Bellator star Dillon Danis has claimed that Khabib Nurmagomedov attempted to run away in the aftermath of their UFC 229 brawl. The incident, which occurred back in October 2018, began after Nurmagomedov had just submitted Conor McGregor in the fourth round of their main event fight in Las Vegas. Immediately after that, “The Eagle” quite
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ONE: “A New Tomorrow” is set for the Impact Arena on Friday (Jan. 10, 2020) and as you would expect from a fight card in Bangkok, it is stacked with Muay Thai and kickboxing bouts. In the main event, Rodtang Jitmuangnon defends his flyweight Muay Thai title against Jonathan Haggerty in a rematch. Two of
Over the course of his first year and a half as a pro, lightweight Evan Elder has already been through the kinds of highs and lows that sometimes careers twice as long as his have yet to experience. After coming off two finishes in his first two pro bouts, Elder has spent the rest of
2:15 PM ET Rose Namajunas is back, and she’ll be facing a familiar opponent in her return. Namajunas (8-4) vs. Jessica Andrade (20-7) 2 is close to being finalized for UFC 249 on April 18 in Brooklyn, N.Y., according to multiple sources. The fight will be a rematch of one that happened in May, which
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Michael Bisping has had enough of all the “super fight” talk. It’s no secret that the UFC loves going after big money fights. Unless a megastar such as Conor McGregor is available, usually every UFC pay-per-view is headlined by a title fight. There’s also the “champ-champ”
Former “Fight of the Night” winner Kyle Bochniak has been released by the UFC and he is currently a free agent looking for work. Bochniak himself revealed the news that he was released by the UFC on his social media. This is what Bochniak told his fans on Instagram. “Currently exploring free agency & excited
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has unveiled the poster for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 167 event set to go down Feb. 15, 2020 Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, which will air exclusively on ESPN+. The event will feature a Light Heavyweight rematch between Corey Anderson and Jan Blachowicz. Corey initially defeated
Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 9, 2020) – USADA announced today that Sean O’Malley, of Phoenix, Ariz., has tested positive for a prohibited substance and accepted a reduced six-month sanction, consistent with other supplement contamination cases, for his second anti-doping policy violation. O’Malley, 25, tested positive for ostarine as the result of out-of-competition urine samples he
With the UFC 246 headliner between Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone quickly approaching, everyone is starting to make their predictions. Even former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has come out of the shadows of retirement to give his thoughts on the fight. Not surprisingly, his take is similar to many others. Cerrone, a notoriously
Nov 28, 2019 Jeff Wagenheim When Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone steps inside the Octagon to face Conor McGregor on Jan. 18, it will be his sixth fight in 14 months. Too much for a 36-year-old? No, that’s just “Cowboy” being “Cowboy.” Since his UFC debut in 2011, Cerrone has fought four or more times in six
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images In a year of new champions and new stars, none shined brighter than Jorge Masvidal in 2019. Both inside and outside of the cage, Masvidal did everything he possibly could to have an A-letter year, and the praise and recognition he is earning from fans and the
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) UFC welterweight Mike Perry received some heavy backlash for using a racial slur during his online feud with Michael Jai White. ‘Platinum’ and ‘MJW’ have been busy exchanging jabs at one another on Twitter, this after Perry took issue with an old video of White training with
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ladies and gentleman, we may have smacked into a new low. YouTube star and “professional boxer” Logan Paul may have found his next opponent in the highly controversially but incredibly talented wide receiver Antonio Brown. About a week ago, Paul expressed an interest in fighting Brown next, and the New England
Nov 28, 2019 Editor’s note: This panel was originally published on November 28, 2019. Conor McGregor is back. After what seemed like endless speculation, hints and callouts, the announcement was made on Thursday: McGregor will face Donald Cerrone on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. This will be McGregor’s first fight since he lost to Khabib
Fight fans hoping for a UFC 246 pre-fight press conference are in for a treat. Earlier today (Jan. 8), the UFC announced that there will indeed be a presser before fight night. In a Twitter post sent out by the promotion, it was revealed that the UFC 246 fight week presser will take place on
Chan Sung Jung, aka The Korean Zombie, has predicted a quick finish if he is to ever face Alexander Volkanovski for the UFC Featherweight Championship. The Korean Zombie is coming off the back of a memorable finish over Frankie Edgar which cemented his spot as one of the top guys in the division. Alas, while
In 2018, current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight contender, Mike Perry, discovered he was 2% African American after taking a DNA test. As a result, “Platinum” revealed that he would now be allowed to use the “n” word. To hear Perry tell it, he picked up the use of the word growing up in Flint,
Video: Take a peak into Weili Zhang’s training camp for Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 [embedded content] (Courtesy of Teach, Train & Travel) Weili Zhang rocketed to the top of the UFC heap, winning the strawweight title just four fights into her promotional tenure. She made it look easy, knocking out Jessica Andrade 42 seconds