11:00 AM ET Behold the 2019 Helwani Nose Awards. This is the seventh year in a row that I’ve done this, and I have to say this might have been the toughest year yet. I agonized over a bunch of these categories for weeks (in particular male and female fighter of the year, coach of
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Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Colby Covington has gone MIA at American Top Team if Jorge Masvidal is to be believed. Covington competed for the UFC welterweight championship last month. He went one-on-one with Kamaru Usman. “Chaos” was stopped in the fifth round via TKO and fractured his jaw in the process.
Jorge Masvidal says Colby Covington has not been back at American Top Team since his loss to Kamaru Usman. In the main event of UFC 245, Covington was finally getting the title shot that had been eluding him for so long when he took on Usman. There, the two rivals trash-talked for months leading up
LFA 82 will crown a new light heavyweight champion LFA will crown a new light-heavyweight champion in Minnesota. LFA 82 will showcase two of Mixed Martial Arts’ most impressive 205-pound prospects battling for the vacant championship when the promotion returns to the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” in February. The main event of LFA 82 will
Welcome to Midnight Mania! One of the more surprising events of 2019 was certainly when a Diaz brother failed a drug test … for something other than marijuana. Ahead of his “BMF” showdown with Jorge Masvidal, Diaz failed for a trace amount of a SARM. He demanded both UFC president Dana White and the United
Jan 2, 2020 He’s back. Conor McGregor will be returning to the Octagon for the first time since October 2018 — and only his second MMA fight since November 2016 — when he faces Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in the main event of UFC 246 on Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor (21-4)
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Israel Adesanya doesn’t believe Jon Jones’ legacy will be a positive one. Adesanya and Jones haven’t been kind to one another. “The Last Stylebender” and “Bones” have been at odds ever since Adesanya made it clear that he is targeting Jones for a future showdown. Jones
Chael Sonnen believes people are counting out Donald Cerrone against Conor McGregor. In the main event of UFC 246, McGregor makes his highly-anticipated return to the Octagon on Jan. 18 opposite Cerrone at welterweight. Many fans think it is an easy fight for the Irishman, with some even suggesting Cowboy would take a dive. Yet, Sonnen
Fight video: Watch Cowboy Cerrone drop Matt Brown with this head-kick KO [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Win or lose, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone always leaves everything in the cage. That’s what fight fans love about him. But sometimes, like when he landed this head-kick knockout on Matt Brown, fight fans love him even more. Cerrone
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has added a couple more bouts to its UFC 248 slate, which is set to go down on March 7, 2020 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to MMA Fighting, Alex Oliveira will face Max Griffin in Welterweight showdown in “Sin City.” Alex was originally lined up to face
4:12 PM ET Jorge Masvidal would rather take a big-money fight against Conor McGregor in his next bout than get a title shot against welterweight champ Kamaru Usman. “I know my management without a doubt would say, and I would also say, the Conor fight,” Masvidal said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show on Monday. “We’ll
Image Credit: Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kevin Lee continues to lobby for a fight against Islam Makhachev and is now taking to social media to make sure his potential opponent is aware of it. Talks of a Kevin Lee vs. Islam Makhachev pairing have been going since the beginning of last year. Lee’s
Bellator color commentator and long-time MMA referee Big John McCarthy explained why he believes UFC president Dana White is against cross-promotion. Bellator recently did a cross-promotion event with RIZIN for New Year’s Eve which McCarthy was a big part of as the event’s announcer. Bellator president Scott Coker is someone who is a big fan
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Less than two weeks away from his upcoming main event opposite Donald Cerrone at UFC 246, take a moment to look back upon one of the most important and entertaining wins of Conor McGregor’s career. The rematch with Nate Diaz may not have been the bout that won McGregor either of
Jorge Masvidal would rather fight Conor McGregor than fight Kamaru Usman for a UFC belt <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> (Courtesy of ESPN MMA) Jorge Masvidal had quite the year in 2019. He broke out from the pack and ascended to become of the UFC’s biggest stars. He landed
4:28 PM ET Israel Adesanya is close to finalizing the first defense of his UFC middleweight championship in a March 7 fight against Yoel Romero, Adesanya and his coach told ESPN on Monday. “I have my first guy on the chopping block,” Adesanya said during an appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “That’s Yoel. He’s
Image courtesy of MMAJunkie If Kamaru Usman has forgotten who Jorge Masvidal is, the man known as “Gamebred” is happy and willing to issue him a personal reminder. Jorge Masvidal is in the driver’s seat in the welterweight division. If he so chooses, a title shot appears to be elementary at this point after the
Image: @Cowboycerrone on Instagram Fan favorites Conor McGregor and Donald Cerrone will square off in the headliner of UFC 246 on January 18 live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor and Cerrone will be competing at welterweight, despite the fact that both men have found greater success in smaller weight classes. ‘Mystic Mac’ will