Gegard Mousasi | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting At the Bellator 264 weigh-ins, all 18 fighters on Friday’s fight card in Uncasville, Conn., stepped on the scale Thursday morning. In the main event, Gegard Mousasi defends his middleweight title against top contender John Salter. Both competitors successfully made the middleweight title fight limit of 185 pounds […]
Nate Diaz — the outspoken younger brother Nick Diaz — has something to say to his former rivals Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Diaz (21-13) called out McGregor and Poirier on Twitter on Monday and, though the tweets have been deleted, MMA fans caught wind of the fighter’s messages. “You Should’ve already learned from this,” […]
Who the f*ck is Tim Johnson? Reading Twitter is almost never a good thing in the long run. That goes especially for combat sports practitioners, and yet, said Bellator heavyweight logged on and found that greeting when his fight with the retiring Fedor Emelianenko was announced. “Well, f*cking look me up,” responded Johnson on What […]
Former UFC double champion Georges St-Pierre has ruled out competing at the highest level. Instead, he’s made himself available for exhibitions and charity matches. The Canadian MMA veteran is known for his absolute dominance in the UFC. Numerous times St-Pierre was rumored to return to the octagon, but he insists that his best days are […]
After grabbing a gold medal, Gable Steveson hinted on Twitter that he might be looking to step into the octagon. Steveson is the 21-year-old super heavyweight gold medalist who snatched his Tokyo Olympics victory after two last-second takedowns in the final of the men’s freestyle 125kg tournament last Friday. Many – including WWE legends Triple […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Unlike most stateside athletic commissions, you have to lose a limb inside the Octagon or suffer a heart attack in the locker room to draw any sort of lengthy medical suspension from Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). So if you were hoping to see UFC […]
Ciryl Gane | Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images There was no shortage of thrills at UFC 265, but fortunately for the fighters they didn’t come at too great of a cost. According to the list of medical suspensions acquired by mixedmartialarts.com, all 26 fighters who competed at this past Saturday’s pay-per-view at Toyota […]
Thirteen years ago today, Jon Jones was 21 years old and made his UFC debut at UFC 87. He defeated André Gusmão via unanimous decision – a victory that came just nine months after beginning MMA training and four months after his pro debut. Just three years later, Jones went on to defeat Mauricio Rua […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Sean O’Malley is none too pleased with the UFC. At UFC 264 last month, O’Malley turned in a Fight of the Night winning performance, finally stopping Kris Moutinho in the third round, after battering the short-notice replacement for the better part of 15 minutes. But despite his impressive performance and rising […]
Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images Last night (Sat., August 7, 2021), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) traveled to Toyota Center in Houston, Texas for UFC 265. After a handful of pretty unheralded (but fun!) events from inside the UFC Apex, UFC returned to pay-per-view (PPV) on a big stage. Most of the storylines centered […]