NEW YORK CITY – UFC 244 prelim fighter Hakeem Dawodu talks about being disappointed with his performance, which he chalked up to being nervous competing at Madison Square Garden. The UFC featherweight also spoke about “disrespect” for Canadian MMA, wanting to fight a top-10 opponent in February, and meeting his long-lost brother after the event.
Esther Lin, Showtime Conor McGregor’s longtime manager decried media reports linking the Irish star to a pair of sexual assault cases in his native country. Audie Attar, owner of the Paradigm Sport Management firm that reps the former two-division champion, “vehemently” denied “any allegation of sexual misconduct or any wrongdoing” in a Monday interview on […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Coming off of UFC 241 and UFC 243, the middleweight title picture was supposed to be crystal clear. But somehow the waters have once again darkened. Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 to become the undisputed middleweight champion and his first title defense was supposed to come against […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Israel Adesanya knows he’s on a collision course with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, but the fight won’t happen until he’s ready for it to happen. Just a few weeks removed from his second-round knockout against Robert Whittaker to unify the UFC middleweight title, Adesanya is still enjoying a bit […]
Kleber Silva scored a KO win over PFL heavyweight winner Philipe Lins in the Bellator cage. | Bellator Kleber Silva will replace Moise Rimbon at the upcoming Brave Combat Federation four-man openweight tournament on Nov. 15 in Bahrain, sources told MMA Fighting. It’s unclear why Rimbon withdrew from the grand prix. Silva is coming off […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Corey Anderson stopped Johnny Walker in the first round at UFC 244, and the Brazilian light heavyweight knows what went wrong on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. Walker was on a roll after knocking out Khalil Rountree, Justin Ledet and Misha Cirkunov in a combined time of 2:48 in the […]
Vince Murdock | Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images 2019 was going to be Vince Murdock’s year. After 16 pro bouts, which included a one-off appearance for Bellator and a two-fight stint over in India’s Super Fight League that may have done more harm than good (both Murdock’s SFL fights ended in […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone, as the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) fight card blew the roof off Madison Square Garden this past weekend (Sat., Nov. 2, 2019) in New York City. Plenty of fighters were left licking their wounds, including Gregor Gillespie, who was knocked out cold by […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images I know all the cool kids think Nate Diaz is the realist in the game, but I’m giving that nod to middleweight bruiser Darren Till, who made his successful 185-pound debut against Kelvin Gastelum at the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) event last Sat. night in New York. […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, has made up his mind about the 205-pound division, despite the delay in matchmaking, and appears ready to book Jon Jones against Dominick Reyes for early 2020. “The Dominator” is coming off last month’s first-round destruction of former middleweight […]