Image Credit: Triller Jake Paul squared off with former MMA champion Ben Askren in the headliner of tonight’s Triller event at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Paul (3-0), a YouTube star turned boxer, and Askren, a former Bellator and ONE champion, collided in the squared circle for an eight-round boxing match this evening. Askren (19-2 MMA)
As far as where a win over Gastelum puts Whittaker, he classically says he doesn’t think about it too much. As he puts it, his calendar “only goes until Saturday.” Once the fight is over, then he looks to what could be next, although highest on that docket is getting back home, going through quarantine
12:42 PM ET Eddie Alvarez is getting right back to work. The former UFC and Bellator lightweight champion will fight at ONE on TNT IV on April 28 in Singapore, sources told ESPN. The bout will take place just three weeks after his last fight for ONE. Alvarez will fight the winner of Marat Gafurov
News UFC Credit: UFC Originally set to include seven fights, the UFC Vegas 24 prelims was knocked down to a half dozen after Zarah Fairn’s incredible eight-pound weight miss led to the cancellation of her 139-pound catchweight bout with Josiane Nunes. The events opening showcase features the debut of Legacy Fighting Alliance strawweight champion Lupita
There’s a good chance that tonight isn’t the last time we see Ben Askren competing in combat sports. Two years ago, Ben Askren made the difficult decision to retire from mixed martial arts at the age of 34 due primarily to hip issues. After having hip replacement surgery in 2019, the former ONE and Bellator
Lupita Godinez has envisioned getting the UFC call for quite some time. Little did she know she wouldn’t be able to enjoy it. Godinez (5-0) is stepping in as a short notice replacement to face Jessica Penne this Saturday at UFC Vegas 24. The strawweight bout will take place at the APEX and will be
We had a very rough week getting reverse swept for the last card. Our bets ended up going 0-5 for a total loss of 5 units. Year to date we are down 18.74 units. All bets are 3rd party tracked at Betmma.tips under the handicapper profile name MMAInformed.com. UFC on ABC 2: Vettori vs Holland
One of the biggest combat attractions of the year will finally unfold later tonight (Sat., April 17, 2021) live on FITE TV from inside Mercedes-Benz Arena in Atlanta, Ga., as YouTube sensation Jake Paul makes his third walk to the boxing ring against former mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Ben Askren. While Paul offers
No. 4 ranked welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal spoke with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani on a variety of topics ahead of his April 24 rematch against Kamaru Usman for the welterweight championship at UFC 261. One of the topics Masvidal and Helwani touched on was the boxing match between YouTube sensation turned professional boxer Jake Paul and
Image via @ufc on Instagram Jorge Masvidal believes the UFC needs to pay the top fighters more money. Masvidal, who helped the UFC sell over one million pay-per-view buys for his UFC 251 fight against Kamaru Usman, wants to be compensated more for the number of pay-per-views he sells. “Gamebred,” says he also wants to
“I look at these young 22-year-olds and I gotta show them that even when you’re old, and even when it seems like people know who you are, you’re owed nothing,” said Birchak, who owns the 10th Planet Tucson / ToroTech Mixed Martial Arts gym in his home state of Arizona. “No matter who stands in
11:56 PM ET Vadim Nemkov has clearly established himself as the man to beat in Bellator’s light heavyweight tournament, following Friday night’s convincing title defense over Phil Davis. Nemkov (14-3) is already Bellator’s 205-pound champion, but with bigger names in the promotion’s tournament like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Yoel Romero and Ryan Bader, it would be
News Friday night Bellator MMA is back in action for the third consecutive week, and it’ll be their second straight weight of the Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix. At Bellator 256, former light heavyweight and current heavyweight champion Ryan Bader dominated Lyoto Machida to advance to the semi-finals where he will meet the winner of
Jake Paul is heading into his second boxing match but already has his sights set on Conor McGregor. Jake Paul has done a good job of attacking MMA fighters and lining them up to fight. Since he started his boxing career he has had many UFC fighters looking to step into the squared circle with
MMA Fighting has Paul vs. Askren results live for the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren fight card at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta on Saturday night. When the main event begins, around 11:30 p.m. ET, check out our Paul vs. Askren live blog for round-by-round updates. Prior to the main event, we’ll have live updates
Check out the top finishes from former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. Whittaker is set to face Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC Vegas 24. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC
Ben Askren talks to MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn ahead of his boxing match with Jake Paul under the Triller Fight Club banner on Saturday in Atlanta. #Triller #BenAskren #JakePaul 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
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Despite his recent and rather public spat with Dustin Poirier over his charitable donation, McGregor is riding high. UFC 264 tickets were priced as high as $10,000, but that didn’t stop them from selling out in mere seconds. Regardless of his loss to “The Diamond,” McGregor is clearly still an absolutely