UFC fighters discuss cauliflower ear and how to deal with it
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
Interest in Saturday’s UFC 244 show and the Jorge Masvidal vs. Nate Diaz fight led the prelims to do UFC’s biggest numbers ever on ESPN 2. The two hours from 8-10 p.m. averaged 910,000 viewers, and peaked at 1,121,000 viewers for the Corey Anderson first round knockout win over Johnny Walker. The entire second hour
In a two-and-a-half year run, UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt fought Alistair Overeem, Brock Lesnar, Frank Mir, Bigfoot Silva, Stipe Miocic, and Fabricio Werdum. Of those, now only Miocic is clean. The latest to fail a PED test Werdum. The former UFC heavyweight champ was supposed to have headlined UFC Fight Night 136, but withdrew after
Rozenstruik replaces Walt Harris, who withdrew from the bout due to the continuing search for his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard (for more details, click here) One of the breakout success stories of 2019, Rozenstruik has made short work of Junior Albini, Allen Crowder and Arlovski since joining the UFC roster, and now he’s eager to test
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
7:02 PM ET Jairzinho Rozenstruik will step in to face Alistair Overeem in the scheduled UFC Washington headliner Dec. 7, replacing heavyweight Walt Harris, UFC president Dana White told ESPN. Harris’ manager, Jason House, told ESPN Friday that Harris was pulling out as the search continues for his stepdaughter Aniah Blanchard, 19, who has been
Conor McGregor’s longtime manager decried media reports linking the Irish star to a pair of sexual assault cases in his native country. Audie Attar, owner of the Paradigm Sport Management firm that reps the former two-division champion, “vehemently” denied “any allegation of sexual misconduct or any wrongdoing” in a Monday interview on “Ariel Helwani’s MMA
The early, official UFC Fight Night 136 weigh-ins took place at the event hotel in Moscow, at 2:00 a.m. ET. There will be no ceremonial weigh-ins. Two fighters missed weight; both fights will go on. Jin Soo Son weighed in at 137, missing the bantamweight non-title cut off by one pound; he will forfeit 20%
Jim and Matt are back to recap the wild night of fights at UFC 244, from Kevin Lee’s amazing KO, Corey Anderson’s big moment, and the BMF himself, Jorge Masvidal. They’re joined first by Israel Adesanya, who breaks down the weekend’s fights, explains why he viewed the Whittaker fight as a title defense, and talks
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Conor McGregor’s manager claims that his fighter did not sexually assault anyone despite allegations. The New York Times has reported that two sexual assault allegations have been hurled McGregor’s way. Back in March, NYT had reported that McGregor was under investigation for a sexual assault allegation.
Image via @thenotoriousMMA on instagram Conor McGregor and his manager Audie Attar are firmly denying the sexual assault allegations made against the Irish star. The New York Times has come out twice this year indicating that the former two division UFC champion has been accused of sexual assault. In both reports, McGregor’s spokesperson denied the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Unfortunately, the search for Walt Harris’ missing step-daughter continues without any positive news. Quite understandably, Harris has pulled out of his upcoming main event slot opposite Alistair Overeem (45-17-1), which was slated to take place December 7, 2019 at UFC on ESPN 7 inside the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.
Nate Diaz: ‘How many fights you been in Dana [White]?’ (UFC 244 video) [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Nate Diaz wasn’t happy with the doctor stoppage and had some words to say to Dana White, who eventually seemed to agree with the stoppage. This brings you Diaz in his raw form after his loss
Heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis talks with Joe Rogan inside of the Octagon after his last second knockout victory at UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. To start your 7-day free trial, visit http://www.ufc.tv/packages