7:00 AM ET Fight week for UFC 261 has arrived, and with a card of this magnitude, the stakes could not be much higher. Three title fights could reshape the trajectory of the welterweight, strawweight and women’s flyweight divisions overnight. If Jorge Masvidal defeats Kamaru Usman, they would be 1-1 in title fights. That could
News UFC In the second bout of the UFC Vegas 24 main card, we were given an unexpected change to the line-up. After the planned co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose fell through because of an injury at the last minute, the featured bout between Tracy Cortez and Justine Kish was bumped to
Robert Whittaker is putting his foot down about who and what should be next after his victory at UFC Vegas 24: a world title shot against middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. It has been a year and a half since Israel Adesanya defeated Robert Whittaker to become the undisputed UFC middleweight champion. After dropping the title
Peace was never going to be an option this weekend. With Jake Paul and his legion of social media sycophants bearing down on our precious MMA bubble, much of the hardcore fanbase was up in arms over the possibility that Paul’s freakshow fight with Ben Askren would overshadow a compelling UFC Vegas 24 main event
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is a longtime friend and training partner of retired 170-pound wrestler Ben Askren, who also competed for UFC, as well as Bellator MMA and ONE Championship. “The Chosen One” made his way to the locker room of Jake Paul to watch the YouTube star get his
UFC 261 Countdown: Uriah Hall vs Chris Weidman In a bonus Countdown segment we preview the UFC 261 middleweight tilt between Uriah Hall and former champion Chris Weidman. See these two athletes train and prepare for their bout. The fight is a rematch. The two first fought back in September 2010 with Weidman defeating Hall
Image Credit: Triller Fight Club Jake Paul picked up the biggest win of his boxing career as he scored a first-round TKO over Ben Askren on Saturday night. Entering the highly-anticipated fight, many were interested to see how Paul would fare against a legit combat sports athlete. Just like his other two fights, the YouTuber
“Personally, I thrive off the crowd’s energy. Whether they’re booing or they’re cheering, you get this adrenaline rush,” Cortez explained. “But we’re entertainers, that’s why we do this. I don’t mind it [an empty APEX]. At the end of the day, I’m going to do my job and I’m going to perform.” In addition to
7:21 PM ET Saturday’s UFC Fight Night co-main event between Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose was canceled because of an injury Klose said he sustained when Stephens forcefully shoved him during their official weigh-in on Friday. Klose’s team told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani that according to his CT scan results, Klose suffered a cervical sprain of
News Credit: Combate Global The COVID-19 pandemic forced Combate Global, formerly Combate Americas, to the mixed martial arts sidelines for over a year. Now, with two events in the bag since their reemergence, the promotion will revisit a format that’s a yearly staple of their “mucho mas accion” content. The one-night tournament. MixedMartialArts.com has learned
Conor McGregor is all but blatantly accusing rival Nate Diaz of steroid usage. Even though it has been five years since Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz have squared off in the Octagon, they have not stopped taking shots at one another outside the cage on social media. Sunday morning was another instance of this when
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The fighters competing on Saturday at UFC Vegas 24: Whittaker vs Gastelum faced off after weighing in on Friday morning. Things got a little heated when co-headliners Jeremy Stephens and Drakkar Klose went face-to-face. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
Jake Paul and Ben Askren squared off for the final time for their upcoming #TrillerFightClub event Friday evening and took some parting shots at each other as well. Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Subscribe to
Based on the chatter I saw across the internet on social media and combat sports forums, the general consensus on Saturday’s Trill Fight Club: Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren event was that it was trash. Glorious trash. Entertaining, in a wide variety of ways from pure cringe to laugh out loud unbelievable. From Pete Davidson
Former UFC champ Tyron Woodley discusses cornering Ben Askren for his boxing match with Jake Paul at Triller Fight Club and gives a prediction. #Triller #TyronWoodley #BenAskren For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie: Facebook: https://facebook.com/officialmmajunkie Twitter: https://twitter.com/MMAjunkie Instagram: https://instagram.com/mmajunkiedotcom Subscribe to get the latest MMA
No.1 middleweight contender Robert Whittaker spoke with the media at the UFC Vegas 24 Post-fight Press Conference after defeating no. 8 ranked Kelvin Gastelum by unanimous decision on Saturday. For the former middleweight champ, he believes a rematch with reigning middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who defeated him by second round KO in 2019, is next.
Mike Perry vs Jake Paul UFC welterweight Mike Perry has shared some footage of his sparring session with Jake Paul after the YouTube sensation dubbed him “light work”. Paul (3-0) returned to the squared circle yesterday evening in Atlanta for a scheduled eight-round boxing match with former mixed martial arts champion Ben Askren (19-2 MMA).