Danny Sabatello | Bellator MMA / Lucas Noonan Danny Sabatello isn’t concerned about whether or not Leandro Higo makes weight for their bantamweight grand prix matchup, but he plans to punish his rival either way for past mishaps on the scale. Sabatello and Higo will meet in a five-round co-main event at Bellator 279, which […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Nate Diaz has been calling for his release or final UFC fight for months now. It’s an ongoing saga, one that routinely involves Khamzat Chimaev for some strange reason. Despite all […]
After Dana Rosenblatt, the boxing world saw Dana White. The 18-year-old bellhop soon became an executive in the world’s biggest MMA promotion. However, both of these individuals gave an entree to the boxing world that would bring Joe Cavallaro down to the promotional aspect. After 10 years, the World Championship Fighting founder makes his return […]
On Monday Nate Diaz tweeted that he wanted a fight, either July or August or he wanted to be released. This isn’t the first time he’s tweeted something along those lines but now, UFC president Dana White has responded. While speaking to the media at a lunch in Salt Lake City today, White was asked […]
The rematch is on. Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman puts his title on the line, but this time against a familiar foe, Leon Edwards, at UFC 278 in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 20. The UFC announced the upcoming pay-per-view on Monday, and released the 12 fights that are currently booked for the event. The […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Anthony Smith stands behind his recent comments about an unsavory interaction between his supporters at a UFC event and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian. He just regrets that Donald Cerrone got caught in the crossfire. In May, Smith recounted a story on his Believe You Me podcast with co-host Michael […]
Two rising bantamweight contenders are in the works to meet in the octagon. Cory Sandhagen is reportedly targeted to fight Song Yadong on September 17 in the main event of a UFC Fight Night event. Sandhagen, former title challenger, will try to protect his spot against rising stars from China, Yadong. Yadong is on a […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Kamaru Usman puts his welterweight title up for grabs when he rematches Leon Edwards at UFC 278 from Salt Lake City on Aug. 20. On Monday, the UFC officially announced the upcoming pay-per-view card with 12 fights currently booked for the event, which takes place at […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Wineland’s loss at UFC Austin would be his last fight as the longtime blood and guts fighter announced he was done fighting. Eddie Wineland had another tough night in the cage at UFC Austin, losing his fight to Cody Stamann via TKO just 59 seconds into their fight. It was […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC With most of the bantamweight division’s top-ranked contenders already paired off, Petr Yan has his sights set on a fellow former world champion in Henry Cejudo. Yan is looking for a big fight following his UFC 273 title unification loss to Aljamain Sterling in April. With Sterling targeted to defend […]