Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC The Calgary Sun’s Danny Austin joins José Youngs and E. Casey Leydon to react to some of the biggest storylines in MMA. Some POSSIBLE topics include fallout from UFC 258, including Kamaru Usman’s TKO over Gilbert Burns, Alexa Grasso’s win over Maycee Barber, Julian Marquez shooting his shot with Miley […]
Gilbert Burns has issued a statement following his TKO loss to Kamaru Usman. Burns challenged Usman for the UFC Welterweight Championship in the main event of UFC 258. Burns had his moments early in the fight, even dropping Usman in the opening round. Usman recovered and dropped the challenger in the second round. Burns never […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC A championship rematch between current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, and “BMF” title holder, Jorge Masvidal, seems to be picking up a lot of traction. After Usman knocked out Gilbert Burns at UFC 258 (see it), “The Nigerian Nightmare” called for the fight in an attempt to […]
UFC President Dana White thinks Kamaru Usman is on pace to become the greatest welterweight of all time. Usman is coming off a successful title defense against Gilbert Burns at UFC 258. The bout was held this past Saturday night, February 13. Usman scored the third-round TKO finish. This was “The Nigerian Nightmare’s” third successful […]
Colby Covington isn’t enthusiastic about the idea of sharing the Octagon with Leon Edwards. Edwards is currently left without an opponent after Khamzat Chimaev was unfit to compete due to COVID-19. Edwards hasn’t competed since July 2019 and is looking to finally return to the Octagon. UFC President Dana White revealed the promotion is looking […]
Kamaru Usman | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Let’s get one thing out of the way first, Khabib Nurmagomedov ain’t coming back. At least not anytime soon. Don’t tell that to Dana White though. The UFC boss has gone back-and-forth on the topic of Nurmagomedov possibly returning from retirement, one moment saying that he won’t […]
UFC President Dana White thinks he could be able to return shows at full capacity again beginning this summer. The last time the UFC ran an event at full capacity, it was back on March 7, 2020. The UFC had run shows in empty arenas all the way until their recent Abu Dhabi tour. Even […]
Georges St-Pierre has no interest in making a return to fight Kamaru Usman. Usman is the reigning UFC Welterweight Champion. He is fresh off a successful title defense over Gilbert Burns this past Saturday night, February 13. Usman scored the third-round TKO finish to earn his third successful UFC Welterweight Title defense. Despite retiring back […]
Alexa Grasso | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alexa Grasso knows all about the pressure of being a blue chip prospect. It was a little over four years ago that Grasso was an unbeaten 23-year-old strawweight making the jump from Invicta FC to the UFC with plenty of hype behind her. She won her first […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images After 12 years in UFC, which include a knockout victory over current heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, the “Skyscraper” is no more. Longtime UFC heavyweight Stefan Struve, who turns 33 in just a few days, has retired from combat sports for the second time after a long and […]