7:26 PM ET LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White has promised his company will be the first major sports organization to return to a normal schedule amidst the coronavirus, and he’s already planning his next event on May 9 at a location to be determined. White told ESPN on Tuesday he is already deep
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Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White is confident that he has all the answers when it comes to running events going forward. White attempted to run a UFC card this Saturday night (April 18) in California. That didn’t pan out as pressure from Disney, ESPN, and the state of California put a
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Israel Adesanya might just have a new contender coming up the ranks, and it’s a familiar foe. UFC Welterweight Laureano Staropoli posted a picture today of training with Alex Pereira, who twice defeated Adesanya in the kickboxing ring and said his UFC debut was imminent. Alex Pereira is more than the
Flashback Fight: Watch Brock Lesnar KO Frank Mir in first UFC title defense <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Frank Mir spoiled Brock Lesnar’s UFC debut in February of 2008, submitting the WWE Superstar just 1:30 into their bout. A year later, Lesnar had become champion and made his first
Image via @ufc on Instagram Jon Jones’ daughter is following in her father’s footsteps by developing her striking during the coronavirus lockdown. In recent weeks, the light heavyweight champion was hitting the headlines for a Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) arrest in his hometown of Albercurcue New Mexico. Now, “Bones” is in the news for positive
8:54 AM ET The Ultimate Fighting Championship is in the midst of its longest hiatus in eight years (36 days). If this hiatus lasts two more weeks, which it is expected to, given Dana White’s plan for fights to resume on May 9, it will be the promotion’s longest in 13 years. In case you
Image Credit: Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Anthony Smith is none too pleased with Jon Jones’ latest comments. Smith had a scary encounter with a home intruder in the Omaha area. “Lionheart” said that the man put up a tougher fight than anyone would assume. Smith said he was landing a series of
Who is the greatest fighter of all time? Nobody, according to former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. That might sound like a strange admission from a combatant who many fans consider to be the best ever, but “Rush” believes excellence has an expiration date. “When I was young, I wanted to be the best of
[embedded content] On Aug. 4, 2018, Henry Cejudo did the unthinkable. He knocked off flyweight titleholder Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson, one of the most dominant champions in UFC history. The Olympic gold medalist from the 2008 Beijing Games, Cejudo had to stumble through back-to-back losses to Johnson and Joseph Benavidez. Following the split-decision loss to
The entire mixed martial arts world is on a hiatus due to all the coronavirus madness going on these days, and so is Italy’s fighting legend Alessio Sakara. Since the beginning of the full lockdown in Italy, the former UFC fighter, and current Bellator star, is quarantined just like the rest of his fellow countrymen.
7:40 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim What if it had actually happened? Yeah, I’m talking fantasy here, dreaming up a world in which Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson did the impossible and stepped inside a cage and fought. You know, just like they were scheduled to do — but did not do — in 2015. And
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The UFC seems to be planning a return on May 9. MMAFighting.com first reported that the promotion wants to get back to business less than a month from now. May 9 was scheduled to be the date UFC 250 took place in Brazil. That is no longer
Welcome to Midnight Mania! First things first, the clip above is really damn cool. In what looks like a Peaky Blinders set, one man appears to knock the hat off another. The two men quickly square off, and the antagonist lands first. The surrounding crowd barely takes notice or parts, though one man does take
UFC targeting May 9 for next event with three championship bouts UFC president Dana White has been adamant about being the first major sports organization to return to regularly scheduled events during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fight promotion as had to postpone four events due to the coronavirus: UFC Fight Night 171 on March 21,
Image: @ufc on Instagram Alexander Volkanovski is one of the newest UFC champions as he dethroned Max Holloway back at UFC 245. He has yet to defend his strap once as he has been dealing with a hand injury he sustained in the scrap. So, when the UFC returns to normal Volkanovski will have a
1:04 PM ET Colby Covington‘s over-the-top persona seems tailor-made for the world of professional wrestling, and he is already making plans for when and how he’d like to make the transition from the UFC Octagon to a WWE ring. “I would say probably 2021,” Covington said on SB Nation’s “What the Heck” show. “Not this
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Henry Cejudo says he’d be prepared to take on either Frankie Edgar or Dominick Cruz. Cejudo, the reigning UFC bantamweight champion, continues to call for the big names rather than actual number one contenders. “Triple C” made it clear after defeating Marlon Moraes that he was gunning
Former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who abandoned his pro wrestling post to pursue a successful career in Tinseltown (DOOM notwithstanding), has a close relationship with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White. Along with a handful of fighters (like this guy). That’s why Johnson was on social media earlier this