Former UFC Middleweight Champion Michael Bisping has questioned Jake Paul‘s decision not to allow drug testing to take place for his upcoming fight against Tommy Fury. Having maintained his unbeaten record in the squared circle, much to the dismay of many in the combat sports community, Paul looks set to continue his boxing venture for
8:45 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he finally bought a house in South Florida. Horiguchi, the current Rizin bantamweight champion and former Bellator
Undefeated MMA newcomer Darian Weeks is stepping in on short notice to take on vet Bryan Barberena at UFC Vegas 44, UFC officials announced on Tuesday. Weeks steps in for Matt Brown, who was forced to withdraw from the event due to a positive COVID-19 test. The fight card for Saturday’s event at UFC APEX
Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Usman, Volkanovski, Nunes after UFC 245? Many UFC fans hope a trilogy fight between Alexander Volkanovksi and Max Holloway becomes a reality early in 2022. However, the current featherweight king says it would be in Holloway’s best financial interests to hold off on possibly
Those are the words Serhiy Sidey uttered as he discussed going from suffering his first professional loss against Mateo Alejandro Vogel to the world shutting down two weeks later due to the coronavirus pandemic last spring. Rather than dwell on the defeat and lament the lack of opportunities available on the Canadian regional mixed martial
Jon Jones’ latest arrest came on September 24th in Las Vegas after a confrontation with his fiancé that prompted his kids to ask hotel security to call the police. Police reports included grisly details of the incident, including blood on his fiancé and on the bed of their hotel room. That led to a misdemeanor
Khabib Nurmagomedov takes a hilarious jab at Dana White Khabib Nurmagomedov and UFC president Dana White are good friends so when Nurmagomedov took a jab at White in a recent interview, we can assume it was all in good fun. Nurmagomedov, who has been slowly turning from fighter to coach in the last year has
PhotoCred: talkSport / Sportskeeda Khamzat Chimaev wants to prove that he fears no man. The undefeated “Borz” is fresh off of two strong performances following his battle with COVID-19. On Monday, Chimaev took to Twitter to let two former champions know that he’s interested – one particularly larger than the other. Let’s fight till one
Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions Friday, December 3 on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta
A battle between surging lightweight contenders is being slated for February. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez is expected to take place at the UFC’s event on Feb. 26 at a location and venue yet to be announced. TASS was
Credit: UFC After a week away because of the Thanksgiving holiday, UFC Vegas 44 brings caged violence back to television screens from inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev. The Dec. 4 event is headlined by a battle of top five bantamweights looking to move another major step forward in their aspirations to land
Soriano entered with a perfect 8-0 record, having earned first-round stoppage wins in each of his first two UFC appearances and seven of his first eight fights overall. Allen dominated from the jump, showcasing improved striking and ring generalship en route to a clean sweep of the scorecards and a second straight win. And now,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is eager for a fight. “Borz” is not all that far removed from throttling Li Jingliang at UFC 267 back around Halloween (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s already picked up another “W” in a wrestling match vs. UFC Middleweight Jack Hermansson. The Chechen athlete is still unsatiated, and he’s taken to
Conor McGregor has two fights left on his UFC contract, says trilogy with Nate Diaz will ‘1 billion percent’ happen Nate Diaz will always be the guy that handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss when they first fought at UFC 196 in March 2016. McGregor avenged the loss five months later at UFC 202,
Islam Makhachev vs. Beneil Dariush in works for UFC fight Night on 26th of February, ESPN including Brett Okamoto revealed Islam Makhachev vs. Beneil Dariush, MMA Community reacts to the matchup and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports
PhotoCred: Sportskeeda Khabib Nurmagomedov won’t be changing his mind anytime soon when it comes to the UFC lightweight title picture. The former king of the division recently shared his thoughts on the matter when telling former challenger Justin Gaethje that he “fell asleep” in his lone undisputed opportunity. Despite a recent victory in an instant
Ciryl Gane might be trying to get into the head of his opponent Francis Nagnnou before their fight. Ciryl Gane is currently holding the UFC heavyweight interim belt. That means he has a one-way ticket to a championship bout with Francis Ngannou. The two will meet up in January to settle the debate about who
7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of