Alexia Thainara | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Alexia Thainara wants to spoil the English party Saturday night and debut with the right foot in the octagon by beating Molly McCann at UFC London. “Burguesinha” finished a training session last Friday in Varginha, Brazil, when the phone rang. Her manager called team leader Marcelo Ribas […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Rose Namajunas is headed back to the cage. The former UFC strawweight champion is expected to face Top 15-ranked Miranda Maverick as part of the upcoming UFC Atlanta “Fight Night” event on June 14, though it’s worth noting the promotion has yet to make an official announcement. […]
BKFC has announced BKFC Ice Wars, a league specializing in hockey fights. It will feature three or five 90-second rounds, one-minute breaks, and two referees overseeing the action. Fighters will wear hockey gear but use four-ounce MMA gloves. The first BKFC Ice Wars event is a “Battle of the Borders” between America and Canada on […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC UFC 314 is less than a month away, and the UFC has released its fight poster for the highly anticipated event. One title fight headlines the UFC return’s to Miami on April 12 with former UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski and Diego Lopes colliding for the vacant UFC featherweight title in […]
In a recent interview appearance, Tom Aspinall gave his take on Magomed Ankalaev taking Alex Pereira’s title at UFC 313, and hit back at the fans that scored the fight for the Brazilian. Ankalaev took the former light heavyweight champion the full 5-round distance earlier this month in Las Vegas, walking away with a unanimous […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC After Paddy Pimblett’s reaction to Dustin Poirier wanting to retire — and subsequently saying he’d defeat the former interim lightweight champion in a fight — fans are siding with “The Diamond.” Ahead of Pimblett’s massive co-main event fight with Michael Chandler at UFC 314 on April 12 in Miami, “The […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Two ranked middleweights coming off losses makes sense for the division … but no word yet if Allen is “All In.” Marvin Vettori is “angry” about losing to Roman Dolidze atop the UFC Vegas 104 fight card last weekend in Las Vegas. And much like Buddy Revell, who got Jerry […]
Conor McGregor visited the White House as he met U.S. President Donald Trump. McGregor’s trip was part of a St. Patrick’s Day visit, during which he was introduced by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. The Notorious has a good relationship with Trump, having attended his inauguration this year. Trump also spoke well of McGregor during a […]
Canelo Alvarez and William Scull | Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Canelo Alvarez and William Scull have their undercard set for their upcoming clash in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the May 3 main event, Alvarez (62-2-2) aims to regain his undisputed super middleweight champion status when he takes on IBF titleholder William Scull (23-0). On […]
The UFC is reportedly moving on from ESPN+ with a view to signing a broadcasting deal with Netflix. The UFC signed their ESPN+ deal in 2018, which expires this year. Under the deal, UFC fights are exclusively on ESPN+ in a deal worth $1.5 billion. ESPN has a three-month exclusive window that ends after March […]