Former UFC title challenger Nate Diaz is once again walking away from the fight game. The Stockton Native made the shocking announcement moments ago. Diaz fell short in his bid to claim the promotions new BMF Title at last weekend’s UFC 244 event, suffering a third round TKO loss (cut) to Jorge Masvidal. Following this
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Since turning pro in June of 2018, it had been a pretty hectic first few months of welterweight Kyle Crutchmer’s career. Following his most recent win this past February, a unanimous decision over Josh Weston at XFN 356, Crutchmer had fought four times since his pro debut, with three finishes in his first four fights.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! I don’t mean to shock anyone, but Diego Sanchez is not a normal person. Earlier this week, Darren Till spoke about the understandable mental stress of fighting a professional killer like Kelvin Gastelum. Coming off consecutive losses, there was a lot of pressure on Till, who even considered faking an injury
7:20 AM ET When I spoke to Conor McGregor on Dec. 12, 2015, after he knocked out Jose Aldo, he said something that has always stuck with me: “Questions are good, like options are good. In the fight business, questions and options, I’m happy that there’s both.” I’d never heard someone break down the best
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Mike Perry has fired off a warning to Colby Covington. Perry and Covington will be competing in separate bouts on Dec. 14 at UFC 245. Perry will share the Octagon with Geoff Neal. Meanwhile, Covington will challenge Kamaru Usman for the UFC welterweight championship in the main event. The
Image: UFC on Instagram The UFC’s return to Moscow will be headlined by a heavyweight fight between Alexander Volkov and short-notice replacement opponent Greg Hardy. Hardy last fought fought in mid-October, when he took on Ben Sosoli. While this fight was initially ruled a unanimous decision win for Hardy, it was promptly overturned when it
UFC Fight Night 163: “Zabit vs Kattar” is set to go down on Sat., Nov. 9, 2019 in Moscow, Russia only on ESPN+. The card will feature a main event bout between top Featherweight contenders, Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar, who will collide to see who takes the next step up at 145 pounds. In
President Trump at UFC 244: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Although it was exciting to have a sitting U.S. President attend a UFC event, there were also some downsides to President Donald Trump attending UFC 244. Watch UFC president Dana White and fighters Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal,
5:52 PM ET Conor McGregor “vehemently denies any allegation of sexual misconduct or any wrongdoing,” his manager told ESPN on Monday, responding to two New York Times reports that said McGregor was accused of sexual assault in Dublin, Ireland, last month and separately in March. “He’s a global icon, but he’s also a polarizing figure,”
Image Credit: Steven Ryan/Getty Images The UFC 244 prelims had a strong showing considering it was aired on ESPN2. This past Saturday night (Nov. 2), UFC 244 took place inside Madison Square Garden in New York City. Headlining the pay-per-view was a welterweight clash between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz. The two were competing for
PhotoCred: YouTube / MMA Fighting Former title challenger Yoel Romero is claiming that current UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has backed out of a fight against him. Romero and Adesanya have been rumored to fight for the last week since news broke that No. 1 contender Paulo Costa had to have surgery on his biceps
Welcome to Midnight Mania! More and more, the line between boxer and fighter blurs. Whether talking about the unholy beast that is bare knuckle boxing or discussing the many potential crossover match ups, the combat sports world seemingly cannot get enough of this grey area. Earlier today, UFC president Dana White spoke with TMZ about
Undefeated heavyweight Jairzinho Rozenstruik steps in to face Alistair Overeem at UFC Fight Night in D.C. Undefeated UFC heavyweight prospect Jairzinho Rozenstruik is wasting no time booking his next fight after accepting a short-notice opportunity to face Alistair Overeem on Dec. 7 in Washington, D.C. Fresh off a 29-second knockout against Andrei Arlovski at UFC
5:50 PM ET UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is ready to fight light heavyweight champ Jon Jones, but only on one condition. “If he wants to fight me right now, come see me at 185 (pounds, the middleweight limit),” Adesanya said Monday on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “I’ll let him jump the queue, cuz he’s
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Stephen Thompson feels there is a high chance he’ll be fighting Demian Maia in the future. Thompson returned to action this past Saturday night (Nov. 2) at UFC 244. “Wonderboy” took on Vicente Luque on the main card. Thompson picked up his first victory in two
Image: @thenotoriousMMA on instagram Conor McGregor’s opponent has been confirmed and the official announcement of his comeback fight is imminent, according to the Irishman’s manager, Audie Attar. During an episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, Attar and Tim Simpson, agents from Paradigm Sports Management, joined the show. A topic of discussion was McGregor’s Octagon return
Darren Till cut it close, but he eventually made it to New York City last week to face Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 244 inside Madison Squared Garden after visa issues briefly put the bout in limbo. “Gorilla,” however, was able to get everything squared away and arrived in “The Big Apple” on Thursday, Oct. 31,
UFC 244: Darren Till – ‘I wasn’t scared, I was terrified!’ [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Darren Till admitted following UFC 244 that he was terrified going into the bout. Hear everything Till had to say at the UFC 244 post-fight press conference following his victory over Kelvin Gastelum in the UFC 244 co-main