Julianna Pena is making her push for a trilogy fight with UFC women’s bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes. “The Venezuelan Vixen” believes it is the only fight for UFC to make coming off their first two matchups. Pena originally defeated Nunes by submission in one of the greatest upsets in Octagon history at UFC 269 back
Julianna Peña: ‘Trilogy with Amanda Nunes is the fight to make’ Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Julianna Peña wants a third fight with two-division champion Amanda Nunes, and says ‘I’m getting my belt back.’ Peña pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent history when she stopped Nunes at UFC 269 to win
Daniel Cormier is living the dream. A lifelong professional wrestling fan, Cormier made his WWE debut on Saturday at the Extreme Rules event serving as a guest referee for the “Fight Pit” main event between Seth Rollins and Cormier’s fellow former MMA fighter Matt Riddle. Cormier’s involvement in the match was minimal, though he added
Two more fights are joining the loaded lineup: a bantamweight contest between Lina Lansberg and Karol Rosa and a middleweight contest between Armen Petrosyan and AJ Dobson. The next week, the action returns to Las Vegas for UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen. Middleweights Phil Hawes and Roman Dolidze take part in a fight that
UFC lightweight Paddy Pimblett has given his prediction for the upcoming crossover boxing match between former middleweight king Anderson Silva and YouTuber-turned-pugilist Jake Paul. On October 29, Silva and Paul will collide in the main event of a Showtime pay-per-view event in Arizona. For “The Problem Child,” the Brazilian mixed martial arts great will represent
Israel Adesanya is five defenses deep into his undisputed middleweight title reign. And while he has a ways to go before he begins to challenge Anderson Silva’s ten title defense record, the pressure that comes with being a dominant champion is already mounting on ‘The Last Stylebender.’ One person who knows a little bit about
Daniel Cormier made his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) debut last night (Sat., Oct. 8, 2022) at WWE Extreme Rules live on Peacock from inside Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa., when the former two-division UFC champion special quest refereed the main event between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins. Cormier, who walked away from mixed martial
Kevin Holland faces Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in UFC Orlando main event Kevin Holland‘s retirement didn’t last long. ‘Big Mouth’ headlines the UFC Orlando fight card against Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson on Dec. 3. Holland (23-8, 1 NC) made a cryptic post on Sept. 22, seemingly announcing his retirement. “Had a good run 30 in a little
1:52 PM ET The UFC has added a key welterweight matchup between Geoff Neal and Shavkat Rakhmonov to an event on Jan. 14, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Contracts have not been signed but both welterweights have agreed to the three-round contest, sources told ESPN. The UFC Fight Night event is expected to take place
Bo Nickal expects to become a UFC champion one day, but he’s yet to actually make his debut after signing a four-fight deal with the promotion following his Contender Series run. That’s why the three-time NCAA champion wrestler can’t help but be amused to see so many established veterans talking about him of late. Darren
Stars were born this season with the arrival of Bo Nickal and Joe Pyfer. Nickal, an elite collegiate wrestler, picked up dominant wins in week 3 and week 10 before being awarded a UFC contract. Pyfer got everyone’s attention by capping off week 1 with an impressive knockout and has since made his promotional debut
Casey O’Neill has shared what she would like to see next for Mackenzie Dern following Dern’s loss to Yan Xiaonan last weekend in the UFC Vegas 61 headliner. Dern vs. Xiaonan lived up to the hype of their prototypical grappler vs. striker matchup at UFC Vegas 61. The two strawweights battled from the opening minutes
Jake Paul and Stephen A. Smith have had a lively debate over UFC fighter pay. Paul, has been very vocal about the inadequacies of fighter pay within the UFC for over two years now. ‘The Problem Child’, has indeed been a problem for UFC President Dana White, trying to get under his skin whenever possible,
Julian Lane is the type of guy to take a fight with just about anyone, but his willingness to bang sometimes gets the former Ultimate Fighter standout in trouble. On Friday, Lane found out the hard way that he may not be equipped to fight inside of the Russian boxing ring. The mixed martial arts
Georges St-Pierre gives advice to Israel Adesanya: ‘Heavy is the crown’ Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre recently had dinner with middleweight titleholder Israel Adesanya and passed on some advice. St-Pierre met Adesanya at a high-end restaurant and the two enjoyed dinner and talked about the pressures of being a champion, among other things. “It’s
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3:44 PM ET UFC lightweight fighter Bobby Green has been suspended six months for failing a drug test, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Friday. Green, who went public about the adverse finding last month, tested positive for an anabolic androgenic steroid of exogenous origin in a urine sample collected May 16, according to the
MMA Fighting has Glory Collision 4 results for the Hari vs. Overeem 3 fight card, a live blog of the anticipated main event, and more Saturday from the GelreDome in Amhem, Netherlands. In the main event, Badr Hari will complete his rubber match against former UFC star Alistair Overeem. Overeem defeated Hari via first-round KO