Welcome to Midnight Mania! Earlier today, Professional Fighter’s League (PFL) announced that it would suspend its 2020 season as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, hoping to return to action in May. In addition, PFL CEO Peter Murray explained that the athletes on the roster would be receiving a monthly stipend. There’s an important addendum
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Tito Ortiz vs. Ken Shamrock 1, re-watch the brawl that started their infamous UFC trilogy [embedded content] Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock are definitely considered pioneers of mixed martial arts. Shamrock fought at UFC 1 and continued fighting into 2016, where he last competed under the Bellator banner. Ortiz made his Octagon debut at UFC
Image: @ufc on Instagram For many, Jon Jones is the greatest fighter of all-time. He became the youngest UFC champion when he defeated Shogun Rua and has never lost his belt inside the Octagon. But, he has been stripped of his title in the past due to legal issues and USADA violations. Since returning at
9:11 AM ET The Professional Fighters League pulled the plug on its 2020 regular season and playoffs because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, with plans to resume in the spring of 2021. That’s a big deal for the fight promotion and its athletes spread across six weight classes. The fighters will no longer get to
Image Credit: Christian Petersen/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Amanda Nunes isn’t interested in rushing things amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nunes is the reigning UFC women’s featherweight and bantamweight champion. She was scheduled to put her 145-pound gold on the line against Felicia Spencer on May 9 at UFC 250 in Brazil. The UFC was
Event: UFC 249: “Ferguson vs. Gaethje”Date: Sat., May 9, 2020Location: TBABroadcast: ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV), ESPN, ESPN+ / Fight Pass ***Fight card, bout order and the amount of matches subject to drastic change because of the various global quarantine restrictions.*** UFC 249 PPV Main Event On ESPN+: 155 lbs.: Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje (not Khabib
Though UFC President Dana White has been leading the charge to get his company up-and-running as quickly as possible, the promotion has had to relent to coronavirus restrictions and officially cancel several events. The list now stands at eight UFC events that have been canceled or postponed. UFC on ESPN+ 29 in London, UFC on
European light heavyweight prospect Chi Lewis-Parry says he is willing to give Jon Jones life advice despite their previous rivalry. Lewis-Parry is an experienced kickboxer for GLORY and one of the better free agent light heavyweight prospects not in a major organization. Last May, Lewis-Parry got into a shouting contest at an autograph signing by
9:46 PM ET The UFC’s targeted card for May 9 lost some of its luster when women’s featherweight champion Amanda Nunes pulled out of her title fight against Felicia Spencer, citing her inability to have a full training camp. The Nunes-Spencer matchup was one of three scheduled title bouts on what was considered a stacked
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has decided to reschedule the 2020 season. In a press release from the promotion, it was stated that the 2020 season will be “rescheduled for spring 2021.” Given the timing of the global pandemic and the season format the PFL has become known for, it seems to be the safest
Welcome to Midnight Mania! File this one under: disappointed but not surprised. Back on Feb. 29, 2020 at UFC Norfolk, Magomed Ankalaev was awarded the first-round knockout victory over Ion Cutelaba. The problem? Cutelaba was definitely not unconscious nor incapable of defending himself. In fact, Cutelaba was throwing a punch as the referee intervened. To
Amanda Nunes says she’s not fighting on May 9 UFC card The Ultimate Fighting Championship has targeted May 9 for it’s first event back after postponing several events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UFC president Dana White has been planned a blockbuster fight card featuring world title bouts, but two-division champion Amanda Nunes will not
Image Credit: UFC on Youtube Israel Adesanya has yet to lose in MMA including being 8-0 inside the Octagon where he defended his middleweight belt for the first time at UFC 248. There, he edged out a decision win over Yoel Romero in a lackluster fight. Although “The Last Stylebender” has looked impressive he has
7:49 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Henry Cejudo did everything right in becoming a champion. To lay claim to the UFC flyweight belt in 2018, he had to dethrone the pound-for-pound king, a dynamo who was unbeaten in nearly seven years and on a UFC-record run of 11 consecutive title defenses. Among Demetrious Johnson‘s conquests during
Image Credit: Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former UFC lightweight king B.J. Penn doesn’t know if he will retire from MMA competition again. Penn was last seen in action back in May 2019. He suffered a submission loss to Ryan Hall. “The Prodigy” was booked to take on Nik Lentz later on but UFC
Professional Fighters League (PFL) 2020 season is over before it ever got started, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic that has most of the world on lockdown. I’m sure it didn’t help that New York City — where many PFL events are staged — recently extended its ban on live events through the month of June.
NEW YORK (April 20, 2020): The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first and only organization to present MMA in the sport-season format where individual fighters compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs, and Championship, announced today several items. Firstly, its upcoming 2020 season has been rescheduled to Spring 2021 due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The PFL 2021 Season will again be
Image Credit: @UFC on Instagram (photographer not listed) Joanna Jedrzejczyk reflected on her emotional hospital visit following her war with UFC women’s strawweight champion Weili Zhang at UFC 248. Her opponent Zhang recently shared a story of how she met Jedrzekczyk in the hospital following their classic at UFC 248. The champ said that Jedrzejczyk