Welcome to Midnight Mania! The Bantamweight title picture has a clear line of challengers. Next up, Henry Cejudo will return from retirement and challenge Aljamain Sterling. It’s a bit of a shock given UFC’s apparent disinterest in “Triple C,” but the timeline seemed to work out for the promotion. Though targeted for March, contracts remain
Jake Paul says he’d knock Conor McGregor out in boxing ‘with one hand tied behind my back’ If former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor and YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul ever box, Paul says he’d easily beat the Irishman. In fact, Paul claims he would knock McGregor out with one hand behind his back.
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Jan Blachowicz was pretty much the last fight Jiri Prochazka wanted to see on Dec. 10, but after five rounds, he had no doubt about who won. The former UFC light heavyweight champ, of course, planned to rematch Glover Teixeira before a severe injury forced him to withdraw from UFC 282 and
12:36 PM ET Two of the best bantamweights in the world will meet early next year, potentially with a title shot on the line. Marlon “Chito” Vera will face Cory Sandhagen in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Feb. 18 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced Friday on social media. Sources told ESPN
As soon as he started becoming a little more mainstream, I just loved watching him fight, talk trash, and just embrace being a fighter. He’s also Irish and so am I, so I loved how that was a big part of him and how he carried that into the ring every time he fought. Overall,
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou met with leaders from the U.S. and Africa at a recent joint summit. Ngannou has become one of the biggest stars in the UFC since his promotional debut in 2015. Since his first UFC fight, he’s earned numerous knockout wins in the Octagon, including over former champions Stipe Miocic and
UFC commentator Daniel Cormier isn’t exactly thrilled with who USADA is choosing to test. The anti-doping organization has taken a lot of heat over the last few months. Conor McGregor, who’s been out of action with a broken leg, was seemingly allowed to exit the testing pool to possibly use banned substances. In the past,
Former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas will battle Canadian submission specialist Gillian Robertson in a special 135-pound no-gi contest for the upcoming FURY Pro Grappling 6 main event, locked and loaded for Fri., Dec. 30, 2022 on UFC Fight Pass from inside 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Competing in grappling was one of a few
Video of Jorge Masvidal arrest booking from March emerges New video has emerged showing the March night that UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal was arrested and booked for allegedly assaulting Colby Covington. “I promised myself never again, but here I am,” Masvidal says in the video. YouTube channel Real World Police released nine minutes of footage
Conor McGregor doesn’t think much of his friend Dillon Danis’ latest venture. Danis is expected to make his long-awaited return to combat sports on Jan. 14 with a boxing debut against internet personality KSI. A former BJJ prospect and occasional Bellator fighter, Danis has been out of action since 2019 due to a variety of
Sean O’Malley is letting other fighters in on his little secret to make more money outside of the cage and grow their social media presence. In the UFC there seem to be some fighters that are able to promote themselves much better than their peers. UFC bantamweight title hopeful Sean O’Malley is one of them.
Dillon Danis says that Brendan Schaub ‘kind of’ gave him a heads up ahead of the infamous drive by balloon attack on him during his last appearance on Food Truck Diaries in 2020. The Bellator star appeared on the MMA Hour ahead of his boxing fight with KSI in London. Danis covered a range of
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor’s relationship with Artem Lobov resembled a brotherhood. McGregor was always in Lobov’s corner shouting instructions and pulling strings to get Lobov a contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Conversely, Lobov was always putting in work for the Irish star as a sparring partner, and he beat up Paulie Malignaggi
Former two-division UFC champion and current UFC broadcast Daniel Cormier shared his choices for male and female 2022 Fighter of the Year. 2022 was filled with highlight reel finishes, upsets, and championship belts changing hands. New stars emerged, longtime titleholders were defeated, and championships were vacated. Some fighters proved they belonged, others rose up the
Twenty-five years ago, UFC history was made. Held on Dec. 21, 1997, UFC Japan: Ultimate Japan may be best remembered for the UFC debuts of MMA legends Kazushi Sakuraba and Frank Shamrock, but the event featured a special debut in the broadcast booth as well: Longtime UFC commentator Mike Goldberg. By replacing Bruce Beck on
7:52 AM ET The sport of mixed martial arts is never dull, and 2022 was a perfect example of that. In the span of four months, three of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world weren’t just beaten, but finished. The year started with Francis Ngannou, the hardest puncher in UFC history, using wrestling and
For a while, former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz looked to be sailing to one of the most impressive victories of his career in his hometown of San Diego. Marlon Vera had other ideas, and he closed the show on the future UFC Hall of Famer, stopping Cruz in the fourth round of their UFC Fight
Daniel Cormier is not too happy about the number of USADA tests his former opponent Jon Jones has received since being away from the sport. One of the most successful fighters in UFC history is Jon Jones. He has been dominating the light heavyweight division for many years, and now he is making a transition