Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! UFC President Dana White was a featured guest of Peyton and Eli Manning on the “ManningCast” production earlier tonight (Mon., Dec. 5, 2022) during the New Orleans Saints vs. Tampa […]
Dustin Poirier has been hospitalized. The former interim lightweight champion revealed on social media that he has been diagnosed with a staph infection. He’s been keeping fans up to date. Some context on Dustin Poirier’s ( @DustinPoirier) IG posts about being hospitalized … told me it’s staph, but he’s not responding to antibiotics over the […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Zhang Weili would love to test her skills against flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko. Currently in her second reign as UFC strawweight champion, Zhang is not only the best in the world right now at 115 pounds, she is also currently No. 3 in the MMA Fighting Pound-for-Pound Rankings. Two spots […]
Nate Diaz and Kevin J. Lincoln | @stocktonkings, Instagram Nate Diaz is arguably Stockton’s most famous son and now he has some hardware to back that up. On Saturday, Diaz was awarded a “key to the city” of his California hometown by Mayor Kevin J. Lincoln at a Stockton Kings game. The Kings — formerly […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Stephen Thompson turned back the clock last night (Sat., Dec. 3, 2022) at UFC Orlando live on ESPN/ESPN+ from inside Amway Center in Orlando, Fla., to earn a memorable TKO stoppage over Kevin Holland in one of the best welterweight fights in years. In addition to the show-stopping headliner, UFC […]
Matheus Nicolau | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Can Matheus Nicolau enter the confusing flyweight title picture with a win over Matt Schnell at UFC Orlando? Sitting at No. 10 in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings after winning three straight in the UFC, the Nova Uniao fighter thinks that’s the case for 2023. Coming off […]
Anatoly Malykhin is going for a change. The interim heavyweight champion is dropping a weight class and challenging two-division titleholder Reiner de Ridder for the light heavyweight belt. In addition to light heavyweight strap, De Ridder also dons middleweight title. He is undefeated in all 16 of his professional fights. Here’s the fight card, when […]
Sports bettors in Ontario can no longer make picks on the UFC. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has reportedly ordered regulated sportsbooks to stop offering and accepting bets on UFC because of “integrity” concerns. “This is not a decision we take lightly, knowing the popularity of UFC events in Ontario’s sports books,” AGCO […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC At the UFC Orlando weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Orlando, Fla., will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting has a live stream of the official weigh-ins. In the main event, welterweights Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland can weigh no more than 171 pounds, the […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Stephen Thompson stands out from the average UFC fighter. He’s got a different background and different fighting style, sure, but a big part of “Wonderboy” is his […]