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Dana White has provided an update on Weili Zhang’s next fight, specifically the possible opponent and location. Dana White has not given up on a potential showdown between strawweight champion Weili Zhang and Rose Namajunas. Recently, White seemed to do just that when he claimed that Namajunas has no desire to be world champion again.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Moving on from 2020, there are several storylines and fights that carrying into this year. Perhaps the biggest revolves around Jon Jones, who abandoned his Light Heavyweight throne back in the Summer. “Bones” is heading to Heavyweight and likely to debut in July, very possibly opposite the winner of Stipe Miocic
Check out Calvin Kattar’s top UFC finishes [embedded content] Calvin Kattar has climbed up the featherweight ranks since joining the UFC with impressive performances and finishes in big-time matchups. This Saturday, Kattar headlines the first UFC fight card of 2021 when he meets former featherweight champion Max Holloway at UFC Fight Island 7. Kattar (22-4)
While Matt is living it up with Dana White on Fight Island filming Dana White: Lookin’ FWD To A Fight, Jim’s pal and fellow stand-up comedian Bobby Kelly joins the show as co-host! After Jim and Bobby reveal the secret to betting on UFC fights (hint: bet against Bobby), Aljamain Sterling joins. He further details
Carlos Condit expects to beat Matt Brown with ease on Saturday night. In the co-main event of UFC Fight Island 7, Condit and Brown will finally fight one another after being booked two times previously. For Condit, he is eager to share the Octagon with him but expects to finish Brown. “I’m glad he is
7:42 AM ET ESPN’s MMA Insiders As the UFC looks to kick off 2021 with two elements that were sorely lacking for most of 2020 — Conor McGregor and fans in attendance — this brief pause in the calendar offers the perfect window to take stock and look ahead. So who will have the best
One of the all-time best jiu-jitsu competitors, Hannette Staack, is making the jump to MMA. Inducted to the IBJJF Hall of Fame after capturing seven world titles between 2002 and 2011 and clinching three ADCC gold medals, Staack decided to try something different in 2021. Leader of Brazil-021 gym in Chicago, the 41-year-old legend flew
Max Holloway will be looking to convert a new batch of MMA fans when they tune in to UFC Fight Island 7 on January 16. The UFC will be making its return to network TV when it airs UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Katter (UFC Fight Island 7) on January 16. A former world champion,
Grappling Mixed Martial Arts News UFC Wrestling Olympic gold medalist and American wrestling GOAT Jordan Burroughs was on the mighty Joe Rogan Experience podcast last week, and if you haven’t listened to it yet, are you even a fight fan? The two go on for three whole hours about everything from raising a family, what
Current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, will move up to Light Heavyweight to face division champion Jan Blachowicz in the main event of UFC 259 on March 6 in an effort to become the promotion’s latest “champ-champ.” In doing so, the 185-pound weight class will be put on pause when it comes
[embedded content] Former featherweight champion Max Holloway spoke to the media about his upcoming UFC Fight Island 7 main event bout against Calvin Kattar. Holloway looks to rebound from back-to-back losses to current champion Alexander Volkanovski and get back in the win column. UFC Fight Island 7 marks the fight promotion’s first event of 2021
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CARLOS CONDIT vs. MATT BROWN A bout between veteran welterweights that has been booked twice before and never materialized is finally going to happen as “The Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit and Matt “The Immortal” Brown will throw down this weekend. Condit ended a nearly two-year hiatus in October, returning to the Octagon and the win
Image Credit: UFC Dusko Todorovic was surprised with the name on his bout agreement. At UFC Fight Island 7, Todorovic, who is 10-0, will battle fellow undefeated prospect, Punahele Soriano. Although the fight was surprising to many fans, given both Todorvic and Soriano are top prospects, the Serbian no longer cares as he is now
5:40 PM ET Pat Miletich, the first-ever UFC welterweight champion and one of the most decorated coaches in MMA history, announced in an Instagram video that he was fired by Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) for being present at the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Hall of Famer has been a color
The UFC returns to action for the first time in 2021 on Fight Island with a fascinating main event at 145 pounds. UFC Fight Island 7 takes place this Saturday at the brand new Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi headlined by a pivotal featherweight matchup between former champion Max Holloway and rising contender Calvin Kattar.
Things did not go as Michael Chiesa expected after news came down that Khamzat Chimaev was out of the UFC Fight Island 8 main event. It has been over three years since Michael Chiesa competed in his first and only UFC main event. With Chiesa looking better than he ever has since moving up to