These days, Rayden Overbay doesn’t have a problem striking up a conversation at his middle school. Classmates engage him. ”They’re not treating him any different,” Overbay’s father, Danny Ray Overbay, 37, told MMA Fighting. “They’re not being mean to him.” At the height of bullying that started when he was nine, Rayden Overbay, who is […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images I guess Nate Diaz wasn’t paying attention when Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, told the mixed martial arts (MMA) community that he was not interested in booking a Jorge Masvidal rematch after the cageside doctor called a halt to the UFC 244 main event […]
Photo by Chris Ryan/Corbis via Getty Images I know it’s easy to make jokes about Ken Shamrock, based on the second half of his fighting career, but the mixed martial arts (MMA) pioneer was one of the biggest stars of combat sports back when some of today’s top names were still shitting their diapers and […]
Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The place is here, WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla., and the time is now. The weigh ins for Bellator 233: “Salter vs. van Steenis” tomorrow night (Fri., Nov. 8, 2019 via Paramount Network and DAZN) go down today (Thurs., Nov. 7, 2019) before John Salter (16-4) and Costello […]
Bellator MMA With the Bellator 233 early weigh-in results already in the books (get full results here), the promotion will ask all fighters competing on tomorrow’s card to return to the stage at 1:00 p.m. ET for the ceremonial festivities and corresponding staredowns. Don’t forget to sign up for DAZN RIGHT HERE so you don’t […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, had to choose between Dominick Reyes and Corey Anderson when it came to his next 205-pound title defense, as both fighters are ranked in the Top 5 and coming off big finishes. True, one came over a former middleweight […]
With Junior dos Santos out of commission, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has asked Greg Hardy to jump in on short notice to fight No. 7-ranked Alexander Volkov in the upcoming UFC Moscow co-main event this Sat. (Nov. 9, 2019) inside CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. Before these two mammoth heavyweights get busy inside the Octagon, […]
Auburn Police have identified Ibraheem Yazeed, 30, from Montgomery, Alabama, as the person of interest in the Aniah Blanchard missing person case. An arrest warrant was issued on charges of armed kidnapping in the first degree. Blanchard is the daughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris. Yazeed is currently out on bond following charges of kidnapping […]
After making a name for herself in the top independent and female wrestling promotions across the world as Thunder Rosa, Melissa Cervantes has decided to try something new and enter the world of MMA. Following the route of fellow pro wrestlers turned fighters like “Alpha Female” Jazzy Gabert, Allysin Kay, and “Sexy Star” Dolce Garcia; […]
Nate Diaz, just days after having fought Jorge Masvidal in the UFC 244 main event and demanding a rematch, appears to be stepping away from fighting. At least for the time being. “F*** a rematch this s**t was over before it started,” Diaz wrote on his Instagram account. “I’m goin on out on tour. Peace out […]