Seven years ago today, Conor McGregor competed in his first main event on U.S. soil. McGregor made his main event debut a thrilling and violent one by stopping Dennis Siver less than two minutes into the second round. This win ensued a featherweight title shot, which the Irishman took full advantage of. McGregor was undefeated […]
Carlos Felipe won’t re-enter the UFC cage until April 2023. | Zuffa LLC UFC heavyweight Carlos Felipe has received an 18-month suspension and 15 percent fine of his fight purse after failing a drug test on Oct. 16 in relation to his decision loss to Andrei Arlovski at UFC Vegas 40, the Nevada Athletic Commission […]
Julianna Peña already did something that seemed impossible. Peña stopped the No. 1 ranked pound for pound female fighter, Amanda Nunes, and dethroned her in the bantamweight division. Now, she has lots of options. She can fight against Valentina Shevchenko and defend her belt, rematch with Amanda Nunes, or one more option. “It would be […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! The line between self-belief and delusion is a rather fine one. Respectfully, Giga Chikadze got his ass kicked last Saturday at UFC Vegas 46. The kickboxer was unable […]
Photo by Mike Stobe/Zuffa LLC UFC president Dana White took a hands off approach when asked about the recent move to raise UFC pay-per-view prices for the third time since 2019. “We don’t have any say in that,” White said over the weekend at UFC Vegas 46’s post-fight press conference in Las Vegas. “We gave […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Giga Chikadze wasn’t thrilled Chan Sung Jung took a shot at him following his UFC Vegas 46 loss. Chikadze dropped a lopsided unanimous decision to Calvin Kattar in the UFC’s first main event of 2022 on Saturday night, but showed tremendous heart and toughness throughout the 25 […]
Calvin Kattar has done what no man has yet to do in the UFC. Kattar (23-5) handed Chikadze (14-3) his first ever loss in the UFC octagon in the headliner of the first UFC event of 2022 on Saturday night. Kattar bagged the win via unanimous decision with scores 50-44, 50-45 and 50-45. The two […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC Vegas 46 went down last night (Sat., Jan 15, 2022) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event of the evening, Calvin Kattar picked up a huge win by defeating Giga Chikadze after five rounds of action (highlights). In the co-headlining act, Jake […]
Francis Ngannou | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting We. Are. Back! It’s been a long time fight fans, four weeks to be precise, but with the UFC’s return to action this weekend so too returns the Hot Tweets, and all the glorious takes that come with it. This week’s topics of discussion are UFC Vegas 46, […]
Giga Chikadze is looking to keep his winning streak going. This time, Chikadze (14-2) will meet Calvin Kattar (22-5) in the main event of UFC Vegas 46 Saturday night. Chikadze is on a nine-fight winning streak, seven of which has come from the UFC. His last three wins have been technical knockouts, the latest happening […]