold Allen.
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. Editorial Commentary by Peter Parsons I always find it interesting when there is a change in
Image via @ufceurope on Instagram Former UFC ‘champ champ’ Henry Cejudo took time to reflect on his accomplishments today, this while telling Conor McGregor to take notes. Cejudo (16-2 MMA) retired from mixed martial arts following his TKO victory over former bantamweight kingpin Dominick Cruz at UFC 249. The win had marked Henry’s sixth in
7:39 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman says he “shattered” his nose in sparring just two weeks before defending his 170-pound title against Jorge Masvidal in July. Usman (17-1) is scheduled to make his third title defense next month, against Gilbert Burns (19-3) at UFC 258 on Feb. 13 in Las Vegas. The matchup
There is a new main event for the February 27 Fight Night card, as Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka has been cancelled, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Ciryl Gane now takes its place atop the card. MMA Junkie has reported that the original February 27 headliner of Dominick Reyes vs. Jiri Prochazka will no longer be
Jake Paul’s next boxing appearance will take place against former UFC fighter Ben Askren this April on pay-per-view (PPV) and few people are betting against the YouTube star. Paul, who made a huge splash in combat sports by knocking out former NBA star Nate Robinson on PPV last November, is trying to turn his social
Having established himself as someone to watch on the amateur circuit in 2019, light-heavyweight Zac Pauga was looking to make 2020 a big first year as a pro, but things did not work out as he anticipated. With Covid-19 wreaking havoc with scheduling, Pauga was only able to get in one bout in 2020, but