Photos via Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Who is the best mixed martial arts fighter alive? That’s always been the endgame of pound-for-pound lists. For however messy they tend to be, there’s a certain innate allure in trying to determine who exactly is the best of the best. But unlike our inaugural divisional rankings, which can […]
UFC Now more than halfway through the quarterfinals, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 29 continues tonight (Tues., July 6, 2021) on ESPN+ as featherweight coaches Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega once again put their coaching skills to the test. Team Volkanovski Middleweight Bryan Battle captured the spotlight last week, ending his squad’s four-fight skid with a […]
Dustin Poirier has made it clear that he wanted to run it the third time against Conor McGregor after avenging his 2014 loss at UFC 257 to make big bucks. In an interview with ESPN, the Diamond opened up about being a “prize fighter”. “Me fighting for the belt, I wouldn’t have got pay-per-view [points]. […]
PFL’s Fabricio Werdum wants to fight Fedor Emelianenko on the latter’s return to MMA. The former UFC heavyweight champion has called out Bellator CEO Scott Coker on social media to fix the rematch 11 years after their first meeting under Strikeforce. Werdum shook up the MMA world when he submitted the Last Emperor in 2010. […]
Esther Lin Welcome to the inaugural MMA Fighting global rankings, where our esteemed panel of experts team up to sort out the best of the best in an ever-shifting MMA landscape. Our eight-person voting panel consists of MMA Fighting staffers Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, E. Casey Leydon, Steven Marrocco, Damon […]
Louis “Da Last Samurai” Smolka (17-7-0) clarifies the reasons for pulling out of the fight with “Sugar” O’Malley (13-1-0). He posted that he wanted to fight with “Sugar”, but the decision was not his to make. As it turned out, he could not fight because of an infection that prevented him from receiving the medical […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It’s finally Conor McGregor fight week again and as you could imagine, the hostilities are already beginning to ramp up. On Saturday, McGregor will face Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 264. The two have met twice before, with dramatically different outcomes. In their first […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Who the heck hates on Chan Sung Jung??? Lots of people, apparently. “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung is coming off a solid win over rising contender Dan Ige at UFC Vegas 29, one that saw Jung win a five round decision 48-47, 49-46, and 49-46 on the judges’ scorecards. […]
John Dodson | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Two-time UFC title challenger John Dodson was involved in a serious accident that has postponed his return to competition. On Saturday, Dodson’s manager Ricky Kottenstette posted on social media that Dodson and his family were involved in an automobile accident Friday evening. According to Kottenstette, Dodson and his […]
Nate Marquardt | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Nate “The Great” is back. One-time UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Marquardt announced at Titan FC 70 on Friday in Miami that he will be returning to competition at a Titan FC event on Aug. 6. This will be Marquardt’s first fight since November 2017. Marquardt, 42, was […]