In the minds of some, Paddy Pimblett is on a Conor McGregor-like rise to fame. While McGregor has been sidelined healing from his gruesome broken leg injury suffered in July 2021, Pimblett has been flawless in the Octagon, winning his first three fights. Upon his arrival, like McGregor, “The Baddy” blew the roof off the
DWCS Week 9: Bruno Ferreira earns quick TKO over Leon Aliu There are only two more weeks left of DWCS and this card was an interesting one. In the main event, Bruno Ferreira went in hard and finished Leon Aliu in what felt like just seconds. The referee jumped in to stop the onslaught and
The King of Rio is retired. Long live the King. Jose Aldo Junior, arguably the greatest 145-pound fighter to ever walk the face of the earth, decided to end his stellar MMA career following a decision loss to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278. He negotiated with the company to rescind his contract to allow him
After three more WEC knockouts, he squared off with Cub Swanson in June 2009, ending the bout in eight seconds, no typo. Five months later, he was the WEC featherweight champion, taking the belt from Mike Brown, and then came a punishing five-round victory over Faber in the biggest fight in WEC history. A final
UFC heavyweight contender Chris Daukaus has become the latest to provide a fairly damning assessment of the promotion’s shoe partnership with The Rock. Late last month, the MMA leader announced that Project Rock, created by former WWE figure and current Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson, had launched its first-ever co-branded footwear, the Project Rock x UFC
Jose Aldo had just one fight remaining on his UFC contract and the promotion already booked a return to Rio de Janeiro in January, but for reasons only known to “Junior,” the former 145-pound champion wanted to call it quits this week and say goodbye to his life inside the Octagon. More on that surprising
Mike Tyson reveals the health issue that has him confined to wheelchair: ‘I can’t even talk’ Recently photos have surfaced of former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson in a wheelchair. The sight of it has raised questions amongst fans regarding his overall health. According to Tyson, who spoke with Newsmax, the wheelchair is due to
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Three-time #UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen served as the host for the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva press conference in Glendale, Ariz., and gave his thoughts on the stakes of the Oct. 29 boxing match, his connection to Anderson Silva, credit to UFC President Dana White for getting Paul vs. Silva made, and more. Join
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11:00 AM ET Jose Aldo‘s legacy is rich with championships. He reigned with the UFC featherweight belt through a record seven title defenses, and before that, he was the WEC champ. But for the man known as the King of Rio, a notable accomplishment was that he made moments come alive for fans and fellow
The road to this past weekend’s UFC debut was anything but easy for Joe Pyfer. A 26-year-old middleweight prospect, Pyfer introduced himself in thunderous fashion with a first-round knockout of Alen Amedovski at UFC Vegas 60. To call the moment long in the making would be an understatement. In 2020, Pyfer was on the precipice
Heavyweight hopefuls meet on Tuesday at the UFC APEX as Brazil’s Richard Jacobi squares off with returning alum Austen Lane. Undefeated in seven professional appearances since turning pro last August, Jacobi, who trains with the Chute Boxe Monstro team alongside John Allan and Jennifer Maia, earned victories in each of his first six appearances before
Former UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is preparing for warm reception in the UK for his anticipated trilogy with Leon Edwards. Usman lost to Edwards via fifth-round knockout at UFC 278 just weeks ago in Salt Lake City. After Usman seemed close to coasting towards another successful welterweight title defense, Edwards caught Usman with a
Cory Sandhagen finds himself in an interesting spot atop the Bantamweight ranks after UFC Vegas 60. “The Sandman” fought in his third UFC main event this past weekend (Sat., Sept. 19, 2022), defeating Song Yadong via fourth round technical knockout (watch highlights). Sandhagen utilized violent slicing elbows to gash Song and ultimately get the doctor’s
Following a successful 2021 campaign that saw him pick up back-to-back wins, bantamweight Mando Gutierrez was able to keep his momentum going in his first bout of 2022. Facing Matthew Elliot at Total Warrior Combat in February, Gutierrez was able to weather an admittedly underwhelming performance to pick up a unanimous decision victory for his
Sep 17, 2022 UFC bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen picked up a much-needed victory over Song Yadong at UFC Fight Night on Saturday at the Apex facility in Las Vegas. Sandhagen (15-4) won for the first time since February 2021, earning a TKO when Yadong (19-7-1) was unable to continue due to a cut over his