Welcome to Midnight Mania! Michel Pereira is riding a solid wave of momentum. The Brazilian has won five in a row at 170 lbs., recently picking up a performance bonus and Top 15 ranking by taking out Santiago Ponzinibbio. This story comes from his victory before that, however, when Ponzinibbio scored a hard-fought win over
Nick Diaz looking to return to the octagon ‘at the end of the year’ Former WEC and Strikeforce welterweight champion and UFC title challenger Nick Diaz expects to return to the octagon by the end of the year. Diaz return to completion after nearly 7 years away from the sport at UFC 266 against former
Beneil Dariush has co-signed potential opponent Islam Makhachev‘s belief on Charles Oliveira’s hypocrisy. Dariush was recently interviewed on “The Fighter vs. The Writer,” discussing the current landscape of the lightweight division. During the interview, Dariush took aim at the now-former 155-pound champion Charles Oliveira. Oliveira has been calling out names such as Conor McGregor and
8:00 AM ET As we gear up for this UFC main event on Saturday between … between … hold up. Am I seeing this right? No UFC this weekend? For the first time since April 2, the UFC does not have an event this week. That won’t be the case again for a while, as
When it comes to open scoring in MMA, Invicta FC President Shannon Knapp believes there’s no debate about its effectiveness. For the past two years, the all-women’s MMA promotion has embraced open scoring through the Kansas Athletic Commission, and Knapp couldn’t possibly be happier with the results. “I have to tell you we have had
Lozoya trained with Penha until his was 17, and then moved to North Idaho to wrestle in college. He’d also make the trek 30 minutes west to Spokane, Washington to train at Sikjitsu, sharing the mats with the likes of Michael Chiesa, Sam Sicilia, and Terrance McKinney working under the watchful eye of head coach
Logan Storley has responded after Scott Coker criticized his title win at Bellator 281. It was Logan Storley (14-1 MMA) vs Michael Page (20-2 MMA) in the Bellator 281 headliner on May 13th in London, England. It was Storley who won the fight by split decision, earning him the interim belt and a chance to
Tito Ortiz still has at least one more fight left in him. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion has done more fighting outside of the cage as a politician rather than inside it as a fighter in recent years. Having fought in back-to-back-to-back years from 2017 to 2019, Ortiz currently rides a
Mark Munoz denies report of school fighting controversy ‘ I desire to be a positive influence on kids’ Former UFC fighter Mark Munoz was in the news this week when TMZ reported that he has been removed from his position as a high school wrestling coach after reports he was allowing the students to settle arguments by
An MMA fighter is alleged to have stabbed a man to death while he and his spouse were being held hostage at their home in Canada. Late Monday night, five individuals forced entry into a residence in Laval, Quebec. Heavyweight MMA fighter Eduardo “Icho” Larenas and his spouse had been renting the house since February
Judging and scoring in MMA has been quite a hot topic among the community following Holly Holm’s split-decision loss to Ketlen Vieira this past Saturday night in the UFC Vegas 55 main event. For a headliner bout that a lot of fans seemed to hate on beforehand, it sure has resulted in plenty of heated
Gallardo gets a tour of the house, saying in a confessional interview that she’s always felt she deserved to be there, while calling the way things played out “divine timing.” Footage of Gallardo at home in San Clemente, CA rolls as she has breakfast with her dog. The 32-year-old introduces her boyfriend Jesse and their
In the main event of UFC Vegas 55, a women’s bantamweight bout headlined the card as Ketlen Vieira took on Holly Holm. Vieira was coming off her first UFC main event as she beat Miesha Tate last time out. The victory got her back into the win column after losing a decision to Yana Kunitskaya.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! MMA fighters and bad tattoos, a combination as successful as peanut butter and chocolate. That’s said without judgement, too, speaking as the professional fighter with a diamond carved into the sole of his foot. The longstanding trend makes it clear that getting questionable tattoos is a hard urge to resist for
Glover Teixeira: ‘Charles Oliveira is still the champion’ Light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira still considers Charles Oliveira the lightweight titleholder even though Oliveira was stripped of the title for missing weight at UFC 274. Oliveira tipped the scales a half pound heavy for his scheduled title defense against Justin Gaethje. As a result, he was
Former UFC bantamweight Jimmie Rivera will make his Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) debut on June 24. Rivera’s opponent for his first fight in bare-knuckle boxing will be Howard Davis, who brings a BKFC record of 2-0 into this bout. The bout is advertised to be taking place in the featherweight division. BKFC announced the
Renan Barao is once again scheduled to make his MMA return. The former UFC bantamweight champion is set to face William Gomis in a featherweight bout at ARES FC 7 on June 25 in Paris. The promotion announced the matchup Tuesday via Instagram. If it happens, the fight will be Barao’s first since his release
“Soon after I took up BJJ, I started doing MMA and the extra weight just fell off,” says the 28-year-old. “I wasn’t even dieting, I just loved doing the sport. After about a year of training hard, my coach asked if I wanted to have a fight. After that, I was even more hooked on