The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. GMT. 1 p.m. ET: MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko joins the show to preview his fight this Saturday against Timothy Johnson at Bellator 269. 1:30 p.m. […]
Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury is reportedly set to take place in the boxing ring before year’s end. It looks like Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury will captivate or frustrate the combat sports world by year’s end. A professional boxing match pitting Paul vs. Fury has reportedly been agreed to […]
The Nate Diaz-Vicente Luque fight may or may not happen. MMA Manager Ali Abdelaziz, who manages Luque, said the UFC might not let the grudge matchup happen until Diaz pens a new deal with the promotion. “Listen, I believe Nate Diaz has one fight left on his contract,” Abdelaziz told MMA Fighting in a recent […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Kickboxing legend Gokhan Saki’s time in the UFC was cut short by a litany of injuries that followed his move from the ring to the cage. It wasn’t that Saki didn’t want to keep fighting in MMA, he said Monday on The MMA Hour. His body just wouldn’t allow him. “After […]
Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones were never really on good terms, but Cormier said he wants to speak to Jones on a “human-to-human level.” Cormier, who has fought Jones in 2015 and 2017, took to his personal YouTube channel to address Jones’ recent arrest on domestic violence charges, just hours after his fight against Alexander […]
Lupita Godinez will be looking to write her name in the history books when she faces Luana Carolina in the octagon on a less than seven days’ notice. According to ESPN Deportes, Godinez will replace Sijara Eubanks against Luana Carolina at UFC Vegas 40. Eubanks was dropped from the fight card after suffering an injury […]
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Conor McGregor once again found himself in the headlines for all the wrong reasons this past weekend after he allegedly punched an Italian DJ while he’s been vacationing in Rome with his family. While McGregor hasn’t responded or issued any kind of statement, Francesco Facchinetti claimed on his Instagram account that “I […]
Jorge Masvidal | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC The final UFC PPV event of the year is shaping up to be one of the promotion’s best. During Saturday’s UFC Vegas 40 broadcast, the full fight card was revealed for UFC 269, which takes place Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After back-to-back stoppage […]
Vadim Nemkov made sure to draw blood in his first title defense, inching closer to the light heavyweight title. Nemkov (15-2) battered up Julius Anglickas (10-2) via submission in the fourth round of the Bellator 268 main event. Nemkov, a student of legendary Fedor Emelianenko, successfully defended his title for the first time. It was […]
Carlos Felipe enters UFC Vegas 40 on a three-fight winning streak. | Zuffa LLC Carlos Felipe enters the biggest fight of his life this Saturday night in Las Vegas, battling former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 40, and calls himself “the worst possible fight” for “The Pitbull.” Arlovski […]