Power Slap didn’t get the viewership that it may have hoped for. Dana White’s Power Slap – a new slap fighting league – had a helpful lead-in from AEW Wrestling, which was the No. 3 show on the night with 969,000 viewers, but it reportedly failed to hold viewers’ attention. It ranked No. 45 of […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Bantamweight division gets more intriguing with every new fight announcement. Earlier this week (Tues., Jan. 17, 2023), the promotion announced a big-time main event for the March 11, 2023, UFC Vegas 71. Former champion, Petr Yan, looks to rebound off a two-fight losing streak against […]
In the fourth episode of UFC 283 Embedded, Glover Teixeira, Gilbert Burns and Jamahal Hill get in some final training, Brandon Moreno, Teixeira and Hill fulfill their pre-fight media duties, and more. UFC 283 takes place Saturday at Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro and airs live on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
Paddy Pimblett, a lightweight prospect for the UFC, won’t be fighting anytime soon. Since his fight at UFC 282 in December with Jared Gordon, “The Baddy” has been sidelined. Despite being the clear favorite to defeat “Flash,” Pimblett had several difficulties. Gordon appeared to be in charge for the most of the battle. However, that […]
On Wednesday night Dana White’s Power Slap show debuted on TBS and it received mixed reviews. One of those reviews came from rising UFC star Matt Frevola, who took his thoughts to Twitter on Thursday morning. “I don’t want to know how much money went into this Power Slap shit,” he tweeted. Why not put […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Featherweight finishers collide when Edson Barboza and Billy Quarantillo meet at a UFC Fight Night event on April 15. MMA Fighting confirmed the booking Wednesday following an announcement on Quarantillo’s OnlyFans page. Barboza (22-11) has struggled to regain his footing as a contender in recent years, losing seven of his […]
Eric Nicksick, Francis Ngannou’s head coach, has provided his take on the events that resulted in Ngannou parting ways with the UFC. On Saturday, news of Ngannou’s dismissal from the UFC shook the MMA world. It marked the resolution of a contract dispute with the UFC that had persisted since Ngannou defeated Stipe Miocic to […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jon Jones is back. The former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight kingpin is officially set to make his long-awaited Heavyweight debut on March 4, 2023, at UFC 285 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In doing so, Jones is tasked with former interim Heavyweight titlist, Ciryl Gane, […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Flyweight Jeff Molina’s UFC career is on pause after the Nevada Athletic Commission on Tuesday suspended him for involvement “in some substantial way” in the James Krause betting scandal. The UFC on Tuesday issued a statement to MMA Fighting confirming it will not book Molina in any bouts until the […]
UFC legend Chuck Liddell may be retired, but he said he’d make a comeback for Jake Paul. Paul has been getting callouts from MMA fighters more so after the news that he signed with the PFL for an exclusive, multi-fight and multi-year contract. Liddell added his name to the list of people who wouldn’t turn […]