Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight rivals Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway will collide once more this weekend (Sat., July 2, 2022) at UFC 276 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The stories of Volkanovski and Holloway are forever intertwined. The two best 145-pound fighters of their […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Sean Strickland isn’t blind to the UFC’s intentions with his matchup against Alex Pereira. Strickland is set to meet the former two-division GLORY kickboxing champion on Saturday at UFC 276. The controversial American is a perfect 5-0 since moving up to 185 pounds and is currently MMA Fighting’s No. 8 […]
Floyd Mayweather (50-0, 27 KOs) and Conor McGregor (22-6, 19 KOs) produced one of the greatest — if not the greatest — events in the history of UFC. As they are in talks for a rematch, the entire boxing community is talking about the meeting. On the other hand, UFC president Dan White doesn’t want […]
Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Conor McGregor heard Jorge Masvidal’s latest attempts to goad him into a fight — and he’s not impressed. After lobbying for the matchup for weeks, Masvidal recently told MMA Fighting that McGregor’s silence about the potential bout has spoken volumes for him. “Conor doesn’t want the […]
Francis Ngannou might make his return to the UFC after all. Ngannou (17-3) underwent surgery not too long after successfully unifying the UFC heavyweight titles against interim champion Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in January. He revealed after the victory that he sustained a knee injury prior to the bout and required surgery to repair […]
It seems that Tyson Fury is serious about fighting UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou and he’s making his intentions known on Twitter. “Thought you wanted some smoke,” Fury wrote with a screengrab of their time in the ring together, Ngannou with a photoshopped chicken on his head. “Let’s do a propper fight! Wembley Stadium 2022.” […]
Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Jake Paul will continue his boxing career against fellow up-and-coming pugilist Tommy Fury in an eight round, cruiserweight contest set for Sat., Aug. 6, 2022 at Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City, a Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) lineup co-headlined by the Amanda Serrano vs. Brenda Carabajal featherweight title fight. […]
Esther Lin, Showtime Sports Gina Carano hasn’t fought in over a decade, but she won’t rule out a return to the cage if her opponent is Ronda Rousey. The former Strikeforce and Elite XC star addressed the matchup after Rousey recently said Carano was the only fight that would bring her out of retirement after […]
Miesha Tate will still be getting her flyweight debut after all. It was under question after Murphy was ruled out due to undisclosed reasons. The promotion was looking for a replacement on Sunday, but on Monday, they gave an update and said it will now take place at UFC Long Island on July 16 at […]
Last week, Top Rank Boxing ranked ahead of UFC in ratings, according to combat sports reporter Kevin Iole. The Combats sports reporter took to Twitter reported that Top Rank outperformed UFC in the viewership on Saturday, June 18. According to cable ratings, Top Rank boxing finished first, ahead of UFC that finished second. Top Rank […]