Colby Covington will headline with Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. This could be one of the most high-profile fights for both fighters. But even so, Covington revealed he won’t be getting a cut of the pay-per-view sales. “I forgoed the pay-per-view,” Covington told reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “I don’t care about the pay-per-view for […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images At the UFC 272 official weigh-ins, all 26 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Las Vegas will step on the scale Friday, and MMA Fighting will have live weigh-in video, which can be seen above. In the main event, UFC welterweight rivals Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal […]
This time, the headlining fight won’t be a title bout. Jorge Masvidal (35-15-0, 12-8 in the UFC) will fight against Colby Covington (16-3-0, 11-3 in the UFC). Masvidal and Covington were close friends in American Top Team. While competing in ATT, Covington won the interim welterweight title, but after that, he left the gym, and […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal enters his UFC 272 main event slot this weekend (Sat. March 5, 2022) opposite Colby Covington as a significant underdog, and he’s lost his last two bouts. “Gamebred” likely […]
Conor McGregor could be making his next business move. Russian owner Roman Abramovich expressed his intention to sell Chelsea F.C., a London-based soccer club he owns, amid external pressure due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the threat of sanctions from the British government. McGregor made it clear that he was interested. “I wish to […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC LAS VEGAS – Kevin Holland heads down to the welterweight division for the first time in his UFC career when he faces Alex Oliveira at UFC 272 this Saturday in Las Vegas. Holland discusses the decision, why it had nothing to do with his most recent fight with Kyle Daukaus, […]
UFC President Dana White admitted he almost lost the UFC’s license. White said he received a heated call from the Governor of Nevada. This followed after White criticized the state athletic commission after UFC 167, where Georges St-Pierre and Johny Hendricks shared the octagon. “Back then when I was going crazy on the athletic commission, […]
Colby Covington has more grudges to settle after he’s done with Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. The always outspoken two-time welterweight title contender revealed on Wednesday that reigning champion Kamaru Usman is the least of his concerns right now. His plans instead are to go after another former American Top Team teammate for his next […]
The biggest test for UFC’s newly rising star, Khamzat Chimaev, will be held at UFC 273. He will share the octagon with former title challenger Gilbert Burns and will get the chance of getting closer to a title shot. UFC President Dana White confirmed that it is happening at UFC 273 on April 9. Chimaev’s […]
Photo by Mike Roach/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! For a man jailed without bail for suspicion of attempted murder, Cain Velasquez doesn’t exactly look ashamed of himself in the recent mugshot photos, and perhaps we […]