That was not a wise decision. And if you ask the “Maverick” the same thing, he will certainly concur. The UFC welterweight contender Michael Chiesa tried to rush towards the octagon following his teammate Julianna Peña’s win at the UFC 269, and in the process, injured himself. Following the incident, UFC President Dana White was […]
Patricio “Pitbull” Freire, former three-time Bellator champion, did not second Michael Chandler when the one-time UFC title challenger criticized Dustin Poirier for tapping out against lightweight champion Charles Oliveira at UFC 269. In the third round of the main event, Olivieira submitted Poirier via rear-naked choke. Poirier did not tap out instantly, but after a […]
Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz battled his way back into the Top 10 of the 135-pound division after scoring consecutive victories over Casey Kenney (UFC 259) and Pedro Munhoz (UFC 269). But can he battle his was back from the ESPN+ “Prelims” card? That may be […]
Matt Brown | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC On episode 16 of The Fighter vs. The Writer, UFC welterweight Matt Brown returns to the show to help break down everything that unfolded at UFC 269 this past Saturday night including Charles Oliveira overcoming the odds and defeating Dustin Poirier to defend his lightweight title. Brown […]
Mehdi Dakaev scored a surreal knockout to retain his lightweight title in the main event of EFC 43. The fight fans were left in absolute awe when Dakaev landed a left hook while lunging at his opponent in the mid-air at the main event of Eagle Fighting Championship 43 on Friday in Moscow. Since then, […]
On any given day former UFC champ-champ, Conor McGregor, is calling out someone. On Monday morning he’s chosen to hype a fight with the newly defended UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira. McGregor took to Instagram to call out the fighter, more politely than he has done in the past. First asking for a date, then […]
Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC It’s one of the most cliché sayings in MMA that what makes the sport so great is that anything can happen, that even the most invulnerable seeming Goliaths can be have their careers upended by the lowliest of Davids. Well, on Saturday night at UFC 269, MMA fans were treated […]
UFC – Twitter Justin Gaethje has said some pretty harsh things about Charles Oliveira leading into UFC 269 but he was all love after seeing ‘Do Bronx’ beat Dustin Poirier Charles Oliveira hasn’t gotten a whole lot of respect from his fellow 155ers since winning the UFC lightweight title at UFC 262 in May of […]
Charles Oliveira has no intentions of ending his lightweight reign yet. Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier with a standing rear naked choke just over a minute into the third round in the main event of UFC 269 in Las Vegas. The fight started great for Poirier. He won in the first round when both fighters were […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Dustin Poirier has been here before, but it’s a place he never intended to visit again. Following a loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov for the undisputed lightweight title in 2019, Poirier battled his way back to the top of the division only to fall to Charles Oliveira in eerily similar circumstances […]