Pat Downey’s MMA debut will have to wait. In a slew of since deleted Instagram posts, the wrestling standout revealed that he will no longer compete against Daniel Compton at Bellator 277, which takes place April 15 in San Jose. Downey stated that he tore his MCL, while also revealing a series of photos of […]
It didn’t take too long for the UFC to decide that Khabib Nurmagomedov is Hall of Fame material. Nurmagomedov, who is often considered one of the best lightweights in the history of MMA, will be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. He is the first inductee of the UFC Hall of Fame Class of […]
UFC President Dana White is confident that he can get the issues sorted out with heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. Ngannou (17-3) is still at a standstill with the company after vocalizing multiple times that he is not satisfied with his current deal. His last appearance at UFC 270 against Ciryl Gane was his last fight, […]
Photo by Aric Crabb/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Cain Velasquez finds himself in an unexpected and unthinkably awful situation, and the hits keep on coming. On Monday, Velasquez was denied bail for his alleged […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC The UFC has released a new promo ahead of an absolutely stacked UFC 273 event. On April 9, the UFC returns with their fourth pay-per-view offering of the year, headlined by a matchup for the featherweight championship between Alexander Volkanovski and “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung. The current 145-pound […]
Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk put on arguably the greatest title fight in women’s MMA history. Two years ago, Weili defended her UFC strawweight championship belt for all five rounds against Jedrzejczyk. It was named “Fight of the Year” by a number of online publications including MMA Junkie, Bloody Elbow and ESPN, to name a […]
Photo by David Becker/Getty Images LAS VEGAS – An emotional Maryna Moroz speaks to reporters about her UFC 272 win over Mariya Agapova, the conflict in her homeland of Ukraine, worrying for her family’s safety, and more.
The bitter former friends finally met in the octagon. The headlining of the event was a highly anticipated bout between Colby “Chaos” Covington and Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal. And it was Covington who came out on top and took home the win via unanimous decision. Covington started using his wrestling from the very first round. Covington […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Top-ranked welterweight contender Colby Covington recently told the combat sports media that he wanted to earn a third fight against reigning 170-pound titleholder Kamaru Usman after coming up short against “The Nigerian Nightmare” at UFC 245 and then again at UFC 268. The means to that end? Defeating Jorge Masvidal. […]
Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal will clash in the UFC 272 main event Saturday night. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has UFC 272 results for the Covington vs. Masvidal fight card, live blogs of the entire main card, and UFC 272 Twitter live updates. In the main event, former teammates Colby Covington […]