Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Fedor Emelianenko would not have faired well in the UFC, says former two-division champion Daniel Cormier Daniel Cormier, a former two-division champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), is not buying the hype of prime Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko, the final PRIDE Heavyweight champion, takes on Timothy Johnson at Bellator 269, […]
After being retired again for more than two years, Fedor Emelianenko decided to return to business. Bellator is set for Saturday night in Moscow, Russia — a card that was built around Emelianenko, even letting him choose his opponent. Fans were wondering who would face him in his homecoming fight. Fans talked a lot about […]
Between the Links is back for another round of one-on-one debate featuring MMA’s best minds. Topics this week include the corner advice to Aspen Ladd during her UFC Vegas 40 loss to Norma Dumont and if it was too much, Ladd’s future at featherweight or bantamweight, where Dumont goes next, Corey Anderson’s case for being […]
Uganda’s first UFC fighter is stepping into the octagon this Saturday. His name is David Onama and he’s debuting against prospect Mason Jones at UFC Fight Night 196. Glory MMA’s 27-year-old product has an impressive record with eight victories and no losses as a professional MMA fighter. In amateur bouts, he earned five victories and […]
Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman held arguably one of the most spectacular title fights in the history of the welterweight division at UFC 245. Both grapplers respected their ground game skills and held the fight on the stand. They kept exchanging bombs for the whole fight. But at the end of the fourth round, Covington […]
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 […]