The Bellator 277 official weigh-ins take place in San Jose, Calif. Thursday morning at the Bellator MMA host hotel. The event takes place on Friday at SAP Center and features two championship fights. Featherweight champion A.J. McKee faces former champion Patricio Freire in a rematch in the fight card’s main event while light heavyweight champion […]
On Wednesday former UFC interim champion Dustin Poirier answered several fan questions on Twitter. Most of those questions centered on who Poirier would fight next and when they might be. Throughout the Q and A Poirier reiterated that the UFC has not given him any insight into his next opponent. That was when a fan […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez released his first public statement since being arrested for attempted murder on Feb. 28. Velasquez allegedly shot at a vehicle carrying Harry Goularte Jr., a man that had previously been arrested for alleged child sexual abuse acts at a daycare attended by one of Velasquez’ young relatives. Goularte’s stepfather […]
UFC President Dana White and former United States President Donald Trump have known each other since the early days of White’s position as UFC figurehead. Trump’s Atlantic City Hotel and Casino, Trump Taj Mahal, hosted UFC 28, UFC 30, and UFC 31 in 2000 and 2001. It was a time when the fight promotion was […]
The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC 273 fight card in Jacksonville, Fla., participated in the ceremonial weigh-in Friday afternoon. UFC 273 takes place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena and features two championship bouts. In the fight card’s main event, featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski faces ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung. Bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and interim champion Petr Yan rematch in a […]
Following Thursday’s UFC 273 Pre-fight Press Conference in Jacksonville, Fla., main event fighters Alexander Volkanovski and ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung faced off. UFC 273 takes place on Saturday at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla., and features two championship bouts. Aljamain Sterling and interim bantamweight champion Petr Yan rematch in a title unification […]
Former UFC flyweight and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo has made a habit out of critiquing former two-division titleholder Conor McGregor‘s training. On Monday, McGregor posted a video of himself hitting pads inside a boxing ring to social media. On Tuesday, Cejudo gave his opinion of the training footage. “Everything is done naked. No fakes, no […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones hasn’t been offered a bout agreement by the UFC, but will be ready to make his heavyweight debut this summer. Jones has been preparing to make the move up to the heavyweight division since relinquishing his 205-pound title in August 2020. He last fought in February 2020 defending […]
UFC Hall of Famer Stephan Bonnar‘s Henderson, Nev. home was destroyed by fire on Monday leaving his family displaced. TMZ Sports first reported the unfortunate news. While Bonnar lost all his possessions and his home, there were no injuries in the 2-alarm fire. “Lost everything, house is done,” Bonnar told MMA Junkie in a brief […]
No one knows Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington better than Kamaru Usman. The welterweight champion has spent considerable time in the Octagon with both fighters so it’s only natural he would weigh in on Masvidal’s arrest. “One, it’s unfortunate because it’s taken itself, it’s growing legs now out of just sports to actuality and reality,” […]