Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is holding a special pre-fight press conference today for the upcoming UFC 258: “Usman vs. Burns” pay-per-view (PPV) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Feb. 13, 2021) inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Fighters scheduled for attendance include: Kamaru Usman, UFC welterweight championGilbert Burns, No. 2 […]
Leon Edwards is making quite the claim on why he isn’t likely to fight Jorge Masvidal anytime soon. Edwards and Masvidal are no strangers to one another. Back in March 2019, Masvidal punched Edwards in the face backstage after a UFC London event. Both men were in separate bouts that night. During an interview with […]
Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie at UFC 208 in Brooklyn on Feb. 11, 2017 | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Few things infuriate MMA fans more than a fight being scored incorrectly, though the term “robbery” tends to be thrown around carelessly and is often steeped in bias. With Robbery Review, we’ll take a look […]
Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC Few fighters know Kamaru Usman as well as his next opponent Gilbert Burns. Long before he was the UFC welterweight champion, Usman was a prospect looking to earn his way to the promotion after joining up with the Blackzilians team based out of Florida. He eventually got his shot through […]
Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! As he so often does following important Lightweight/Welterweight fights, Nate Diaz recently emerged from his self-inflicted coma to talk himself back into some fights! The Stockton bad boy set his sights […]
The participants for the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix are now known. During a press conference announcing Bellator’s move to Showtime, the Light Heavyweight Grand Prix fighters were revealed. This will be an eight-man tournament. Included are Bellator Light Heavyweight Champion Vadim Nemkov, Anthony Johnson, Yoel Romero, Ryan Bader, Phil Davis, Lyoto Machida, Corey […]
Bellator MMA is making the move to Showtime. Showtime is the new exclusive home of Bellator starting on April 2. The announcement was made by Showtime Sports President Stephen Espinoza. He was joined by Bellator President Scott Coker and Mauro Ranallo for the presser. On April 2, the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix Semi-Finals will […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Many of the questions that UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman is fielding in the days leading up to his next title defense swirls around the narrative that he’s about to face a former teammate and friend in Gilbert Burns. For the better part of eight years through various locations and team […]
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane | Bellator MMA This was former champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane at the top of her game. Enjoy this full fight replay! Bellator 213 “Macfarlane vs. Letourneau” took place December 15, 2018 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Appropriately for such a venue Hawaii’s favorite daughter Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (8-0) defended her Flyweight title […]
Frankie Edgar has issued a statement on his knockout loss at UFC Vegas 18. Edgar and Sandhagen shared the Octagon in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 18 on February 6. Edgar was out cold in just 28 seconds after getting caught with a flying knee. This is the third time Edgar has been knocked […]