(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 […]
Kywan Gracie Behring made his professional MMA debut in July, winning via firs-round TKO in England. | Bellator MMA Another member of the Gracie clan has joined the Bellator roster. Son of the legendary Marcelo Behring and grandson of jiu-jitsu founder Carlos Gracie, Kywan Gracie Behring has signed an exclusive multi-year, multi-fight contract to compete […]
Darren Till | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Darren Till has passed the first hurdle in a new weight division. At Friday’s official weigh-ins for UFC 244 in New York City, Till successfully weighed in at middleweight (with one-pound allowance), tipping the scales 186 pounds. This will be Till’s first middleweight appearance for the promotion. Despite […]
Manny Bermudez had trouble with the scale in his last three fights in the UFC. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Manny Bermudez’s run as a UFC fighter has come to an end. The 25-year-old fighter announced Friday on his social media that he has been released by the UFC following his first-round submission defeat to […]
Conor McGregor | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to a single charge of assault stemming from an April incident at the Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh, Ireland. “The Notorious” received a €1000 ($1,116.68) fine for the charge. The former UFC double champion presented himself at a Dublin court on Friday morning […]