The likes of Israel Adesanya, Dan Hooker and Alexander Volkanovski seem displeased with the New Zealand government over its strict quarantine and security protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. This has affected their practice at the City Kickboxing which is situated in Auckland. This year, Adesanya and Hooker opened up about the struggles they have had […]
A fight fans have been asking for since 2019 is inching closer to reality. UFC welterweights Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal agreed to meet in the octagon at UFC 269 on December 11, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN. Contracts have yet to be signed, but they have been sent to both parties. […]
Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP via Getty Images Interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane will look to unify the 265-pound titles when he collides with division kingpin Francis Ngannou in the upcoming UFC 270 pay-per-view (PPV) main event, scheduled for Sat., Jan. 22, 2022 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The talk in front […]
Sean Strickland | Chris Unger, Zuffa LLC Sean Strickland isn’t surprised in the slightest that his UFC 268 opponent didn’t make it to fight night. On Monday, Luke Rockhold announced that a back injury has forced him to withdraw from a scheduled middleweight bout with Strickland, which was to take place Nov. 6 at Madison […]
UFC President Dana White has reaffirmed his commitment to nurture the raw MMA talent in Africa once the coronavirus outbreak is under control globally. Francis Ngannou, who was born in Cameroon, is the reigning heavyweight champion whereas Nigeria-natives, Kamaru Usman and Israel Adesanya, are ruling the welterweight and middleweight division, respectively. In a recent interview… […]
Chuck Liddell | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Chuck Liddell was arrested Monday morning in Los Angeles after an alleged domestic violence incident. MMA Fighting confirmed with the public information department at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that Liddell, 51, was booked into the Lost Hills Sheriff Station following an arrest for misdemeanor domestic battery […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Damon Jackson picked up an impressive win over Charles Rosa on the UFC Vegas 39 prelims but he certainly didn’t walk away from the fight unscathed. A late exchange saw Rosa throw a spinning back elbow that clipped Jackson and opened a gruesome cut on the side of his eyebrow […]
Photo by Tom Hogan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images It doesn’t sound like the bad blood is quite settled between these two heavyweights … even after a historic three-fight saga. Coming into their third fight, Tyson Fury was the big odds favorite to beat Deontay Wilder — a -285 favorite to be precise, over Wilder’s +225 […]
No one expected this bout to go on a distance, but they fought all five rounds. On October 9, UFC Fight Night 194 took place at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. The headliner was the women’s strawweight clash between Mackenzie Dern and Marina Rodriguez. Rodriguez won a unanimous decision victory. The first round was […]
Mackenzie Dern (left) is coming off a win over Nina Nunes, her fourth straight in the UFC. | Zuffa LLC Jiu-jitsu ace Mackenzie Dern has yet to win a MMA fight by knockout and doesn’t plans on focusing on her striking against muay thai specialist Marina Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Vegas 39 […]