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 […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jeremy Stephens is hoping his newfound sobriety outside of the cage will put an end to the worst streak of his professional fighting career. Stephens, who is currently scheduled to fight rising lightweight contender Mateusz Gamrot later this month at UFC Vegas 31, hasn’t won a fight […]
Ciryl Gane had one of the most important fights of his career last weekend. Before anyone else, Cyril Gane knew that this fight was going to bring something big his way. Gane fought Alexander Volkov last weekend and won via a unanimous decision. After the fight, Gane revealed that even before the fight, the UFC […]
Within the past few days Jeremy Stephens has returned to the headlines during his weigh-in against Drakkar Klose. Stephens being a seasoned veteran in the Stephens has seen a lot of crazy things, but this was a new one even to him. If you don’t know that much about UFC, the fighters weigh in before […]
Featherweight Champion of the Lux Fight League Diego Lopes finally received his U.S work visa and believes, that he will be offered to fight in a big promotion like UFC. Lopes (18-3-0 on Sherdog, 19-3-0 Tapology), is the 2nd ranked of 525 Latin America Professional featherweights and just like all other fighters, his goal is […]