Conor McGregor has been given permission to take legal action against Sky News for defamation. The defamation claim stems from an incident that took place on November 22, 2024, the day a court found McGregor liable in a civil sexual assault lawsuit. The case, brought by Nikita Hand, involved a 2018 sexual assault allegation against […]
Following the eye poke from Ciryl Gane at UFC 321 last month, Tom Aspinall’s vision has apparently not been the same, but Jon Jones has accused the current heavyweight champion of overstating his current condition. Of course, the pair already had bad blood, given the waiting game that Jones put Aspinall through as interim champion, […]
Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones has admitted that he turned down $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall. Jones vacated his heavyweight title and retired in June (a retirement that lasted 2 weeks) rather than face Aspinall. Aspinall was then elevated to the UFC heavyweight champion, then faced Ciryl Gane in his first defense at […]
UFC welterweight Ian Machado Garry has rejected the idea of Kamaru Usman receiving a title shot next against the new welterweight champion Islam Makhachev, stating that any discussion depends on his performances. Garry is preparing to face former welterweight champion Belal Muhammad in the co-main event of UFC Qatar this Saturday. Garry’s last appearance was […]
Cris Cyborg (28-2) is set to pursue her sixth MMA title—and her second under the PFL—when she faces Sara Collins (6-0) for the inaugural PFL Women’s Featherweight Championship on December 13 at PFL Lyon in the LDLC Arena in France. The fight will take place on the co-main event of the PFL Heavyweight World Championship […]
This past weekend at UFC 322, Misfits MMA champion Dillon Danis engaged in a fight in the stands involving multiple members of Team Khabib, and apparently, almost Jorge Masvidal. While many seemed to be involved in the altercation, Danis was mainly engaging with Magomed “Chanco” Zaynukov, who recently just earned his UFC contract by way […]
UFC Hall of Famer and two-division champion Amanda Nunes is setting her sights on becoming the first three-division champion in UFC history. Nunes’ ambition comes immediately after the co-main event of UFC 322, where Valentina Shevchenko defended the flyweight title by defeating former strawweight champion Zhang Weili. Nunes is the only woman to have held […]
UFC Flyweight Champion Valentina Shevchenko is open to more “super fights” after a successful title defense against former strawweight champion Zhang Weili at UFC 322, as she named Kayla Harrison and Amanda Nunes as some of her targets. Valentina won a unanimous decision, 50-45 (x3), in a second defense of her title. Shevchenko told reporters […]
UFC Welterweight Champion Jack Della Maddalena (18-2-0) and Islam Makhachev (27-1-0) faced off in their final presser ahead of their UFC 322 fight on Saturday. Della Maddalena secured the title with a unanimous decision victory over Belal Muhammad at UFC 315 in May. JDM teamed up with Alexander Volkanovski for this fight, given Volk has […]
Tye Ruotolo is wasting no time in getting back in the cage following his highly anticipated, and successful, MMA debut versus Adrian Lee in September, and will now square off with the undefeated Shozo Isojima this weekend at ONE 173. Ruotolo’s MMA debut, which came after a phenomenal career in submission grappling, was nothing short […]