Michael Chandler has a backup plan if he cannot get a fight with Conor McGregor. Since making the move from Bellator to the UFC, Chandler has made it clear that he would love to eventually score a fight with McGregor, a bout which screams excitement. These talks were reignited following his most recent loss to
Patricky “Pitbull” Freire heard two words he was dreading to hear at the end of his Bellator Lightweight Championship fight against Usman Nurmagomedov. Those words were, “And new.” Freire put the 155-pound gold on the line against Nurmagomedov in the co-main event of Bellator 288 on November 18. This one was one-sided as Nurmagomedov never
What Paddy Pimblett eats, Paddy Pimblett must eventually burn. That’s the unfortunate reality of getting pig fat after every win in the UFC. In a new video on his YouTube channel, “The Baddy” laid out what he’s doing to lose 50 pounds and get back into shape for UFC 282 on December 10th. The video
UFC Vegas 65 Post-Fight Press Conference Video Following UFC Vegas 65, tune in to the Post-Fight Press Conference to hear the athletes take questions from the media at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivak were scheduled to meet in the fight card’s main event but Lewis was forced out
At UFC 281, Dustin Poirier picked up another big win, submitting Michael Chandler after a bloody, back-and-forth war. The battle earned Poirier his eighth “Fight of the Night” bonus, tying the category’s record, and it solidified the former interim champion as one of the most exciting fighters of his generation. Now, with wins over fellow
4:02 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The UFC has lost a heavyweight main event between Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivak just hours before it was scheduled to take place, officials announced Saturday. UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald alerted viewers of the cancellation during the preliminary portion of UFC Fight Night inside the Apex. According to Fitzgerald,
“People on Instagram see another part of my life. I always post something sexy or something on the beach, but it’s not real. My reality is that I work hard and train two, three times a day, sometimes four times. Run, train, conditioning, jiu-jitsu, boxing. My coaches are like, ‘Stop, go home, rest.’” The gym
MMA fighter Valeriu Mircea landed one of the most decisive follow-up strikes you’ll ever see to claim victory against Gracjan Szadziński. Lightweights Mircea and Szadziński met on the undercard of KSW 76 last weekend in Gordzisk Mazowiecki, Poland. Mircea was hoping to bounce back from a recent defeat, while Szadziński was looking to earn back-to-back
Former UFC fighters Houston Alexander and Joey Beltran collided in tonight’s BKFC 33 main event in Omaha, Nebraska. Alexander (17-16-1 MMA, 3-0 BKFC) entered the contest sporting a 2-0 record in Bare Knuckle boxing. The 50-year-old veteran had most recently competed in May of this year, scoring a first-round TKO victory over Jay Fish. Meanwhile,
Last night (Sat., Nov. 19, 2022), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 65. In the last couple years, we’ve seen some mediocre fight cards grace the Apex stage, but we’ve never seen a pedestrian card lose its main event just hours before the card began (details
Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 65 fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the fight promotion announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses. Four fighters were awarded an extra $50,000 for their efforts inside the octagon: Kennedy Nzechukwu, Muslim Salikhov, Jack Della Maddelena, and Natalia Silva. Performance Of The Night: Kennedy Nzechukwu Just hours ahead
MMA Fighting has Misfit Boxing 3 results, a live blog of the main event, and more from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night. In the main event, Hasim Rahman will square off against former UFC fighter Greg Hardy in a heavyweight contest. Rahman will take on the short-notice Hardy after former UFC
Nov 18, 2022 The MMA calendar is at its home stretch for the year, with just four UFC events remaining in 2022, along with marquee fight cards in Bellator, ONE Championship and PFL. It would be easy to overlook these next seven weeks, considering we’re fresh off one of the best pay-per-view events of the
Muslim Salikhov defeats Andre Fialho via TKO, Round 3, 1:03 Welterweight striker Muslim Salikhov rebounded from a rough first round against Andre Fialho to roar back and stop his foe in the third. After some solid striking from both fighters to kick off the bout, Salikhov scored the first takedown of the bout midway through
UFC Vegas 65 experienced a significant shakeup when it was announced that the main event between Derrick Lewis and Sergey Spivac had been cancelled. Losing that fight between ranked heavyweights was a major blow to a card that didn’t include a lot of massive names, but the fighters that did put on noteworthy performances had
Tonight’s UFC Vegas 65 event was supposed to be headlined by a heavyweight contest between Derrick Lewis and Serghei Spivac. Unfortunately for fights fans that is no longer the case. UFC officials announced the disappointing news during today’s prelim broadcast. The reason for the main event scratch was due to a “medical issue” with ‘The
Welcome back! This is becoming an almost weekly thing now. We’ve got two combat sports veterans boxing tonight (Sat., Nov. 19, 2022) at inside Moody Center in Austin, Texas, streaming live online via DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) with an 8 p.m. ET start time. Former professional NFL defensive lineman and everyone’s least-favorite mixed martial arts (MMA)
UFC releases tribute video to Anthony Johnson Former UFC fighter Anthony Johnson passed away on November 13 from organ failure due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. The news quickly traveled through the MMA community about the passing of “Rumble.” Johnson fought 19 times inside the famed UFC octagon and built a reputation as one