Was the Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez fight from this past Saturday actually better than Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler’s battle at UFC 268? That question will be answered this week on the third opening round matchup in the Between the Links Championship tournament. In addition, the panel will discuss what the best option is
Oct 5, 2018; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Conor McGregor is pictured during weigh-ins for UFC 229 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Mixed martial arts fans are used to UFC superstar Conor McGregor sending out attack tweets at his Octagon contemporaries. However, in a divergence from his norms, the former two-division
Tate’s win was one of the feel-good stories of the year, but by November, she had lost her title to Amanda Nunes and dropped a decision to Raquel Pennington. After that UFC 205 fight, she walked away. The decision to retire shocked the MMA world, but Tate was content with the decision. “Truthfully, at that
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight phenom Khamzat Chimaev, who looks right at home in the middleweight division, will battle fellow UFC contender Jack Hermansson in a special freestyle wrestling match as part of the Bulldog Fight Night 9 event on Nov. 19 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Watch both fighters come face-to-face at the conclusion of the
UFC Vegas 43 live results: Ketlen Vieira vs Miesha Tate Full UFC Vegas 43 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas begin at 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT on Saturday, November 20, on MMAWeekly.com. Click on the fight below in the UFC Vegas 43 live results section and then scroll to
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul declined a rematch with Tyron Woodley, saying that “by the time he got the tattoo we had already moved on.” Paul defeated Woodley via split decision in a high-profile boxing match that took place at the end of the summer. It was a close fight, but ultimately Paul was more active throughout
American Kickboxing Academy head coach Javier Mendez is not sure who will get the lightweight title shot between Islam Makhachev and Justin Gaethje. Mendez has been coaching and singing the praises of Makhachev for a while, even starting the rumors that he is better than his close friend and former lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov. With
LAS VEGAS — Flyweight Andrea Lee spoke with reporters backstage at the UFC APEX following her second-round TKO win over Cynthia Calvillo at UFC Vegas 42. “KGB” discussed Calvillo calling the fight on the stool between rounds, hearing the promotion might be heading to Houston for an event in February, potentially being a fresh face
July 26, 2020; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khamzat Chimaev (red gloves) of Czechia celebrates after his TKO victory over Rhys McKee (not pictured) of Northern Ireland in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island . Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports Former two-time title
The UFC APEX in Las Vegas will have a small select crowd in attendance when he climbs into the Octagon Saturday, and while they will no doubt be hyped for the ensuing fisticuffs, he concedes the atmosphere will be a little different than his last time out. If it fazes him, he doesn’t let on. “I
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Safe to say, Dan Hooker’s decision to accept a short-notice bout vs. Islam Makhachev did not exactly pay off. Hooker’s gutsiness in accept the bout definitely earned him some extra respect from the fans, but once the cage doors actually locked, Makhachev pretty immediately had his way with the Kiwi. Makhachev
Michael Chiesa was ‘really mad’ at himself after Vicente Luque loss It wasn’t that long ago that fans were watching Michael Chiesa suffer a devastating first-round submission loss. That loss to Vicente Luque was punctuated by the fact that his reaction was filmed and aired for UFC’s “The Thrill and the Agony” post-fight video series.
Dustin Poirier discusses his upcoming title fight against Charles Oliveira at UFC 269, his thoughts on Michael Chandler vs. Justin Gaethje, recent comments with Justin Gaethje, why Max Holloway isn’t the best boxer in the UFC, and more on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani. Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The
Several UFC fighters are no longer part of the UFC Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion, Randa Markos, Khama Worthy and a lot more. Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and has been in existence since 2014. This channel reports daily about the latest news from the world of Mixed Martial
Image via @bellatormma on Instagram MMA legend Cris Cyborg praised Sinead Kavanagh following her KO win at Bellator 271, calling her “One of the toughest women I’ve ever met.” Cyborg took on Kavanagh in the main event of this past Friday’s Bellator 271 event, and she won the fight in spectacular fashion when she knocked
Bantamweight veteran Urijah Faber has suggested former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo should have never retired from MMA. Cejudo, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest martial artists to have ever entered the Octagon, hung up his gloves in 2020 as a simultaneous double champ. After dethroning the great Demetrious Johnson at the
8:00 AM ET Miesha Tate reached out to UFC president Dana White in the summer of 2020. Tate and her husband, Johnny Nunez, had just had their second child, Daxton, and Tate was contemplating a comeback to the Octagon. At the time, Tate and Nunez were living in Singapore. Tate was working in an office
Nicco Montano is still holding out hope that a new documentary filmed around the time she became the first Native American champion in UFC history will rectify a particularly vulnerable moment where her nude body is revealed during an arduous weight cut. The film titled Warrior Spirit has been receiving high praise after hitting the