Nate Diaz accepted the challenge from Vicente Luque with simple words: “So let’s fight.” In a post-fight interview, Luque gave a persuasive pitch to make a fight with Diaz happen. He said that he is not trash talker, and he cannot sell the fight by words, but his fighting style, and fighting attitude to never […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Four-time UFC title challenger Joseph Benavidez is retiring after 15 years as a professional. Benavidez, 37, hangs up his gloves with a 28-8 MMA record that includes wins over a laundry list of top bantamweights and flyweights during his 13-year run in the now-defunct WEC and the UFC, where he established […]
With blood flowing into his eye, a cageside doctor came to TJ Dillashaw’s aid and asked if his vision was alright. He immediately answered that he could see everything clearly while he could not see anything. Dillashaw (18-4) assured the cageside doctor and referee Herb Dean that he could see clearly after Cory Sandhagen cut […]
Along the road to the UFC lightweight title, Justin Gaethje took Donald Cerrone out from his obstacles. Gaethje (22-3) finished Cerrone (36-16) with a knockout in the first round of the UFC Fight Night headlining event. Gaethje would go on to win against Tony Ferguson for the lightweight strap, but would later lose it to […]
Jack Della Maddalena (pictured, red gloves) | Eternal MMA Ahead of his last fight at Eternal MMA 53, Australian prospect Jack Della Maddalena knew he was getting close to a potential contract with the UFC but he also wasn’t rushing things. At the time, Della Maddalena was a fast-rising star in his native country but […]
Benson Henderson is heading back to the cage against Brent Primus at Bellator 268. Henderson (29-10 MMA, 5-5 BMMA) versus Primus (10-2 MMA, 8-2 BMMA) was added to the October 16 fight card on Thursday. The headlining event will feature a light heavyweight, grand prix semifinals between Vadim Nemkov and Anthony Johnson. The co-main will […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal and Jake Paul have a strange relationship. At one point, the two were friends or even something of training partners. Masvidal still does not look […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Justin Gaethje was never worried about whether his fight against Michael Chandler was in danger, and he questions why Chandler invited any uncertainty in the first place. The two lightweights are scheduled to meet at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 at Madison Square Garden in New York. […]
Former featherweight champion Germaine de Randamie is out from UFC 268 due to an unknown injury. It’s unknown if there will be a replacement opponent for the matchup or if UFC is going to post-pone this battle. De Randamie is one of the most experienced female fighters in the promotion. She suffered a loss in […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Anthony Smith wasn’t watching last week’s UFC fights live, so initially he missed the debut of the UFC’s promotional package for his Sept. 18 main event against Ryan Spann. But word traveled back to him quickly enough, so out of sheer curiosity he went and checked it out. And suffice […]