If Claressa Shields calls for some MMA coaching, Cris Cyborg will answer. The former UFC and Strikeforce champ and current Bellator title challenger said she’ll gladly train the boxing champ transition into her sport. She only cautions against taking on too much too soon. “If it was my athlete, I would make some fights in
Fun fact: Oleinik fought nearly as many times in 2008 (11) as Greene has in his entire career (12) heading into this meeting this weekend at UFC 246. For the record, Oleinik went 9-2 that year. This is one of those matchups that is going to tell us exactly where each man stands in the
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Cris Cyborg is relishing in being able to take advantage of other opportunities under the Bellator banner. Cyborg is scheduled to compete for the Bellator women’s featherweight gold on Jan. 25. Julia Budd is the 145-pound ruler. The two will collide inside The Forum in Inglewood,
If Donald Cerrone is “stupid” for striking with Conor McGregor in the UFC 246 pay-per-view (PPV) main event this Sat. night (Jan. 18, 2020) in Las Vegas, does that make “Notorious” stupid for grappling with “Cowboy?” He may not have a choice, as Cerrone has 17 wins by submission and is one of the more
When the chatter first started about a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor no one took it all that seriously. But like so many things in McGregor’s career, he seemed to will it into existence. Once he had Dana White and the UFC on board, Mayweather vs. McGregor took off like a
Islam Makhachev believes Kevin Lee took the easy way out by not fighting him. In the main event of UFC Brasilia, Lee will battle Charles Oliveira which kind of came out of nowhere to many. Especially given the fact, Makhachev and “Motown Phenom” have been going back-and-forth for several months now about a possible fight
6:47 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC 246 welterweight bout against UFC superstar Conor McGregor will be Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone‘s 50th professional fight. Fifty. Five-oh. In other words, it ain’t the man’s first rodeo. Now of course, fighting McGregor in the main event of a Las Vegas pay-per-view isn’t just your average fight. And
Conor McGregor’s fight against Donald Cerrone pits a fighter without a UFC win in three years against an opponent who was stopped in his last two fights. To the public, that hardly seems to matter. If past is prologue, Saturday’s event could be the UFC’s most successful event of the ESPN era. McGregor is the
Matt and Jim begin the show with UFC women’s flyweight Roxanne Modafferi, who will be taking on Maycee Barber this Saturday at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. She calls in to discuss why she DM’d Maycee about hotel accommodations, what it’s like not being the scariest fighter, and her and Matt’s mutual love for Star
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News UFC president Dana White claims Conor McGregor isn’t sold on Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson becoming a reality. Nurmagomedov is scheduled to put his UFC lightweight championship on the line against Ferguson. The bout will take place inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on April 18. It’s set to
The 2020 mixed martial arts (MMA) season begins this Saturday evening (Jan., 18, 2020) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Conor McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone headline UFC 246, live on ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV). Also on tap are a pivotal Bantamweight clash between Holly Holm and Raquel Pennington, a big-boy tussle between Aleksei
UFC 246 Embedded: ‘These are my people… this is redneck central’ [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) On Episode 2 of UFC 246 Embedded, headliner Cowboy Cerrone enjoys the blue collar side of Sin City. Bantamweight Raquel Pennington and fiancé Tecia Torres unwind with a dog park visit and pedicures. Lightweight Diego Ferreira arrives in town
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Alexey Oleynik knows he will have a massive advantage on the ground when he takes on Maurice Green at UFC 246, but isn’t sure he will utilize it. Oleynik is on a two-fight losing streak, having recently been TKO’d by Alistair Overeem and then knocked out in 12 seconds by Walt Harris, and knows this
10:32 AM ET As Conor McGregor nears his return to the Octagon, the thought of having another high-profile boxing match — whether it’s a rematch against Floyd Mayweather or a bout against Manny Pacquiao — is something he believes will become reality. “I’d like to rematch Floyd,” McGregor said in a wide-ranging interview that aired
Paul Daley is no longer part of the Bellator broadcast team. The veteran welterweight slugger revealed this past week that the promotion no longer employs him as a commentator after comments he said were “off-script.” Sources close to the promotion on Monday confirmed to MMA Fighting that Daley will no longer be part of the