Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Jorge Masvidal dominating Nate Diaz for the better part of three rounds at UFC 244 may have been a surprise to some but certainly not to his head coach Mike Brown. The American Top Team stalwart helped lay out the strategy to pick Diaz apart and then he watched as Masvidal […]
Jerry McCarthy, KO TV Media DUBLIN — Former UFC fighter Paddy Holohan doubts he will be able to rekindle his relationship with SBG head coach John Kavanagh. Mixed-martial-artist turned politician Holohan successfully launched his autobiography, Hooligan, in Dublin on Monday night at an event attended by training partners, friends, family and fans. Although he hinted […]
Kevin Lee and Gregor Gillespie | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Dramatic as it was, Gregor Gillespie is taking his first loss in stride. Gillespie was poised for a breakthrough at UFC 244 this past Saturday, facing one-time interim title challenger Kevin Lee and competing in front of a hometown crowd at Madison Square Garden in […]
If Tyson Fury stepped inside the Octagon, UFC President Dana White feels it won’t end well for the undefeated former world heavyweight champion. “Fury’s worked hard his whole life to become one of the top four [heavyweights] in the world in boxing. Why would you wanna even come over and attempt this? I don’t think […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, was expected to make his first 185-pound title defense against top division contender, Paulo Costa, at some point in early 2020. Unfortunately for “The Eraser,” a bicep injury is likely to keep him out of action for eight […]
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump attended the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) event last Sat. night (Nov. 2, 2019) inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, where he got to rub elbows with longtime supporter and UFC President Dana White. It cost the Republican National Committee $60,000. Now before […]
Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images The whole point of releasing these “Fight Motion” videos, also known as “Ghost Cam” in some circles, is so that mixed martial arts (MMA) fans can watch some of the slam-bang action in super-slow motion. Safe to say there was plenty of that from the UFC 244 card last weekend […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Retired UFC welterweight, Dan Hardy, went on camera after the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) event and criticized light heavyweight up-and-comer, Johnny Walker, for trash talking Corey Anderson while both fighters were waiting in the backstage tunnel. “For five minutes or 10 minutes all the time before the […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back for another early afternoon affair with UFC Fight Night 163 “Zabit vs. Kattar” this Sat. (Nov. 9, 2019), airing exclusively on ESPN+ from inside CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. The main event will feature the featherweight fracas between Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Calvin Kattar, who assume headlining duties after Junior […]
Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images I have bad news for all the crybaby Nate Diaz fans who think the Stockton slapper was going to have a miraculous turnaround in the fourth or fifth round of his UFC 244 main event against Jorge Masvidal last weekend in New York, despite having a face that landed somewhere […]