Esther Lin Welcome to the inaugural MMA Fighting global rankings, where our esteemed panel of experts team up to sort out the best of the best in an ever-shifting MMA landscape. Our eight-person voting panel consists of MMA Fighting staffers Shaun Al-Shatti, Alexander K. Lee, Guilherme Cruz, Mike Heck, E. Casey Leydon, Steven Marrocco, Damon […]
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley faces Jake Paul in a boxing match on Aug. 28, and Paige VanZant meets Rachael Ostovich in the main event of BKFC 19 on July 23. VanZant signed a lucrative contract with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in August 2020. Woodley fought out his UFC contract opening the door to […]
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Louis “Da Last Samurai” Smolka (17-7-0) clarifies the reasons for pulling out of the fight with “Sugar” O’Malley (13-1-0). He posted that he wanted to fight with “Sugar”, but the decision was not his to make. As it turned out, he could not fight because of an infection that prevented him from receiving the medical […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QgZLd0YRi0 UFC personality Din Thomas and son Ethon take to the pitch for a friendly soccer match with UFC stars, brothers Gilbert and Herbert Burns. Then, the Burns brothers treat Din to a home-cooked meal, where they discuss fighting and family ahead of Gilbert's fight versus Stephen Thompson at UFC 264. Subscribe to get all […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It’s finally Conor McGregor fight week again and as you could imagine, the hostilities are already beginning to ramp up. On Saturday, McGregor will face Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 264. The two have met twice before, with dramatically different outcomes. In their first […]
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Dustin Poirier was given a choice by UFC matchmakers after defeating Conor McGregor at UFC 257 in January. He could either face McGregor a third time or fight for the lightweight title. “The Diamond” chose to face McGregor. For Poirier, the decision was an easy one. “I made that decision pretty easily,” Poirier told ESPN. […]
Conor McGregor got the attention of UFC matchmakers with a run in Cage Warriors in 2011 and 2012 that saw him claim the promotion’s featherweight and lightweight titles. McGregor faces Dustin Poirier in the UFC 264 main event on July 10 in a trilogy bout. McGregor stopped Poirier when the two first fought in the […]
John Dodson | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Two-time UFC title challenger John Dodson was involved in a serious accident that has postponed his return to competition. On Saturday, Dodson’s manager Ricky Kottenstette posted on social media that Dodson and his family were involved in an automobile accident Friday evening. According to Kottenstette, Dodson and his […]