Bantamweight star Sean O’Malley faces his toughest opponent to date at UFC 280 when he takes on former champion Petr Yan on October 22. Yan (16-3) is the top-ranked contender in the division. O’Malley (15-1, 1 NC) is ranked No. 12. Yan is favorited to win by oddsmakers, but O’Malley expects to defy the odds […]
UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal did not hold back when talking about former opponent Nate Diaz, describing Diaz as a ‘borderline vegetable.’ Masvidal defeated Diaz in the highly publicized UFC 244 main event for the symbolic “BMF title” in November 2019. Diaz fought out his UFC contract and left the fight promotion with a win over […]
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov retired following his UFC 254 submission win over Justin Gaethje with an undefeated professional record. Nurmagomedov made a promise to his mother that he’d walk away from the sport and vacate his title, and that’s what he did in October 2020. It took a few months for Nurmagomedov’s decision […]
According to Drake Riggs, who spoke to RIZIN President Nobuyuki Sakakibara, the Japanese MMA promotion is interested in promoting a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Nate Diaz. “Nick and Nate, they both have a great personality, their fighting style is very exciting, and we’ve known them since the PRIDE days,” Sakakibara, told Riggs on the […]
Bantamweight Sean O’Malley takes on the toughest opponent of his career at UFC 280 when he faces former champion and No. 1-ranked contender Petr Yan. The fight with Yan is a major step up in competition for the No. 12-ranked O’Malley, but O’Malley’s coach believes ‘Sugar’ could make the former champ ‘look stupid.’ “We train […]
Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski revealed that he’ll serve as backup for the UFC 280 main event lightweight title fight. UFC 280 takes place on October 22 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi and is headlined by a match between former lightweight champion Charles Oliveira and No. 4-ranked contender Islam Makhachev. If something were to happen […]
It’s been weeks since Trey Ogden called out Paddy Pimblett in his post-fight interview with FanSided but it seems like Pimblett has just caught wind of it … and he’s not amused. In the comments of a clip posted by Amy Kaplan, Pimblett and Ogden hash out how a potential fight would go. In the […]
Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Julianna Peña wants a third fight with two-division champion Amanda Nunes, and says ‘I’m getting my belt back.’ Peña pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent history when she stopped Nunes at UFC 269 to win the women’s 135-pound title in December 2021. An immediate rematch was […]
Conor McGregor has revealed which of his long list of former opponents was the toughest. While doing a fan Q & A on Twitter, he was asked that very question and replied “Nate.” He means Nate Diaz, the first man to defeat McGregor in the Octagon. Their second fight, a Fight of the Year at […]
UFC lightweight contender Justin Gaethje fought for the title in May, but came short against former champion Charles Oliveira in the UFC 274 main event. ‘The Highlight’ has been recovering from nose surgery and the fight against Oliveira was his only fight in 2022. Back in the gym training, Gaethje expects to be back inside […]