After a fantastic title fight between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane, the heavyweight division must move on. Ngannou will not fight for at least nine more months after suffering a knee injury, which could potentially bring Jon Jones back into the picture, but this time in an interim title fight against Stipe Miocic. Miocic has […]
Josh Thomson has praised former two-weight UFC champion BJ Penn for the way he helped to change the sport of mixed martial arts. While he may no longer be an active member of the UFC roster, nobody can deny the impact BJ Penn had during his time in the promotion. Even outside the scope of […]
Jon Jones pulled off a close, or controversial as some fans called it, win over Dominick Reyes two years ago. Jones defeated Reyes by unanimous decision with scorecards of 48-47, 48-47 and 49-46, all in his favor. With the victory, he retained his light heavyweight title in the co-main event of UFC 247. The results […]
Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports The UFC returns to Jacksonville, Fla., on April 9 with two title fights atop a stacked card. The promotion on Tuesday announced the full fight lineup for the spring event, which is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champ Alexander Volkanovski and The Korean Zombie (otherwise known as Chan […]
The CEO of Rumble has offered Joe Rogan a deal worth $100 million over four years to switch to their platform from Spotify. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for Joe Rogan after a video compilation of him saying the N-word went viral. Understandably, this caused quite the backlash on social media, with […]
Chael Sonnen has questioned Daniel Cormier for suggesting recency bias has played a role in people comparing Israel Adesanya to Anderson Silva. While Anderson Silva is often regarded as the middleweight GOAT by the MMA masses, some have argued that Israel Adesanya could be sneaking his way into the conversation. Alas, Daniel Cormier recently rejected […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Tai Tuivasa didn’t plan to return to the octagon so soon. After picking up his fourth straight knockout win, the main item on his agenda was drinking. But after a recent appearance on The MMA Hour, he said UFC matchmaker Mick Maynard got the idea to put him back in […]
Fans will see Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes sooner than they think. Peña, the UFC women’s bantamweight champion, and Nunes, who Peña stripped of that title, will coach against one another on Season 30 of “The Ultimate Fighter” reality series. “To be able to give back to the next generation and help this next generation […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Jorge Masvidal has a lot in common with fellow 170-pound contender Colby Covington. Aside from supporting former U.S. President Donald Trump, both “Gamebred” and “Chaos” are 0-2 in championship title fights against Kamaru Usman. But their long and well-documented history as former friends-turned-bitter rivals was […]
The former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida isn’t done fighting yet and believes that he still has a lot to offer at the MMA’s bigger stage. The 43-years-old karate specialist recently spoke with MMA Fighting and revealed his future ambitions. And as the things stand, we will be seeing “the Dragon” for the last […]