11:35 AM ET Holly Holm‘s fight career is showing no signs of slowing down, as the former MMA and boxing champion has signed a new six-fight deal with UFC, her manager, Lenny Fresquez, told the Albuquerque Journal on Tuesday. Holm, 41, is scheduled to face Yana Santos at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in San
Not long ago, Leon Edwards was one of the most disrespected fighters in MMA. Now he’s on top of the world. The rankings show returns after another crazy MMA stretch to sort through Edwards’ massive win in his UFC 286 trilogy with Kamaru Usman, and much more! Co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee are
Altamirano came out on the happy side of a split decision verdict in his Dana White’s Contender Series battle with Carlos Candelario, but landed on the opposite end of things in his promotional debut against Carlos Hernandez six months later in his promotional debut, leaving him with a sour taste in his mouth heading into
Colby Covington is taking aim at Ali Abdelaziz. It was just days ago that MMA manager, Ali Abdelaziz, suggested that ‘Chaos’ accepted being a back-up fighter for Leon Edwards (21-3 MMA) vs. Kamaru Usman (20-3 MMA) to avoid fighting Belal Muhammad (22-3 MMA). The Dominance MMA CEO put out a tweet criticizing Covington for not
Pint-sized social media sensation Hasbulla Magomedov is tiny on the outside, but a full-grown adult on the inside. I guess that wasn’t explained to former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who scooped up Lil’ Hazzy and snuggle-kissed him like a baby. Blame Henry Cejudo. The 20-something Hasbulla, who rose to fame under the wing of
No one in the MMA industry tweets and deletes more than Conor McGregor, and he may have leaked which team wins the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter. On Tuesday night, McGregor trashed some of the top coaches in the sport in since deleted tweets, and may have revealed more than he wanted to. “Firaz
LONDON — Arnold Allen is taking Max Holloway very seriously ahead of their main event bout next month. During Saturday’s UFC 286 event, Allen spoke with members of the media backstage at The 02 in London to preview his UFC Kansas City matchup with Holloway on April 15, discuss the narrative that Holloway has lost
In Vera’s last four fights, the Ecuadorian has four wins, including two Fight of the Night bonuses and two performance bonus-winning knockouts. Although Vera is about eight months Sandhagen’s junior, he has twice the amount of UFC fights to his name since joining the roster as a 21-year-old in November 2014. That also provides plenty
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