Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khabib Nurmagomedov may not be the man who described himself as “mystic,” but the former Lightweight kingpin has long demonstrated a keen eye for predictions. He foresaw […]
Experienced MMA journalist Ariel Helwani has revealed that UFC President Dana White used to escort him out of the building every time before he reached the building prior to an event. Helwani has recently quit working with ESPN. He will go back to working with MMA Fighting, MMA Hour, BT Sport and disseminate news on […]
Brazilian flyweight Priscila Cachoeira is 2-3 as a UFC fighter | Guilherme Cruz, MMA Fighting UFC flyweight Priscila Cachoeira is being accused of years of abuse by her ex-girlfriend, Marcelle Nunes. Nunes was granted a restraining order against Cachoeira after pressing charges on July 7, MMA Fighting has learned. Nunes accused the MMA fighter of […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Hot on the heels of another masterful performance, Dustin Poirier is favored to be the next undisputed UFC lightweight champion. Opening lines from SportsBetting.ag have Poirier as a -180 favorite to unseat current champ Charles Oliveira in a title fight expected to take place in the near future. Oliveira, who […]
On July 13, 2002, the Ultimate Fighting Championship washed up on British shores for the first time in its existence. UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall. The main event featured Matt Hughes defending his welterweight title against the man he had defeated to win it, Carlos Newton. Hughes ground Newton down on the way to […]
Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing more “Prelims” fights to ESPN/ESPN+ this weekend (Sat., July 17, 2021) when UFC Vegas 31: “Makhachev vs. Moises” returns to UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. MMAmania.com’s Patrick Stumberg kicks off the UFC Vegas 31 “Prelims” party with the first installment of a […]
Claressa Shields is a professional American boxer who is the first American boxer to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals. She is also one of the only seven boxers in the world who holds all the major boxing titles. Shields was born and grew up in a rough neighborhood in Michigan. She had a tough childhood […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Ryan Hall has issued his first statement after suffering a brutal knockout loss to Ilia Topuria at UFC 264 this past Saturday night. The submission specialist had never tasted defeat previously inside the octagon but Topuria made him pay after Hall was unable to drag the fight down to the […]
Travis Fulton, nicknamed “The Ironman” for his record-setting 300-plus fight resume, was found dead Saturday morning in the jail cell where he was being held as he faced charges of child pornography. Police believe Fulton, 44, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. He was discovered at 4:00 a.m. during a routine cell check […]
The trash-talking leading up to UFC 264 felt like classic Conor McGregor. His entrance had that classic “Notorious” one feel. It looked at first that his skills were back and better than ever. A Dustin Poirier flurry and unfortunate circumstances halted all of his momentum, however. In the main event of UFC 264 in Las […]