UFC President Dana White was scared by Paulo Costa when he leaped forward into a staredown with his UFC 278 co-headliner Luke Rockhold. This came after a press conference of back-and-forth insults. However, Costa still urged an angry Rockhold to “be cool” as they faced off following the press conference for Saturday’s pay-per-view at Vivint […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC At the UFC 278 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Salt Lake City will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting has live video of the proceeding that can be seen above. In the main event, UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and challenger Leon Edwards […]
Many teenagers are beginning to pursue combat sports as a profession. Among them is a 17-year-old, Raul Rosas Jr., who is on the verge of creating history. Rosas Jr. is reportedly set to make his debut in the UFC after the news surfaced on the internet that the teen has signed to fight on September […]
Paige VanZant will reportedly not be taking part in the upcoming BKFC London scheduled for August 20. According to the rumors, VanZant’s bout against Charisa Sigala has been indefinitely postponed with a rescheduled date set to be announced later. Until now, there has been no comment from either party about why the changes were made. […]
Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Dana White feels a Kamaru Usman vs. Khamzat Chimaev welterweight title fight makes sense if both are victorious in their upcoming fights, but he’s warning everyone to make sure to not count out their opponents. Usman will defend his title against Leon Edwards this Saturday at UFC […]
Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Luke Rockhold is sparking a bit of a fire with his recent explicative rants against UFC, Dana White, and the stagnation of fighter pay. Specifically, he’s been especially enraged at the […]
Valerie Loureda has found that the WWE can be more challenging than MMA fighting in some ways. Loureda had a five fight run with Bellator before making a career shift. She recently signed with the WWE, leaving her MMA career behind for the time being. In doing so, she joins a long list of MMA […]
When Luke Rockhold decided to make his return to the UFC, he had no interest in facing lesser competition or getting some sort of warm up for his first fight back in three years. Instead, the one-time middleweight champion asked the promotion for one of the most dangerous fighters in the division in Paulo Costa, […]
Islam Makhachev has once again taken Charles Oliviera to the cleaners in his recent interview with the UFC Hall of Famer, Daniel Cormier. Makhachev (22-1) is set to get his first title shot at the lightweight gold against Oliviera this October at UFC 280. Earlier, Oliviera (33-8-1 NC) made a bold claim that he will […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Bo Nickal only has two professional fights on his record, but he already believes he’s ready to beat the best UFC fighters. As a three-time NCAA Division I National Champion in wrestling, the 26-year-old Penn State alum has an almost unmatched athletic pedigree coming into MMA. But he’s still a […]