Don’t expect to see Ronda Rousey back for UFC 300 — or for any octagon comeback anytime soon. That’s according to UFC president Dana White, who poured cold water over a recent report from British tabloid The Daily Mail which insisted that the former UFC women’s bantamweight champion is planning a comeback for the promotion’s
Due to visa issues, Muin Gafurov is out of his bout against Taylor Lapilus. Due to a medical issue, Lucas Almeida is also out of his bout against William Gomis. As a result, Caolan Loughran will now face Taylor Lapilus in a bantamweight bout and William Gomis will take on Yanis Ghemmouri in a featherweight bout. UFC
Logan Paul has accused Conor McGregor of having drug problems as he continues to tease a boxing match with the Irishman. We all know Conor McGregor to be an eccentric individual. He does what he wants when he wants. In equal measure, though, he’s also the biggest star in mixed martial arts, and that’s been
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White is not at all happy with Merab Dvalishvili. There is little to no doubt that “The Machine” has earned a UFC title shot. The 32-year-old Georgian is riding a massive nine-fight win streak that includes victories over former champions like Jose Aldo and Petr
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterAug 29, 2023, 01:18 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun The UFC has booked a middleweight main event between Brendan Allen and Paul Craig on Nov. 18, promotion officials announced on Tuesday. The 185-pound bout will headline UFC Fight Night
Carlos Prates made a thunderous first impression in his big-stage debut. The 30-year-old welterweight headlined a night of three contract winners with his impressive second-round walkoff knockout of Mitch Ramirez at Tuesday’s Contender Series event, which took place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Prates (17-6) was an absolute sniper against Ramirez (7-1), taking
The Las Vegas native Cuamba flashed impressive speed with his hands early, cracking Vogel with some good, clean shots. But each time, the Canadian kept coming forward, chopping at Cuamba’s lead leg and connecting with several clean strikes of his own. In the third, Vogel finally put Cuamba on the canvas, taking his back out
The full UFC 292 salaries are as follows: Sean O’Malley: $500,000 (no win bonus)Aljamain Sterling: $500,000Zhang Weili: $520,000 (no win bonus)Amanda Lemos: $250,000Ian Machado Garry: $100,000 (includes $50,000 win bonus)Neil Magny: $134,000Mario Bautista: $86,00 (includes $43,000 win bonus)Da’Mon Blackshear: $27,000Marlon Vera: $310,000 (includes $155,000 win bonus)Pedro Munhoz: $150,000Brad Tavares: $200,000Chris Weidman: $426,000Gregory Rodrigues: $100,000 (includes
UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland insists jiu jitsu “doesn’t work,” despite what happened during this training session. In fact, “Tarzan” no longer has a Gi and keeps his black belt buried in the trunk of his car. Probably because he’ll need it for that “weird” desert rendezvous he’s got planned for UFC welterweight veteran Belal
Brianna Williams, ESPNAug 27, 2023, 10:22 PM ET Sean O’Malley hasn’t taken long to get accustomed to his new title as UFC bantamweight champion. Editor’s Picks 1 Related O’Malley (17-1, 1 NC), nicknamed “Suga Sean,” dethroned Aljamain Sterling (23-4) via a second round TKO in UFC 292’s main event to earn the title. In his
Sean O’Malley wants to eventually share the boxing ring with Gervonta Davis, and while Davis’ coach feels as if O’Malley would be easy work, it didn’t stop the UFC bantamweight champion from firing a quick and simple rebuttal. “Lolz [dude’s] 5’2,” O’Malley said on Twitter. The reaction stemmed from an interview with ES News done
After the training session, the athletes participated in a variety of interviews with media in attendance. Additionally, the first Mexican-born UFC champion and Cuervo athlete ambassador Brandon Moreno attended the media day and was available to media for a scrum at the Cuervo La Rojeña distillery, the oldest distillery in Latin America. Get More Info
The 137th episode of Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com with host Cole Shelton is live ahead of UFC Paris this Saturday. We’re first joined by ninth-ranked UFC light heavyweight Volkan Oezdemir (1:48). Next UFC lightweight Thiago Moises (14:35) comes on. Closing out the program is TUF 31 winner Kurt Holobaugh (25:47). [embedded content] Volkan Oezdemir
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
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