Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Anderson Silva and Jake Paul’s boxing match is going down in just two days, and while Silva isn’t necessarily fighting to represent MMA, the MMA community will be rooting for the former UFC middleweight champion. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck discusses the […]
After becoming the younger fighter to sign with the UFC, Raul Rosas Jr will also become the youngest fighter to compete in the octagon. Rosas will meet his first UFC opponent Jay Perrin in a bantamweight bout at UFC 282 on December 10. The matchup was announced by Iridium Sports Agency, who manages both Rosas […]
Ahead of former UFC star, Uriah Hall’s boxing fight on the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva card, he got candid about his mental health. “I was in a weird place,” Hall reported during a media scrum (h/t MMA Junkie). “After leaving MMA, man, I fell into a really deep hole. If I could talk about […]
Asia’s largest MMA organization, ONE Championship, will return to Manila, Philippines at the close of this year with a packed fight card on December 3 at the Mall of Asia Arena. ONE 164 will be headlined by ONE Strawweight champion Joshua Pacio and Jarred Brooks who will battle it out to determine the new undisputed […]
Conor McGregor isn’t allowed to compete in the UFC just yet. President Dana White and the United States Anti-Doping recently confirmed that McGregor will need to undergo six months of testing in order to compete again. The confirmation came after reports that said the former two-division hadn’t been tested at all in 2022, meaning that […]
Alex Gould/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva on Wednesday said he “misspoke” during an interview about his boxing match Saturday with Jake Paul – which was shot one month ago – and was “NEVER” knocked out by a sparring partner. “After seeing the reports and concern for me, I’d […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC In addition, Belal Muhammad moves into the No. 4 spot at welterweight while Manon Fiorot climbs to No. 1 at women’s flyweight. Sean O’Malley is the No. 1 bantamweight in UFC. That’s according to the “official” UFC rankings update, which has “Sugar” booting former champion Petr Yan from the top […]
Marina Rodriguez and Amanda Lemos will get another chance to take center stage. The strawweight contenders’ fight between Rodriguez (16-1-2) and Lemos (12-2-1) has been promoted to the main event place of the UFC’s November 5 show, the organization announced during Saturday’s UFC 280 broadcast. Movsar Evloev and Bryce Mitchell’s featherweight fight, which was supposed […]
Islam Makhachev stood up when it mattered the most as the Dagestani native took the lightweight strap. Following Khabib Nurmagomedov’s retirement, there were questions asked about whether there would be anyone capable of achieving the same feat as the former champ did. It was answered by Nurmagomedov’s teammate, Makhachev, who dominated Charles Oliveira to win […]
Marlon Vera | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Marlon Vera doesn’t believe Sean O’Malley beat Petr Yan, but still thinks “Sugar” should be next in line for the title regardless. O’Malley faced Yan in the featured bantamweight fight at UFC 280, winning a split decision after three hard-fought rounds. The win immediately drew criticism as […]