Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor has shared harsh assessments for many of the top coaches in MMA. McGregor (22-6 MMA) just wrapped up filming season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter and appears to have developed some strong opinions on coaching. ‘Notorious’ of course coached TUF 31 opposite fellow former MMA champion Michael Chandler. The
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Truly, MMA is the sport of recency bias and pointless pound-for-pound/greatest of all time discussions. Each and every time a new champion is crowned, the accomplishments of the old guard are quickly tossed aside, and the discussion quickly heats up: is this new champion the best yet? Of course he is!
Holly Holm shows off chiseled abs ahead of this weekend’s UFC event Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm takes on No. 6 ranked contender Yana Santos in this weekends UFC on ESPN 43 co-main event. Before this weekend’s event, Holm showed off her chiseled abs in an Instagram post. She appears to be in
12:36 PM ET An up-and-coming UFC bantamweight fighter is going to be on the shelf for a bit. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) temporarily suspended Kyler Phillips for a positive out-of-competition drug test for the banned substance ostarine Tuesday. The suspension is pending a disciplinary hearing, which could come as soon as next month.
Michael Bisping is taking the high road. Following his win over Rafael Fiziev at UFC 286, Justin Gaethje called out Michael Bisping for what his commentary, not on his own fight but on the main event, where Gaethje’s teammate Kamaru Usman came up short against welterweight champion Leon Edwards. As both Bisping and Edwards are
Both fighters were busy to start, but a minute in, Jedrzejczyk landed a hard right hand upstairs and her combinations at close range had the former champ smiling and in the lead. Zhang began to find her rhythm midway through the frame, though, and she was throwing with power every time, clearly getting Jedrzejczyk’s attention.
The 115th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC San Antonio. We’re first joined by UFC featherweight Steven Peterson (1:44). Next, UFC featherweight Daniel Pineda (16:55) stops by. Closing out the program is UFC featherweight Austin Lingo (28:46). [embedded content] Steven Peterson opens up the show
Newly-crowned UFC flyweight champion Alexa Grasso is eager to rematch former 125-pound titleholder Valentina Shevchenko so that she can prove to the Doubting Thomases her victory over “Bullet” was a result of skill, and not luck. “I’m truly excited for the second fight and I also know that people will love to see it because
Leon Edwards says Colby Covington is not getting the next title shot UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards has no intentions of fighting Colby Covington next despite UFC president Dana White saying Covington gets the next shot. Covington officially weighed in during the UFC 286 weigh-in as a backup for the main event between Edwards and
2:28 PM ET ONE Championship fighter Iuri Lapicus died Monday in Italy due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash last week, the promotion confirmed with ESPN. He was 27. “The ONE Championship team is heartbroken over the tragic passing of Iuri Lapicus,” the promotion wrote in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out
Colby Covington may be the challenger, but he still opened as the betting favorite over reigning UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards in a potential matchup between them. In the aftermath of UFC 286 on Saturday, UFC president Dana White declared that Covington will get the next shot at Edwards after “Rocky” earned a second win
I know Leon Edwards won the UFC welterweight title last August, but it was on Saturday night that he looked like a champion. Confident, skilled, in control, Edwards was in a close and tough fight with a fighter who is not easy to beat, and he fought the way you expect the best 170-pounder in
Chris Duncan wants to be known as an exciting fighter. Duncan is set to make his UFC debut at UFC 286 against Omar Morales. He is coming off a wild Contender Series fight that saw him get an incredible comeback KO. After that, he was booked to face Michal Figlak, but his scheduled foe pulled
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Strange as it may be to say, the biggest winner of UFC 286 might just be Colby Covington. Since allegedly getting sucker punched by former foe Jorge Masvidal, Covington has been uncharacteristically quiet on the sidelines for about a year. Then, out of nowhere, he shows up at UFC 286, makes
According to multiple reports, former President Donald Trump could be arrested this week. One of his biggest supporters (outside of Dana White) is former interim champion Colby Covington who was the first UFC fighter to visit the White House. So when Covington spoke to the media on Saturday night, the news of Trump’s arrest was
9:07 AM ET An old adage in combat sports says that someone is not truly the champion until they defend the title. Well, if that is indeed the case, Leon Edwards cemented himself as the top man at welterweight on Saturday at UFC 286 in London, beating Kamaru Usman for a second straight time with
Leon Edwards has the series advantage in his trilogy with Kamaru Usman and he expects UFC 286 to signal the end of it. The British star successfully defended the UFC welterweight title in Saturday’s main event at The O2 in London, giving him two wins in three fights against Usman after he defeated him at
Former UFC double-champion Conor McGregor is planning on retiring in the promotion. ‘The Notorious’ has been out of the cage since his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier in July 2021. Near the end of the first round, the Irishman broke his leg. Due to the injury, he’s been on the shelf for well over a