T.J. Laramie | Photo by Chris Unger/DWCS LLC/Zuffa LLC Damon Jackson needs a new opponent. On Wednesday, Jackson’s scheduled featherweight opponent T.J. Laramie announced that he has been forced to withdraw from their May 1 UFC Fight Night encounter. The 23-year-old Canadian did not go into detail as to why he is out of the […]
Endeavor will soon own 100 percent of the UFC if reports are correct. Reports from a registration statement reveal that Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, who owns 50.1 percent of the UFC, will be taking over the other half. This would complete full ownership. Most of the 49.9 percent has been owned by Silver Lake and […]
Newly-minted UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou is looking to try his hand in boxing at an elite level. Ngannou captured UFC gold in the main event of UFC 260. He knocked out Stipe Miocic in their rematch to achieve this feat. While Ngannou can now call himself a world champion in MMA, he still hasn’t […]
Nate Diaz | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Nate Diaz makes his long awaited return to action at UFC 262 when he faces off with Leon Edwards in a five-round, non-title co-main event in Houston on May 15. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. This is […]
Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has been aggressive in its efforts to bolster up it’s roster. After signing former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) “it” girl, Paige VanZant, the promotion expressed interest in signing Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem. Now it seems BKFC is in the […]
Darren Till will not be fighting on April 10. Till was expected to share the Octagon with Marvin Vettori in the main event of UFC Vegas 23. The middleweight tilt was going to be held inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Plans have changed. ESPN’s Ariel Helwani first reported that Till was removed […]
@Benaskren, Twitter Never let it be said that Ben Askren doesn’t have a flair for the dramatic. Ahead of his upcoming boxing bout with YouTube star Jake Paul on April 17, the former ONE Championship and Bellator welterweight champion kicked it into high gear to promote the matchup. On the weekend, he released a cinematic […]
This was the scene in @francis_ngannou’s hometown of Batié, Cameroon at the moment he became a world champion ???????? #UFC260 (via fight_and_write/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/EVEUsPNuZC — ESPN MMA (@espnmma) March 28, 2021 There was a party in Batie, Cameroon following UFC 260. This past Saturday night, March 27, UFC 260 was held inside the UFC APEX in […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Unless a third wave forces him back to the UFC APEX, Dana White is looking to put all of his future PPV events back into arenas with full crowds. If things go Dana White’s way, UFC 260 will be the last UFC pay-per-view to be held inside the UFC APEX. […]
Jon Jones | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones continued to speak out against UFC President Dana White’s remarks toward him at the post-fight press conference for UFC 260, tweeting late into the night Saturday and Sunday morning as he called White’s tactics “a huge slap in the face.” Upon hearing […]