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 […]
Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov, is done fighting in Las Vegas until he gets a formal apology from Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC), following its “harsh” treatment of “The Eagle” back in January. How harsh? […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It ain’t “Rocky,” but there is a “Drago” involved. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returns to Moscow for the first time since September of 2018 for a Saturday (Nov. 9th, 2019) morning/afternoon of mixed martial arts (MMA) action in Russia. The main event pits Dagestani ultra-prospect Zabit […]
Jon Jones has chosen the fighter he wants to face in his next title defense. The reigning UFC light heavyweight champion hasn’t fought since July when he won a split decision over Thiago Santos to defend his belt for the second straight time. Months have passed since that time with Jones teasing a return to […]
Looking back over his two fights in 2019, heavyweight Tyrell Fortune is very pleased with how his bouts have turned out. He’s on the cusp of entering title talk, but he’s in no rush to take home the Bellator belt. First against Ryan Pokryfky in February, then versus Rudy Schaffroth in August, both for Bellator, […]
(Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full live results for the first UFC on ESPN+ 21: Zabit vs. Kattar bout from Moscow is scheduled to begin on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT.) NOTE the […]
(Courtesy of UFC) Watch the UFC Moscow Weigh-in live on Friday, Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. ET / 7 a.m. PT on MMAWeekly.com. The UFC on ESPN+ 21 main event features Zabit Magomedsharipov squaring off with Calvin Kattar in a featherweight showdown. TRENDING > Jon Jones chooses Dominick Reyes as the UFC opponent he wants […]
Following two years away from the cage, featherweight Leslie Smith returned to fighting this past July with a unanimous decision win over Sinead Kavanaugh at Bellator 224. Now, she’s thinking about challenging for a Bellator belt. While there are some things she feels like she could work on following the win over Kavanaugh, overall Smith […]