9:28 AM ET Watch a replay of Monday’s Ariel Helwani MMA show on ESPN+. When Tyson Fury weighed in on Friday night in Las Vegas for the biggest fight of his career — his rematch against Deontay Wilder — the boxing world collectively gasped when Fury tipped the scales at 273 pounds. Fury insisted that
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Image Credit: Victor Decolongon/Getty Images Deontay Wilder plans to exercise a rematch clause against Tyson Fury. This past Saturday night (Feb. 22), Wilder and Fury did battle in a rematch for the WBC heavyweight championship. Their first meeting back in Dec. 2018 was ruled a split draw after all 12 rounds were up. Fury left
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Whenever Conor McGregor does not have a fight booked, it becomes a serious guessing game as to who the Irishman will fight next (you can even bet on it!). We may have gained some clarity, however, as a first report from ESPN’s MMA Show indicates that McGregor is in talks to
Watch Joseph Benavidez KO Jussier Formiga, setting up flyweight title fight for UFC Norfolk [embedded content] Joseph Benavidez gets another crack at the UFC flyweight title in a matchup with Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night Norfolk on Saturday, Feb. 29. Watch his most recent knockout victory over Jussier Formiga from last June. Benavidez, a
Image: @ufc on Instagram The UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is amused by the possibility of fighting reigning bantamweight champion, Henry Cejudo. The Australian native is confident he would “squash” the American inside of the Octagon. “Triple C” has placed Jose Aldo and Alexander Volkanovski at the top of his matchup wishlist- despite the fact
9:28 AM ET Not long after Tyson Fury thumped Deontay Wilder on Saturday night, boxing promoter Eddie Hearn took to Twitter in hopes of getting the next heavyweight money fight put together. “No need for a third let’s go straight to it in the summer!” Hearn tweeted. No, he doesn’t want a Fury-Wilder trilogy. He’ll
Image Credit: Mark J. Rebilas of USA TODAY Sports Chan Sung Jung aka Korean Zombie has decided to get eye surgery and will be out for a couple of months. Following Zombie’s win over Frankie Edgar, he revealed he was having vision problems. Since then, he was talking to doctors in Korea and the States
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight contender, Chan Sung Jung, was expected to go under the knife to correct the double vision that’s been plaguing him long before he beat the brakes off Frankie Edgar in Busan. Unfortunately, doctors in his native Korea took a quick look at “Korean Zombie” and were like, “Nah, you’re good.”
Israel Adesanya has never been one to hold his tongue, but this time, it seems to have come back to bite him. After ripping on Yoel Romero at their UFC 248 kick-off press conference, Adesanya was taken to task by another middleweight contender Paulo Costa. Adesanya’s trash talk with Romero involved an off-hand comment referencing
Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground was back this Sunday in Portland for SUG 11. Submission Underground 11 was originally expected to see Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones as a tag team as Sonnen put up a $25,000 challenge for any two men who could beat them. Vinny Magalhaes and Kyle Boehm quickly stepped up for the
10:50 PM ET Dan Hooker kissed his daughter, hugged his wife Isabella and went down the front row embracing his teammates. As he walked toward backstage, he let out two loud roars. With a badly swollen jaw late in a pivotal career fight, Hooker was able to stave off an incredibly game Paul Felder with
Image Credit: Carmen Mandato/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Israel Adesanya has apologized after making a comment on Yoel Romero involving the Twin Towers. Adesanya is set to defend his UFC middleweight championship against Romero on March 7 at UFC 248. During a press conference in Auckland, Adesanya said he plans to make Romero “crumble like
From Bellator to Rizin to UFC to boxing, it’s been a packed weekend of martial arts action and it finished up Sunday evening with a great grappling event in Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground 11 event in Portland, Oregon. The event was headlined by a disastrously incomprehensible and boring jiujitsu tag team battle between Vinny Magalhaes
Breaking down UFC Auckland: Dan Hooker beats Paul Felder in a slugfest [embedded content] John Gooden and Dan Hardy recap the action from UFC Fight Night in Auckland, New Zealand, with Dan Hooker beating Paul Felder in a hard-fought battle via split decision. They discuss what could potentially be next, with Justin Gaethje being considered
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has issued an apology for his controversial comment involving the twin towers. During the UFC 248 press conference call, ‘Stylebender’ suggested that he would make his next opponent Yoel Romero crumble like the “twin towers” next month in Las Vegas. That 9/11 reference did not sit well with many members
10:46 PM ET Dan Hooker got a signature win in New Zealand this weekend, his first headlining slot in his home country. It was a hard-fought, back-and-forth split-decision win over Paul Felder in the main event of UFC Auckland on Sunday. With three consecutive wins, Hooker is in prime position to get another big fight
Photo: Ryan Hafey/ Premiere Boxing Champions Tyson Fury won the title that he said has evaded him for some time. He out-boxed Deontay Wilder in all seven rounds before Wilder’s corner threw in the towel. While Wilder wanted to continue, the corner did the right thing as he was wearing a lot of damage going
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made its presence known to Spark Arena in Auckland, New Zealand, last night (Sat., Feb. 22, 2020) for UFC Fight Night 168. One of the better “Fight Night” events in recent memory, UFC Auckland was headlined by an excellent battle between Lightweight warriors Dan Hooker and Paul Felder on the card.