Newly crowned featherweight champion Ilia Topuria followed his title victory by calling out “The Notorious” Conor McGregor at UFC 298 in Anaheim, but he didn’t stop there. Topuria claimed 145-pound UFC gold with a vicious knockout of long-reining champion Alexander Volkanovski last Saturday. He has since returned to his home country of Spain with the […]
Jorge Masvidal is planning to box after coming out of retirement this year. Gamebread retired from the UFC following his defeat against Gilbert Burns at UFC 287 last year. That was Masvidal’s fourth consecutive loss. But reports of his return surfaced with a Nate Diaz boxing match. Diaz and Masvidal squared off once at UFC […]
Oban Elliott | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images No man is flying higher than Oban Elliott is right now. This past Saturday, Elliott made his UFC debut, taking a unanimous decision win over Val Woodburn at UFC 298. It was the fulfillment of a childhood dream and a promise made to his late father, […]
Former welterweight challenger Jorge Masvidal seems to be interested in returning to the UFC to reclaim the BMF title. Masvidal stepped into retirement following his most recent loss to Gilbert Burns back in April at UFC 287. This was preceded by a decision loss to rival Colby Covington and a knockout defeat to Kamaru Usman […]
Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images Francis Ngannou finally has an opponent. “The Predator” will make his SmartCage debut against the winner of Ryan Bader vs. Renan Ferreira, who collide atop the “PFL vs. Bellator” pay-per-view (PPV) event this weekend in Riyadh. The winner will exit Saudia Arabia as the promotion’s heavyweight champion. Along with a […]
It is common knowledge that Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington have not met eye to eye in quite some time, and that clearly has not changed since the former BMF champion has retired from MMA. Masvidal closed the book on his time with the UFC following a defeat to Gilbert Burns at UFC 287 last […]
Brandon Moreno and Brandon Royval face off | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Wow! UFC 298 is in the books and with it an impressive new champion in the featherweight division as Ilia Topuria slept Alexander Volkanovski to claim the crown. But the greatest sport in the world never sleeps and even coming off the […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images A game-changing sports streaming service teaming Disney, FOX and Warner Bros. together faces opposition from a new $1 billion antitrust lawsuit filed by rivals at FuboTV. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York on Tuesday alleges Fubo is being forced to carry numerous pricey, non-sports […]
Since retiring from MMA one year ago, former Pride FC heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko is on the hunt for an opponent to join him in the boxing ring. Emelianenko won the Pride heavyweight title in 2003, and held it until the promotion’s eventual closure in 2007. Following his reign with Pride, “The Last Emperor” moved […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Journalist Karim Zidan has confirmed that Chimaev’s issues entering America are on account of his close relationship with the sanctioned leader. Khamzat Chimaev is currently unable to enter the United States, and his connection to sanctioned Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is looking like the main issue. Chimaev’s […]