Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images Robert Whittaker will not be fighting Jared Cannonier on March 7. Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was originally set to meet Cannonier at UFC 248. As it turns out, Whittaker has pulled out of the card. The bout would’ve been held inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas,
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Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone came face-to-face for the first time earlier today (Weds., Jan. 15, 2020) during the UFC 246 pre-fight press conference inside the The Pearl at The Palms Resort and Casino (video replay here). And if you bet on Conor showing up late, you are out a few bucks as “Notorious” showed
UFC 246: Conor McGregor vs. Cowboy Cerrone staredown video [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Conor McGregor, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, and Dana White took the stage at the Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort on Wednesday, where McGregor and Cerrone fielded questions before going face-to-face for the first time ahead of their UFC 246
Former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez was widely expected to blow through the competition in ONE Championship. Timofey Nastyukhin, the man tasked with welcoming Alvarez to the ONE cage back in March of 2019, didn’t get the memo. Instead, Nastyukhin disposed of the decorated MMA champion inside one round, shocking everybody but himself.
7:28 AM ET Dana White was in Dublin to receive an award from Trinity College in 2013 when he invited UFC fans on Twitter to join him at a nearby pub after the ceremony. Drinks would be covered by the UFC president. It was that night, Feb. 11, when he first heard a name that
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Cris Cyborg is relishing in being able to take advantage of other opportunities under the Bellator banner. Cyborg is scheduled to compete for the Bellator women’s featherweight gold on Jan. 25. Julia Budd is the 145-pound ruler. The two will collide inside The Forum in Inglewood,
If Donald Cerrone is “stupid” for striking with Conor McGregor in the UFC 246 pay-per-view (PPV) main event this Sat. night (Jan. 18, 2020) in Las Vegas, does that make “Notorious” stupid for grappling with “Cowboy?” He may not have a choice, as Cerrone has 17 wins by submission and is one of the more
When the chatter first started about a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor no one took it all that seriously. But like so many things in McGregor’s career, he seemed to will it into existence. Once he had Dana White and the UFC on board, Mayweather vs. McGregor took off like a
Islam Makhachev believes Kevin Lee took the easy way out by not fighting him. In the main event of UFC Brasilia, Lee will battle Charles Oliveira which kind of came out of nowhere to many. Especially given the fact, Makhachev and “Motown Phenom” have been going back-and-forth for several months now about a possible fight
6:47 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC 246 welterweight bout against UFC superstar Conor McGregor will be Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone‘s 50th professional fight. Fifty. Five-oh. In other words, it ain’t the man’s first rodeo. Now of course, fighting McGregor in the main event of a Las Vegas pay-per-view isn’t just your average fight. And
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White claims Conor McGregor isn’t sold on Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson becoming a reality. Nurmagomedov is scheduled to put his UFC lightweight championship on the line against Ferguson. The bout will take place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on April 18. It’s set to
The 2020 mixed martial arts (MMA) season begins this Saturday evening (Jan., 18, 2020) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone headline UFC 246, live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV). Also on tap are a pivotal Bantamweight clash between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington, a big-boy tussle between Aleksei
UFC 246 Embedded: ‘These are my people… this is redneck central’ [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) On Episode 2 of UFC 246 Embedded, headliner Cowboy Cerrone enjoys the blue collar side of Sin City. Bantamweight Raquel Pennington and fiancé Tecia Torres unwind with a dog park visit and pedicures. Lightweight Diego Ferreira arrives in town
Alexey Oleynik knows he will have a massive advantage on the ground when he takes on Maurice Green at UFC 246, but isn’t sure he will utilize it. Oleynik is on a two-fight losing streak, having recently been TKO’d by Alistair Overeem and then knocked out in 12 seconds by Walt Harris, and knows this
10:32 AM ET As Conor McGregor nears his return to the Octagon, the thought of having another high-profile boxing match — whether it’s a rematch against Floyd Mayweather or a bout against Manny Pacquiao — is something he believes will become reality. “I’d like to rematch Floyd,” McGregor said in a wide-ranging interview that aired
Image via Jon Jones’ Instagram Jon Jones says he’ll be pulling for Donald Cerrone at UFC 246. Cerrone meets Conor McGregor this Saturday night (Jan. 18). It’s a big chance for “Cowboy” to play spoiler in the “Notorious” one’s comeback journey. There’s a lot riding on the UFC 246 headliner as Dana White has said
Conor McGregor is poised to return from a 15-month mixed martial arts (MMA) hiatus this weekend (Sat., Jan. 18, 2020), taking on Donald Cerrone in UFC 246’s five-round ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) Welterweight main event from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’s been a rollercoaster ride outside the Octagon for the promotion’s first-ever “champ-champ,”
For the first time, Conor McGregor has publicly addressed a pair of sexual assault allegations that were raised in his home country of Ireland. Last year, the New York Times reported two separate incidents allegedly involving McGregor. The first from December 2018 alleged that McGregor was involved in a sexual assault with an unnamed victim