Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images After Vitor Belfort knocked out Evander Holyfield last year inside the boxing ring (see it again here), the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight champion called for a fight against Jake Paul. In fact, he got Triller co-founder, Ryan Kavanaugh, to sign off on the $30 million offer to […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images A pivotal headliner in the UFC’s featherweight division is on tap for October. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen is in the works for the UFC’s Oct. 29 Fight Night event at […]
Jake Paul hasn’t given up on a fight with Nate Diaz just yet. During a media scrum at the Paul-Anderson Silva pre-fight presser on Tuesday, Paul was asked if a bout against Diaz will happen now that the latter is out of his UFC contract. “100%, I’d slap the Stockton out of him,” Paul said. […]
The backstage brawl at UFC 279 is set to be investigated by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. In the past week, there was a wild turn of events in the build-up to UFC 279 at Las Vegas at the T-Mobile Arena. As there was an unsuccessful weight cut by Khamzat Chimaev, the main event was […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC It was apparently a case of mistaken identity at Tuesday’s DWCS press conference after UFC President Dana White ranted about a UFC 279 conspiracy theory. White attributed the theory, which accused the UFC of orchestrating the last-second headliner shuffle, to former UFC welterweight champ Pat Miletich. He admitted he hadn’t […]
The Dana White Contender Series show is winding down its season 6 by hosting one of the three remaining cards for 2022. In the main event, two bantamweight fighters squared off in hopes of earning the highly-coveted UFC contract. Farid Basharat, the brother of Javid Basharat, was the heavy favorite coming into the fight with […]
Cris Cyborg is planning her future. Cyborg has competed in many MMA organizations and has come out on top in every one. She has held world champion titles in the Invicta FC, UFC and Bellator featherweight divisions. Now the question is: what’s next? “It’s hard to say, but I think you have to really focus […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC It’s been a rough couple of days for Li Jingliang. The welterweight “Leech” got caught up in the UFC 279 weight-cutting drama orchestrated by Khamzat Chimaev and was pulled from his Tony Ferguson bout in favor of a showdown opposite the heavier Daniel Rodriguez, who was preparing for a catchweight […]
YouTube creator and social media celebrity turned professional boxer Jake Paul has made a name for himself inside the largely off the backs of former MMA fighters. According to Paul, targeting UFC fighters was by design. Paul began his boxing career by taking on a fellow YouTube personality, AnEsonGib. Paul finished him in the first […]
Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images Three-time NFL All-Pro running back Le’Veon Bell scored his first knockout in boxing at the Social Gloves 2 event held in Los Angeles this past Saturday night — and he also took home the biggest payday on the entire card. The salaries for the event were released on Monday by […]