Between the Links returns ahead of a busy weekend in the world of MMA. Host Mike Heck is joined by MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Damon Martin as they battle it out for a week’s worth of bragging rights. This week, the panel discusses Dustin Poirier’s appearance on The MMA Hour and what the chances […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting When Triller officials were looking for an opponent to throw against Oscar De La Hoya for the boxing legend’s Sept. 11 comeback to the ring, Vitor Belfort wasn’t their first choice. Instead, that honor went to Georges St-Pierre. St-Pierre opened up about the experience Wednesday on The MMA Hour, explaining that […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw is expected to get the next crack at the 135-pound title, just as soon as Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan settle their longstanding score at UFC 267 later this year. Dillashaw, 35, expects to see a lot of the top names […]
Photo by Chris Unger/DWCS LLC/Zuffa LLC Undefeated middleweight Aliaskhab Khizriev’s UFC debut will have to wait once again. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that an undisclosed injury has forced Khizriev out of his scheduled matchup with Alessio Di Chirico at UFC Vegas 35. The event takes place Aug. […]
UFC President Dana White has axed Kai Kamaka from the roster after the featherweight fighter’s last fight ended in a draw against Danny Chavez at UFC on ESPN 28 in July. Kamaka (8-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) has failed to impress the UFC management in his short stint. He landed his UFC contract in 2020, won […]
Zuffa LLC Don’t count out the idea of an Israel Adesanya vs. Jon Jones grudge match just yet. Despite the divergent roads the UFC rivals have traveled over the last year, with Jones bulking up for an eventual heavyweight debut and Adesanya returning to middleweight after a one-fight dalliance at 205 pounds, the superfight between […]
Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for iHeartMedia The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona recently dropped federal charges against YouTube sensation Jake Paul, but the city of Scottsdale is not done with the celebrity boxer just yet. Paul, 24, is facing misdemeanor charges stemming from his role in the riot at Scottsdale […]
Deiveson Figueiredo wet 0-1-1 in his first couple of fights against Brandon Moreno in the UFC. | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Deiveson Figueiredo wants five more rounds with Brandon Moreno in the UFC. Figueiredo lost the UFC flyweight championship to Moreno via third-round submission in June after fighting him to a memorable majority draw […]
It looks like Dustin Poirier is telling Nate Diaz that the UFC is telling him false information about their bout. Poirier and Diaz were supposed to share the octagon at UFC 230 in 2018. But due to Poirier’s hip injury, this fight has never happened. Both fighters have continued their MMA career in their own […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov appears to be taking his talents to the soccer field. The now-retired, undefeated fighter has reportedly inked a deal with Russian professional soccer team FC Legion Dynamo, per multiple reports, including RT Sport and an FC Legion Dynamo Instagram account, which shows […]