Aljamain Sterling, it seems, is not without a sense of humor. The UFC bantamweight champion — a designation disputed by interim titleholder Petr Yan — is expected to make his Octagon return at some point in early 2022 and got busted open this week while training for his eventual comeback. “Three stitches, good as new,
Stipe Miocic down to welcome Jon Jones to the heavyweight division Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic wants his next fight to be a trilogy against Francis Ngannou or to welcome Jon Jones to the heavyweight division. Jones relinquished his light heavyweight title in May 2020 to pursue a championship run in the heavyweight
Image Credit: UFC’s Instagram In the main event of UFC Vegas 43, top-10 bantamweights were set to collide as Ketlen Vieira was set for her first main event against the former champ in Miesha Tate. Vieira entered the fight coming off a decision loss to Yana Kunitskaya and was just 1-2 in her last three
Conor McGregor may say that he is declaring war, but Nate Diaz says he was already slain in battle. The beef between McGregor and Diaz is well known. It spans all the way back to a famous callout from Stockton’s own in 2015. Since then, they have had two fights, with Diaz improbably tapping the
Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Gabi Garcia believes Kayla Harrison is “all bark and no bite” and seriously doubts the Olympic legend will ever agree to face Cris Cyborg in a MMA cage. Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo, became a free agent in MMA after conquering her second lightweight PFL tournament in 2021 and
Credit: MMAJunkie Bare-knuckle boxing organization BYB Extreme Fight Series has brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Triller over their planned use of a triangle-shaped ring at their inaugural Triad Combat event next Saturday. MMAJunkie was first to report the news that BYB Extreme Fight Series and Lights Out Productions, LLC filed suit against Triller, company
“He wants (a) knockout very fast,” Ziam said. “Me, I take my time. I see. After a few minutes, I think I can go.” In his training camp, Ziam said he focused on wrestling and striking because that’s where he thinks McKinney has confidence. He didn’t spend too much time on the grappling aspects, but
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After an 8-4 run dating back to July 2017, Dan Hooker is heading back to Featherweight. Following a disappointing result vs. Islam Makhachev a few weeks back at UFC 267, Hooker hinted that a return to Featherweight may be in his future. Now, he’s already taken the next step, successfully making
Stipe Miocic: ‘I think I deserved a trilogy fight with Francis Ngannou’ Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic was defeated by Francis Ngannou in his last outing, losing by knockout at UFC 260 in March. Miocic holds a win over Ngannou. He handed Ngannou his first career loss at UFC 220 in January 2018.
Tyron Woodley vs Dan Hardy set for boxing event in march, says Ariel Helwani, Dustin Poirier vs. Charles Oliveira is next for UFC 269, Dustin Poirier talks about MMA community speculating, he will retire after becoming UFC champ and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been
Former UFC fighter Marcus Davis, who was active as a pro between 2003 and 2014, recently won his return to MMA after a seven-year layoff. Davis was a former Ultimate Fighter contestant as well as a longtime veteran of the UFC who had memorable fights against the likes of Nate Diaz and Chris Lytle, among
Former UFC featherweight champion José Aldo is aiming at his Brazilian colleague, Paulo Costa following his weight-cutting controversy. Aldo and other UFC fighters have harshly criticized Costa for his recent debacle ahead of his UFC Vegas 41 main event against Marvin Vettori. Just days ahead of the fight, Costa called for a fight at catchweight
8:00 AM ET Four months removed from a devastating leg injury against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, Conor McGregor has begun his public campaign to line up his next opponent inside the Octagon. Unlike previous efforts, however, this latest push has been broader in scope. As he sat injured in the cage back in July,
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1 p.m. ET – I’ll quickly look back at a busy combat sports weekend. 1:05 p.m.- Lupita Godinez will look back at her very
Credit: Jason Burgos Justin Gaethje thinks he really knows who has been tweeting at him from Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Twitter account, and it is not the person many may suspect. Last week, a small digital skirmish broke out between the second-ranked UFC lightweight and the retired former division king, when ESPN MMA tweeted in regards to
If it wasn’t clear enough before Saturday’s card in Las Vegas, you can say it now – everybody loves Loopy. Willing to fight every week if possible (and you believe it), Godinez set a modern-day UFC record by fighting three times in 43 days, and while that’s impressive enough, notching wins in two of those
Conor McGregor believes he will be first in line for a 155-pound title shot when he makes his Octagon return in late 2022, and despite the fact that “Notorious” is just 1-3 in the lightweight division, UFC would have no trouble rubber stamping that request. It would probably help if Dustin Poirier was holding the
Conor McGregor says he’s fighting for lightweight title when he returns ‘Deal with that’ Conor McGregor is the most talked-about man in combat sports and the discussion right now is ‘who will he fight’ when he returns. But McGregor has already answered that question for us. “Hi lads, here goes.. clicks and the like,” he