5:20 PM ET Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays of the year, and when it comes to mixed martial arts in 2019, I think we have a lot to be thankful for. So, with that in mind, allow me to express my gratitude for a few things: This time last year, Masvidal was wrapping
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Michael Chiesa isn’t opposed to seeing Canelo Alvarez and Jorge Masvidal do battle in a boxing ring. Alvarez is the WBA Super, WBC middleweight champion and he holds the WBO light heavyweight gold. Masvidal’s stock has never been higher, riding a three-fight winning streak and capturing the one-time-only BMF title when he stopped Nate Diaz
PhotoCred: Instagram – @geezfx Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor will return to the Octagon at UFC 246 for a welterweight scrap with Donald Cerrone. News of the matchup broke earlier this week and both ‘Cowboy’ and ‘Mystic Mac’ have now shared their respective thoughts on the matchup (see that here). Conor McGregor will be
Fifth time is a charm, right? That’s what everyone is hoping now that Tony Ferguson has inked his side of the contract to fight lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at an as yet unnumbered UFC pay-per-view event in April. Nurmagomedov had signed his side of the deal earlier in the week, but sources confirmed a report
The countdown to Conor McGregor’s next fight has officially begun, as the former UFC two-division champion will make his long-awaited return to action against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 on Jan. 18 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. McGregor, who signed on to fight Cerrone earlier this week,
3:21 PM ET Conor McGregor will return to the UFC Octagon on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas, according to UFC president Dana White. The UFC is close to finalizing a non-title welterweight bout between McGregor and Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, which will headline UFC 246 on Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. McGregor has
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Anthony Pettis’ coach claims “Showtime” and Donald Cerrone both agreed to a rematch but UFC officials balked at the idea. Back in Jan. 2013, Pettis and Cerrone did battle. “Showtime” scored a first-round knockout via body kick. Pettis went on to capture the UFC lightweight gold
Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz and CEO of dominance MMA thinks Conor McGregor is taking the easy option for his Octagon return. After allegedly retiring from the sport but hinting multiple MMA returns and potential opponents, Conor McGregor officially announced that he was in talks with the UFC to make his Octagon return. After months
Alistair Overeem will return to action at UFC on ESPN 7 on Dec. 7 live on ESPN from inside Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. as he takes on rising heavyweight contender Jairzinho Rozenstruik, who is stepping up on short notice for Walt Harris. Overeem, 39, has rebounded nicely since dropping back-to-back knockout losses to
VIDEO: ONE Championship posts Ben Askren career retrospective, thanking its former champion [embedded content] (Courtesy of ONE Championship) Ben Askren finished his career with less than desirable results in the UFC Octagon, going 1-2 in his final three fights. He was still one of the top welterweights in the world for the majority of his
11:14 PM ET It’s official. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will meet in the main event of a UFC pay-per-view event on April 18. Ferguson and his representatives from Ballengee Group met with UFC executives on Friday in Las Vegas, where he formally agreed to the 155-pound title fight. Nurmagomedov signed his
3:31 PM ET 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 losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a lightweight title fight at UFC 229 on Oct. 6,
Image via UFC video UFC Hall of Famer Tito Ortiz believes he can shock the world and defeat Jon Jones. Jones is regarded by many as the most dominant light heavyweight in UFC history. He’s even viewed as the pound-for-pound king of MMA by most critics and fans. There was a time when Ortiz ruled
UFC lightweight contender Tony Ferguson is meeting with UFC brass Friday night in Las Vegas to discuss a potential fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. It was reported earlier this week that the UFC was closing in on making the UFC lightweight title fight between challenger Ferguson and champion Nurmagomedov official for an event on April 18
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson is now a lock for a UFC event in April. ESPN reports that Ferguson made the trip to Las Vegas along with his management team earlier tonight (Nov. 29). There, “El Cucuy” met with UFC officials and signed the bout agreement to challenge UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov. “The Eagle” had
PhotoCred: MMA Fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov is once again slated to square off with Tony Ferguson. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto broke news moments ago that the UFC’s current lightweight champion will put his title on the line against ‘El Cucuy’ on April 18 in Brooklyn, New York. Breaking: WE GOT A FIGHT. Per Tony Ferguson’s (@TonyFergusonXT) management
Welcome to Midnight Mania! There’s certainly no love lost between Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren. “Gamebred” did not appreciate Askren’s pre-fight barbs — which were admittedly fairly mild — and Masvidal returned some trash talk following his record-setting knockout win over the Olympian. Still, after the immediate aftermath, Masvidal has shown Askren some respect and
We’re into the second UFC-less weekend in a row and I have no idea what to do with myself on the weekends now that the promotion isn’t monopolizing my weekends. I guess the only answer (or at least the answer the UFC is hoping we pick) is to hype up the next big event: UFC