Israel Adesanya has entered a guilty plea in relation to a drink-driving incident on August 19th, 2023. Reports indicate that the incident in question saw Adesanya be over the legal alcohol limit of ‘50 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood.’ As a result, Adesanya pleaded guilty on September 25th, 2023, in New Zealand. The timing […]
Live from the 3Arena tonight in Dublin, Ireland, Johnny Eblen dispatched Fabian Edwards prior to the championship rounds in their middleweight title bout at Bellator 299. The headlining contest for the 185-pound belt concluded a monumental evening that featured a total of 20 fights. This is the 11th time Bellator has travelled to Ireland since […]
Dana White has revealed a total of three new world-title bouts for UFC 295 and UFC 296. In an action-packed card coming up at the back end of the year, Jiri Prochazka will take on Alex Pereira for the vacant light heavyweight title on November 11th, 2023, at UFC 295. This will be part of […]
Dustin Poirier was in Dublin, Ireland, undergoing some training, sparking fans to demand a fourth fight between him and Conor McGregor. Poirier’s last fight was a second-round-stoppage loss to Justin Gaethje as the latter grabbed the BMF title. In the aftermath, Dustin considered the possibility of moving up from lightweight, having lost the last two […]
Tonight at Noche UFC (Also known as UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2) from the T-Mobile Arena In Las Vegas, Alexa Grasso (16-3-1) was able to retain her UFC flyweight championship title by going the 5-round distance to a split draw versus Valentina Shevchenko (23-4-1). Throughout the fight, the main event competitors showed high […]
The State of California has passed a bill unanimously which has created the first state-run-pension fund for MMA athletes. The bill was sponsored by former UFC bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Matt Haney (state representative) as the bill was passed on September 13th, 2023. Rousey was very vocal about the need to look after fighters […]
The merger between the UFC and WWE has now become official, with Dana White being given a new role. The move has seen Endeavor, UFC’s parent company, join WWE to create TKO Group Holdings, Inc. The make-up of the venture means that Endeavor has a controlling interest of 51 percent. As for the WWE, it […]
Sean Strickland’s new UFC middleweight belt has already suffered some damage. The champion acquired the belt following his unanimous-decision win over Israel Adesanya at UFC 293. The victory was one of the biggest upsets in recent memory as the American put on a sublime performance as he dropped the former champion in the first round. […]
Culminating an exciting evening at UFC 293 in Australia, Sean Strickland has achieved the unthinkable, defeating Israel Adesanya in a 5-round stand-up war to achieve the UFC middleweight title. Despite an “obvious” mismatch in the eyes of many, including the betting experts who had “The Last Stylebender” as an enormous -600 favorite, Strickland managed to […]
This Saturday at UFC 293, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-2) will put his title on the line versus the brash challenger, and always entertaining, Sean Strickland (27-5). Following hitting the mark on the scales yesterday, Adesanya and Strickland were left with one last opportunity to size each other up earlier today ahead of their main […]