Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Here’s what you may have missed from last night! Heading into any UFC event, there are dozens and dozens of possible questions, which is where most of the night’s intrigue develops. A basic question is the basis of every match up: is Fighter A better than Fighter […]
Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Logan Paul may have lost his boxing rematch to KSI, but he doesn’t feel like it was a loss. Here’s what he had to say after their second (and most likely final) bout. YouTube sensations Logan Paul and Olajide “JJ” Olatunji aka KSI held their much anticipated boxing rematch at […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Rumors of Nate Diaz’s retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts are greatly exaggerated. Nate Diaz isn’t retired! What made you think something stupid like that? That’s the gist of Nate Diaz’s latest message, which comes on the heels of his last message, which ended “Peace out fight game” and […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) made its presence known to CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia, last night (Sat., Nov. 9, 2019) for UFC Fight Night 163. Like many regional “Fight Night” events, this card catered to the local crowd, featuring a ton of Russian talent. In addition, the […]
Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images After defeating Paul in their rematch, YouTube celebrity KSI had some interesting career advice for his former rival. KSI vs. Logan Paul 2 has come and gone, and I have to be honest with you: I’m starting to think these two YouTube #contentcreators may have been playing us all for […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Don’t get it twisted, Dominick Reyes. Just because light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones deigned to grant you a title shot does not mean he likes you. ”Bones” made that abundantly clear after Reyes switched gears on social media from aggressive posturing to fawning respect and admiration. Reyes shared a […]
Zabit Magomedsharipov continued storming toward a featherweight title shot with his UFC on ESPN+ 21 headlining victory over Calvin Kattar on Saturday in Moscow, Russia. UFC on ESPN+ 21 was originally supposed to be headlined by a Junior dos Santos vs. Alexander Volkov heavyweight bout. Magomedsharipov and Kattar were shifted to main event status after […]
Featherweights Zabit Magomedsharipov and Calvin Kattar took the UFC on ESPN+ 21 Fight of the Night honors on Saturday in front a sellout crowd in Moscow, Russia. Magomedsharipov may have earned a shot at the UFC featherweight championship with his win over Kattar in Saturday’s main event, but each of them will go home with […]
(Courtesy of Jorge Masvidal) After defeating Nate Diaz at UFC 244, Jorge Masvidal and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson met up backstage in this scene from “The Diaries Of A Street Fighter Part X.” Masvidal and Diaz headlined UFC 244 in a rare non-championship pay-per-view main event. They fought for the fictitious title of Baddest Motherf—er, […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) ONE: Masters of Fate was headlined by an all-Filipino strawwweight title fight. Champion Joshua Pacio defended his title with a second-round submission of compatriot Rene Catalan, finishing the 40-year-old with an arm-triangle choke in the second round. In the co-main event, former lightweight champion Eduard Folayang (22-8) snapped his two-fight losing […]