Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images A long-awaited showdown between Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz will have to wait longer – if it’s actually going to happen. The UFC had recently reached out to both fighters with interest in potentially booking the fight on an upcoming card in early 2022 but despite […]
On this day, five years ago, the MMA world was waiting for Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. Nurmagomedov screamed at UFC President Dana White and offered Ferguson $200,000 out of his own pocket to make the fight happen. It was eventually scheduled as an interim lightweight championship fight at UFC 209, but Nurmagomedov had to […]
It seems like we might be one step closer to actually seeing Dustin Poirier and Nate Diaz in the Octagon together. According to Poirier, both he and Diaz have agreed to fight and it’s in the works as we speak … and should happen soon. “Something that got the flame going is a couple of […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Current Bellator MMA women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg ended 2021 with a bang by scoring a blistering first-round knockout win over Sinead Kavanagh at Bellator 271 in just 92 seconds (see it here). Now, the dominant striker could have her next challenge queued up as company-president […]
Photo by Brandon Magnus/DWTNCS Dana White and Snoop Dogg became immediate fans of Sean O’Malley before he officially became a fighter on the UFC roster. On the inaugural season of Dana White’s Contender Series, O’Malley competed in July 2017 — the program’s second card — against Alfred Khashakyan in the old TUF gym in Las […]
Former UFC heavyweight contender Mark Hunt challenged UFC President Dana White and the Fertitta brothers to a 3-on-1 fight after being ordered to pay nearly $400,000. The order is in legal fees, stemming from his ongoing legal battle with the UFC. The United States District Court ordered Hunt to pay $388,235 in attorney fees and […]
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images “Street Jesus” and baptisms may not have been on the menu back when Jorge Masvidal made his UFC debut in 2013, but he still lived up to every ounce of his famed “Gamebred” moniker. Masvidal was only 28 years old when he joined the UFC as […]
According to MMA Island, a booking between Ion Cutelaba and Ryan Spann is being finalized. If it becomes official, it will be added to a UFC Fight Night card on February 26, which has yet to have a specific location. Cutelaba and Spann are currently around the top of the 205-pound division in the UFC. […]
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Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Dana White saw what Jake Paul had to say about his business — and the UFC president dropped a New Year’s Day rant of his own on the 5-0 pro boxer in response. On Saturday, Paul laid out a list of demands for White in which he promised to retire […]