The Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Madison Square Garden in New York for a rare non-championship headlined event. The bouts were made official on Friday at the UFC 244 early weigh-in. Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz will be fighting for a belt, but the BMF belt, while costing $50,000 to make, represents a fictitious title: […]
Former UFC dual-division champion Conor McGregor was convicted and fined in an Irish court on Friday for assaulting a man in a Dublin pub in April. McGregor appeared in court to answer for a charge under the Non-Fatal Offenses Against the Person Act. The charge was the result of an incident on April 6, in […]
For welterweight Angelo Trevino, his July, 2018, loss to Austin Vanderford at Dana White’s Contender Series not only cost him a potential shot at the UFC, it also ended up costing him over a year of his career. Going into the bout, Trevino had been dealing with knee issues, and he believes the fight with […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) UFC drug czar Jeff Novitsky gave praise to Nate Diaz’s gangster move to prove his innocence in the failed drug test leading up to his fight with Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244. TRENDING > Jorge Masvidal praises President Donald Trump Tune in to MMAWeekly.com for full UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Kelvin Gastelum waited until the final minutes of the weigh-in proceeding to step on the scale for his UFC 244 bout with Darren Till. That led to speculation that he might be having trouble making weight. When the commissioner read the scale, however, Gastelum was well under the 186-pound limit, weighing […]
Watch live from New York City as all 24 fighters competing at UFC 244 step to the scale one day before they face off inside Madison Square Garden. Main card (ESPN+ PPV at 10 p.m. ET) Nate Diaz (170.4) vs. Jorge Masvidal (169.6) Kelvin Gastelum (184) vs. Darren Till (186) Stephen Thompson (170.4) vs. Vicente […]
In the fourth edition of the UFC’s inside look at UFC 244 fight week: welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy Thompson” trains with his coach and father; middleweight Kelvin Gastelum trains at the facility belonging to Renzo Gracie, whose grandfather created BJJ. Fans rally behind both coasts at the open workouts, where headliners Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz […]
Will Nate Diaz’s last fight come this Saturday night against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244? If you talk to the Stockton product, it may be. While Diaz will be fighting for the second time in three months after a nearly three year layoff, walking into Madison Square Garden to fight for the BMF belt, and […]
In the midst of a potential return, another of Conor McGregor’s legal issues have been resolved with a guilty plea. McGregor has pleaded guilty for an April assault where the former UFC champion punched an old man in the face for not drinking a glass of his Proper Twelve Whiskey. McGregor has been ordered to […]
Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal were once best friends, now Covington needs to be met with security when he and the fellow welterweight are both at American Top Team. Masvidal, who claims the friendship ended due to a change in Covington’s attitude and the former interim champion owing one of their mutual coaches money, wants […]