Danny Roberts and Michel Pereira | Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports Danny Roberts wants to put his viral knockout loss to Michel Pereira behind him with a big performance in Moscow this weekend. Known for his striking prowess, “Hot Chocolate” admits that his loss six months ago to the spectacular Brazilian was a “tough pill to […]
Calvin Kattar (pictured) fights Zabit Magomedsharipov in the main event of UFC Moscow on Saturday | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Calvin Kattar is a man on a mission. Yes, it would have been nice to have been able to compete in front of a rabid Boston crowd back in his home state of Massachusetts, as […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting With UFC 244 in the books, MMA Fighting’s E. Casey Leydon takes a look back at a memorable fight week in New York City.
Khabib Nurmagomedov | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov is in no hurry to return to the city where he had his most highly publicized in-cage triumph and out-of-the-cage incident. The UFC lightweight champion is currently without a fight as a matchup with No. 1 contender Tony Ferguson looms and while the wheels are in […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held its early and official weigh ins for the UFC Fight Night 163 “Zabit vs. Kattar” mixed martial arts (MMA) event in the wee hours of the morning, so we’re going to skip all the formalities and bring you right to the ceremonial festivities at 10 a.m. ET in the embedded […]
Escambia County Sheriff’s Office Blanchard is the 19 year-old stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight contender, Walt Harris. Police have scored a major breakthrough in the case of Aniah Blanchard, missing since Oct. 24, after apprehending and detaining 29 year-old Ibraheem Yazeed, who was arrested on Thursday night in Florida and booked into Escambia County jail on […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently tied a ribbon around its ceremonial weigh ins for the upcoming UFC Fight Night 163 “Zabit vs. Kattar” mixed martial arts (MMA) event, taking place this Sat. (Nov. 9, 2019) afternoon, airing exclusively on ESPN+ from inside CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. For complete UFC Moscow weigh-in results click here. […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Despite his technical knockout win over Johnny Walker at the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in New York (see it), Corey Anderson won’t be getting the next light heavyweight title shot against reigning division kingpin, Jon Jones. That’s according to “Bones.” Instead, Jones will […]
https://twitter.com/ScottCoker Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) gets teased quite often in the forums for its cookie-cutter event posters, which stick to the tried-and-true “Fighter A faces off against Fighter B” design style. Probably because we’re creeping up on 250 events and there are only so many times you can regurgitate the same layout. It’s nitpicking, of […]
Photo by Phillip Massey/Getty Images Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, has reportedly been cleared by a DNA test following a paternity claim slapped against “Notorious” back in 2017, just weeks before the birth of his son with longtime girlfriend, Dee Devlin. “To conclusively end any and all erroneous media reports, Conor […]