Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira made history on Friday when he was the first UFC champion to miss weight on the scales and thus be stripped of his title. But the weight miss wasn’t cut and dry and shortly after weighing in several UFC fighters stepped up to share that they’d gotten calls before […]
According to TMZ, former world champion boxer Mike Tyson will not be criminally charged for the airplane assault which occurred last month. “The San Mateo County District Attorney said Monday morning because of ‘the conduct of the victim leading up to the incident, the interaction between Mr. Tyson and the victim, as well as the […]
Rose Namajunas lost her title to Carla Esparza on Saturday night in what many are calling the worst fight in UFC history. After the fight, while speaking to the media backstage, Namajunas told the media she felt she won, she had stuck to her game plan, and was not interested in hurting her face. Then […]
Rose Namajunas lost her women’s strawweight title in the UFC 274 co-main event rematch against former champion Carla Esparza on Saturday. The fight was largely uneventful. Spectators inside the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. could be heard booing during the pay-per-view broadcast. The bout was difficult to score because so little occurred, especially in the […]
The fight started out slow, both fighters measured and respected each other. The champion, Rose Namajunas, was feeling out the woman she already lost to once and the challenger, Carla Esparza, respected the champion Namajunas had become. Unfortunately, it didn’t ever get better. After five full, absolutely lackluster rounds, the judges gave the fight to […]
Following Thursday’s UFC 274 Pre-fight Press Conference, the participants faced off with their opponents. UFC 274 takes place on Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. and features two world title bouts. In the fight card’s main event, lightweight champion Charles Oliveira puts his title on the line against No. 1 contender Justin Gaethje. In the co-main event, […]
Undefeated welterweight contender Khamzat Chimaev is coming off the biggest win of his career over Gilbert Burns at UFC 279 on April 9. It was a hard-fought bout that saw Chimaev get taken the distance for the first time in his career. Following the fight, UFC president Dana White suggested Chimaev should face top contender […]
UFC Middleweight Champion Israel ‘The Last Stylebender’ Adesanya breaks down the upcoming UFC 274 Pay-Per-View headlined with Charles Oliveira vs. Justin Gaethje. Hear who Adesanya picks in the main event and co-main event title bouts as well as his picks for ‘sleeper’ matches on the fight card. UFC 274 Embedded, Episode 1: ‘I’m about to […]
Bantamweight contenders Rob Font and Marlon Vera headlined Saturday’s UFC Vegas 53 fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. No. 5 ranked Font missed weight at Friday’s weigh-in, tipping the scales 2.5 pounds over the allotted bantamweight limit. He relinquished 20 percent of his fight purse and the match was moved to a […]
The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 53 fight card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Friday. The event is headlined by a bantamweight bout between No. 5 ranked Rob Font and No. 8 ranked Marlon Vera. Vera weighed in at 136 pounds while Font missed weight for Saturdays’ main […]