YouTube celebrity turned professional boxer Jake Paul has revealed he will train with UFC superstar Jorge Masvidal in preparation for his fight with former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren. On Tuesday it was announced Paul will box retired UFC fighter Askren on April 17. The fight will take place on Triller pay-per-view. It […]
Kamaru Usman | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Kamaru Usman and former teammate Gilbert Burns will have their day in the cage next month. After seeing their first booking in July derailed by a positive COVID-19 test for Burns (and a rumored rebooking in December also nixed), the welterweight stars are set for UFC 258 on […]
It appears UFC 257 was a home run in terms of PPV buys. UFC 257 took place on January 23. The action was held inside Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. In the main event, Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor did battle in a rematch from their September 2014 collision. McGregor emerged victorious in their first […]
As the biggest star in combat sports, Conor McGregor is always blessed with a plethora of options when considering his next career move. But those avenues may have reduced a little following his second-round TKO loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257. That defeat means that McGregor has now gone 3-3 in his past six […]
BJ Penn is in trouble with the law once again. As per MMA Fighting, the UFC Hall of Famer was arrested January 23 in Honokaa, Hawaii, on suspicion of DUI. The arrest came after a complaint towards Penn for reckless driving, Hawaii County Police Department spokesperson Denise Laitinen confirmed. Penn’s arrest came to light after […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Unless things go really, really wrong, even a loss as bad as his TKO at the hands of Dustin Poirier won’t diminish his drawing power for long. There’s no doubt that Conor McGregor’s stock took a serious hit on Saturday night at UFC 257. The ‘Notorious’ Irishman has molded himself […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Nate Diaz is definitely not impressed by the top fighters in the UFC lightweight division. At UFC 257, Dustin Poirier knocked out Conor McGregor in the main event to solidify his status as one of the best fighters in the world at 155 pounds. Poirier, though, didn’t get to leave Abu […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Conor McGregor, much like he did after losing to Nate Diaz at UFC 196, is harassing the promotion for an immediate rematch, hoping to avenge his loss to Dustin Poirier in the UFC 257 main event last weekend on “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi. After all, […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) staged its first pay-per-view (PPV) event of 2021 with UFC 257 going down inside Etihad Arena on “Fight Island” yesterday (Sat., Jan. 23) in Abu Dhabi. In the headlining act, Dustin Poirier stopped Conor McGregor in the second round via strikes (see it again here). In […]
Despite his first knockout loss in the UFC, Conor McGregor was all class in defeat. McGregor returned to action for the first time in a year when he faced Dustin Poirier in a rematch in the main event of Saturday’s UFC 257 event in Abu Dhabi. After a competitive first round, Poirier started to take […]