Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Rory MacDonald is no longer a member of the Bellator roster and he has explained why. MacDonald turned a lot of heads when he revealed that he has signed a multi-fight deal with the PFL. MacDonald’s Bellator contract expired after losing his welterweight gold to Douglas Lima in their rematch
Image: Fight Sports As 2019 winds down, Dana White is starting to push steam behind Zuffa Boxing, although no set announcements have been made yet. Most recently, White announced that he had reached a deal with Floyd Mayweather for the two to work together on Zuffa Boxing, but White would not go into detail as
Welcome to Midnight Mania! I’m not trying to sell the clip above as impressive. It’s a basic striker (in phenomenal shape) working the basics, and there’s plenty to improve upon. Yet, the second Kyle Dake steps into a cage, he instantly has an argument as the most credentialed wrestler competing in mixed martial arts —
UFC 245 Fight Motion: Does Usman vs. Covington look as close in slow motion? [embedded content] (Courtesy of UFC) Check out the slow motion highlights of some of the most exciting moments from the final Pay-Per-View event of the year, UFC 245: Usman vs Covington. The judges had Kamaru Usman’s welterweight title defense against Colby
2:44 PM ET PFL will have to go to Plan B for its featherweight final on New Year’s Eve. Daniel Pineda’s disciplinary hearing in front of the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has been pushed to January. The extension was brokered between the commission and Pineda’s representatives at an NSAC meeting Wednesday. Pineda was scheduled
UFC flyweight Priscila Cachoeira, whose Octagon career started with a brutal beatdown courtesy of champ Valentina Shevchenko, has been suspended by the UFC’s anti-doping partner. Cachoeira accepted a four-month term after an out-of-competition drug test conducted Oct. 19 revealed the presence of hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites. HCTZ is in the class of masking agents
FRANKIE EDGAR VS. CHAN SUNG JUNG These veteran featherweight contenders were slated to meet last November in Denver, Colorado, but Edgar was forced out with a bicep injury and the fight world was sad. But Yair Rodriguez stepped in, he and Jung went to war, resulting in one of the best fights and craziest knockouts
Colby Covington (Photo: FOX Sports) Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington had some bad blood going into their bout but now that the dust has settled, Usman’s manager has praise for “Chaos.” Usman vs. Covington headlined UFC 245 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada this past Saturday night (Dec. 14). The bout went back-and-forth
Image Credit: Bellator MMA Earlier this afternoon, news surfaced that former Bellator welterweight champion Rory MacDonald has parted ways with the Viacom-owned promotion and signed with the Professional Fighters League (PFL). While this is exciting news for MacDonald and the PFL, it does represent an unfortunate twist for fans who were hoping to see a
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, made his first 170-pound title defense with a thrilling, “Fight of the Night” performance against bitter rival, Colby Covington, in the UFC 245 pay-per-view (PPV) main event. Now the promotion is giving you a second look at all the in-cage highlights from last weekend’s big shebang, including
War Room breakdown: UFC Busan Frankie Edgar vs. Korean Zombie [embedded content] (Courtesy of Full Reptile) Former UFC lightweight championship Frankie Edgar steps in on short notice to fight Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) in Saturday’s UFC Busan main event in South Korea. Former welterweight contender Dan Hardy break down the fight in
He’s back! Irish superstar Conor McGregor makes his return to the Octagon on January 18, and he’s kicking off 2020 with a welterweight showdown against the man with the most wins in UFC history, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Returning to action for the first time since October 2018 in the main event of UFC 246, the
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8:07 PM ET Just hours after Kamaru Usman‘s welterweight title defense Saturday night, Conor McGregor sent out a tweet. It read: “145. 155. 170.” McGregor has already held UFC titles at featherweight and lightweight — or 145 pounds and 155 pounds. The 170 represents the pound limit for welterweight. It sure seemed like McGregor was
LAS VEGAS – Fresh off his first UFC win, middleweight Punahele Soriano spoke about fighting in the octagon for the first time, fighting the urge not to get too excited, why he wouldn’t allow his friend and training partner Dan Ige to corner him, his plans to visit an injured friend, and more.
But first, flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko calls in to talk about her title fight in February at UFC 247 against Katlyn Chookagian, training with Halle Berry, and her aspiring film career (she has a degree in film directing). Then, Brian Ortega calls in to update us on his unfortunate partial ACL tear which caused him