Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou’s future inside the Octagon is extremely uncertain. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where his relationship with UFC fell apart. After all, Ngannou should be a promoter’s dream, a fearsome […]
Some of UFC’s top stars might not be part of the promotion much longer. That’s what MMA journalist Ariel Helwani is thinking about. Fighter pay has become a popular topic within the sport of MMA, especially now because of celebrity boxing, which pays typically pays a huge purse. Helwani said in a recent episode of […]
Photo by Brett Hemmings/Getty Images Mark Hunt wants it clear that his competitive fighting career is over. Hunt hasn’t fought in MMA since December 2018, when he lost a unanimous decision to Justin Willis at a UFC Fight Night in Adelaide, Australia. It was his third straight loss and an unceremonious end to a UFC […]
Anthony Pettis has declared his comeback. Pettis, 34, used social media to announce that he will pursue a PFL world championship in the 2022 season. Pettis tweeted, “Back in camp” with a video of his highlights inside the PFL’s SmartCage. Pettis, a former WEC and UFC lightweight champion, was one of the PFL’s biggest recruits […]
Henry Cejudo is retired but that doesn’t mean he will stop his trash talk anytime soon. On Tuesday, the former UFC champion took to Twitter to blast Alexander Volkanovski for accepting a fight with Chan Sung Jung (aka Korean Zombie). Volkanovski was originally slated to face off with Max Holloway to finish their trilogy but […]
Charles Rosa | Esther Lin Charles Rosa is ready to rock. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck confirmed with sources with knowledge of the change that Charles Rosa (14-6) will fight TJ Brown (15-8) as a replacement for Gabriel Benitez this Saturday at UFC Vegas 46. Benitez was forced to withdraw from the card due to health […]
Ciryl Gane thinks highly of Francis Ngannou. Gane hailed Ngannou as the most athletic and robust guy he has ever seen, he said in an interview with La Super Clips, a French MMA News Outlet. “Till today, I’ve never seen anyone as powerful, as athletic, with such knockout power, I’ve never seen it. In terms […]
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal vs. Colby Covington was officially booked earlier today for UFC 272, and fans are excited! The two Welterweights are highly ranked and quite popular — or hated, which is […]
It looks like we won’t get to see the score settled between UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling and interim champion Petr Yan until April. According to Sterling their previously scheduled for March has been pushed to April at the request of Yan. “Apparently it isn’t until April now. The potato can’t duck me forever!” Sterling […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Giga Chikadze knows if that he’s successful against Calvin Kattar in the UFC Vegas 46 main event on Saturday night, he should then move on to a title fight against Alexander Volkanovski in March. But that may not actually happen. With Max Holloway injured, Volkanovski is currently awaiting word on […]