Where were you when? When Holm arrived in the UFC earlier in the year, this was the fight everyone was waiting for, but very few people predicted it going the way it did. Rousey was coming off another blowout victory, having successfully defended her bantamweight title against Bethe Correia just a couple months earlier and
Tony Ferguson says he has been offered to coach The Ultimate Fighter alongside Conor McGregor. McGregor hasn’t fought since a doctor’s stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. He’s been recovering from a leg injury ever since but seems to remain intent on a return to the Octagon this year. An exact timeline for
Chael Sonnen has underlined just what a monster of a match-up Alexander Volkanovski vs Islam Makhachev is. The return to Australia doesn’t get bigger than this 🤯🤯🤯 🏆 @MakhachevMMA vs @AlexVolkanovski PLUS @PanteraUFC vs @JoshEmmettUFC! 🏆 📺📱 #UFC284 | Feb 12 | Live on PPV! pic.twitter.com/h9MTAwmAT9 — UFC_AUSNZ (@UFC_AUSNZ) January 27, 2023 The Australian will
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Twelve years after his championship run on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF), Tony Ferguson may be returning to the TUF house. The tweet above from Ferguson is, per usual, garbled in “El Cucuy” speech, but fortunately, years of experience reading Tony Ferguson tweets has granted me a certain fluency in deciphering his
Opponent named for Jose Aldo professional boxing debut Former two-time UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo will make his professional boxing debut on Feb. 10 in Rio de Janeiro and we now know who he’ll be facing. According to a report by Brazilian news outlet Combate, Aldo will be taking on Argentinian Emmanuel Zambrano at Upper
Jan 24, 2023 Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold intends to pursue fights outside UFC after securing his release from the company. In an appearance on “The MMA Hour” on Monday, Rockhold, 38, revealed he and UFC have mutually parted ways, ending a partnership that began in 2013. Rockhold retired in the Octagon in August,
Jamahal Hill is the current UFC light heavyweight champion after defeating Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC 283 in his best performance to date. Following the victory, Hill has had a chip on his shoulder and feels disrespected by the MMA community. Does he have a point, or is this just a unique
Jon Kennedy rebounded strong after his loss at the march event with an epic victory over middleweight Travis Aragon. The two traded his heavy shots in all three rounds, but both chins held up strong. It went to the scorecards, where the judges gave it to Kennedy in a split decision. Kennedy moves on to
The growth of MMA in Nigeria recently received a significant boost when it was announced that the Nigerian Mixed Martial Arts Federation (NMMAF) will govern the sport going forward. The NMMAF has recently been working hard to make sure that MMA was recognized as a sport by Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Sport and Youth Development.
UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno has received a painted mural of himself back in his hometown of Tijuana, Mexico. If there was any doubt before UFC 283, there isn’t any now. Brandon Moreno is the undisputed best flyweight on the planet. ‘The Assassin Baby’ defeated Deiveson Figueiredo in Rio, bringing a definitive end to their
Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who also made a run as a top contender at 135 pounds, is scheduled to make his boxing debut against Argentinian pugilist Emmanuel Zambrano on Sat., Feb. 10, 2023 at Upper Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That’s according to a report from Combate. Aldo, 36, retired from MMA
Sean O’Malley denied entry in restaurant for ‘dress code violation’ Top UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley found out that not everyone watches the UFC went a local restaurant asked him to leave due to dress code. ‘Sugar’ last fought at UFC 280 in October winning a controversial split decision over former bantamweight champion Petr Yan.
Jan 24, 2023 Conor McGregor is under investigations in Spain after being accused of physically assaulting a woman last summer in Ibiza, court officials said Wednesday. Ultima Hora, a newspaper in Spain, released a report Tuesday with allegations from an Irish woman that the UFC superstar punched her and threatened to drown her at a
Conor McGregor on Wednesday said he has another offer to coach The Ultimate Fighter. McGregor, 34, didn’t give any specifics on the alleged role, which would bring him back to Las Vegas to coach another team of up-and-comers after starring opposite Urijah Faber on TUF 22 in 2015. The UFC has not announced coaches for
The Power Slap house works similarly to “The Ultimate Fighter.” The athletes at the house will compete in a series of matches to determine Power Slap world rankings. The strikers are vying for a ranking in one of four weight classes, a spot in the first Pay-Per-View event, and the ultimate prize: the Power Slap championship
UFC star Conor McGregor might be returning to the UFC spotlight a lot sooner than originally anticipated. McGregor hasn’t fought since a doctor’s stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. He’s been recovering from a leg injury ever since but seems to remain intent on a return to the Octagon this year. An exact
Jamahal Hill has responded to Jiri Prochazka. Hill became the UFC’s new light heavyweight champion at UFC 283 when he beat Glover Teixeira by decision in Brazil. Of course, Prochazka was the champ – as he submitted Teixeira in June – but vacated the belt due to an injury. After the event, Prochazka took to
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