World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) will soon be joining Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) under the Endeavor Group umbrella, thanks to a multi-billion dollar deal announced earlier this week from Endeavor head cheese Ari Emanuel. The new-look sports conglomerate is expected to continue swapping talent “when appropriate.” So who will be the first UFC fighter to make
Jorge Masvidal on Colby Covington fighting for the title: ‘I thought he had a brain injury’ UFC welterweights Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington have one of the biggest rivalries in combat sports history. Once close friends and training partners who quickly turned bitter enemies. Inside the cage it was Covington that got the better of
9:24 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim There is no such thing as being down to your last chance in mixed martial arts. Just about everyone in the sport loses at some point, and even a multifight skid doesn’t necessarily deposit you at the end of the road. Unlike in boxing, where the zero in the “L”
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: We recap another wild and crazy weekend in combat sports. 1:40 p.m.: Michael Chiesa checks in to give an update
Conor McGregor has responded to the fiery backlash he received from Jose Aldo over a callout. Aldo was in action this weekend, taking on Jeremy Stephens at Gamebred Boxing 4. The bout ended in a majority draw, which drew the ire of Aldo. The Brazilian legend wasn’t interested in hearing about a challenge issued by
Michael Chiesa was expected to battle fellow welterweight bruiser Jingliang Li as part of the upcoming UFC 287 pay-per-view (PPV) event in Miami; however, “The Leech” was pulled off the card after suffering a spinal injury (more on that here). The 35 year-old “Maverick” says there was talk of keeping him in the April 8
UFC 287 Embedded, Episode 1: ‘I will keep the belt and make history’ On the first episode of UFC 287 Embedded, Israel Adesanya and champ Alex Pereira land in Miami. Gilbert Burns stays motivated. Rob Font returns to action. Jorge Masvidal shows off his Florida home. UFC 287 is on Saturday, April 8. UFC 282
It’s not very often that Brock Lesnar is the smaller man in any of his WWE matches, but that’s exactly what the ex-UFC champion faced Sunday at WrestleMania 39. During the second night of the annual event, Lesnar took on an opponent named Omos (real name Tolulope “Jordan” Omogbehin) — an athlete billed at 7-foot-3
The MMA Lab product pushed his winning streak to four and his string of first-round submission finishes to three with a victory over Guido Cannetti in Las Vegas, bringing his UFC record to 6-1 since his short-notice debut loss to Cory Sandhagen. While Cannetti came out looking to be the aggressor, Bautista was having none
Jeremy Stephens has responded to Conor McGregor suggesting that the two of them trade leather inside the boxing ring. Stephens and 2023 UFC Hall of Fame inductee Jose Aldo went one-on-one on the Gamebred Boxing 4 card. The bout lasted through all six rounds and the judges scored this one as a majority draw. During
WrestleMania 39 night two went down on Sunday from the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California in front of a packed crowd of over 81,000 fans. While the MMA-related story of the night goes to the potential sale of WWE to UFC parent company Endeavor, there were also some former UFC champions competing inside the squared
UFC 287 Countdown Video: Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya 2 UFC 287 Countdown previews the promotion’s return to Miami as middleweight champion Alex Pereira puts his title on the line in a rematch with former king Israel Adesanya. UFC 287 main card action kicks off on Saturday, April 8 Pereira defeated Adesanya late in the
UFC 287 gets a late shakeup in the heavyweight division. A person with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Chase Sherman will now face Karl Williams at next weekend’s pay-per-view event at the Miami-Dade Arena in Miami. UFC Brazil also revealed the new matchup. Williams replaces fan favorite Chris Barnett, who
This was an accidental immediate rematch of sorts. After Holloway unified the featherweight title with a 3rd-round TKO over José Aldo, “Blessed” was set to defend the belt against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. A month before the fight, though, Edgar was forced to withdraw, so The King of Rio got another chance at the
Bellator President Scott Coker has given an update on Cris Cyborg’s future with the promotion. Cris Cyborg is the reigning Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion, but she hasn’t been seen in pro MMA action since April 2022. While she’s recognized as a Bellator titleholder, Cyborg is a free agent. She has been inside the boxing ring
On the eve of the Wrestlemania 39 finale, reports are coming out that the WWE may be sold to the UFC’s parent company Endeavor. Endeavor bought the UFC for $4 billion in 2016 and spent an addition $1.6 billion in 2021 to buy out investment firms Silver Lake and KKR and hold complete control of
Anthony Pettis, a former UFC lightweight champion, went big for his professional boxing debut, challenging former four-division boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. The two squared off in the Gamebred Boxing 4 main event on Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. The Anthony Pettis vs. Roy Jones Jr. match-up Jones’s credentials would leave most people scratching
While Saturday featured several combat sports events, none were wilder on paper than the latest offering from Fight Circus, which delivered in many ways. Fight Circus 6 took place Saturday night on FITE, and in the main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson teamed up with fellow PRIDE veteran Bob Sapp for a