On Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, No. 5 ranked UFC middleweight Nassourdine Imavov took full advantage of his opportunity in facing former 185-pound king Israel Adesanya, by landing a well-placed overhand right that ended the main event bout shortly after the start of the 2nd round. Coming into the fight, Adesanya was in desperate […]
Photo by Alejandro Salazar/PX Images/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Interim WBC Light Heavyweight champion, David Benavidez, returns to action later TONIGHT (Sat., Feb. 1, 2025) to face current WBA Light Heavyweight champion, David Morrell Jr., inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, streaming live on Prime Video pay-per-view (PPV). Fight fans can also watch “Benavidez […]
Israel Adesanya and Nassourdine Imavov will clash in the UFC Saudi Arabia event Saturday. | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC MMA Fighting has UFC Saudi Arabia results for the Adesanya vs. Imavov fight card, a live blog of the top two fights, and more from the anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday afternoon. […]
Photo by Steve Marcus/Getty Images Bryce Mitchell got people in the MMA community talking — including UFC CEO Dana White, and his fellow fighters in and out of the organization. On the debut episode of his podcast, Mitchell went on a tirade claiming that through his research, Adolf Hitler was a “good guy,” and that […]
Alex Pereira has expressed his desire to face Oleksandr Usyk in a boxing match. Pereira’s first link with boxing came after Anthony Joshua suggested the Brazilian should try it. Pereira responded by asking who he should take on. Jake Paul reacted immediately by putting himself forward. However, Dana White immediately shut down that idea since […]
Dana White has shut down any chance of Islam Makhachev moving to middleweight. Makhachev is keen on becoming a two-weight world champion. He is coming off a successful UFC Lightweight Title defense against Renato Moicano at UFC 311. The Russian has said he wants to move up. A move to welterweight is difficult since his […]
Daniel Cormier and Chael Sonnen have been announced as the new coaches for The Ultimate Fighter 33. The first episode will air on March 27 on ESPN, marking the show’s 20th anniversary. Last season’s show featured Valentina Shevchenko and Alexa Grasso. The season was a precursor to their trilogy, which Valentina won. Conor McGregor and […]
Another month, another person asking for a body shot. Former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya competes in his first non-title fight in six years this weekend (Sat., Feb. 1, 2025) in the main event of UFC Saudi Arabia against No. 5 ranked Nassourdine Imavov, from inside Anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi […]
Anderson Zargo and Guilherme Mendonca at a Copa Thunder Fight event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Jan. 26, 2025 | @barrelelapierna, Twitter Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s […]
Alex Pereira will be in Sean Strickland’s corner for his rematch against Dricus Du Plessis. Strickland rematches Du Plessis on February 8 from the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. He lost their first fight at UFC 297 via a controversial split decision, losing his UFC Middleweight Title. Strickland bounced back with a win over Paulo […]