Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images “You calling me out and now you putting excuses to back out? What happened, you heard I send people to the hospital after my fights? Don’t back out now.” — Yoel Romero I met Yoel Romero in summer 2017 while I was on location in Miami […]
Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports When you talk as mush trash as top-ranked welterweight contender, Colby Covington, it’s probably hard to remember how many people you’ve pissed off along the way, so there’s an outside chance “Chaos” forgot about these comments. Trash talk is like contract killing … no women, no kids. But Covington doesn’t play […]
Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is headed to Moscow for the UFC Fight Night 163 mixed martial arts (MMA) event this Sat. night (Nov. 9, 2019) in Russia, and in the absence of a governing athletic body, the promotion will be forced to self-regulate. That means the rules of Nevada State […]
Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports The Sean Salmon highlight reel has finally been retired. Hats off to once-beaten lightweight bruiser, Gregor Gillespie, who was inducted into the highlight reel hall of fame last Sat. night (Nov. 2, 2019) in New York City. That’s where “The Gift” was unwrapped by one of the most sensational knockouts you’ll […]
Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes | Bellator MMA Bellator MMA returns to Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii to “Salute the Troops” on Dec. 20, 2019, with another card free for service personnel and their families. It goes down the night before Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (10-0) makes her next title defense against Kate […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Fight for the rights of (almost) every man! Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, embodies the American dream. Instead of being born in some posh hospital in the suburbs of Swankville, U.S.A., “The Nigerian Nightmare” immigrated to the United States when he was eight years old and […]
Al Sermeno-USA TODAY Sports Former Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields, who was a top-ranked title contender for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), continues to ply his grappling trade outside of mixed martial arts (MMA), including his appearances for Submission Underground. Where he defeated Dillon Danis back in 2017. Since then, Shields claims the Bellator MMA welterweight […]
(Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Colby Covington doesn’t hide his support for President Donald Trump and his family. He even appeared to be reading Trump’s son’s book during the UFC 245 press conference. Covington being one of Trump’s biggest supporters, you would think he would be there by Trump’s side when the President attended UFC 244, […]
Looking back on his June victory over Ricardo Lamas at UFC 238, featherweight Calvin Kattar couldn’t be more pleased with how the fight turned out. Not only did Kattar pick up a first round TKO, but defeating such a well-regarded fighter as Lamas could prove to be a turning point in the advancement of Calvin’s […]
Since turning pro in June of 2018, it had been a pretty hectic first few months of welterweight Kyle Crutchmer’s career. Following his most recent win this past February, a unanimous decision over Josh Weston at XFN 356, Crutchmer had fought four times since his pro debut, with three finishes in his first four fights. […]