Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The UFC‘s final Pay-Per-View of the year ended up being an action-packed affair that didn’t see a fight go the
Glover Teixeira has thanked the universe after being awarded the next shot at the vacant light heavyweight title in Brazil at UFC 283 next month. Teixeira was in attendance this past weekend at UFC 282, which saw Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev go toe-to-toe in the main event for his former light heavyweight championship. Having
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Stephen Thompson has a new source of inspiration towards becoming UFC champion. A couple weeks back, Thompson picked apart Kevin Holland to return to the win column in stellar fashion (HIGHLIGHTS). It was a drastically different outcome compared to his previous two fights against Belal Muhammad and Gilbert Burns, dreadfully boring
Israel Adesanya reacts to UFC 282 outcomes | Video Former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya watched Saturday’s UFC 282 pay-per-view event and reacted to the outcomes. See “The Last Stylebender” react to Darren Till’s loss, Paddy Pimblett‘s decision win, and the main event ending in a split draw. [embedded content] (Video courtesy of FREESTYLEBENDER) Darren Till
Nate Diaz and Eddie Alvarez are two of the biggest names in free agency across all of combat sports and BKFC is making a concerted effort to potentially sign both of them. The bare-knuckle promotion has gone after high-profile free agents previously and now BKFC President Dave Feldman believes his organization could ultimately offer somebody
9:36 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi Chuck Liddell is long retired. Same for Randy Couture and Tito Ortiz. Jon Jones was last UFC light heavyweight champion over two years ago. Once the UFC’s glamour division filled
UFC 282: Blachowicz vs Ankalaev will see former champion and No. 2 ranked Jan Blachowicz take on surging No. 3 ranked Magomed Ankalaev for the vacant, undisputed UFC light heavyweight championship. Rising lightweights Paddy Pimblett and Jared Gordon will met in co-main event. How To Watch UFC 282: Błachowicz vs Ankalaev UFC 282 takes place
UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has defended himself after coming under fire for his recent trip to Chechnya, which reportedly came at the invitation of the republic’s dictator Ramzan Kaydrov. Last month, images and footage emerged of a trio of former UFC champions — former interim lightweight titleholder Gaethje, former welterweight king Kamaru Usman, and former
Magomed Ankalaev has cleared the air following his split draw against Jan Blachowicz at UFC 282. Ankalaev and Blachowicz stepped up on short notice to save the UFC 282 card. They fought for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The title was vacated by Jiří Procházka, who suffered a shoulder injury while preparing for a
Cristiane Justino picked up her second straight boxing victory to close out 2022. “Cyborg” popped, dropped, and cruised to a decision win over the unheralded Gabrielle Holloway as part of the Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan boxing pay-per-view (PPV) at CHI Health Center last weekend in Omaha, Nebraska. The Bellator MMA featherweight champ took the
UFC 283 has a main event and it’s a bit of a cluster. Former UFC champion Glover Teixeira will face off with Jamahal Hill after a backstage fight booking was made following the draw of Jan Błachowicz vs. Magomed Ankalaev. Now we’re seeing how the betting world is viewing this fight. According to Sportsbetting.ag, Hill
Raufeon Stots reacts to his split decision win over Danny Sabatello in the main event of Bellator 289, explains the state of his rivalry with Sabatello moving forward and why he still plans to troll Sabatello after the win. He also previews his upcoming matchup against Patchy Mix in the $1 million finals of the
Dec 11, 2022 UFC will not have a light heavyweight champion to close 2022. But the promotion is not wasting any time in trying to crown a titleholder. Following a split draw in a vacant light heavyweight title bout Saturday night at UFC 282, former champion Glover Teixeira will face Jamahal Hill for the belt
He believes that UFC President Dana White and the rest of the UFC see that Du Plessis has plenty to offer, and that if he continues to fight the way that he knows he can, he’ll be featured in main events and fighting for the middleweight title in no time. “I think it speaks a
UFC President Dana White has clarified his recent comments about a reported “likely” Conor McGregor/Michael Chandler fight. It was reported earlier this week in a to-be-released interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto that White said that Chandler is McGregor’s “likely” return opponent. This excited fans and pundits around the sport as McGregor nears an Octagon return.
Danny Sabatello is not happy with the result of his Bellator Bantamweight Championship fight against Raufeon Stots. Sabatello’s title fight with Stots also served as a semifinal bout in the Bellator Bantamweight World Grand Prix. The bout went all five rounds and in the end, Stots was awarded the split decision victory. It was clear
Dana White is a master at spitting out powerful sound bytes and making viral news announcements. The guy is a one man headline factory, which may explain why he gets so angry when he sees MMA news sites twisting his perfectly crafted narratives into basic clickbait. The latest fake news story White is trying to
UFC 282 highlights & recap: Paddy Pimblett vs Jared Gordon Watch the highlight video and recap from Saturday’s UFC 282 co-main event between Paddy Pimblett and Jared Gordon. Pimblett defeated Gordon by unanimous decision. UFC 282 took place on Saturday, December 10, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. [embedded content] Paddy Pimblett: ‘I think