At 50, Chuck Liddell says he is official retired from fighting… for now [embedded content] UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell is back into retirement. At least, for now. Liddell famously returned to the cage for a third fight with fellow Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz under the Golden Boy Promotions banner. Liddell had defeated
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Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Yoel Romero has provided an update as to how much weight he still has left to cut ahead of his UFC 248 title fight against Israel Adesanya this weekend. Romero is set for the opportunity of a lifetime on Saturday night as he attempts to take the
5:50 PM ET Watch a replay of the show here. UFC middleweight champ Israel Adesanya said Monday that the circular mark on his left forearm is just “a little scrape” and that his title defense against Yoel Romero in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday is not in jeopardy. “It’s just a little
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Israel Adesanya has put rumors to rest ahead of his first UFC title defense. This Saturday night (March 7), Adesanya will clash with Yoel Romero. The middleweight title bout is set to headline UFC 248 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The initial plan
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Back in June, Anderson Silva’s son, Gabriel Silva, followed in his father’s footsteps by making his first walk into the ring. At 20 years old, Gabriel Silva was victorious, winning via knockout. Since then, Silva has built up an undefeated 4-0 record, which led him to this past weekend’s FighersRep 9
UFC 248 Countdown: Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk [embedded content] At UFC 248, strawweight champion Zhang Weili takes on former champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event. See these athletes train and prepare for their upcoming bout on March 7. TRENDING > Dana White continues to press for Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov rematch UFC
Image: @stylebender on Instagram Israel Adesanya says he is not dealing with a staph infection on his arm. On Sunday, a video of Adesanya doing a video interview circulated around and appeared to show a mark on the middleweight champion’s arm. Many on social media immediately said it was staph infection but “The Last Stylebender”
2:31 PM ET Israel Adesanya will defend his middleweight championship against Yoel Romero at UFC 248 on Saturday night. But before they take center stage in Las Vegas, both main-event participants are set to join Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. It’s the first title defense for Adesanya (18-0), while Romero has lost three of
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC UFC president Dana White doesn’t know if Conor McGregor plans on waiting around. McGregor returned to the Octagon back in January after being away from the action for over a year. The “Notorious” one hadn’t competed since Oct. 2018 when he was submitted by UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. McGregor
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight champion, Jose Aldo, will be getting the next 135-pound title shot when he collides with Henry Cejudo in the UFC 250 pay-per-view (PPV) main event on May 9 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. That booking left a lot of fans aggravated at the way the promotion continues to overlook more
UFC 248 Countdown: Israel Adesanya vs. Yoel Romero [embedded content] At UFC 248, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya faces the dangerous Yoel Romero. See these two athletes train and prepare for their upcoming bout on March 7. TRENDING > Dana White continues to press for Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov rematch UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is prepared to go 11 rounds of boxing with Floyd Mayweather, but it comes at a price. Rumors have been circulating that boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC president Dana White are working together to create a crossover fight. “Pretty Boy” will expect to bank a cheque if he collides
10:25 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Deiveson Figueiredo added to the turbulent history of the UFC men’s flyweight division Saturday by winning a title fight in which he was not eligible to capture the belt. Figueiredo opened up a cut on Joseph Benavidez‘s forehead, possibly on a clash of heads, and knocked him out with a
Photo credit: UFC Twitter Ion Cutelaba vs. Magomed Ankalaev ended in controversy. The two fighters met in a light heavyweight bout at the UFC Norfolk event on Saturday night (February 29, 2020) from the Chartway Arena in Norfolk, Virginia that aired on ESPN’s streaming service, ESPN+. Ankalaev stunned him with a head kick then fired
Floyd Mayweather is still sniffing around the MMA world, looking for another big easy payday. But it isn’t going to come against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The Dagestani lightweight champion had previously expressed an interest in boxing Mayweather, but in a recent interview with TMZ Sports he walked that way back. Now the only way he’d do
Megan Anderson wants a title shot after first-round KO at UFC Norfolk [embedded content] Former Invicta FC featherweight champion Megan Anderson called for a title shot after her first-round knockout victory at UFC Fight Night Norfolk. The Australian stopped Norma Dumont in the first round, landing a right hand that crumbled her opponent. Coming off
Image via @henrycejudo on Instagram Manager Ali Abdelaziz claims that UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo will defend the flyweight title after taking on Jose Aldo at UFC 250. The vacant flyweight title was supposed to be won by either Joseph Benavidez or Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Norfolk. But Figueiredo missed weight at the official weigh-ins,
9:52 PM ET The largely dormant UFC women’s featherweight division got a shot in the arm Saturday night. Two of them, in fact. Felicia Spencer put on a dominant performance in defeating Zarah Fairn by first-round ground-and-pound TKO in the co-main event of UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo in Norfolk, Virgina. And earlier in