Image screencapped from ESPN broadcast UFC president Dana White has given his two cents on the disagreement between Joe Rogan and Stephen A. Smith. Stephen A. got plenty of flak for his comments on Donald Cerrone’s performance against Conor McGregor at UFC 246. “Cowboy” was defeated in 40 seconds. During the post-UFC 246 edition of
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Image: UFC on Instagram Jon Jones has a ton of respect for Stephen A. Smith but admits the reporter needs to learn more about his sport. At UFC 246, Stephen A. Smith made headlines for saying Donald Cerrone quit when he fought Conor McGregor. The Irishman and Joe Rogan said the ESPN personality was wrong
ONE: “Warrior’s Code” is set for Istora Senayan in Jakarta this Friday. The event is headlined by a Muay Thai title fight pitting Petchmorrakot Petchyindeeacademy against Detrit Sathiangym for the inaugural featherweight belt. The card is stacked with Indonesian fighters and features three former One Pride MMA champions. There is also an intriguing middleweight bout
Jon Jones rips Dominick Reyes, praises Daniel Cormier ahead of UFC 247 [embedded content] UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones believes that his UFC 247 main event challenger Dominick Reyes isn’t really as confident as he’s trying to let on. In fact, Jones said that he believes Reyes is simply trying to talk himself into
7:00 AM ET IN THE SUMMER of 2017, at a cramped desk parked in a cluttered office, Dominick Reyes pulls up a video of one of the biggest MMA stars on the planet and starts to dream. Maybe that’ll be him soon. All around him is the detritus of academia. His office, for all intents
Image Credit: Pat Scaasi/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images Dominick Reyes believes his striking is the best in the division. At UFC 247, the undefeated contender will fight Jon Jones for the light heavyweight belt where he is a sizeable underdog. But, he doesn’t care about any of that as he is confident in himself. Reyes,
Image via @jonnybones on Instagram Dominick Reyes has a tall task ahead of him. At UFC 247, which goes down this Saturday in Houston, Texas, he’ll attempt to defeat the seemingly unbeatable UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. While there is not a lot of belief that Reyes will pull this feat off, the man
Longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran, Donald Cerrone, was thought to have nose and orbital fractures after losing to Conor McGregor at the UFC 246 pay-per-view (PPV) event last month in Las Vegas, which led to a six-month medical suspension from Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Guess not. “Surgery? Nothing was broke,” Cerrone told fans
While 2019 wasn’t the most active year in middleweight Jared Revel’s career, it was nonetheless a successful year. Coming off of two straight wins in 2018, Revel was able to repeat that success in 2019, picking up back-to-back victories, running his winning streak to four straight victories in the process. “2019 I wasn’t as active
4:49 PM ET UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith said Monday he was ready to have his left index finger amputated in order to keep fighting. Scar tissue that built up after two surgeries prevented him from closing his hand following his win over Alexander Gustafsson on June 1, 2019. “We were going to amputate
Image Credit: Getty Images UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes it would be wise of fight fans to take Dominick Reyes as a credible threat to Jon Jones’ gold. This Saturday night (Feb. 8), Jones will put his UFC light heavyweight title on the line against Reyes. The 205-pound tilt will headline UFC 247 inside
Image: UFC on Instagram UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko posed together with their belts ahead of UFC 247. Both Jones and Shevchenko are set to defend their titles against challengers Dominick Reyes and Katlyn Chookagian, respectively, at UFC 247 this Saturday night at Toyota Center in Houston,
Throughout his dominate run as Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has stood toe-to-toe with some of the best strikers in the game, including Lyoto Machida, Vitor Belfort. Mauricio Rua and Thiago Santos. But according to Dominick Reyes, “Bones” hasn’t exactly shown that his boxing is all that great, despite defeating every one of the aforementioned
Watch Derrick Lewis knock out Marcin Tybura in Black Beast fashion: UFC 247 free fight [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Derrick “The Black Beast” Lewis earned a Performance of the Night bonus with a knockout victory over Marcin Tybura at UFC Fight Night Austin last year. Lewis faces Ilir Latifi to open up the main
7:25 AM ET Katlyn Chookagian will board the shuttle at her Houston hotel on Saturday en route to the Toyota Center for UFC 247. At some point during the ride she will likely turn to her coaches and crack a joke. “I’m always like, maybe the bus will get in a car accident on the
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko needs to see more of strawweight title holder Weili Zhang before she gives her props. Zhang captured the UFC strawweight title with her TKO win over Jessica Andrade back in Aug. 2019. The bout lasted just 42 seconds. Fight fans have already begun
Image: PFL PFL women’s lightweight champion Kayla Harrison has given some important self-defense advice to women who are being attacked. In the wake of the recent video showing boxing prospect Gervonta Davis getting physical with his ex-girlfriend, TMZ Sports caught up with Harrison — one of the best women’s MMA fighters on the planet —
Event: UFC Fight Night 172: “Smith vs. Teixeira”Date: Sat., April 25, 2020Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NebraskaBroadcast: ESPN+ UFC Fight Night 172 Main Event on ESPN+: 205 lbs.: Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira UFC Fight Night 172 Main Card, Prelims on ESPN+: 125 lbs.: Cynthia Calvillo vs. Antonina Shevchenko155 lbs.: Evan Dunham vs. Michael