Luke Rockhold won’t be making his return to the octagon at UFC 268. Rockhold (16-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC), a former Strikeforce and UFC middleweight champion, announced on Monday night that he’s sustained a back injury and has withdrawn from his scheduled bout against Sean Strickland (24-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) on the Nov. 6 card at
Month: October 2021
Frankly, Hooker is good on the mic, and his most-recent offering was more of the promo-cutting same. “That was a good one,” Hooker said. “Say it with your chest. Say it with some mana, you know what I mean? They’re fighting words. I’m not shy. They’re fighting words. What am I supposed to say to
4:12 PM ET One of the most infamous backstage scuffles in UFC history will be revisited in December, as UFC welterweights Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal have agreed to meet inside the Octagon. Edwards and Masvidal will square off at UFC 269 on Dec. 11, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Thursday.
Mo Miller became the first person on this season of Dana White’s Contender Series to win a fight but not walk away with a UFC contract. Miller improved to 6-0 with a dominant unanimous decision win over the previously undefeated Brandon Lewis at September’s DWCS Season 5: Week 3 event and was the only fighter
Bellator 268 will be the biggest night in Julius Anglickas’ five year professional prize fighting career. However, despite being on the cusp of championship gold in a major promotion on Oct. 16, the humble hulk of a man does not plan to diverge from the modest mindset that earned him a chance at a Bellator
Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn’t believe Dan Hooker offers much of a challenge to Islam Makhachev. Since retiring from fighting, Nurmagomedov keeps busy touring the world and speaking to audiences. These engagements allegedly garner “The Eagle” $300,00 per day if we’re to believe his manager, Ali Abdelaziz. They also give the former lightweight champion a chance to
Dustin Poirier thinks former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champ-champ Daniel Cormier could fill the shoes of UFC President Dana White one day. Poirier, who challenges Charles Oliveira for the UFC Lightweight title at UFC 269, was recently asked who could serve as White’s successor. Poirier suggested that Cormier — an Olympic wrestler and former UFC
Chuck Liddell arrested for domestic violence in Los Angeles Former UFC champion Chuck Liddell is in hot water after being arrested and jailed on domestic violence charges on Monday. According to TMZ, who broke the news early Monday morning, Liddell was arrested after police responded to his Hidden Hills home, where they deemed an argument
We want your predictions for Saturday’s Bellator 268 event in Phoenix. Our staff picks feature includes the consensus picks from MMA Junkie readers. Simply cast your vote for each bout below, and we’ll use the official tallies that are registered by Wednesday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). Those MMA Junkie reader consensus picks will
“My dad has been incarcerated since I was three years old, and he’s never been able to watch any of my fights,” Brown said. “(He is) over in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. What was cool is that every time I fight, they can listen, they leave the TV on and the whole cell block can hear it.
Alain Ngalani vs. Mahmoud Hassan at ONE Championship 10
2:13 PM ET One top Bellator star will be defending her belt next month. Another will be giving up his title. Bellator president Scott Coker said Wednesday on The MMA Hour that Cris Cyborg will defend her women’s featherweight title against Sinead Kavanagh on Nov. 12 in Hollywood, Florida. Coker also announced that Patricio “Pitbull”
Matt Bessette has always been known as one of the toughest, most durable fighters in the New England region, and now that it’s known he’s been competing with a serious injury for the last several years, it takes that reputation up another notch. Bessette, a UFC and Bellator veteran, became a two-division champion for CES
Oct 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Deontay Wilder (red/black trunks) is knocked out by Tyson Fury (black/gold trunks) during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight title with a knockout win over Deontay Wilder in the 11th round of their
Dustin Poirier believes one of the UFC’s greatest ever champions could one day replace Dana White as its President. The Louisiana-native will attempt to enter the same rarefied air on December 11 when he faces off with Charles Oliveira for the lightweight title at UFC 269. But with that encounter some months away, Poirier sat
The Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder trilogy came to a close on Saturday night from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and it ended with bang as Fury knocked out Wilder in the 11th round. The final tally on the three fights: 2-0-1 for Tyson Fury. All three fights were wildly entertaining, which is something
UFC Champ Israel Adesanya reacts to Tyson Fury stopping Deontay Wilder in trilogy bout | Video UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya tuned in on Saturday to watch the heavyweight boxing championship trilogy bout between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Fury defeated Wilder for the second time, finishing “The Bronze Bomber” in the 11th round in
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