Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images Conor McGregor’s longtime coach John Kavanagh remains perplexed about how the former two-division champ ended up a focal point of the UFC’s messy divorce with USADA. “I didn’t understand that at all,” Kavanagh said this week on The MMA Hour. “That was a very strange one. I […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Charles Oliveira is hoping to get his rematch with Islam Makhachev upon each’s return to action. A Lightweight title fight rematch was originally set to headline UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates last month (Oct. 21, 2023). The pair first went to battle at UFC 280 when Makhachev […]
The current UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards has expressed his desire to face either Sean Strickland or Dricus du Plessis next. The latter duo are expected to face each other at UFC 297 on January 20th, 2024, in what will be Strickland’s first defense of his middleweight belt. The former won the belt after beating […]
Conor McGregor’s coach, John Kavanagh, has confirmed that his fighter will not return in time for UFC 300. McGregor has not fought in the UFC since his loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The defeat had been compounded by a leg injury that kept McGregor out of the octagon for more than two years. […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Paddy Pimblett doesn’t see a Tony Ferguson win at UFC 296 doing as much for him as one might think. It will have been over one full year since Pimblett last fought come UFC 296 on December 16 inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The quick-rising […]
Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder has expressed interest in crossing over to the world of MMA, and it seems that Dana White is interested as well. Wilder currently has a fight on the books with Joseph Parker in Saudi Arabia in December, and also has plans to fight Anthony Joshua in 2024. Despite his […]
Twitter Nia Renee Hill did not hold back when former U.S. president Donald J. Trump made his way cageside during UFC 295, setting off a storm of controversy online. It’s safe to say that Bill Burr’s wife Nia Renee Hill is not a fan of former U.S. president Donald Trump. Trump was one of many […]
Jailton Almeida | Photo by Pedro Vilela/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jailton Almeida wants Ciryl Gane next, and hopefully Jon Jones some day. On Saturday, Almeida continued his dominant run through the UFC’s heavyweight division, taking a unanimous decision victory over Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo. The win was Almeida’s […]
Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images UFC 295 will go down as one of the wildest UFC events of 2023 with a main card full of finishes, including championship victories for Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall in the final two bouts. Though the main event carried a bit of controversy, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, […]
Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov has been handed a six-month suspension and a $50,000 fine following a positive test. According to the California State Athletic Commission Executive Director Andy Foster, the failed test was in reference to some prescription medication. As a result, Nurmagomedov’s win over Brent Primus has been changed to a no-contest. The […]