Welcome to Midnight Mania! Most athletes in Nate Diaz’s position would be feeling the pressure a bit. He’s one of the highest paid men on the roster, but Diaz has lost two of his last three bouts, only competing four times in the previous five years. He’s also a massive underdog to Leon Edwards, who
Tyron Woodley accepts Floyd Mayweather’s offer to help train for Jake Paul All-time boxing great Floyd Mayweather recently offered to help assist Tyron Woodley in preparation for his boxing match against social media magnate and professional boxer Jake Paul. On Thursday, the former UFC welterweight champion said he will accept Mayweather’s services. To Woodley, accepting
“Ilir Latifi is a really good fighter. He’s extremely physically strong, he’s a really good wrestler, he’s got great pressure on the ground, great pressure on the cage and he’s a good puncher. Even then, he’s got low kicks and he’s well-rounded. He’s a tough guy,” Boser said. “I know that he just moved up
Colby Covington says rival Tyron Woodley will throw the Jake Paul fight, suggesting that “he’s just going to go out there and take a dive.” It was officially announced this week that Woodley and Paul will meet on August 28 in a boxing match on Showtime PPV. It’s Woodley’s first fight since he was let
7:44 AM ET Following a rare weekend off, the UFC is back at its Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday with a heavyweight contest between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Augusto Sakai. If we’re being honest, this UFC Fight Night offers a redo of sorts for Rozenstruik (11-2) and Sakai (15-2-1), as they are both coming off
YouTube star Jake Paul continues to do everything he can to ruffle the feathers of UFC President Dana White. Paul is an Internet star, who has been diving into the world of boxing. He’s been calling out MMA fighters and even had a boxing match with former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren. Paul
UFC legend Vitor Belfort is the latest addition to Triller’s next boxing event. Triller announced Friday via press release that Belfort (26-14, 1 NC in MMA) will box “famed animal ranger and social media personality” Mike Holston—better known as “The Real Tarzann—on June 19 at loanDepot Park in Miami. The news was first reported by
Credit: PFL Lance Palmer still has a season to complete and the mission of winning a third straight league title. However, the two-time Professional Fighters League featherweight champion still plans on making a move to the Ultimate Fighting Championship eventually. Not because he has soured on his tenure with the PFL. Although recent bumps in
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields, who recently added the IBF Super Welterweight title to her ever-growing list of championships, will finally make her mixed martial arts (MMA) debut for Professional Fighters League (PFL) on June 10. Opposing “T-Rex” on the ESPN2 broadcast will be former Bellator MMA bruiser Brittney Elkin (3-6), no stranger to
UFC president Dana White recently spoke on former title challenger and UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez’s recent split with his former coach and manager Joshua Fabia. Before he addressed Fabia, he first stuck his neck out and gave Sanchez his flowers. “The only thing that Diego is guilty of is being a nice guy,”
“Last time I was here, I was basically on a job interview. There was no Coronavirus, so we could use the Performance Institute much more freely and without any restrictions, but now it’s a bit tight with all the rules and regulations. But it’s definitely a good experience nonetheless, even with all the restrictions and
PhotoCred: Rolling Stone Amanda Nunes is finding herself fueled by her next opponent’s recent trash talking. The current UFC bantamweight and featherweight queen is set to once again defend the first of the two titles she won when facing Julianna Pena at UFC 265 on August 7. Venezuela’s Pena was originally set to do battle
8:47 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The MLB season fills a wide swath of the calendar with 162 games, an entire summertime (and beyond) of ups and downs. The NBA and NHL seasons have only half as many games, but the twists and turns keep the ride going for months. The same is true in the
Jessica Andrade is one of the most fierce competitors inside the Octagon, but she’s showing her lighter and freer side. Andrade took to her Twitter account to reveal that she now has an OnlyFans account. Andrade said she made one due to a slew of requests from American fight fans. You can subscribe to her
Kamaru Usman is arguably MMA’s most dominant champion, but even he had to think twice when it came to taking on the spiciest of sauces on First We Feast’s Hot Ones show. While the UFC’s welterweight king chomps down on some scorching hot wings, he also answers questions about who he feels are the most
Welcome to Midnight Mania! First and foremost, Floyd Mayweather is in the money-making business; that’s why he’s accepted this “legalized bank robbery” circus opposite Logan Paul. However, it appears that “Money” may also be in the “Get the Paul brothers out of boxing” business, because he’s going above and beyond merely beating up Logan on
Floyd Mayweather had no training camp and has no strategy for Logan Paul (video) Floyd Mayweather Jr. spoke with the media on Thursday ahead of his exhibition boxing bout against Logan Paul in Miami. “Money” admitted that he didn’t really have a training camp for Sunday’s boxing bout and doesn’t have a strategy for the
It seems like a simple formula, really. Perform well, throw something cool and earn a stoppage win but, of course, it’s easier to say than to do. Ricci comes to the UFC with an undefeated record, and given Fiorot’s impressive performance last time out, there’s some hype up for grabs if Fiorot looks past the