Videos of Dillon Danis sparring and banging his head against a sauna railing raised a lot of eyebrows before his boxing match against Logan Paul. Danis said the reality of those videos is a lot different than their appearance. He touted his work with former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira and credited Mike Perry –
PFL welterweight contender Cedric Doumbe feels the UFC badly messed up by letting him go. The former Glory Kickboxing champion made his PFL debut against Jordan Zébo over the weekend. The two welterweights headlined a card going down in Cedric Doumbe’s home country of France. He walked out with a mattress for his opponent in
Charles Oliveira doesn’t think it’s fair that UFC is making him fight in Abu Dhabi. “Do Bronx” will attempt to recapture his crown from Islam Makhachev, who stripped the Brazilian of the 155-pound strap when they first went to war in the UFC 280 pay-per-view (PPV) main event back in late 2022, also at Etihad
During the visit, all three athletes met with pediatric patients and their families, providing inspiration and motivation along with UFC Big League Pillows, hats, blankets, and signed gloves. “We had a really good time here today and brought a lot of smiles to these kids’ faces,” said Allen. “This is a great hospital, and they
Joji Goto is putting his own, ahem, twist on MMA. For the second time in four months, Goto finished a fight in Round 2 via twister submission, this time making Junya Hibino tap to the rare submission at a RIZIN event Sunday in Nagoya, Japan. Watch the awesome finish below. Twister tap-outs are among the
Dillon Danis is flaunting his new physique two weeks out from his scheduled boxing match with Logan Paul. Danis (2-0 MMA) and Paul (0-1 Boxing) are set to collide in the co-headliner of the ‘MF & DAZN: X Series 10 – The Prime Card’ on October 14th in Manchester, England. The event itself is headlined
Don’t expect Sean O’Malley to get added to the UFC’s upcoming December pay-per-view. “Suga” had been pushing to fight before the end of 2023, and had specifically suggested he’d like to fight at UFC 296 on December 16th. But UFC matchmakers already have more than enough champions to fill out that card: Leon Edwards is
“The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was proud to partner with UFC for the inaugural Dick’s Sporting Good’s Back to School Shop with a Cop event,” said Rachel Skidmore, Las Vegas Metro Police Department Director of Office Community Engagement. “It is important to note that this event represents so much more than material possessions. This
Johnny Eblen successfully defended his middleweight title against Fabian Edwards by third-round TKO at Bellator 299. Prior to the finish, Edwards opened up a nightmarish cut on Eblen’s eyebrow that looked dangerous for the champion, and it ultimately prompted him to step on the gas and get the stoppage. “I wasn’t really sure how bad
Daniel Cormier Thinks Aljamain Sterling Deserves UFC Title Rematch In a new video posted on his YouTube account, Cormier explained why Sterling won’t get a bantamweight title rematch with Sean O’Malley despite deserving one. “I love Aljamain Sterling, I love his ability to fight anybody, anywhere, anytime,” Cormier said. “He’s the champion, he don’t care,
On Friday (Sept. 30, 2023), Zhang Weili had an incredible run-in with NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, and after the wholesome encounter, Zhang can basically do anything. Zhang shared the run-in on her Instagram, where she punched the 7’1”, 325 lb giant. In the clip, Zhang meets the NBA legend for the first in
After suffering multiple ACL injuries, Gianatasio took an indefinite break from MMA. Time and health may have been against him, but it wasn’t long before Gianatasio needed to scratch the MMA itch. “I had hit a point in my life where I really needed martial arts back in my life and started going back to
Terence Crawford was not impressed by Jermell Charlo’s performance. Charlo, boxing’s undisputed light middleweight world champion, suffered a one-sided loss to Canelo Alvarez on Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, losing in a listless effort by scores of 119-108, 118-109, and 118-109. Charlo’s attempt to jump up two weight classes and upset the
Former two-time Glory Kickboxing champion Cedric Doumbe scored a nine-second knockout in his highly anticipated PFL debut this afternoon in Paris. Doumbe (5-0 MMA) squared off with Jordan Zébo (4-1 MMA) on the main card of today’s Professional Fighters League event in France. The result was a spectacular 9-second knockout for ‘Le Meilleur’, who sent
Undisputed Super Welterweight champion, Jermell Charlo, attempts a preposterous feat in Las Vegas, Nevada, tonight (Sat., Sept. 30, 2023) when he moves up two weight classes to challenged undisputed Super Middleweight kingpin and pay-per-view (PPV) box office sensation, Canelo Alvarez. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of the Canelo vs. Charlo main card right below. The
I erred on the side of caution — I said 2-2 going into five, and there were two points of emphasis on that for me: I had to take into consideration where we were — we’re in his hometown-ish, you never know what the judges are looking at, and the last thing I wanted was another
Johnny Eblen isn’t a fan of the rumors of a PFL-Bellator merger. Recently, it’s been an open secret in the MMA world that Bellator is on the auction block, and earlier this month, rumors began circulating that PFL was in process of acquiring the rival promotion. Whether the rumors will ultimately prove true remains to
Former dual-weight UFC champion Conor McGregor feels that he owes Nate Diaz a trilogy fight. ‘The Notorious’ is currently waiting for his return to the cage. Famously, Conor McGregor broke his leg in a July 2021 trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier. Following the loss to ‘The Diamond’, the Irishman left the USADA testing pool to