UFC President Dana White was forced to cancel the UFC 279 pre-fight press conference on Thursday after multiple backstage altercations threatened the safety of … well, just about everyone. To be fair, event headliner Khamzat Chimaev warned us that his crew — which “Borz” claims to be 20 deep — would be ready for war […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC As word spread of an alleged melee backstage at the UFC 279 press conference, MMA fighters were glued to their phones, hoping to get an update on who did what. UFC President Dana White’s cancellation of the media event only served to intensify the curiosity about an altercation backstage – […]
Coming off the heels of an electric UFC Fight Night 209 at the Accor Arena in Paris, Dana White confirms that the UFC will return to France, but likely not at the City of Lights. Paris UFC fans were able to witness their hometown favorite and former interim heavyweight camp, Ciryl Gane, knockout Tai Tuivasa […]
The broadcast booth welcomes back Joe Rogan who will be commentating alongside Jon Anik and Daniel Cormier at UFC 279. The trio will be sporting the headsets to call the event together for the fourth time since UFC 276, and three weeks since the explosive ending to UFC 278 where Leon Edwards snatched the welterweight […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The upcoming UFC Vegas 60 card has taken a hit after Giga Chikadze was forced out of his upcoming co-main event fight against Sodiq Yusuff on Sept. 17. Multiple people with knowledge of the shift confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Wednesday following an initial report […]
Khamzat ‘Borz’ Chimaev was in the UFC Performance Institute when he saw Brazilian middleweight and former title challenger Paulo Costa, who said that he wanted to fight with the Borz. Chimaev, who is days away from his bout against Nate Diaz at UFC 279, took it personally and became aggressive. Costa did not did not […]
Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Maybe Dana White should take his own advice. The UFC president nearly came to blows with welterweight bruiser Nate Diaz long before the Stockton slapper became a household name. Turns out both parties “were drinking” at the same club back in late 2014 when […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Nate Diaz and Dana White might have gotten a little heated back in the day. In an interview Tuesday with ESPN ahead of UFC 279, Diaz revealed an alleged near-altercation that unfolded between him and the UFC president dating back to 2014. Diaz laughed about the story and said he […]
Dana White’s Contender Series was an interesting one. Two brothers, Ismael Bonfim and Gabriel Bonfim both had fights on the docket. But it was the main event that the fans were really tuning in for. The light heavyweight scrap between Rodolfo Bellato and Vitor Petrino promised fireworks and that’s what we got. In the first […]
BKFC has scheduled Ben Rothwell’s debut. According to sources, the seasoned MMA heavyweight will face BKFC veteran Bobo O’Bannon at the BKFC 30 event slated for October 1 at Fant Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana. Four months after asking for and receiving his release from the UFC, 40-year-old Rothwell has been booked in a bare-knuckle […]