Like most of the MMA community, Michael Chiesa tips his hat to Dustin Poirier following the biggest win of his career. In the main event of UFC 257, Poirier avenged his UFC 178 knockout loss to Conor McGregor by delivering a ferocious KO of his own in the second round of Saturday’s event in Abu
Chael Sonnen thinks Conor McGregor was a lot slower than he remembers. In the main event of UFC 257, McGregor made his return to the Octagon against Dustin Poirier. In the lead-up to the scrap, the Irishman said he would KO Poirier inside 60 seconds. However, that was far from the case as it was
Streaking lightweight contender Charles Oliveira doesn’t have anything negative to say about current 155-pound champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, who is undefeated at 29-0 with victories over Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje, just to name a few. But can “The Eagle” call himself the best in the world? “He’s dominated everyone he’s fought, he’s beaten
Former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder and UFC veteran Ben Askren has agreed to box YouTube sensation Jake Paul. Why? Because they Triller is backing a dump truck full of money to his front door, that’s why. Triller is the promotional company behind the recent Mike Tyson comeback against Roy Jones Jr. Paul fought his
“It was like, ‘Is this still for me?’” he admits. “I was like, ‘Damn, I lost my fight, ruptured my Achilles, they’re talking about six to eight months, a year at the latest just to make sure everything’s good, and it’s that time of just sitting there, not able to walk, not being able to
Image via Bellator Patricio Pitbull says that the success of Michael Chandler and Eddie Alvarez in the UFC is showing the “power of Bellator.” Chandler had an amazing UFC debut last weekend at UFC 257 when he brutally knocked out the typically-durable Dan Hooker with punches in the first round. Heading into the UFC, there
11:01 AM ET The UFC is finalizing a middleweight bout between Darren Till and Marvin Vettori to headline a UFC Fight Night event in April, according to multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but verbal agreements are in place, sources said. The 185-pound contest will headline a UFC Fight Night event April 10. The
Kamaru Usman and former teammate Gilbert Burns will have their day in the cage next month. After seeing their first booking in July derailed by a positive COVID-19 test for Burns (and a rumored rebooking in December also nixed), the welterweight stars are set for UFC 258 on Feb. 13, and the official poster for
News TriStar MMA founder Firas Zahabi has arguably the most insightful mind in mixed martial arts, and his analysis of the UFC 257 main event between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor was not kind to “The Notorious.” “In the second round, when McGregor was getting hit along the fence. I found it strange that he wasn’t —
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 257! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Conor McGregor falls to #15 on the pound-for-pound rankings after his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, causing Jan Blachowicz (#14) and Francis Ngannou (#13) to move ahead of him. Women’s Pound for Pound: Carla
Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre knows a little bit about losing a fight everyone expected you to win. In 2007 massive underdog Matt Serra knocked GSP out in what is still considered the biggest upset in UFC history. So it’s safe to say the Canadian fighter knows a little about what it
Dustin Poirier’s knockout of Conor McGregor in the UFC 257 main event pushed the event to be one of the promotion’s top selling pay-per-views of all time. According to John Ourand of The Sports Journal, UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 has topped 1.6 million pay-per-view buys, which would put it in line with UFC
UFC 257 fighters Jessica Eye and Michael Chandler take off for Abu Dhabi. Sara McMann does an in-flight workout, while Brad Tavares and Antonio Carlos Junior eye each other across the aisle. Headliner Dustin Poirier celebrates his birthday on camera. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT
Todd Duffee – December 31, 2010 – Dynamite 2010 Result – Overeem KO1 You figure three K-1 fights in one night would have earned Overeem a nice holiday break. Uh-uh. Instead, he accepted a New Year’s Eve bout against UFC vet Todd Duffee for the Dream heavyweight crown. He described his December to remember earlier
Image via @georgesstpierre on Instagram Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre has opened up on a long-discussed superfight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, which now seems impossible. Nurmagomedov, 29-0, announced his retirement from MMA in October, after defeating Justin Gaethje via submission. However, Nurmagomedov had long expressed interest in fighting St-Pierre—who is also retired—in
8:30 AM ET One performed heroically on the biggest stage possible. The other put on a historic performance. Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway grabbed the attention of the mixed martial arts world in different ways in the last couple of weeks, but for both the results show in the latest ESPN pound-for-pound rankings. Poirier made
Dana White promised that UFC 257 would go down as one of the biggest pay-per-views in the company’s history and the show definitely delivered. According to a report from the Sports Business Journal, the card headlined by Dustin Poirier’s second-round knockout against Irish superstar Conor McGregor sold 1.2 million pay-per-views domestically in the United States
The UFC 257 medical suspensions are in, and if they hold up, it could be a long time before we see Conor McGregor compete again. Following his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, Conor McGregor will now be sidelined for six months and cannot have contact training for 30 days. A six-month layoff would