Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Magomed Ankalaev and Anthony Smith have agreed to meet on July 30 at UFC 277 in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout for the light heavyweight division. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plan confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from MMA Junkie. Touted as […]
Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Rose Namajunas has really built her career off fighting the same opponents several times. Her last six fights came vs. three women, and her upcoming title defense this weekend (Sat. May […]
Brandon Royval is ecstatic he will finally get to fight in front of fans again. Royval is set for his sixth Octagon appearance against Matt Schnell at UFC 274 but it will be the first time he competes in front of a crowd in the UFC. The sixth-ranked flyweight contender believes he has a fan-friendly style and […]
If 40-year-old Holly Holm didn’t walk away from boxing in 2013, Katie Taylor would be her next opponent. At least that’s what Holm said following Taylor’s split decision victory against seven-weight champion Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Taylor retained all of her four lightweight championship belts, extending her undefeated record. Holm noted […]
Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images Watch the ‘UFC 274 countdown’ video to get a closer look at the two title fights on the top of the card, along with a fan-friendly lightweight featured bout between Michael Chandler and Tony Ferguson. In the main event, Charles Oliveira puts his 155-pound title on the line for the […]
It was a scary moment. Billy Wagner finished Jacob Kreitel within 43 seconds at BKFC 24 on Saturday after a two-punch combination. Kreitel was sent face first to the canvas. Wagner didn’t pull any punches. He blasted Kreitel with an uppercut and followed with a left hook that ended the night for his opponent. Motionless, […]
Justin Gaethje has revealed the critical error he made in his title fight with Khabib Nurmagomedov. It was Gaethje (23-3 MMA) vs Nurmagomed (29-0 MMA) in the lightweight main event back in October of 2020 at UFC 254. The outcome was another check mark in the win column for Khabib. View the original article from […]
Photo By David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images Being the highest paid UFC fighter in the history of the sport has its perks, including the ability to buy fancy Lamborghini boats. What do you buy when you’re one of the highest paid combat sports athletes in the world? A 63-foot Lamborghini Technomar super-yacht worth over $3 […]
Glover Teixeira | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Glover Teixeira and Valentina Shevchenko close out championship season. The light heavyweight and flyweight champions wrap up a stretch of six UFC title fights in three months at UFC 275 and an official poster for the event was released Sunday. See below: Your #UFC275 poster has arrived […]
Jake Paul and Eddie Hearn helped put on the biggest match in female boxing history but there will be no holding hands and singing Kumbaya. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano collided this past Saturday night in a bout that is already etched in history. Taylor and Serrano fought inside Madison Square Garden in New York […]