Welcome to Midnight Mania! This is certainly one of the more appalling examples of Jon Jones’ Tweet-N-Delete lifestyle. Last week, Anthony Smith suffered a home invasion in the middle of the night from a former standout wrestler who appeared out of his mind. Jones reacted online by saying that the home intruder would not have
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Tony Ferguson on Friday made weight for a fight that will not happen as planned on Saturday. A short time later, Conor McGregor promised to beat him to “an absolute nucleus pulposus.” What exactly is a Nucleus Pulposus? I had no idea what a nucleus pulposus was, but in researching it, it’s a real thing.
Image: The42.ie The UFC has failed 22 new trademarks: 11 for “Fight Island” and 11 for “UFC Fight Island.” “The filings were made based on an ‘intent to use’ FIGHT ISLAND as the name of a mixed martial arts competition and for branded goods such as clothing and jewelry,” explained attorney Josh Gerben on Twitter
6:53 AM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Sayif Saud was at home in Dallas on April 6, trying to figure out logistics. His gym, Fortis MMA, was closed like many businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dominick Reyes says he is all in on a rematch with Jon Jones but “Bones” is holding things up. Back in February, Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight championship. “The Devastator” gave Jones all he could handle and the bout went all five rounds. Jones
UFC 249 was canceled after Disney — parent company of ESPN — bowed to political pressure from California Governor Gavin Newsom, who was more concerned about the spread of coronavirus than he was about the Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje interim title fight. “The Highlight” replaced lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who was stuck under quarantine
Video: LFA fighters and personalities thank Front Line Workers [embedded content] The coronavirus pandemic has been difficult on people across the globe. But even in the midst of their sport being shut down for the time being, Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) fighters, personalities and staff took time to issue their gratitude for the front line
Michael Bisping regrets taking the Kelvin Gastelum fight just weeks after losing to Georges St-Pierre. The former UFC middleweight champion says he overtrained for the St-Pierre fight and after he got choked out he got a quick return. Anderson Silva was out of his scrap against Gastelum and Bisping would be stepping in on short
9:43 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s enlisting advisers from nearly all sectors of American commerce, the medical field, elected office and the sports world to help shape his plans to reopen the coronavirus-battered economy. The panel of advisers, whom Trump said he will consult with by
Image Credit: Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is gunning for a return in August. Shevchenko was scheduled to put her 125-pound gold on the line against Joanne Calderwood in June. Those plans went awry but it wasn’t due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shevchenko underwent surgery to repair a torn MCL. Shevchenko
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Last month, Jon Jones was arrested in yet another alcohol and vehicle related incident, this time with a loaded firearm. However, Jones has yet again managed to escape relatively untouched from the charges, and UFC’s official statement about the situation did not mention anything about stripping the title. It all blew
Flashback Fight: Matt Hughes and Frank Trigg’s Hall of Fame worthy rematch [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Matt Hughes and Frank Trigg squared off for UFC welterweight title for the second time at UFC 52 on April 16, 2005. The bout would be the end of their bitter rivalry inside the Octagon and end up
Image: @ufc on Instagram Kamaru Usman is a perfect 11-0 inside the Octagon and is coming off his first title defense back at UFC 245. There, “The Nigerian Nightmare” TKO’d Colby Covington in the fifth round in a very close fight. Yet, welterweight is arguably the most stacked division in the UFC so Usman has
8:09 AM ET The UFC’s card scheduled for May 9 is staggering in terms of name value, expectations and impact. One thing it seems to lack at the moment is an official name. Is it UFC 249 or 250? With three title fights and a number of other bouts with considerable title implications, it’s safe
Image Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg feels the UFC should exercise patience. The coronavirus pandemic has taken its toll globally. Lives have been lost and businesses have shut down at least temporarily. During a time of uncertainty, UFC president Dana White has attempted to push forward with
Ronda Rousey has competed for UFC and performed for WWE, so she knows a thing or two about what it’s like to get paid by each organization. And while “Rowdy” entered the world of professional wresting as an established commodity — and bona fide millionaire — there was a time in the not-too-distant past when
Dana White on Kevin Harvick’s NASCAR Radio: ‘I am building the biggest, best UFC card possible’ [embedded content] UFC President Dana White promises NASCAR’s Kevin Harvick that UFC’s return on May 9, 2020, will be the “the biggest, best card that can possibly be built.” Although White had to postpone UFC 249’s original date of
PhotoCred: Twitter – @FloWrestling Ben Askren is retired from competing in mixed martial artists and wrestling but he still isn’t done trash-talking. Askren became massively popular in his UFC run for his ability to trash-talk his first two opponents in Robbie Lawler and Jorge Masvidal. Although “Funky” is retired, one of his wrestling rivals in