Photo by Chris Unger/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! Despite officially abandoning the division and remaining in an extended state of negotiation purgatory, Jon Jones’ name still hangs over the Light Heavyweight division. Champion Jan Blachowicz […]
Even though there is a lot of hype around Alex Pereira because of his knockout victory over Israel Adesanya in kickboxing, he clarified he’s not looking for a third matchup. Instead, Pereira said his main goal is to be the champion of the UFC and add another belt to his collection. “I want to make […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting MMA Fighting has Bellator 266 ceremonial weigh-in video for Friday’s event at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif. In the main event, former Bellator light heavyweight champion Phil Davis welcomes perennial middleweight contender Yoel Romero to the Bellator cage at 205 pounds. The opponents can weigh no more than 206 pounds, […]
Former featherweight and lightweight champion Conor McGregor says that he thinks he can kick. He suffered a broken tibia injury in a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 held in July. After several weeks, he is already standing on his feet and says he can move without any issues, but he needs to […]
(Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Olympic gold medalist Gable Steveson always had an idea that WWE would be his future home. Following his stunning victory at the 2020 Olympic games, the 21-year-old phenom quickly became a coveted free agent as he flirted with a potential move into professional wrestling, mixed martial arts or […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Well, this is unexpected. UFC Flyweight kingpin Brandon Moreno is one bout removed from toppling Deiveson Figueiredo to take his crown at UFC 263 in June 2021. Prior to that battle, […]
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 […]