Welcome to Midnight Mania! If, like me, you woke up today unaware of the name Charleston White, prepare for a serious education. Let’s start with the basics: White is a 53-year-old YouTuber, known for saying crazy s—t on the Internet. Naturally, White found his way to the Influencer Championship Boxing (ICB) promotion, scoring himself a
Aug 28, 2023, 11:04 AM ET A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40 percent of youth, high school and college athletes – primarily football players – who were exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports and died before age 30. The study was conducted
DAMN! They Were Good celebrates the careers of the most exciting and influential fighters in MMA history and on this episode it celebrates the seminal career of Joanna Jedrzejczyk, the woman who built the UFC’s strawweight division. After flirting with a comeback earlier this year, Jedrzejczyk ultimately decided against it, officially notifying the UFC of
Former UFC athlete and finisher Rongzhu has been laser-focused on returning to the promotion throughout the Road To UFC tournament, and that focus was evident as he came out swinging in the first round, hunting down Sangwook Kim and peppering him with combinations, overhand rights and the occasional leg kicks. Kim slowed the pace late in
BJ Penn says running for Governor allowed him to stop fighting “You know what, I actually had a hard time letting my identity go and moving on from life without fighting, it was really hard for me,” BJ Penn said on Just Scrap Radio. “But, then I got into the Governor thing and the Governor
UFC Senior Vice President and head of UFC Asia, Kevin Chang, was running the show at UFC Singapore last weekend because promotion president, Dana White, was vacationing at his summer home in Levant, Maine. Unfortunately for White and his family, an unexpected visitor dropped by after hours. Unlike the creep who found his way into
Jeff Wagenheim, ESPNAug 28, 2023, 08:07 AM ET If you’re a mixed martial arts promotion and your name doesn’t begin with “U” and end with “FC,” the fight business can rough you up. How does your second-fiddle company attract athletes the MMA fan base has heard of and cares about? How do your fights even
Sean O’Malley is putting his champion credentials front and center for the world to see. Following his UFC 292 bantamweight title fight win over Aljamain Sterling, O’Malley said at the post-fight press conference that he would consider getting the word “champ” tattooed somewhere on his face. Sure enough, “Sugar” now has the word in all
This week’s action begins in the welterweight division, as experienced Brazilian Carlos Prates takes on unbeaten American Mitch Ramirez. Prates carries a 16-6 record and six-fight winning streak into battle this week in Las Vegas, having earned each of his last two victories by first-round stoppage under the LFA banner. A perfect 7-0 as a
Max Holloway has praised Chan Sung Jung, aka The Korean Zombie, following their fantastic fight at UFC Singapore. Last Saturday night, in the main event of UFC Singapore, Max Holloway went to war with The Korean Zombie. The two men traded back and forth until finally, at the start of the third round, Holloway caught
Conor McGregor is continuing to push for a fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 296 on December 16th. McGregor and Chandler coached opposite each other on the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter, and the general plan has always seemed to be a fight on the UFC’s last pay-per-view of the year. The only problem?
Erin Blanchfield is one step closer to a UFC title shot — or, if you ask her, there are no more steps she needs to take. The 24-year-old flyweight improved to 6-0 in the UFC on Saturday with a unanimous decision win over one-time title challenger Taila Santos at UFC Singapore. It wasn’t a dominant
Again, it would feel forced and dismissive of the moment if not for the fact that Spivac really does see things from a mission-oriented perspective. Facing off with a celebrated contender like Gane, in his adopted hometown and one of the great cities of the world is the type of opportunity that many competitors would
Israel Adesanya Still Wants Dricus du Plessis Fight During an interview with Mike Bohn of MMAJunkie, Israel Adesanya admitted that he very much still wants to share the Octagon with du Plessis. Despite this, “The Last Stylebender” says the clock is ticking on the window for that fight to happen (h/t MMAFighting). “We’ll see if
[embedded content] “Gamebred” and “Funky” will never get along. There has been no love lost between bitter rivals Jorge Masvidal and Ben Askren since their iconic five-second fight back in 2019, in which the first “BMF” melted Askren with a knee (rewatch the knockout here) Earlier this month, Askren accused Masvidal of being scared of
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2023, 11:57 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Max Holloway picked up his 20th win in UFC’s featherweight division, and Chan Sung Jung exited the sport the only way he knew how — on his shield. Holloway (24-7)
Josh Thomson can relate to Tony Ferguson. Thomson may never have suffered a losing streak quite like the six-fight skid Ferguson finds himself on now, but things still turned quickly for the former Strikeforce champion. Thomson was considered one of the best lightweights in the world and was inches away from vying for the UFC
For the second consecutive year, ranked heavyweights headline in Paris, as Ciryl Gane faces off with Serghei Spivac. Saturday marks Gane’s first appearance since his UFC 285 loss to Jon Jones, where he lasted just over two minutes against the longtime light heavyweight ruler, falling short in his second bid to claim the undisputed UFC
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