It all goes down tomorrow night (Sat., Feb. 12, 2022) at UFC 271 live on ESPN+ PPV from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Tex., as reigning UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya defends his 185-pound strap in a long-awaited rematch with former titleholder Robert Whittaker. In co-main event action, Houston’s own Derrick Lewis will collide with […]
Chris Weidman did an Anderson Silva in his last appearance against Uriah Hall where he broke his leg in one of the most horrific ways possible. The former UFC middleweight champ went through various surgeries to fix his leg and a tiring rehab process. After spending a few months behind the scenes, he is hopeful […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages The upcoming UFC Columbus card has a new main event as Curtis Blaydes and Chris Daukaus have agreed to meet on the March 26 card at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Multiple sources confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday with verbal agreements in place from the athletes. Ariel Helwani […]
If you thought downing a beer from a stranger’s shoe was gross, you’re going to hate the newest idea of doing it from someone’s cup. But that’s exactly what Tai Tuivasa proposed he’ll do if he beats Derrick Lewis at UFC 271 on Saturday. “Well, he can throw it to me when I win and […]
Bellator is returning to St. Louis. This time, Bellator 276 will feature a featherweight title eliminator between Adam Borics (17-1) and Mads Burnell (16-3) on March 12. It’ll be the first time since 2015 that a featherweight bout will headline the event. Borics got to the quarterfinals of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix in 2020, […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC’s second Fight Night event of 2022 produced 20 medical suspensions, nearly half of which may keep fighters on the sidelines for an extended period of time. Punahele Soriano, Sam Alvey, Michael Trizano, Alexis Davis, Julija Stoliarenko, Danilo Marques, Philip Rowe, and Denys Bondar were all given conditional six-month […]
Photo by Mike Stobe/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Alex Hernandez is “fired the fuck up.” That’s because the lightweight veteran was dumped on the early “Prelims” portion of the upcoming UFC 271 fight card (see it here), which pops off this Sat. night (Feb. 12, 2022) inside Toyota Center in Hernandez’s backyard of Houston, Texas. “The Great” […]
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 […]