Owen Roddy is as hopeful as anyone that Conor McGregor makes his return to the Octagon this January. McGregor has not fought since October 2018 and his UFC 239 loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov, and made it clear he’d be fighting on January 18th, which Roddy and SBG Ireland head coach John Kavanagh are ready. “Yup, […]
Former UFC and PRIDE light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua has broken a promise to his wife once, but on the eve of UFC Sao Paulo, he refuses to do so again. “My wife and my mom are rough,” Rua told MMA Fighting about his family wanting him to retire. “I have two fights left. […]
Jan Blachowicz | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Just days before he received an offer to face Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the main event of UFC Sao Paulo, Jan Blachowicz thought there was a genuine possibility he might get the next shot at Jon Jones. With a 5-1 record in his past six fights, including a […]
MMA Fighting At the UFC Sao Paulo weigh-ins, all 24 fighters on Saturday’s fight card in Sao Paulo will step on the scale Friday morning local time and MMA Fighting has video of the highlights. In the main event, veterans Jan Blachowicz and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza are set to clash in a light heavyweight bout. […]
Tracy Cortez | MMA Fighting Three UFC Sao Paulo competitors were tripped up by the scale Friday morning, including one fighter who accepted her bout on less than 48 hours’ notice. Bantamweights Tracy Cortez and Vanessa Melo both came in half-a-pound over the limit (including one-pound allowance), while late-notice replacement Isabela de Padua came in […]
Artem Lobov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Artem Lobov will always be grateful for the name he built fighting in the UFC but he’s now making enough money outside the Octagon that he never has to stress about going back. It was less than a year ago that the 33-year-old Russian-Irish slugger was released from […]
Hailey Cowan | @hailey.bre.mma, Instagram The Legacy Fighting Alliance’s UFC Fight Pass debut will be without its originally scheduled co-main event. Flyweight contender Hailey Cowan announced on social media Thursday evening that she is out of her bout with Lisa Mauldin that was scheduled for Friday’s LFA 78 show in Belton, Texas. According to a […]
Francisco Trinaldo (pictured) is coming off a controversial decision defeat to Alexander Hernandes in July. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting SAO PAULO — What’s more important for a professional mixed martial artist – win a fight, or entertain the crowd? For Francisco Trinaldo, a 30-fight MMA veteran, it’s a constant struggle in his head. “Sometimes […]
Mauricio Rua discusses his plans for retirement before facing Paul Craig in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting SAO PAULO — Mauricio “Shogun” Rua already has broken a promise he made to his wife more than one decade ago. But he claims he’ll fulfill a new one. The former UFC and PRIDE light […]
Douglas Silva de Andrade hasn’t fought at featherweight since a 2014 loss to Zubaira Tukhugov. | Inovafoto/UFC SAO PAULO, Brazil — The days when Joe Rogan called Renan Barao “a monster” and UFC president Dana White argued that the bantamweight was one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet are long gone. Now, the […]