If Gallery Furniture has a mattress that can withstand the prodigious girth of UFC heavyweight contender Derrick Lewis, then color me interested. Though I’m pretty sure “Black Beast” is getting a new dining room set at no cost after this little endorsement. Watching Lewis try to keep a straight face is pure comedy. If “Mattress […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Before anyone starts chuckling at the headline, let’s begin by stating that longtime lightweight veteran, Charles Oliveira, is the winner of five straight, four by submission and one by technical knockout, so it’s not outrageous to suggest he’s in the mix. “Do Bronx” is currently ranked […]
When it comes to his two wins in 2019, bantamweight Adrian Yanez sees things as a mixed bag. While he’s not overly impressed with his first win of the year over Warren Stewart in January, he is more so pleased with how his June victory over Michael Rodriguez turned out. “I don’t hold my win […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Amanda Nunes’s UFC 245 championship fight against Germaine de Randamie will be at bantamweight (135 pounds). Nunes says that she wanted to fight the previous featherweight champion, de Randamie, at 145 pounds. That makes sense, as her last fight was at 145 pounds and it would be easier to defend the […]
It’s a little later in the year than usual, but the following year’s UFC schedule is finally starting to gather some form. While the fight promotion typically has several dates announced for the upcoming year this late in the current year, UFC officials have been slow to reveal much information about 2020. UFC media partner […]
Having originally came to MMA in a somewhat roundabout way, bantamweight JP Buys has been able to make the transition to the sport in part thanks to the determination in his will, and athleticism he’s been able to hone since he was young. In addition to his own personal attributes, Buys has also been able […]
CM Punk is returning to his old stomping ground in the world of professional wrestling … well sort of. On Tuesday night, it was announced that Punk (real name Phil Brooks) would be joining “WWE Backstage” — a magazine style program that currently airs on FS1 — as a contributor and analyst. FOX recently inked […]
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(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) It might seem peculiar that Germaine de Randamie didn’t want to fight Amanda Nunes at featherweight at UFC 245, since she was a previous UFC featherweight champion. But she gave her reason at the UFC 245 New York press conference as to why bantamweight is the weight at which she wants […]