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
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It seems that no matter how UFC President Dana White attempts to keep the worlds of boxing and cage fighting separate, the line cannot help but blur. The money is simply so huge in the ring that mixed martial artists are plenty willing to make the momentary transition for a big
Former UFC champion Pat Miletich was removed from his LFA 97 broadcast duties after he participated in the Washington DC protests that led to the United States Capitol being locked down. At least five people died in relation to the incident. Several law enforcement officials also resigned, were fired, or are under investigation, and there
And he’s still just 29 years old heading into Saturday’s meeting with Akhmedov, a fighter with a 5-1-1 record in his last seven, with the only loss a close one to former middleweight champion Chris Weidman last August. “Omari is a veteran opponent currently ranked 13th in the division,” said Breese. “Short and stocky in
Matt Brown is eager to finally share the Octagon with Carlos Condit. In the co-main event of UFC Fight Island 7, Brown and Condit will finally fight one another after two previous bookings in 2013 and 2018 feel through due to Brown hurting his back and tearing his ACL. After the fight was off for
8:07 AM ET When Max Holloway leaves the Octagon after Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event, he could be the loser of three straight and four of five. That would be quite a cliff from which one of the sport’s most prestigious careers would be dangling. Calvin Kattar, meanwhile, is trying to build his resume.
Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya may remain at odds with each other but it seems unlikely that a super fight between them will happen any time soon. As the UFC schedule begins to unravel for 2021, numerous fights have already been booked or announced including Adesanya moving up to 205 pounds to challenge reigning light
Zabit Magomedsharipov will fight in the very near future, according to Dana White. Magomedsharipov has not fought since he defeated Calvin Kattar in a three-round main event of UFC Moscow in November of 2019. Since then, he has been linked to a fight with Yair Rodriguez, yet it hasn’t come to fruition. However, according to
Conor McGregor has teased a potential boxing match in 2021, possibly against Manny Pacquiao, who is now managed by Paradigm Sports Management, McGregor’s longtime representatives. And while Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White did give “Notorious” the green light to take part in a boxing match against Floyd Mayweather a few years ago, he
When Conor McGregor pushed for a boxing match with Floyd Mayweather Jr., almost no one believed it would come to fruition. But it did. McGregor may have lost the bout, but he won big in his career with a $100 million payday and a huge boost to his popularity. He’s slated to headline UFC 257