GLENDALE, Ariz. – With 17 professional MMA and two pro boxing bouts to his credit, Chris Avila by definition is a “real fighter.” There’s also the fact that he’s part of the Diaz brothers’ crew and associated with Nate Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. promotion. So when he steps into the ring this Saturday, Avila has
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YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul made an unconventional entrance to the open workouts on Wednesday night ahead of his showdown with Anderson Silva. This weekend, Paul and Silva will main event a Showtime pay-per-view, set to go down from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Days out from the event, the notable names competing on the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Perhaps the largest and least expected winner at UFC 280 was Henry Cejudo. Prior to the event, Cejudo was not widely considered as an immediate contender at 135 pounds. Though he retired with that title and has since returned to the USADA testing pool, Cejudo seemed really insistent on chasing Alexander
1:12 AM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Uriah Hall opened up Wednesday about falling into a “deep depression” following his abrupt retirement from the UFC this past summer. Hall said at the Jake Paul–Anderson Silva open workouts that he felt a loss of identity after stepping away from MMA and that at one point he had
Trigger Warning: This article includes discussion of depression, suicidal thoughts and self-harm. Uriah Hall said his MMA retirement came with a “deep depression” that included suicidal thoughts. Following an open workout for his professional boxing debut, which takes place Saturday against Le’Veon Bell on the undercard of Paul vs. Silva, the former UFC middleweight spoke
While he and many others still return home frequently and get solid work in when they are back in Georgia, his professional ambitions made it clear that he needed to surround himself with higher-level coaching and training partners if he wanted to reach those goals. “Back home is good training — I love Georgia, I
AZ commission to meet, discuss Anderson Silva’s pre-fight statement Following a controversial comment made by Anderson Silva himself, then later retracted, the Arizona State Athletic Commission will be meeting to discuss the matter. The AZ Boxing & MMA Commission is meeting tomorrow at 6:30pm regarding Anderson Silva, the AZ Gaming Department just emailed me. —
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Anderson Silva is feeling good ahead of his return to the ring. The former UFC middleweight champion showed off his boxing skills and jokes at Wednesday’s open workouts in preparation for his boxing match against YouTube star Jake Paul. You can watch Silva’s workout in the video above. Paul vs. Silva goes
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Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev have an intense staredown at UFC 280 ceremonial weigh-ins in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes: http://Apple.co/themmahour Subscribe to The MMA Hour on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0NUQhyUeYQcbtHOV10qmbb Subscribe to MMA Fighting
Charles Oliveira and Islam Makhachev had their first official UFC 280 faceoff at the pre-fight press conference for Saturday’s vacant lightweight title fight in Abu Dhabi. Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/ufc-280 Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get the latest MMA
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has given his thoughts on his close split decision win over Petr Yan at UFC 280. O’Malley earned a 29-28 decision on two of the judges’ scorecards to knock down the former champion Yan. While the fight exceeded competitive expectations, a majority of fans and pundits feel Yan deserved to
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) seems content to harass reigning light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka, racking up a staggering 24 drug tests within the last month and 51 since the beginning of 2022. The second highest total for 2022 ends in a tie between former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and streaking flyweight “Starboy” Manel Kape
11:20 AM ET Sean O’Malley, who has talked a good game for his entire UFC run, proved his worthiness of being considered among the elite at bantamweight with his UFC 280 victory over former champion Petr Yan last weekend. As a result, “Suga Sean” enters the men’s top-10 in the latest ESPN divisional rankings and
Dagestan loves Islam Makhachev. This past Saturday, Makhachev won the UFC lightweight championship when he submitted Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 280. Returning home this week, Makhachev received a hero’s welcome from his countrymen, who greeted him in droves to show their support (video courtesy of Red Corner MMA) as he arrived
In the main event, top featherweights Calvin Kattar and Arnold Allen clash to be one step closer to a shot at the 145-pound title. In the co-main event, welterweight’s battle to get back in the win column as UFC veteran Tim Means challenges Max Griffin. Don’t miss a moment of UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs Allen,
Petr Yan is so disappointed with loss to Sean O’Malley that’s he’s considering leaving the UFC Former bantamweight champion Petr Yan lost a controversial split decision to Sean O’Malley at UFC 280 and is so upset that he’s thinking about leaving the organization. At least that’s what former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier is hearing.
LAS VEGAS – Max Griffin is still hurt by his loss to Neil Magny, even if he was paid as though it was a win. Griffin (32-13-1 MMA, 14-10 UFC), who returns to action against Tim Means (17-9 MMA, 6-7 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 213 co-headliner, suffered a controversial split decision loss to Magny
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