8:30 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Mixed martial arts is not what it used to be. In its early days, the sport was widely dismissed as a cringey toughman sideshow and relegated to the outcast fringe. For years, MMA was sustained by an obsessive and faithful fan base that mined fight clips from dingy corners of
Month: February 2023
“It doesn’t mean much at all,” he says when I ask him about headlining for the first time. “This is just the next fight that I must win.” His response isn’t surprising, but it doesn’t come off as convincing either. So when I push back, asking if this weekend’s matchup really doesn’t carry any greater
Tim Kennedy: ‘It’s totally fine for UFC fighters to train with a terrorist’ Former UFC, WEC, and Strikeforce fighter Tim Kennedy isn’t happy that some of the top UFC fighters train with Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic. Kadyrov’s reign of power has been marred with alleged human rights violations, assassinations, torture, and disappearances.
Gilbert Burns is a heavy favorite against Jorge Masvidal. Former welterweight title challengers Burns (20-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) and Masvidal (35-16 MMA, 12-9 UFC) will meet in the UFC 287 co-main event on April 8. At DraftKings, Burns opened as a whopping -435 favorite, meaning a $435 bet would be needed on “Durinho” to return
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It’s no surprise that Alex Pereira has slick archery skills, but one shocking fact is that his tricks are entirely self-taught. When “Poatan” landed in Brazil to corner his longtime friend Glover Teixeira at UFC 283, MMA Fighting decided to take the UFC middleweight champion for his first archery class with coach Bruno Heitor at
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Khamzat Chimaev and Abubakar Nurmagomedov were restrained by security by security after Islam Makhachev’s title win in the UFC 280 main event. Full results: 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 news and videos. Connect with
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley feels Dana White‘s Power Slap League is dangerous to those choosing to compete. Power Slap launched earlier this month to mixed reviews from the viewing audience. While the show has produced plenty of highlights, such as brutal knockouts, some have questioned whether or not the league should’ve continued after White’s
Sabah Homasi learned a lot of hard lessons during his short stint in the UFC, but those experiences made him the must-see fighter he is today. Homasi faces Brennan Ward on Saturday at Bellator 290, which takes place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The welterweight tilt serves as the first Bellator fight to
Big men trade hands and four “Road to UFC” tournament champions get crowned this Saturday (Feb. 4, 2023) inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. UFC Vegas 68’s main event sees Derrick Lewis face Serghei Spivac, while the Road to UFC finals highlight the “Prelims” undercard. Also in store are Da Un Jung vs. Devin
That opened the door for an interim title fight between Gastelum and Israel Adesanya, the latter winning the duel in 2019’s Fight of the Year and setting up an Australia-vs-New Zealand matchup to unify the title. At the record-breaking UFC 243 in Melbourne, Whittaker relinquished his title to “The Last Stylebender,” but he remains entrenched
UFC announces new partnership with Logan Paul, KSI It’s something UFC fans never thought they’d see. Dana White and the UFC have partnered with a Paul brother. According to a press release sent out on Tuesday, Logan Paul and KSI’s drink brand, PRIME, is now the official sports drink partner of the UFC. “We’re excited
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from January 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for January. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by