Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports UFC veteran Taylor Lapilus has become the latest signing for ARES Fighting Championship, a newly formed Afro-European MMA league, which is set for its inaugural event in Dakar, Senegal on Dec. 14. Many have speculated that ARES can make waves in Europe and beyond due to its strong financial backing by […]
Gilbert Melendez defeated Diego Sanchez for his first UFC win at UFC 166. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Gilbert Melendez wasn’t sad or upset when he got the call that he was being released from the UFC. In fact, the 37-year-old veteran actually welcomed the news that he was being cut because in a strange […]
This is The A-Side Live Chat on MMA Fighting. For this episode, José Youngs and Peter Carroll break down some of the top storylines in the world of mixed martial arts. There’s plenty to talk about, so join us at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Nov. 13. Some of the topics […]
Photo by Al Powers/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! This is a pretty odd one. Apparently, prior to Greg Hardy’s appearance at UFC Moscow over the weekend, Heavyweight legend Randy Couture sent “Prince of War” a […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title contender, Colby Covington, wants the American people to pay their respects to the veteran heroes who fought on behalf of the United States of America, because without them, we might not be able to enjoy our many freedoms. Like the right […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Long before Conor McGregor was throwing dollies through bus windows in Brooklyn, Artem Lobov and Khabib Nurmagomedov were in a hotel hallway, trying to handle business like men. Which is a nice way of saying “The Russian Hammer” got punked by “The Eagle.” That hand-on-the-back-of-the-head thing […]
David Berding-USA TODAY Sports Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight title contender, Francis Ngannou, is not going to be fighting for the 265-pound strap until reigning division kingpin, Stipe Miocic, finishes his trilogy with former champion, Daniel Cormier. How long that takes, remains to be seen. In the interim, “The Predator” can’t seem to find […]
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has updated its official rankings in the wake of the UFC Fight Night 163 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which took place last weekend (Sat., Nov. 9, 2019) inside CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. Get complete results and play-by-play here. After his unanimous decision win over Calvin […]
Combate Americas Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz, 44, will collide with ex-World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) titleholder Alberto Del Rio, 42, in the pay-per-view (PPV) main event of Combate Americas’ Dec. 7 fight card, set for Payne Arena in Hidalgo, Texas. As part of the build up to next month’s big […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, inserted himself into the “BMF” equation in the days leading up to the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) main event earlier this month in New York City. Even going so far as to call for a shot at […]