Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Derrick Lewis vs. Ciryl Gane is not the championship fight we were all craving. And that’s okay. Look, no amount of trash talk or made-up titles is going to make us forget that the UFC has failed to deliver on the glorious possibility of […]
Saturday night’s main event is all set. Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane successfully made the weight on Friday for their UFC interim heavyweight title bout. Lewis weighed 264.5 pounds and Gane came in at 247. In MMA, the heavyweight division is between 206 to 265 pounds. The two fighters will meet in the octagon at […]
Joe Rogan, one of the best commentators in the UFC, will not be at the broadcast team at UFC 265 this Saturday. He will be replaced with Dominick Cruz, the former bantamweight champion and experienced commentator. Cruz will share the broadcast table with former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and Jon Anik. Fans will enjoy […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images We’re just over 24 hours away from the UFC 265: “Lewis vs. Gane” pay-per-view (PPV) event, which pops off tomorrow night (Sat., Aug. 7, 2021) from inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, headlined by the interim heavyweight title fight between Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane, who battle […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Urijah Faber has had a storied MMA career, and it may not be done just yet. In 2016, Faber retired from MMA following a decision win over Brad Pickett, with plans on focusing on his coaching and other projects. But as MMA retirements often go, Faber’s didn’t last long. After teasing […]
UFC President Dana White seems to be extending his hand to Bellator star AJ McKee to negotiate with the organization. In a recent interview, White hinted at being open for the new champion to potentially face some UFC fighters. But the history between White and the fighter dates back to over a decade ago. McKee […]
A frontrunner for Fedor Emelianenko’s homecoming bout has finally emerged. Bellator MMA announced Thursday morning in a press release that “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (39-6, 1 NC) will take on No. 2 ranked heavyweight Tim Johnson (15-7) in the main event of Bellator Moscow on Saturday, October 23 at the VTB Arena. Emelianenko announced his […]
Fedor Emelianenko | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for his homecoming bout. The former PRIDE champion makes his return against recent interim title challenger Tim Johnson at the upcoming Bellator Moscow event scheduled for Oct. 23 at VTB Arena. Bellator officials confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following a […]
Henry Cejudo snatched the UFC flyweight title from Demetrious Johnson, who was then nabbed as a dominant champion in UFC history. It was Johnson’s first loss in nearly seven years in a rematch with Cejudo at the co-main event of UFC 227. Cejudo (then 13-2) narrowly edged Johnson (then 27-3-1) via split decision. After five […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC President Dana White is trying to use the combat sports media to pressure former 185-pound champion Luke Rockhold into accepting a comeback fight against surging middleweight masturbator Sean Strickland. Read those comments here. “I think Dana’s trying make it harder than it has to be, […]