Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Dana White knows it’s never a good sign when some of the most prominent fighters on a roster start complaining with concerns over the future of the company. That’s exactly what’s happening at the PFL lately with several notable athletes representing Bellator issued statements about continued inactivity, cancelled shows and […]
Shavkat Rakhmonov, Henri Hooft and Vicente Luque | Photo via Rakhmonov’s Instagram Vicente Luque knows Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry well from training with both for a long period of time in Florida — and still does with Rakhmonov —, and he thinks the fight is much closer than some anticipate. Rakhmonov was scheduled […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! If you see ex-UFC star Nate Diaz holding a bottle of water, ducking would be advisable. The Stockton bad boy (and his team) has become infamous for water wars dating back […]
Bryan Battle | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Bryan Battle and Anthony Smith are already down on the cards heading into UFC 310 this Saturday. At Friday’s official weigh-ins for the final UFC pay-per-view of 2024, which takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Battle and Smith were the only two fighters to miss […]
Ilia Topuria is targeting a fight with UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev. Topuria made the second defense of his UFC Featherweight Title by stopping Max Holloway at UFC 308. It was the first stoppage loss of Holloway’s career, showing the magnitude of Topuria’s victory. The win followed Topuria’s knockoutagainst Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. That […]
Gordon Ryan clapped back at Mikey Musumeci. After leaving ONE Championship, Musumeci signed a deal with the UFC to compete in grappling, with his first promotional match coming Thursday night in Las Vegas. During the UFC 310 media day, Musumeci said one of his goals was to clean up the sport, with the help from […]
Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan will headline UFC 311 from the Intuit Dome, Los Angeles, on January 18. Makhachev successfully defended his UFC Lightweight Title against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 by submitting him in the final round. He was immediately linked with a rematch against Arman in October. But Makhachev suffered an injury, which […]
Join us for live results of WNO 25 tonight (Weds., Dec. 4, 2024), starting at 8 p.m. ET below. WNO 25 goes down TONIGHT (Weds., Dec. 4, 2024), and the Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) event will feature two title bouts, including the two double gold medalist winners from ADCC 2024 (Kaynan Duarte and Adele Fornarino). The […]
Even though Demetrious Johnson has stepped away from MMA, it seems his association with ONE Championship is set to continue. Back in September in Colorado at ONE 168, ‘DJ’ took the organization’s return to North American soil as an opportunity to announce him retirement from the sport, vacating the 135-pound title in the process. Johnson […]
Amanda Ribas and Mackenzie Dern | Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Amanda Ribas and Mackenzie Dern will headline the first UFC event of 2025. On Wednesday, MMA Fighting confirmed that the planned strawweight rematch between Ribas and Dern which was set for UFC Tampa has been pulled from the card and moved […]