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 […]
Vanessa Demopoulos’ Saturday night went exactly as planned — she got a win, a bonus, and hoisted in the air by Joe Rogan in the post-fight interview. Demopoulos made her second octagon appearance count with a slick submission win over Silvana Gomez Juarez during the preliminary card at UFC 270 in Anaheim this past weekend. […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he’s changed his mind and withdrawing his support of Joe Rogan after a video surfaced of the many times the podcast host used the N-word on his podcast. Originally Johnson supported Rogan when several musicians threatened to remove their libraries from Spotify if his podcast was featured on the platform. […]
Sean Strickland continues his rise in the middleweight division. Strickland met Jack Hermansson in the headlining battle of UFC Vegas 47, the third event of the year. Strickland added another win to his resume via split decision. In the first two rounds, Hermansson was active and was moving a lot, landing great punches and low […]