Allan Nascimento and Charles Oliveira | Photo via Pedro Marques Back when the UFC was booming in Brazil in the early 2010s, with Anderson Silva reaching superstar status, Allan Nascimento was one of the hottest prospects in Brazilian MMA. But a lot has changed since. Nascimento stumbled along the way in regional shows before finally […]
This past September at ONE Fight Night 14, Danielle Kelly not only made another addition to her long list of grappling accolades, but she also made history with ONE Championship in the process. ONE Fight Night 14 went down at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and was broadcast live on Amazon Prime Video for the North […]
Photo by Kym Illman/Getty Images Paddy Pimblett has heard enough about his ongoing feud with Logan Paul and is willing to fight the social media superstar tomorrow in order to prove he can’t fight. The bad blood between Pimblett and Paul go all the way back to 2022 when Paul suggested he could make his […]
Following his first round destruction of Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 in November, Tom Aspinall has been quite vocal that he should be next to fight Jon Jones for the undisputed title, not Stipe Miocic. Originally scheduled to take place at UFC 295, Jones versus Miocic has been a constantly discussed matchup since Jones even […]
Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Francis Ngannou is back at it again. The former UFC heavyweight champion is set to face two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua later this year in a blockbuster 10-round boxing match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. An official date for the bout has yet to be announced, however a kickoff press conference […]
Chael Sonnen can only see Jorge Masvidal making a UFC return to face Justin Gaethje. ‘Gamebread’ recently announced he was coming out of retirement with speculation that he could return at UFC 300. Jake Paul then leaked Masvidal’s potential opponent, saying he was facing Nate Diaz before removing the social media post. Masvidal has not […]
ONE Championship featherweight king Tang Kai and current interim champ Thanh Le will meet in a rematch and title unification bout at ONE 166. The fight, scheduled to take place in Qatar on March 1 and air live in the U.S. on Amazon Prime Video, comes over a year after their first encounter ended with […]
In addition to a considerable hand injury, Khamzat Chimaev needed to spend extra time sidelined due to an unknown illness following his most recent victorious performance. Shortly following the return of “Borz” at UFC 294 in October, the 13-0 competitor made it public that he had injured his hand in the fight with Kamaru Usman […]
While many in the MMA community are excited to see Conor McGregor compete in the middleweight division this year, Michael Bisping has voiced that he does not believe that 185-pounds is the ideal size for the former double champion. Bisping, a former UFC middleweight champion himself, and host of the Believe You Me podcast, spoke […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images It appears Ilia Topuria is now calling the shots. UFC bantamweight titleholder Sean O’Malley wants to defeat Ilia Topuria (not Alexander Volkanovski) and join the promotion’s coveted “champ champ” club. That would require “Suga” to defeat Marlon Vera when they rematch atop the UFC 299 pay-per-view (PPV) in March. In […]