Flashback video: Dana White praises rising star Nick Diaz at UFC 53 [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) This flashback video brings you Nick Diaz and Dana White from the UFC 53 Post-Fight Press Conference from Atlantic City, NJ. This was Nick Diaz in the early part of his career having just had his fifth
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) staged its last event of 2019 last night (Sat., Dec. 21, 2019) from inside Sajik Arena in Busan, South Korea which saw Chan Sung Jung knockout Frankie Edgar in the very first round (highlights). In UFC Fight Night 165’s co-main event, Volkan Oezdemir defeated Aleksander Rakic (recap). Now it’s time to
2:53 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Josh Barnett was scheduled to make his Bellator debut in Friday’s main event in Honolulu, but the former UFC heavyweight champion fell ill and the athletic commission in Hawai’i would not clear the 42-year-old to compete. His bout with Ronny Markes was canceled. “Today was a travesty, and you won’t
Image Credit: Bellator Liz Carmouche is glad that she can put the circumstances surrounding her UFC release behind her. Carmouche wasn’t surprised to be given her walking papers from the UFC despite coming off a flyweight title fight. What did throw “Girl-Rilla” off was the way in which she was notified of her release. Carmouche
Combate-Americas-Slam An MMA fighter had their arm broken in gruesome fashion during a Combate Americas event that took place on Friday night in Lima, Peru. Lightweight Milko Tucto took on Salvador Becerra in the first round of a tournament to determine the new Copa Combates America lightweight champion. It was during their fight that disaster
Video: UFC contender Kevin Lee feeling the Bern, speaks on behalf of Bernie Sanders [embedded content] (Video courtesy of Helen Yee Sports) While he’s campaigning for a climb back into title contention in the Octagon, UFC lightweight Kevin Lee is simultaneously campaigning for Democratic candidate for U.S. President Bernie Sanders. Lee spoke on behalf of
It has not been a great year for Conor McGregor. Or at least that’s the general opinion of the MMA media, who have had to cover every controversy, criminal investigation, and conceited social media missive involving the Irish sports star. What’s true and what’s not remains uncertain, and the line between McGregor the act and
8:18 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Chan Sung Jung had not competed on South Korean soil in over 11 years. He made a triumphant homecoming on Saturday. The featherweight from Seoul known as “The Korean Zombie” put Frankie Edgar in trouble right from the get-go, dropping him with a left hand in one of their first
Image Credit: Patrick Smith/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kevin Lee took the opportunity to fire shots at Colby Covington for his MAGA shtick and making a quick exit after his TKO loss to Kamaru Usman. Liberals have been having a field day with Covington’s fifth-round TKO loss to Usman. More specifically, they have poked
Tickets for UFC 246, which feature a welterweight main event pitting Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone, sold out on the first day of going on sale. Not only did the tickets sell out almost immediately for McGregor vs. Cerrone, but they went for a hefty price. According to Yahoo! Sports combat sports journalist Kevin Iole,
Fight Video: Watch Jorge Masvidal and Anthony Pettis battle it out on the mats [embedded content] (Video courtesy of Jorge Masvidal) Have you always wanted to see Jorge Masvidal fight Anthony Pettis. Well, here’s your chance… sort of. Masvidal just dropped this gem for all his YouTube subscribers. It’s a video of his full fight
Conor McGregor is making his long awaited return to the Octagon on January 18th, and fans are stoked. So stoked, in fact, that the event sold out almost instantly once tickets went on sale. Those of us around long enough to remember the initial boom days of MMA used to go through this regularly. Any
1:51 AM ET Two fights in her hometown of Honolulu. Two impressive title defenses for Ilima-Lei Macfarlane. Macfarlane beat Kate Jackson by unanimous decision (50-45, 50-44, 50-44) to retain her Bellator women’s flyweight title Saturday night in the main event of Bellator 236 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena. The native Hawai’ian was dominant in every
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Frankie Edgar stepped in on short notice against Chan Sung Jung in the main event of UFC Busan and it did not go his way. The former UFC lightweight champion did not have much success as he was rocked early and fell over. He was then getting
Bellator heavyweight Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has opened up as a big betting underdog against the legend Fedor Emelianenko for their New Year’s Eve fight. Jackson meets Emelianenko in the main event of Bellator 237, which takes place on December 29 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. It’s a fight between two legends of mixed
Bellator 236 “Macfarlane vs. Jackson” took place Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Undefeated Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (10-0) looked to stay perfect in her home state against Kate Jackson (11-3-1). While submissions are Macfarlane’s bread and butter, it was her knees to the head while she had Jackson
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane has quickly become one of Bellator’s most popular champions. She continued to build on her spectacular career with a dominant victory over Kate Jackson in the second of back-to-back nights for the promotion in Hawaii. Though Macfarlane now fights out of San Diego, she topped the bill in her hometown of Honolulu, where
9:17 AM ET BUSAN, South Korea — The UFC’s last card of the decade showcased an exciting South Korean in his native country against one of the sport’s legends in Frankie Edgar. When it was all said and done, it was Chan Sung Jung who took advantage of the opportunity. Jung, known by the nickname