Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Following weeks of speculation, Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley have reached an agreement for a fight that will take place on Showtime pay-per-view. Sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The fight is expected […]
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images While specifics on the numbers are cloudy, Nurmagomedov confirms that discussions were had about a massive money fight against boxing GOAT Floyd Mayweather. Khabib Nurmagomedov is retired, but it sounds like he’s still in extremely high demand. In a recent episode of Mike Tyson’s Hotboxin’, Khabib’s manager Ali Abdelaziz discussed […]
Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images The Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight card is almost here. The exhibition boxing bout between Mayweather and Paul headlines a four-fight pay-per-view event next Sunday, June 6, from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Mayweather (50-0) returns to the ring for the first time since his knockout win over […]
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Re-live the titanic matchup between two of boxing’s all-time greats, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, courtesy of Showtime Sports. For years, fight fans wondered what would happen if Mayweather and Pacquiao ever stepped into the ring to face one another, with both champions racking […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images After claiming the undisputed UFC lightweight title with a TKO win over Michael Chandler at UFC 262 earlier this month Charles Oliveira is already looking to win another belt. Oliveira, who was nearly finished by Chandler in the first round, fought back to find the finish in the second and […]
Chris Weidman, YouTube A month after suffering a gruesome leg break, Chris Weidman is starting to walk again. The former UFC champion is taking the proverbial baby steps as he undergoes physical therapy for the surgery that had to be done on his right leg after it was broken in a fight against Uriah Hall […]
WBO orders Anthony Joshua to make a mandatory defense fight against Oleksandr Usyk; Josh Taylor upset that media outlets in the UK ignored his unification fight, and one-time UFC MMA light heavyweight champion Jon Jones hires veteran Boxing promoter Richard Schaefer as his new adviser. Source View the original article
Between the Links returns for a special live edition ahead of a UFC-and-Bellator-less weekend. Host Mike Heck is joined by interim BTL champion, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew, as he faces off against MMA journalist, and host of Best Camp of My Life, Fernanda Prates. This week, the panel will discuss what they learned from Rob […]
Former NFL star Chad Johnson is training with the Charlo brothers ahead of his fight on the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul undercard. Jimmy Smith is the new WWE RAW PBP commentator. Newly-minted undisputed junior-welterweight champion Josh Taylor finds himself in the number five spot on The Ring’s pound-for-pound list. All of this is covered […]
Cris Cyborg believes Claressa Shields will be able to have success in MMA. Shields is the current undisputed female junior-middleweight champion. She has also won undisputed gold at middleweight. In search of even more challenges, Shields is also dipping her toes in the MMA waters. She’ll go one-on-one with Brittney Elkin on June 10 under […]