Welcome to Midnight Mania! There’s something to said for being avoided. Fighters like Kamaru Usman and Weili Zhang claimed to have been turned down by many of their division’s top fighters, and — spoiler alert! — those two now walk around with golden belts on their shoulders! If Ryan Hall is to be believed, the
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While he wasn’t as active as he would have wanted to be in 2019, welterweight Mike Graves considers the year a successful one. Though he missed much of the latter half of the year for various reasons, he did manage to kick off 2019 with a title victory, which made all the difference in how
Tito Ortiz’s win over Alberto Del Rio in his Combate Americas debut has been overturned to a no-decision by the Texas Commission. Ortiz and Del Rio fought back on Dec. 7 at Combate Americas 51 where Ortiz was making his promotional debut. In the fight, he was putting his UFC belt on the line while
8:19 AM ET Let’s make something very clear right off the bat: Jose Aldo getting a bantamweight title shot against Henry Cejudo isn’t the most egregious title shot in UFC history. No, that distinction still belongs to Alexander Gustafsson, who got a shot at then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in 2015 following a brutal knockout
While some are carrying their torches and pitchforks, Chael Sonnen likes the idea of Henry Cejudo vs. Jose Aldo. UFC president Dana White has confirmed to ESPN that Cejudo will indeed put his UFC bantamweight title on the line against Aldo. The bout will headline UFC 250 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event is taking
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is expected to finalize its upcoming trip to the Astana Arena in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, according to a report from MMA Fighting, which would mark the promotion’s first mixed martial arts (MMA) event in a region known best to idiots like me from the “Borat” movie. Kazakhstan, according to my hasty research,
Watch Yoel Romero blast Chris Weidman: UFC 248 fight video [embedded content] Yoel Romero is headed into his fourth attempt at winning a UFC middleweight title. He’ll challenge undisputed champion Israel Adesanya in the UFC 248 main event on March 7 in Las Vegas, despite coming off of back-to-back losses. Romero has had a troubled
Image via Aljamain Sterling on Instagram After the news was announced about a bantamweight title fight between champion Henry Cejudo and former featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who is coming off a loss in his last fight, many bantamweight contenders took exception. One of those bantamweights, Aljamain Sterling, continued to express his frustration with the matchup
12:39 PM ET A potential No. 1 contender fight involving “The Korean Zombie” will have to wait a few months. Chan Sung Jung, the popular UFC featherweight, has opted for eye surgery and is planning a return to the Octagon in the summer, his manager Jason House confirmed with ESPN on Monday. Jung suffered an
Ali Abdelaziz insists there’s no truth to the report that Conor McGregor vs. Justin Gaethje is in preliminary talks. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported that the UFC is in the very early stages of booking McGregor for a summer bout. Helwani noted that Gaethje and Nate Diaz are being considered with “The Highlight” pegged as the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The glory of spinning sh*t (besides the Nick Diaz quote, which is forever etched into the hive mind of the MMA world) is that it really emphasis the high risk, high reward nature of combat sports. A well-executed spinning maneuver can end the fight in an instant — view the video
‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung targeting summer return following eye surgery “The Korean Zombie,” Chan Sung Jung, will be out of action until at least this summer because of an upcoming eye surgery. The veteran UFC featherweight contender previously revealed that he had been dealing with double vision as recently as his TKO win
Image via Daily Express / Sportsnet MMA manager Ali Abdelaziz is denying the rumored matchup between UFC lightweight superstar Conor McGregor and his client Justin Gaethje. On Monday, ESPN’s Ariel Helwani reported that the UFC was in talks about booking a summertime matchup between McGregor and Gaethje. But according to Abdelaziz, that rumor is “absolutely
3:25 PM ET UFC bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo will attempt to defend his title in enemy territory, when he meets Brazilian legend Jose Aldo in Brazil later this year. UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Monday the 135-pound championship fight will headline UFC 250 on May 19 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Additional sources confirmed
Henry Cejudo continues to throw verbal jabs at Conor McGregor. Cejudo hasn’t been shy in taking aim at just about everyone. From Jose Aldo to Valentina Shevchenko, Cejudo’s cringe appears to be limitless. The UFC bantamweight champion has also taken aim at McGregor and is now comparing the “Notorious” one’s run-ins with the law to
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, quickly discovered that all is not fair in love and war, after “The Last Stylebender” used the terrorist attacks on 9/11 as part of his trash talk against upcoming opponent, Yoel Romero. Following some brief blowback, Adesanya quickly apologized for the blunder. Longtime middleweight rival, Paulo Costa,
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, so it is that after eight seasons, Cinemax’s high-octane hit series Strike Back enters its final run. For the series’ three most recent seasons, former Muay Thai world champion Warren Brown has helmed the role of Sgt. Thomas “Mac” McAllister. Now with the
Image: @ufc on Instagram UFC 251 will take place on June 6 in Perth, Australia, and Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 2 is expected to headline. The UFC made the announcement on Monday night that UFC 251 is set to take place at RAC Arena this June. Take a look at the official announcement below