MMA star Alistair Overeem has announced his retirement from the sport. The heavyweight has been absent from MMA since his last fight against Badr Hart in ‘Glory’ kickboxing. While it was a victory that capped off their trilogy in style, as Overeem walked away with a unanimous decision, the result was overruled months later. This […]
Logan Paul has expressed his desire to make his MMA debut on the undercard of a potential Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg fight. The two moguls have teased a cage fight following a recent exchange on Twitter. And that is looking like a possibility following a representative from the Italian Ministry of Culture who confirmed […]
In the second episode of UFC Embedded for UFC 290, Alexander Volkanovski goes through another training session while addressing concerns that perhaps he’s looking past Yair Rodriguez heading into Saturday night. Meanwhile, Rodriguez arrives in Las Vegas and gets a look at the house where he’ll stay ahead of the biggest fight of his career. […]
Elon Musk appeared to take up Georges St-Pierre’s offer to train him for a potential fight with Mark Zuckerberg as they were pictured together. Following a recent Twitter exchange between Musk and Zuckerberg over a potential cage fight, MMA stars on the side of both fighters expressed their intention to train the respective sides. Jon […]
In the first episode of UFC 290: Embedded, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski gets in an intense training session and then dismantles his food, Brandon Moreno starts to shed weight, Alexandre Pantoja meets Demian Maia at a training session at American Top Team, Bo Nickal goes fishing, Volkanovski meets Mel Gibson, and more.
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Yair Rodriguez has come a long way. UFC 290 fight week is here and Mexico’s best Featherweight, Rodriguez, will attempt to unify his interim title against undisputed kingpin, Alexander Volkanovski, this weekend (Sat., July 8, 2023). Rodriguez, 30, made his promotional debut when winning The Ultimate Fighter: […]
Watch UFC 290 Countdown video to get a closer look at the top four fights of the UFC 290 main card, which takes place Saturday, July 8 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The pay-per-view card will be the featured event for the UFC’s annual International Fight Week. In the main event, featherweight champion Alexander […]
Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 76 mixed martial arts (MMA) event TONIGHT (Sat., July 1, 2023), streaming LIVE on ESPN and ESPN+. UFC Vegas 76 will be headlined by a 185-pound showdown between Top […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Durability can be your friend, and on Saturday at the APEX, it certainly was for Elves Brener. In a lightweight preliminary bout of UFC Vegas 76, the 25-year-old Brener overcame nearly getting finished in the opening round, a nasty elbow that cut his head open in the […]
ONE Championship’s Kongklai Annymuaythai left an indelible mark on the main event of ONE Friday Fights 23, held at the renowned Lumpinee Boxing Stadium. Kongklai showcased his prowess by delivering a knockout blow to Paedsanlek PK Saenchai in just 2 minutes and 19 seconds into the second round of their catchweight (140 lbs) Muay Thai […]