Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rafael Fiziev wants to remind Conor McGregor that real life striking is a lot different than the movies. Ahead of his headlining bout with Rafael dos Anjos on Saturday at UFC Vegas 58, Fiziev found himself in a lively Twitter discussion with “The Notorious” after McGregor commented […]
Israel Adesanya is open to pursuing a career with WWE. Adesanya successfully defended his 185-pound title for a fifth time when he won via unanimous decision over Jared Cannonier at UFC 276 on July 2 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. WWE’s Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon and Paul LeVesque (a.k.a. Triple H) were in […]
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Kyle Daukaus. The 29 year-old middleweight suffered a broken face in his technical knockout loss to Roman Dolidze as part of the UFC Austin event last month in Texas, an injury that required “The D’Arce Knight” to have post-fight surgery. “Surgery went well, it was last Thursday,” […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Brogan Walker started her journey on The Ultimate Fighter 30 with some bad news, but now she’s one win away from winning the season. The Invicta FC veteran won a unanimous decision over Laura Gallardo (4-1) on this week’s episode of TUF 30 to advance to the flyweight tournament final. […]
Justin Gaethje isn’t done chasing the UFC lightweight title — despite two failed attempts. Previously, Gaethje, 33, has had chances to get his hands on the UFC lightweight strap on two occasions but failed to capitalize on the opportunity, once losing out to UFC Hall of Famer, Khabib Nurmagomedov and more recently, Charles Oliveira at […]
Jorge Masvidal | Photo by Michael Owens/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC It’s July 4 weekend, which means it’s time for MMA fighters born and bred in the United States and those who have come to call the country their adopted home to celebrate. Coming off of the UFC’s massive UFC International Fight Week, you can bet that […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Brazilian kickboxing phenom Alex Pereira already holds two victories over reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and if you think he’ll score a third when they meet inside the Octagon later this year, you’ll probably want to jump on the ever-shrinking betting line that dropped last Sunday night. Adesanya opened […]
Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC Max Holloway is handling his championship loss about as well as a fighter possibly can. Holloway challenged Alexander Volkanovski for the featherweight title in the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 276 event in Las Vegas, and looked to get one back after dropping a pair of competitive decisions in their […]
Israel Adesanya has been referred to by many as one of the most intelligent strikers that has ever entered the UFC Octagon. Tonight versus Jared Cannonier at UFC 276, Adesanya has once again lived up to this title. Under the bright lights of the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, “The Last Stylebender” executed a near […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Sean O’Malley wanted to be the first fighter to knock out Pedro Munhoz. Instead, he and his Brazilian opponent left the octagon winless after an accidental eye poke brought their UFC 276 pay-per-view opener to a crashing halt. Referee Jason Herzog waved off the fight on the advice of the […]