The rivalry between Ciryl Gane and Francis Ngannou has only grown over the past few weeks in the lead-up to their title fight at UFC 270. Gane and Ngannou used to train together under Fernand Lopez in France, but ‘The Predator’ and Lopez had a major falling out which forced the heavyweight champ to change
On this day five years ago, we ran a story about former WWE personality Jonathan Coachman stating that the WWE would never want Ronda Rousey after Rousey’s crushing loss to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. One year later, this happened… The following article is presented to you in its original, unaltered form courtesy of the
Petr Yan is already a massive favorite to defeat Aljamain Sterling at UFC 272 this coming March and take home the undisputed UFC bantamweight title. Remember, Yan and Sterling collided in a memorable matchup at UFC 259 back in March 2021. They went toe-to-toe for three competitive rounds before Yan started to pull away in
1:13 PM ET The UFC is booking a heavyweight contest between Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa for its pay-per-view event next month, officials confirmed to ESPN. Contracts have not been signed, but the promotion is close to finalizing the matchup for UFC 271 on Feb. 12 in Houston. Lewis (26-8) is a former two-time title
Artem Lobov believes that the UFC is still the best spot for fighters to make a name for themselves. The recently retired Lobov responded to a clip from The Ringer MMA Show in which the topic of MMA fighters pursuing lucrative opportunities outside of MMA was discussed. Regarding the notion that free agents are more
Nov 6, 2021; New York, NY, USA; Bobby Green (blue gloves) defeats Al Iaquinta (red gloves) during UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports A quartet of UFC rumors and fight bookings over the last two days point to return fights for fan-favorite action fighters Bobby Green and Matt Brown,
“In that moment, and I still think about it, it brings tears to my eyes,” said Holm. “By him saying that, right then, it gave me no room for my mind to be in the gutter and keep entertaining those negative thoughts. It put my mind right back on a positive track.” Positivity has always
Sean O’Malley responds to Cody Garbrandt call out: ‘You wonder if that’s CTE’ Rising UFC bantamweight star Sean O’Malley reacted to former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt‘s recent comments about wanting to ‘whoop’ him. O’Malley is ranked No. 12 in the UFC’s 135-pound division. Garbrandt, although the former champion in the weight class, is not ranked
Chael Sonnen has backed up Khabib Nurmagomedov’s story of what went down at the end of his infamous retirement fight against Justin Gaethje at UFC 254. Khabib submitted ‘the Highlight’ with a triangle choke in the second round. The Dagestani had the opportunity to finish the fight with an armbar but later admitted that he
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The Korean Zombie might get the push to replace Max Holloway in an upcoming title fight against UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski. Shortly after news broke that Holloway was out of his UFC 272 fight against Volkanovski, people started to wonder what will be next for the champion. Many names were suggested for Volkanovski, with
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paddy Pimblett is already eyeing a fighter vs. one of the best Lightweights on the planet. The former Cage Warriors champ made his UFC debut in September vs. Luigi Vendramini, drubbing the Italian en route to a first-round knockout win. However, it wasn’t an easy win, as Pimblett took some big
1:30 PM ET Former UFC champion Max Holloway will not be able to challenge Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in March after aggravating a prior injury Thursday, sources told ESPN. The setback occurred just days after Holloway, 30, accepted a trilogy bout against Volkanovski that was slated to headline UFC 272 on March 5
Sean O’Malley wonders if prospective opponent Cody Garbrandt needs to get his head checked. On his TimboSugarShow podcast, O’Malley — who recently entered MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings tied for the No. 14 spot at bantamweight — shot down a recent callout made by Garbrandt in which the former UFC champion said, “I really want to
Dec 14, 2019; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Max Holloway (red gloves) reacts after a loss to Alexander Volkanovski (not pictured) during UFC 245 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Just as quickly as the world knew we would get to see Volkanovski vs Holloway 3 soon, it’s been taken away by
You wouldn’t know it by his looking at his Twitter or Instagram feeds, but there was a time when Jeff Molina didn’t see the value of flexing his thumbs and snapping pictures of his daily activities. “I didn’t want to be that guy that is posting my egg whites every morning, posting every time I’m
Max Holloway withdraws from Alexander Volkanovski fight 2 days after bout was announced Welp. That didn’t last long. Just two days after the trilogy between champion Alexander Volkanovski and challenger Max Holloway was announced, it was over. According to Brett Okamoto from ESPN, Holloway was forced to withdraw from the fight due to “aggravating a
Via @NateDiaz209 Josh Thomson has explained why he doesn’t think the UFC will book the rumoured fight between Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier. For weeks now we’ve been hearing about a potential showdown between Nate Diaz and Dustin Poirier – a collision that has quite literally been years in the making. Unfortunately for mixed martial