Kamaru Usman (21-4) says he wants a title shot if he defeats Dricus du Plessis (23-3) in Saturday’s five-round middleweight headliner at UFC Oklahoma City. The 39-year-old former welterweight champion is returning to the middleweight division after earning a unanimous decision victory over Joaquin Buckley last June. Strickland (31-7) is the current UFC middleweight champion […]
Conor McGregor’s return to the Octagon after a five-year hiatus at UFC 329 against Max Holloway proved to be a massive ratings hit. According to viewership data released by Paramount+, UFC 329 reached 15.9 million total viewers across the United States and Latin America. That fell just short of the 17 million viewers who tuned […]
Live from the world-famous Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, ONE Championship continues its ‘Friday Fights’ series of shows with a nine-fight card this week. Thailand’s Kongklai Sor Sommai will be hoping to bounce back from his loss to Julio Lobo back in May, with a win over Morocco’s Adam Benwarwar in the 145-pound Muay Thai main […]
Joe Mazzulla’s pursuit of improvement doesn’t stop when the NBA offseason begins. As the Boston Celtics prepare for 2026-27, the reigning NBA Coach of the Year was recently spotted training at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas. He was working through pad drills and grappling sessions under coach Eric Nicksick. The following footage shows Mazzulla putting […]
Daniel Cormier doesn’t think Conor McGregor (22-7 MMA) deserves criticism for the flying kick that led to his UFC 329 injury. McGregor opened his return against Max Holloway with early kicks and appeared to injure his right knee within seconds, prompting referee Mike Beltran to stop the fight. Cormier said afterward that criticizing the gamble […]
Charles Oliveira (37-11) is taking his pursuit of a lightweight title fight seriously, flooding the UFC 329 comment sections with calls for the promotion to book him against UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje (28-5). Oliveira has openly campaigned for the Gaethje matchup. He submitted Gaethje at UFC 274 in May 2022, though Oliveira had already […]
In what was considered one of the most anticipated returns in recent UFC history, Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2 was unable to live up to the hype, with the Irishman suffering a leg injury in the very first round. Not only was it the first round of the fight when McGregor was forced to […]
UFC 329 is set to headline International Fight Week 2026 in Las Vegas come Saturday night, and earlier on Friday all 28 competitors successfully weighed in to compete, making the card official. Following the success of the weigh-ins earlier in the day was the spectacle of the ceremonial weigh-in show, where the competitors came face […]
Max Holloway (27-9 MMA) says he wants to beat Conor McGregor (22-6 MMA) in a way that’s competitive enough to set up a rematch later in 2026, adding extra commercial framing to Saturday’s main event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Holloway also addressed the financial motivation behind the matchup directly. The two first met […]
Conor McGregor (22-6, MMA) is standing by his claim of innocence, despite an Irish jury finding him liable for sexual assault. McGregor’s comments come ahead of his July 11 rematch against Max Holloway (27-9 MMA) at July 11. A jury ruled in November 2024 that McGregor had non-consensual sex with Nikita Hand in a Dublin […]