Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jon Jones and Colby Covington have a long-standing feud where the two have trash-talked one another for years. After “Chaos” announced his departure from American Top Team, “Bones” had to chime in to give his thoughts. Covington has been known to trash-talk his teammates in Jorge Masvidal,
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was back inside the ring on Weds. night (May 27, 2020) as a special guest for All Elite Wrestling (AEW), in a spot that appeared to outright copy what World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) did back in 1998, when Tyson caused a riot by shoving “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (see
Justin Gaethje tells Joe Rogan: ‘I gotta touch Khabib four times and then he’s compromised’ [embedded content] Justin Gaethje scored the biggest victory of his career when he defeated Tony Ferguson in the UFC 249 main event on May 9 in Jacksonville, Fla. In doing so, he earned an even bigger fight. No, not Conor
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones shared his reaction to the news that his former friend and roommate Colby Covington was no longer with ATT. Covington was removed from the American Top Team website earlier this week, leading many to speculate the he had parted ways with the gym. The former interim welterweight champion would
6:37 PM ET UFC president Dana White has announced the official lineup for a UFC 250 pay-per-view event on June 6 in Las Vegas. White revealed the 11-bout card on SportsCenter on Wednesday. The main event will feature two-weight female champion Amanda Nunes, who will look to defend her 145-pound featherweight title against Felicia Spencer.
Petr Yan vs. Jose Aldo is being worked on for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. At least for now, Henry Cejudo’s retirement is sticking. That means “Triple C” is no longer the UFC bantamweight champion. Cejudo announced his retirement after stopping Dominick Cruz via second-round TKO in the co-main event of UFC 249. UFC president
After three “Contender Series” seasons, UFC Apex hosts its first full fight card this Saturday (May 20, 2020) with Welterweight finishers Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns at the helm. The state-of-the-art facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, will also host a Heavyweight tussle between Augusto Sakai and Blagoy Ivanov alongside a clash of “Contender Series” veterans
Following a first round submission victory this past February over Chris Bungard at Bellator 240, lightweight Brent Primus was looking to have a big year in 2020 when the novel coronavirus put his plans in jeopardy. For Primus, the reality of how quickly the world could change hit him pretty hard after having to travel
The Nevada State Athletic Commission has approved a number of combat sports events coming up in its state, including UFC Fight Night and UFC 250. The commission on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the UFC and Top Rank boxing to hold four events throughout May and June in Las Vegas. Arash Markazi from ESPN has
7:39 AM ET I have a confession to make. Usually, I like social media. It’s fun, it provides value, it’s entertainment. Last week, I didn’t like social media very much. Why? Allow me to explain that, and much more, in this week’s column. Without further ado … 1. There were way too many mixed messages
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Sean O’Malley believes he’s closing in on a bantamweight title shot. The undefeated prospect will return to the Octagon on June 6 at UFC 250 against Eddie Wineland. Should O’Malley win, it seems likely he will get a ranked opponent next. And, given the state of
Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion Israel Adesanya received heavy criticism for his UFC 248 pay-per-view (PPV) main event last March in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he captured a tepid unanimous decision victory over “statue” Yoel Romero. During his five-round snoozer, “The Last Stylebender” kept getting heckled by top middleweight contender Paulo Costa, who
Following his first loss in the UFC in February to Merab Dvalishvili, bantamweight Casey Kenney was looking to recoup a little bit before returning to the promotion in the spring when the novel coronavirus hit and sent the sport into temporary lockdown. While at first the lockdown didn’t affect Kenney much, once he wanted to
Image Credit: Claudia Gadelha’s Instagram Both Claudia Gadelha and Dan Ige fought on UFC Fight Night in Jacksonville back on May 16 and both fighters came away with wins respectively. However, both fighters were also recent guests on Sirius XM Fight Nation’s ‘MMA Tonight’ and revealed they endure some COVID-19 scares in their camp. Before
7:03 PM ET UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman has extended the following invitation to Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal: Meet me in July. Usman (16-1) told ESPN on Tuesday that he’s been training since February and has offered to defend his 170-pound UFC championship in April, May, June and now July. Many expected Usman’s next
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman questions why Conor McGregor is suddenly silent when it comes to going up to welterweight. McGregor has made his future plans clear. He hopes to regain the UFC lightweight title and then move up to 170 pounds to go after the welterweight
Despite teasing possible retirement in the past, Carlos Condit isn’t ready to call it a career just yet. In fact, his striking coach, Brandon Gibson, says “The Natural Born Killer” could make his return to action as early as this summer. “Carlos is doing well. He’s recovering from his injury, he’s continuing his training, and
The rumors have swirled about about a Mike Tyson comeback. The speculation runs the gamut from a boxing exhibition to a championship fight to bare knuckle fighting. At least one of those avenues has some truth to it, whether or not it is in the scope of what Tyson is looking to do. BKFC president