Nina Nunes is set for her UFC flyweight debut against Cynthia Calvillo this July at UFC Fight Night 210. The bout was first reported by Brett Okamoto from ESPN MMA. As of now, the fight is only one of three bouts set for the event. Also set for the Fight Night event is a bantamweight […]
BJ Penn is continuing his pursuit of becoming the governor of his native home, Hawaii. On Wednesday, the former UFC champion said on Instagram that as governor, he would bring two things to Hawaii. “You know the rules!” Penn wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by BJ Penn (@bjpenn) “Governor […]
The action-packed UFC 273 event has released which fighters are facing medical suspensions. Though the main event featherweight title fight was over in four rounds, both champion Alexander Volkanovski and challenger Chan Sung Jung, or “The Korean Zombie,” will serve 14 days under medical suspension. Volkanovski swept through Jung with a TKO stoppage early in […]
One of the boxing all-time greats, Mike Tyson has shared his thoughts on Conor McGregor’s highly anticipated return to the octagon later this year. Tyson believes that the Irishman is past his prime and considering the lavish lifestyle he lives, it will be difficult for him to regain the top spot in the UFC. “It’s […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s hard to understate just how disastrous TJ Dillashaw’s attempt to become a double champ ended for the Californian. The undisputed Bantamweight kingpin spent months of grueling […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Kay Hansen is no longer a UFC fighter. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz learned Wednesday that the promotion has opted not to re-sign the 22-year-old strawweight following her recent loss to Piera Rodriguez at UFC 273, a bout which signified the end of Hansen’s UFC contract. Hansen (7-6) exits the promotion […]
AJ McKee plans to destroy the Pitbull brothers’ legacy. McKee, the new Bellator featherweight champion and No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter of the promotion, is going to hold a rematch against one of the best Bellator fighters, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire. Freire is a former double champion of Bellator. However, he lost the featherweight title against […]
On Wednesday former UFC interim champion Dustin Poirier answered several fan questions on Twitter. Most of those questions centered on who Poirier would fight next and when they might be. Throughout the Q and A Poirier reiterated that the UFC has not given him any insight into his next opponent. That was when a fan […]
Fresh off the third defense of his UFC featherweight title at UFC 273, Alexander Volkanovski stops by The MMA Hour set to celebrate his win over The Korean Zombie and does an impromptu “Cooking with Volk” segment with host Ariel Helwani.
Henry Cejudo (16-2-0) has made his intentions clear about his future plans. According to his manager, Ali Abdelaziz of Dominance MMA, the American will return to the USADA drug-testing pool Monday. That increases the chances of the former Olympic gold medalist to be returning to the ring after two years. This development comes after the […]