ONE Fire & Fury fight highlights: Joshua Pacio continues championship reign [embedded content] Joshua Pacio remains the strawweight champion after a split-decision win over Alex Silva in Manila. The Filipino squeezed past the Brazilian challenger in the main event of ONE: Fire & Fury at the MOA Arena. ONE: Fire & Fury results Joshua Pacio
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3:48 PM ET Bellator’s next show in Ireland will go on without its biggest draw. James Gallagher is out of his scheduled main event with Cal Ellenor at Bellator 240 on Feb. 22 due to an undisclosed injury, the promotion said on Tuesday. The new main event at 3Arena will be a women’s featherweight bout
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White says he’s not a fan of the altercation between Kamaru Usman and Jorge Masvidal. It’s clear that Usman and Masvidal are on a collision course. The two have been trading barbs and almost came to blows on Radio Row in Miami before Super Bowl LIV. White
UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping has weighed in on Saudi Arabia’s reported offer to play host to Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor II. There’s no denying that a rematch between Nurmagomedov and McGregor would be significantly lucrative for both parties and the UFC. Of course, “The Eagle” must get past Tony Ferguson and that
Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya have engaged in a very public back-and-forth verbal spat on social media, with the two champions going at it for well over a year now. The only problem is, Israel reigns supreme at Middleweight, while “Bones” is still firmly running things st Light Heavyweight. And while it wouldn’t be too
Rumors are swirling that there are people in Saudi Arabia that want to pay UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov $100 million to either fight Conor McGregor or box Floyd Mayweather. Nurmagomedov doesn’t appear all that interested in the rumors right now. And who could blame him? He’s got a red hot contender in Tony Ferguson
1:24 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Jon Jones was 20 years old and just seconds into his professional MMA career. He was locked inside a cage with an unsuspecting soul named Brad Bernard. They were clinched against the fence, pressed chest to chest, when Jones suddenly took his opponent airborne with a dazzling suplex throw. As
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Chael Sonnen was at Radio Row during Super Bowl week and thinks the Kamaru Usman-Jorge Masvidal altercation is suspicious. Sonnen said he was gone by the time it happened but think the two of them were set up to cross paths to add hype to the potential fight. “In all
Image: Ilir Latifi on Instagram Ilir Latifi always wanted to fight Derrick Lewis and now he has gotten his wish. On the main card of UFC 247, Latifi will move up in weight to battle Lewis. When the fight was announced many were confused as to why it was happening. The Swede is on a
I know it’s easy to criticize celebrities when they have a meltdown, like the time Conor McGregor blew a gasket and smashed that dude’s phone to smithereens, but I’m also sympathetic to their daily struggle of getting from Point A to Point B without some clout-chasing jackoff trying to snap a selfie. That’s what happened
Jon Jones: ‘I do feel like the storm is behind me; I’m just grateful’ [embedded content] UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been the center of many controversial moments, both inside and outside of the Octagon. Heading into his title defense opposite undefeated Dominick Reyes in the UFC 247 main event on Feb. 8,
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington has challenged hip-hop artist 50 Cent to a celebrity boxing match with the proceeds going to charity. After Covington lost to Kamaru Usman in the main event of UFC 245, 50 Cent took to his Instagram to trash Covington for the loss, labeling him a racist in the process due
7:27 PM ET When Dominick Reyes woke up Monday morning, he was greeted by Jon Jones. It wasn’t a physical presence, but it was impactful nonetheless. Jones posted a series of tweets criticizing Reyes’ athletic background, the opponents he’s beaten and even his small-town roots. “I woke up to it,” Reyes said Monday on Ariel
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington is none too pleased with rapper and businessman 50 Cent and he has issued a challenge. Covington is known for taking aim at anyone and just about everyone. From fighters outside of his weight class to celebrities, “Chaos” lives up to his nickname by ruffling
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, returns to action for the first time since beating Thiago Santos by the skin of his teeth this Saturday (Feb. 8, 2020), taking on undefeated knockout artist Dominick Reyes in UFC 247’s pay-per-view (PPV) main event. Eighty pounds south, Valentina Shevchenko defends her women’s Flyweight title
UFC 247 Embedded: Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes finish up camp before the big fight [embedded content] On Episode 1 of UFC 247 Embedded, light heavyweight Dominick Reyes trains in Southern California under Joe “Daddy” Stevenson for his title fight and pays homage to another sports great. Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko finishes her globe-hopping training
Image via @mikebising on Instagram (photographer not listed) Pro fighters have been reacting to Super Bowl LIV on Twitter after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers 31-20 last night in an absolute classic in Miami. While the worlds of mixed martial arts and pro football don’t necessarily always cross paths, Super Bowl
9:00 AM ET UFC 246 was one of the promotion’s most intriguing events in recent years. Among the unique happenings surrounding the Jan. 18 card in Las Vegas: Conor McGregor‘s stunning TKO victory The amount of interest McGregor’s comeback gleaned worldwide The respect shown between McGregor and Donald Cerrone all fight week The amount of