Just as the dust has begun to settle from the monumental lightweight main event last month in Abu Dhabi, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s main feature this Saturday will showcase a middleweight championship bout at UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira. Since his UFC debut in 2018, Israel Adesanya (23-1) has displayed a level of strategic striking […]
Photo by Waleed Zein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Watch Mayweather vs. Deji weigh-in video to Floyd Mayweather and Deji Olatunji hit the scales Saturday morning. In the main event, Mayweather and social media influencer Deji will square off in a middleweight contest of 160 pounds. Floyd Mayweather will compete in his fifth exhibition since retiring […]
One of the men who attempted to rob Conor McGregor’s pub is facing the consequences. Jason Paget, 35, was sentenced for four and a half years in prison during his trial last Thursday at Dublin Circuit Court. His cohort, Charles Darcy, 34, will be sentenced at a later date as they are awaiting the completion […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Destiny awaits. Reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will look to exorcise the ghost of Alex Pereira in the UFC 281 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, which marks the first time these bitter rivals will meet inside the cage but their third fight overall, thanks to a pair of previous wins […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Dustin Poirier has spent his career chasing world titles, so he’s never been all that focused on a single opponent, though there’s at least one fight he wanted where it seems unlikely he’ll ever get it. After his matchup against Nate Diaz got scrapped back in […]
Jim Miller and Gabriel Benitez will be meeting in the octagon. Miller will get the chance for became the author for most finishes in the UFC. He will be fighting against Benitez, who has 13 fights in the UFC and earned seven victories. This fight has yet to be officially announced, but according to MMA […]
Israel Adesanya doesn’t want to be the favorite for UFC 281. The UFC middleweight champion said at Wednesday’s press conference that he needs some more pressure added onto him ahead of his title defense against former foe Alex Pereira. “I like (the pressure) on me,” Adesanya told reporters at a UFC 281. “I like it […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Michael Chandler wants to see Islam Makhachev defend the UFC lightweight title before taking any superfights. All signs are pointing to Makhachev fighting featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski next February at UFC 284, a mega matchup that would serve as a pairing between two of the best Pound-for-Pound fighters in the […]
Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez is regularly appearing on the court. He is on the verge of facing 20 years of prison if found guilty of a murder crime. Velasquez was recently granted bail and left the jail early Wednesday morning. He was in the custody of the police since February and has been […]
On Wednesday, former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier revealed his top 5 fighters of all-time list and it raised quite a few eyebrows across Twitter. First, the list. Cormier did explain that he didn’t include Jon Jones or Anderson Silva due to their doping scandals. But MMA Twitter wasn’t happy to see the names he […]