Jorge Masvidal, after defeating Nate Diaz, is now gunning for older brother Nick Diaz (video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of BELOW THE BELT with Brendan Schaub) Jorge Masvidal has catapulted his stardom to an entirely new level in 2019 with wins over Darren Till, Ben Askren, and Nate Diaz. You’d think that he would be gunning
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Watch Alistair Overeem crane kick Andrei Arlovski, Karate Kid style (UFC fight video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Alistair Overeem has yet to win a UFC heavyweight championship, but he has defeated several former titleholders. He’s defeated Brock Lesnar, Junior dos Santos, Fabricio Werdum, and Frank Mir. But how spectacular was this crane kick followed
1:43 PM ET Marc Raimondi Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Paige VanZant appears to have a date for the final fight on her UFC contract. VanZant, one of the most popular women on the UFC roster, has agreed to fight
Image: @ufc on Instagram Jose Aldo’s longtime training partner Eduardo Dantas has claimed that Aldo is going to surprise everyone upon making his official bantamweight debut. Dantas, a former two-time champion in Bellator, has been with Aldo for over a decade over in Brazil, and will play an integral role in assisting him for his
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s a time for families to come together and be thankful for all of life’s blessings that have been bestowed upon them. Yes, we all have something to be thankful for, and today is a day to take the time to reflect on those things.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is the Florida of sports. I don’t just mean in the sense of its general lunacy, although having a title fight canceled at the last second because the champion knocked himself unconscious against a low-hanging pipe or seeing the sport’s biggest name chuck a dolly through a bus window are definitely
Walt Harris issues heart-wrenching statement following tragic death of his stepdaughter Nothing can ever replace the loss of a child. Nothing can fill the void left in a parent’s heart. All that can be done is to try and carry on. Following the tragic loss of his 19-year-old stepdaughter, that is where UFC heavyweight Walt
4:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Authorities in Alabama have confirmed that human remains discovered Monday in a wooded area belong to the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight fighter Walt Harris. The Auburn Police Department said Wednesday that the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences confirmed the remains belong to 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard. The remains were found
Image: @ufc on Instagram Johnny Walker is looking to bounce back from his first round TKO loss to Corey Anderson at UFC 244 by taking on a former world champion in Chris Weidman. The always-entertaining Walker took to Twitter on Thanksgiving Eve and called for an opportunity to face “The All-American” in early 2020. In
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Former referee and current Bellator commentator “Big” John McCarthy says Gina Carano didn’t deserve Dana White’s text mishap. Carano appeared on ESPN’s Ariel Helwani MMA Show and revealed why a dream match with Ronda Rousey never materialized. Carano revealed that UFC president White insisted that a deal was done despite
The remains of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard have been positively identified by Auburn, Ala. police following a forensic investigation into a body discovered earlier this week. Blanchard, who is the stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris, had been missing since Oct. 23. Police previously stated they believed the remains were Blanchard but the full forensic investigation
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s been less than a month since Corey Anderson violently derailed Johnny Walker’s (17-4) sudden rise, but the Brazilian knockout artist remains plenty confident. Earlier tonight, Walker took to Instagram to call for a bout with former Middleweight kingpin Chris Weidman (14-5). It’s been about six weeks since Weidman himself was
2:05 PM ET Kyoji Horiguchi had one of the best first six months of 2019 in all of mixed martial arts. After winning the Rizin Fighting Federation bantamweight title in December 2018, Horiguchi added the Bellator bantamweight belt to his collection in June. Now, though, the Japanese star will end the year with no championships
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News It has been announced Wednesday morning that Kyoji Horiguchi has relinquished both his Bellator and Rizin championship belts due to injury. Kyoji Horiguchi had to undergo surgery after tearing his ACL and, as a result, is relinquishing the Bellator championship that he won in June. It was reported two weeks
Image Credit: RIZIN FF Weeks after he relinquished the Rizin bantamweight title, Kyoji Horiguchi has let go of the Bellator bantamweight belt as well. Bellator MMA announced this unfortunate news in a Wednesday afternoon press release. “I feel terrible for Kyoji [Horiguchi] about the injury he suffered to his knee, but in the true spirit
It took much longer than it needed to, but World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) finally admitted that recreational drugs lingering in an athlete’s system, like marijuana metabolites, are not going to have an impact on performance, an argument similar to the one that helped Jon Jones fix his picogram problem. Grain of salt, swimming pool, yadda-yadda-yadda.
Alistair Overeem – Warrior Code (UFC on ESPN 7 video) [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Alistair Overeem talks about his personal warrior code including motivation, mindset, and the moment of victory, ahead of his next fight. Overeem is scheduled to headline UFC on ESPN 7 on Saturday, Dec. 7, in Washington, DC. He is slated
5:27 PM ET The exuberant walkouts. The over-the-top post-fight celebrations. The hip gyrating at weigh-ins. Pretending to slip on the stage at media day. The histrionics that made Johnny Walker one of the most popular, up-and-coming light heavyweight fighters in the UFC aren’t going anywhere. Walker suffered a first-round TKO loss to Corey Anderson at