Welcome to Midnight Mania! After coming up short in his title bid opposite Khabib Nurmagomedov, Dustin Poirier’s path forward is a bit unclear. “The Diamond” has flirted with the idea of moving up to 170 lbs. for the right opponent, but he’s also been calling for a rematch with Conor McGregor. Ultimately, Poirier closed the
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UFC 244 Embedded: ‘I could hit this guy with a baseball bat, he’s not going nowhere’ [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) On Episode 1 of UFC 244 Embedded, middleweight Kelvin Gastelum wraps up training camp for his fight against Darren Till with sparring and a family meal. Headlining welterweight Jorge Masvidal travels via private plane
Image via onefc.com Ben Askren’s time in MMA may be over once again. Back in 2017, Askren retired from the sport after he defended his ONE Championship welterweight title. He said he had nothing else to prove as he wanted to show he was the best in the world. But, a rare trade to the
Oct 26, 2019 Editor’s note: This interview was conducted in September, well before Nate Diaz vented his frustration about a drug test before UFC 244. He has been cleared to fight. The only time Nate Diaz attended an event in Madison Square Garden, on Nov. 12, 2016, he had to be snuck in. It was
Image Credit: Getty Images Demian Maia has called for a fight with Diego Sanchez and unsurprisingly, “The Nightmare” has accepted. Maia is coming off a submission victory over Ben Askren. The welterweight bout took place this past Saturday (Oct. 26). Maia vs. Askren headlined UFC Singapore inside Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang. Diego Sanchez Answers
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight contender, Corey Anderson, may be in the worst position any fighter can find himself (or herself) in when competing in the cutthroat world of mixed martial arts (MMA). His boss thinks he’s boring and the fans think he sucks. But that won’t stop “Overtime” from putting in the work
UFC 244 Countdown: Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) The BMF title is up for grabs as two gangsters of the Octagon square off. Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal headline UFC 244 and Kelvin Gastelum welcomes Darren Till to middleweight in the co-main event. See these athletes prepare ahead of their
Image Credit: UFC and ONE Championship On Oct. 27, 2018, the MMA world was shaken up as it was announced the UFC and ONE Championship made a trade. The Las Vegas-based promotion traded longtime flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, to the Singapore-based promotion for the former welterweight champion, Ben Askren. Right away, fans wondered who came
2:04 PM ET Carlo Pamintuan The bright lights of the Octagon never appeared to be an option for Loma Lookboonmee. But the Thai fighter, born Konklak Suphisara in 1996 in the town of Buriram, knew at an early age that combat sports were nevertheless her ticket out of poverty. On Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium,
Image Credit: Bellator Rory MacDonald was defeated by Douglas Lima in their rematch and he feels he knows what went wrong. MacDonald and Lima had their rematch last night (Oct. 26) in the main event of Bellator 232. Not only was the welterweight title on the line, but so was the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix
Bellator 232 highlights: Paul Daley lands 33rd KO, Douglas Lima beats belt off of Rory MacDonald [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Check out the Bellator 232 fight highlights featuring Douglas Lima taking the Bellator welterweight belt back from Rory MacDonald and Paul Dailey landing the 33rd brutal knockout of his career. Lima lost the
After a week of extreme anxiety, we’re happy to report that UFC 244’s main event remains intact: Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will meet at Madison Square Garden on November 2nd to determine who is the Baddest Motherf**ker (BMF). Of course, you never know what may happen in this final week, especially in New York
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) was back in the headlines this week after Nate Diaz announced an adverse drug test finding had forced him out of his UFC 244 fight with Jorge Masvidal. Thankfully, Diaz’s drug testing woes wound up amounting to nothing, and his fight with Masvidal will go ahead as planned. Yet
5:54 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim One day after announcing at a Moscow news conference that he will return to the Octagon in January, Conor McGregor had his rusty reflexes tested in the Russian capital. McGregor had to dodge a water bottle thrown in his direction during a heated verbal exchange on Friday with a man
Image Credit: Bellator Douglas Lima earned the biggest victory of his career at Bellator 232 and he has issued a statement. Last night (Oct. 26), Lima challenged Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight championship. The bout also served as the final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. Lima earned the unanimous decision victory
It’s been a rough four years for former middleweight champ Chris Weidman. He’s been sidelined with numerous painful and tedious injuries, and his results inside the cage during that time have been pretty awful, resulting in a 1-5 stretch with all losses coming via KO or TKO. The latest defeat came at UFC on ESPN
Conor McGregor recently announced his return to the UFC, but took some shots at lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and his fellow Dagestani countrymen. That didn’t sit well with one man who questioned McGregor on Friday. The man took McGregor to task over his derogatory remarks about Dagestan and then chucked a water bottle at him.
Rory MacDonald squared off with Douglas Lima for second time in tonight’s Bellator 232 looking to retain his Bellator welterweight world championship. MacDonald and Lima had first met at Bellator 192 in January of 2018, with ‘The Red King’ emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. Tonight’s rematch served as the finals of Bellator welterweight