Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA Ryan Bader is quietly building his own legacy at heavyweight, but he’s not quite put together the résumé where he could be considered among the best ever. As it stands, Bader’s upcoming opponent Fedor Emelianenko is most commonly called the the greatest of all-time at heavyweight after putting together a ridiculous […]
Nick Diaz is trying something new. The two-time contender for the UFC championship will make his acting debut in a future Jean-Claude Van Damme film. “Get ready for a new, gritty and dark crime story set in LA starring @jcvd and features @nickdiaz209 who killed it,” Staudt wrote. “Nick also has a badass fight scene […]
MMA Fighting The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: We recap the latest MMA news and the weekend in combat sports. 1:45 p.m.: Jorge Masvidal previews his […]
Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage It’s been over a decade since ‘Rampage’ Jackson dubbed Darrill Schoonover ‘Titties’ on SpikeTV, but Quinton still wants to fight him in the cage. Quinton Jackson may be 44 years old, but “Rampage” still believes he has a few more fights left in the tank in different combat sports. Jackson’s last […]
Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images It took Islam Makhachev 10 wins to get a shot at the UFC lightweight title, but when he did, he almost made it look easy taking home gold. The Khabib Nurmagomedov-trained fighter faced Charles Oliveira for the vacant title at UFC 280, which took place on Oct. 22 […]
UFC middleweight, Joseph Holmes claims he was the victim of an attack at the hands of UFC fan-favorite Kevin Holland and his friends. “They beat me up, they beat me down, they stomped on me while I was down,” Holmes said in a video posted to social media late Friday evening (h/t MMA Junkie for […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! In recent years, bare knuckle boxing has carved out a niche for itself. To the surprise of some, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is entering its fifth year […]
UFC veteran and current BKFC fighter Jimmie Rivera is now a police officer in his home state of New Jersey. Rivera confirmed the news on Thursday when he reposted a social media announcement from the Elmwood Park police department that he completed 27 weeks of law enforcement training at the Passaic County Police Academy. The […]
Francis Ngannou isn’t the first fighter to have been at odds with the UFC. UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture had a similar experience with the promotion. During an interview with MMA News, he revealed how he felt about the former UFC heavyweight’s departure, who trains at his gym. “We’ve heard a few athletes at […]
When Yehuda Vinakor was eight years old, he got into mixed martial arts. He originally got into the sport because he was bullied at school and wanted to know how to defend himself. And now, 10 years later, it seems to have paid off as he will make his professional MMA debut in a preliminary […]