It’s been a long and winding road to a championship belt for Yair Rodriguez, but the Mexican star stood the course, weathered the storms, and any other cliches you can think of, and when he got his shot for the interim featherweight title against Josh Emmett, he delivered his best performance to date. Next up,
Welcome to the MMA News’ Sleeper Scrap! The relentless schedule of the MMA world means that some fans don’t have a full look at a fight card until days before the event, leaving the promoters to decide which bouts you should be paying the most attention to. Everyone wants to tune in for main events
Zac Pauga wasn’t sure if he would get to make his UFC debut. Pauga competed on TUF 30 and lost in the finale by KO to Mohammed Usman. Although before the fight, Pauga signed a contract should he win or lose the contest, he still wasn’t guaranteed to get a UFC bout. [embedded content] “I
Welcome to Midnight Mania! In a short period of time, Michael Chandler has accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the best Lightweights on the UFC roster. “Iron” has only been fighting inside the Octagon since 2021, but he’s already thrown down with several former champions and top-ranked Lightweights. He’s been all-action the whole time. In
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
8:00 AM ET Four weeks after she scored a dominant top-10 win, former strawweight champion and onetime women’s flyweight title challenger Jessica Andrade is back this weekend, taking on rising prospect Erin Blanchfield in a short-notice booking at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at the UFC Apex are on ESPN+,
Bo Nickal may not have made his UFC debut, but he still likes his chances against the two top middleweights in the world, UFC champ Alex Pereira and ex-champ Israel Adesanya. “I’m not going to say [that’s an] easy fight, because [Pereira] is dangerous. But as far as styles go, that’s a great matchup for
“I think some people are definitely born a little bit more adapt to competing,” she said. “Some people, it never bothers them. They’re always able to perform and show out, where some people always get a little bit caught up in the lights. And then I think also just being raised in the sport, I’ve
“The Truth” Jake Paul could be a ranked World Boxing Council boxer with a win over Tommy Fury on Feb. 26. Both fighters have been entangled in a feud since 2021. They were set to fight each other several times, but either Fury would drop out or contract negotiations held up their fight. However, boxing
Ariel Helwani believes that USADA’s reputation is at stake following the latest accusations from Dan Hooker. It was this past weekend at UFC 284 that Dan Hooker was in attendance at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia to witness and cheer for Alexander Volkanovski (25-2 MMA) taking on Islam Makhachev (24-1 MMA) for the lightweight
Former WBA boxing champion Austin Trout is gearing up to fight ex-UFC welterweight bruiser Diego Sanchez at the upcoming BKFC: “KnuckleMania 3” bareknuckle event on Fri., Feb. 17, 2023 at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Trout was keeping a close eye on the athletic commission’s ruling to permit Sanchez to compete (more on that
Islam Makhachev reacts to pound-for-pound rankings snub UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev defeated the top ranked pound-for-pound fighter Alexander Volkanovski, but it wasn’t enough to get the top ranking. When the new UFC Rankings were released on Tuesday, Volkanovski remained in the top spot while Makhachev remained ranked No. 2. Volkanovski is the featherweight champion.
Jalin Turner is getting a higher-ranked opponent than initially expected at UFC 285. Following the injury withdrawal of Turner’s original opponent Dan Hooker, the lightweight standout is now slated to meet Mateusz Gamrot at the March 4 event. MMA Fighting confirmed the news Tuesday following an initial report by Fansided’s Amy Kaplan. Turner (13-5) is
“I moved to New Mexico to initially train at Jackson-Wink MMA, but when I was a little kid, I promised my mom I would go to college,” said the dutiful son, who struggled to a 1-4 record in five middleweight appearances after winning his promotional debut at light heavyweight. “I didn’t want to in that
Former Wyoming wrestling star Bryce Meredith has signed with Bellator and will make his promotional debut next month. Meredith, who is 3-0 in his career in the cage, will face Brandon Carrillo on March 31st. He last fought at LFA 141 last September, earning a first-round submission over Nathan Fought. While Meredith is known for
Austin Trout surprised many when he signed with BKFC. Trout is the former WBA light middleweight champion and still a top-five contender and many expected him to try and get a title shot this year. The former champ has fought the likes of Canelo Alvarez and the Charlo twins, but he wanted to be more
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The stakes of UFC 284’s main event were supposed to be clear cut. The top two pound-for-pound fighters on the roster meet at a weight class, collide, and the better man walks away the victor and pound-for-pound king. Simple and easy, right? Of course not! Alexander Volkanovski outperformed the general public
Tyson Pedro suffered from ‘extreme diarrhea and vomiting’ ahead of UFC 284 loss Tyson Pedro was on the losing end of a unanimous decision to Modestas Bukauskas at UFC 284 in front of his home crowd but he revealed shortly after that he was dealing with an illness. Pedro posted a video of himself being