Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Consider tonight’s article a continuation of last night’s piece, in which Canelo Alvarez laughed off Ali Abdelaziz’s attempt to label him a “chicken.” Earlier today, Kamaru Usman responded to back his […]
Matheus Scheffel | Photo via Cristiano Marcello Matheus Scheffel wasn’t planning on moving up to heavyweight yet, but some miscommunication led to “Buffa” being among the heaviest fighters for PFL’s fourth season, which continues on Thursday in Arlington, Texas. Scheffel, who faces Season 3 tourney finalist Ante Delija, had fought at Dana White’s Contender Series […]
Canelo Alvarez is getting tired of Kamaru Usman taking shots at him. For months now, Usman has been vocal in his desire to box Canelo Alvarez. He believes it would be a massive fight as it would be the pound-for-pound best in MMA and boxing fighting one another. Although even Dana White had said he […]
UFC lightweight contender Michael Chandler and his wife Brie were over the moon as they announced the birth of their second adopted son this past weekend. Chandler and Brie have welcomed the birth of their second son, Ace Chandler, who was born last week. The two have already been nurturing a son named Hap who […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Lorenz Larkin is now up to three different scheduled opponents for his return to the Bellator cage. Promotional officials revealed on Tuesday that Anthony Adams has been scratched from the matchup and Larkin will now face Kyle Stewart at Bellator 280, which takes place May 6 at Accor Arena in Paris, […]
Georges St-Pierre believes Khabib Nurmagomedov is the MMA GOAT. When Nurmagomedov ended his career at 29-0 as the lightweight champ, many wondered where he would rank on the GOAT list. He retired undefeated and on top but he only had three title defenses, so some think he shouldn’t belong at the top. Yet, for Georges […]
The crossover between MMA and boxing is very common among modern combat athletes, with the money factor being the biggest attraction. And it seems like we could be in line to see another similar crossover featuring Cris Cyborg. The veteran Brazilian, following the complete domination over Arlene Blencowe at Bellator 279, expressed her desire to […]
Anyone who is anyone has commented on the Mike Tyson punch and UFC commentator Joe Rogan is certainly someone. While on his podcast, Rogan addresses the incident that has since gone viral where an airline passenger got the beating of a lifetime from the former champion after refusing to stop harassing him. “It’s real simple. […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! One of the stranger storylines last weekend revolved around the return of Mike Jackson, best known as the second man to defeat CM Punk inside the Octagon … at least until […]
Ex-BKFC heavyweight champion Joey Beltran was having a usual breakfast on Thursday morning when life flashed before his eyes as he nearly choked to death. According to Beltran, he was having breakfast when one of his coaches showed him a funny video. Beltran couldn’t help but laugh resulting in a bolus of food lodging directly […]