UFC superstar Conor McGregor challenged long-time rival Dustin Poirier to a charity MMA fight, and “The Diamond” has issued his response. McGregor has been in the news this weekend after he released text messages of a private conversation he had with UFC president Dana White earlier this year regarding a potential fight with Diego Sanchez.
“Bob Chapek, do you copy! I repeat, Bob Chapek – Do You Copy!” Those were the words from Conor McGregor’s latest missive in his increasingly public battle with the UFC over his fighting future. McGregor has been on the sidelines ‘retired’ since June — a response, he claims, to the UFC’s unwillingness to work with
Kelvin Gastelum relies on his immigrant mentality: ‘Always grinding, always working’ [embedded content] MMA Weekly in-depth EXCLUSIVE: Cage Side Seat’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber talks with Kelvin Gastelum about how the journey is where the surprises and the good stuff happens. Gastelum also talks about getting through the hard times. “I rely on God. I rely
Jordan Williams You really have to applaud Jordan Williams for his self-belief and tenacity. The now 29-year-old middleweight, who makes his UFC debut on Saturday opposite Nassourdine Imavov, turned up on the second season of Dana White’s Contender Series and scored a third-round stoppage win over Tim Caron. That result was overturned after Williams tested
7:59 AM ET Did anyone really think Jon Jones wouldn’t at least flirt with the idea of challenging the winner of Saturday’s light heavyweight championship bout? It didn’t take long after Jan Blachowicz defeated Dominick Reyes in the UFC 253 co-main event on Fight Island for Jones to tweet about the possibility of challenging Blachowicz.
Israel Adesanya never fails to praise his coaching staff at City Kickboxing for giving him the tools that have allowed him to start his MMA career with a perfect 20-0 record. Now it appears the undefeated UFC middleweight champion has added his father to that list of pre-fight strategists who offer him advice to ensure
Khamzat Chimaev has made a name for himself in quick fashion since debuting in the UFC this July. Following the middleweight title fight at UFC 253, Chimaev sent out a Tweet to Dana White, Sean Shelby, Mick Maynard, and the UFC stating he is ready for a title fight against the champion. Chimaev’s Tweet is
Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Israel Adesanya isn’t letting Paulo Costa off the hook following their blockbuster middleweight title fight this past Saturday. Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, defended his title with a lopsided second-round TKO victory over Paulo Costa in the UFC 253 main event. Ahead of the fight, the pair
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its UFC 253 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which took place last Sat. night (Sept. 26, 2020) inside Flash Forum on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. That’s where Israel Adesanya retained his 185-pound strap by smashing former undefeated title contender Paulo Costa. Get complete UFC 253 results and
Dana White says Colby Covington, not Nate Diaz, likely next for Jorge Masvidal Though it had appeared that Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz might be on a collision course for a BMF rematch, UFC president Dana White sounds like he’s setting that one aside… at least for now. White has shifted from the BMF rematch
First, Jim and Matt go through their picks for Saturday’s stacked main event at UFC 253 on Fight Island. Then, Dominick Reyes calls in ahead of his title fight against Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight championship. Reyes delves into his thinking about Jon Jones vacating the light heavyweight title, why he looks forward
Israel Adesanya’s team recruits a cameraman. At a beachside presser, Adesanya and Paulo Costa face off in front of Dana White; so do Jan Blachowicz and Dominick Reyes. Pounds are shed before the weigh-in, where the main eventers have a spicy staredown. Order now: https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. only) Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content:
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At UFC 253 Jan Blachowicz beat Dominick Reyes to claim the light heavyweight title vacated by Jon Jones, who is moving to heavyweight. At the post-fight press conference, Blachowicz called out Jones. “Jon Jones why not? Nobody knows what he’s doing right now, so we’ll see,” said the new champ. But yeah, why not? He promised me
1:32 AM ET Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz entered UFC 253 on Saturday with their share of doubters, which made what happened in the Octagon even sweeter for both men. Adesanya had a “boring” tag hung on him by critics after a lackluster win over Yoel Romero in March. But that label didn’t fit on
The UFC 254 main card has been revealed and it will look slightly different than what fans are accustomed to seeing. Headlined by the highly anticipated matchup for the undisputed lightweight title between Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champ Justin Gaethje, the PPV card will feature six matchups, opposed to the usual five. UFC 254 will