Raoni Barcelos | Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC The son of wrestling specialist and jiu-jitsu red belt Laerte Barcelos, UFC bantamweight Raoni Barcelos is going back to his roots in a hunt for redemption this Saturday in Las Vegas, when he meets Trevin Jones at UFC Vegas 61. Barcelos was on a roll in the […]
Even though Saturday will reportedly be closed off to the public and media, Mackenzie Dern said she still plans to put on a show. Dern meets Yan Xiaonan in the main event of UFC Vegas 61 on Saturday. At this week’s pre-fight press conference, Dern revealed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be renting out […]
Cris Cyborg finished her Bellator contract on April 23. But CEO Scott Coker said on The MMA Hour that he isn’t going to keep it that way. “She’s actually in the matching period of her contract, but she and I have a very good relationship, and I told her, ‘Go train and do your fight […]
Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA MMA Fighting has Bellator 286 weigh-in video for Saturday’s event at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, Calif. In the main event, champ Patricio Pitbull and Adam Borics are required to hit the 145-pound mark for their Bellator featherweight title bout. The Bellator 286 official weigh-ins will begin above at 12 p.m. […]
UFC President Dana White has been in the news mostly when he’s under criticism for not paying his fighters enough, but his latest antics have earned him a lot of praise. The MMA organization chief has reportedly sent John Esposito $10,000 in donation. Esposito is a New Jersey-based Muay Thai fighter who recently met an […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC If Khamzat Chimaev stays at 170 pounds, there appears to be only one logical next fight. UFC 279 played out as the same old song and dance for the dominant undefeated Sweden resident, smothering Kevin Holland before finding a d’arce choke submission in round one (watch highlights). Unfortunately for Chimaev, […]
Aljamain Sterling is looking for new walkout music. Sterling returns to the octagon against TJ Dillashaw at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi, and he’s teamed up with multi-platinum hip-hop recording artist Joyner Lucas to help find him a new song to come out to at his upcoming fight. Sterling walked out to Lucas’ hit song, […]
Mackenzie Dern is headlining Saturday’s UFC Vegas 61 event against Yan Xioanan, but according to UFC President Dana White, it’ll be closed to the public and media. White didn’t give a specific reason why, but it was Dern who revealed the reason during the event’s media day. “I know Mark Zuckerberg rented out the whole […]
Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Chris Avila had a front-row ticket to watch the chaos earlier this month at UFC 279. Avila’s teammate and mentor Nate Diaz was at the center of the drama in Las Vegas after Diaz’s original opponent, Khamzat Chimaev, missed weight by 7.5 pounds a day out from […]
Former UFC fighter Mike Perry has a reputation for throwing hands outside the octagon just as efficiently as he does it on the inside. You may have seen more evidence of that during the cage-side brawl against Julian Lane while attending the BKFC event. However, the 31-year-old was involved in more controversy in Moscow this […]