With all his focus directed on the 10-round boxing match with Tyson Fury (33-0-1) on October 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it is surprising that there is any other fight on Francis Ngannou’s mind at this time, but Jon Jones is not just ‘any other fight’. In a recent podcast episode of The Joe Rogan […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The oddsmakers seemingly do not believe in Tony Ferguson anymore. Ferguson opened as a sizable betting underdog to Paddy Pimblett this past weekend following the announcement of the pair’s divisive UFC 296 lightweight matchup. In introductory odds posted by BetOnline, Ferguson is listed as a +280 underdog […]
Former UFC competitor, and alumni of the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter, Chris Leben has been working as an MMA judge for the athletic commission in California, but this past weekend he made his debut as an official in Nevada at UFC Vegas 79: Fiziev vs Gamrot. Leben’s call to action came just days […]
Israel Adesanya has entered a guilty plea in relation to a drink-driving incident on August 19th, 2023. Reports indicate that the incident in question saw Adesanya be over the legal alcohol limit of ‘50 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood.’ As a result, Adesanya pleaded guilty on September 25th, 2023, in New Zealand. The timing […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The former UFC middleweight champion will be sentenced in January 2024 after pleading guilty to drink driving in New Zealand. Israel Adesanya was pulled over and hit with a drunk driving charge just three weeks before his UFC 293 title loss to Sean Strickland. While the incident […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Kelvin Gastelum is expected to make his return to the welterweight division on Dec. 2 when he meets top-15 ranked contender Sean Brady at a UFC Fight Night event. MMA Fighting confirmed the matchup on Sunday. The bout has been verbally agreed to however contracts have yet to be signed. […]
Live from the 3Arena tonight in Dublin, Ireland, Johnny Eblen dispatched Fabian Edwards prior to the championship rounds in their middleweight title bout at Bellator 299. The headlining contest for the 185-pound belt concluded a monumental evening that featured a total of 20 fights. This is the 11th time Bellator has travelled to Ireland since […]
Johnny Eblen and Fabian Edwards will clash in the Bellator 299 main event Saturday. | Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA MMA Fighting has Bellator 299 results for the Eblen vs. Edwards fight card from 3Arena Dublin in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. In the event, Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen defends his title against Fabian Edwards. Aaron […]
Photo by Mike Kirschbaum/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Bryce Mitchell is fighting top-ranked Featherweight contender Dan Ige in less than 24 hours as the co-main event of UFC Vegas 79, but “Thug Nasty” apparently has more […]
Did Strickland almost miss out on his shot at the UFC middleweight championship? While this has not been confirmed by the organization, Jared Cannonier (17-6) believes that the UFC was fairly close to having him replace Sean Strickland (28-5) at UFC 293 due to the then middleweight title challenger punching a fan during fight week […]