Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Despite a colossal hype job from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), nobody was really sure what to make of welterweight newcomer Khamzat Chimaev, who burst onto the scene in summer 2020 with three straight wins, all of them finishes. Then came a violent, one-sided shellacking of Top 15 veteran Li Jingliang […]
Leonardo Santos and Clay Guida are meeting in the octagon this Saturday. Santos (18-5-1) will verse Guida (36-18) in a lightweight battle on the Rob Font vs. Jose Aldo fight card. Santos said it will be an honor for him to share the octagon with Guida. Guida is a member of the UFC Hall of […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz is targeted to headline a March 26 UFC event opposite surging contender Aleksandar Rakic. Multiple people with knowledge of negotiations told MMA Fighting that while the fight has not been finalized, all sides have agreed in principle to the matchup, which was first […]
Dustin Poirier had the opportunity to fight for the title, but instead, he chose the trilogy with McGregor, which was a money fight for him. However, in late 2021 he has his chance of winning the title against Charles Oliveira. McGregor has said he’s going to fight for the lightweight title as soon as he […]
Sergio Pettis | Lucas Noonan / Bellator MMA On Bellator 272 Countdown, current bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis gets prepared to face Kyoji Horiguchi — the man forced to vacate the title due to a knee injury — and talks the stakes attached to the bout. Horiguchi trains at American Top Team, while relaxing with one […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ike Vallie-Flagg — a retired UFC and Strikeforce Lightweight — had an in-depth interview with Rex Chapman. If you’re on social media at all, there’s a really good chance one of Rex Chapman’s posts have crossed your timeline. The former NBA star used to generally post […]
Dustin Poirier and his coaches, including Mike Brown, are confident that they will earn claim the undisputed title from Charles Oliveira. At UFC 269, Oliveira will defend his title for the first time against Poirier, the former interim lightweight champion, on December 11. Poirier had his opportunity of winning the title against the former undisputed […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC A battle between surging lightweight contenders is being slated for February. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez is expected to take place at the UFC’s event on Feb. 26 at a location and venue yet […]
The veteran actress Halle Berry said she went through a went cut before the filming of her movie “Bruised” got started. Berry, 55, took the lead role in her directional debut film “Bruised,” which was released on Netflix earlier this month. The plot revolves around a disgraced MMA fighter who seeks redemption after being flattened […]
Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza says that a Joanna Jedrzejczyk rematch “would be a much different fight.” Esparza defeated Yan Xiaonan earlier this year by TKO in one of the best performances of her UFC career to date. The former champ is now hoping the UFC gives her a title shot against UFC […]