Trigger Warning: This article includes discussion of depression, suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Uriah Hall said his MMA retirement came with a “deep depression” that included suicidal thoughts. Following an open workout for his professional boxing debut, which takes place Saturday against Le’Veon Bell on the undercard of Paul vs. Silva, the former UFC middleweight spoke
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Perhaps the largest and least expected winner at UFC 280 was Henry Cejudo. Prior to the event, Cejudo was not widely considered as an immediate contender at 135 pounds. Though he retired with that title and has since returned to the USADA testing pool, Cejudo seemed really insistent on chasing Alexander
1:12 AM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Uriah Hall opened up Wednesday about falling into a “deep depression” following his abrupt retirement from the UFC this past summer. Hall said at the Jake Paul–Anderson Silva open workouts that he felt a loss of identity after stepping away from MMA and that at one point he had
While he and many others still return home frequently and get solid work in when they are back in Georgia, his professional ambitions made it clear that he needed to surround himself with higher-level coaching and training partners if he wanted to reach those goals. “Back home is good training — I love Georgia, I
This Saturday, UFC featherweights Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen will clash to determine who will take the next step in the division. Allen is looking to remain undefeated in the UFC with a win at UFC Vegas 63. Ranked sixth in the division, Allen has achieved a winning streak of 11 wins. In his last
Daniel Cormier has suggested that Petr Yan is considering leaving the UFC following his recent string of bad luck in the Octagon. In addition to controversial back-to-back defeats against Aljamain Sterling, Petr Yan has now dropped a split decision loss to Sean O’Malley. – Advertisement – Their UFC 280 contest made for fantastic viewing but
AZ commission to meet, discuss Anderson Silva’s pre-fight statement Following a controversial comment made by Anderson Silva himself, then later retracted, the Arizona State Athletic Commission will be meeting to discuss the matter. The AZ Boxing & MMA Commission is meeting tomorrow at 6:30pm regarding Anderson Silva, the AZ Gaming Department just emailed me. —
Muay Thai legends Buakaw Banchamek and Suphachai “Saenchai” Saepong will meet in a “special rules” bare-knuckle Muay Thai fight at a BKFC event scheduled on March 18. BKFC officials announced the pairing on Wednesday, with the card expected to take place in the Middle East. “They’ve both had legendary careers and competed in many of
Bellator MMA recently announced it would send four of its top stars over to Tokyo, Japan on Dec. 31, 2022 to take on four of RIZIN’s best for a spectacular end-of-year show inside Saitama Super Arena, and now the matchups have been revealed. During a recent joint press conference in “The Land of the Rising
11:20 AM ET Sean O’Malley, who has talked a good game for his entire UFC run, proved his worthiness of being considered among the elite at bantamweight with his UFC 280 victory over former champion Petr Yan last weekend. As a result, “Suga Sean” enters the men’s top-10 in the latest ESPN divisional rankings and
In the main event, top featherweights Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen clash to be one step closer to a shot at the 145-pound title. In the co-main event, welterweight’s battle to get back in the win column as UFC veteran Tim Means challenges Max Griffin. Don’t miss a moment of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen,
UFC Bantamweight Champion Petr Yan may be taking his controversial loss to Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 harder than most were led to believe. Yan lost to O’Malley via a split decision at UFC 280 on Saturday. Despite many feeling he did enough to win the fight on the scorecards, two of the three judges
Anderson Silva has suggested that his last sparring partner prior to his Jake Paul fight knocked him out twice. This Saturday night in Arizona, Anderson Silva will go head to head with Jake Paul in a boxing match that very few could’ve ever imagined would happen. The two men come from completely different worlds and
Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has defended the 135-pound title twice, but still has those that question his fighting abilities. “Funk Master” captured the title at UFC 259 after Petr Yan was disqualified for an illegal knee. He became the first champion in the promotion’s history to win a title by disqualification. The validity of his
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Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev had an intense staredown ahead of their #UFC lightweight championship fight this Saturday at #UFC280, capping off a set of main card face-offs that included bantamweight champ Aljamain Sterling and T.J. Dillashaw exchanging words, and Petr Yan shoving Sean O’Malley. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe
Jake Paul and Ben Askren had their first faceoff ahead of their Triller Fight Club boxing match on April 17, and they were unable to keep hands off each other. #Triller #JakePaul #BenAskren For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom
Anderson Silva made a startling statement when speaking about his preparation for a boxing match with Jake Paul. In an interview with MMA Weekly, the former UFC middleweight champion said he had been knocked out twice by training partners in his last sparring session for the fight, which takes place Saturday at Gila River Arena