Money talks, Anthony Pettis walks … all the way to the bank to cash his $650,000 check. “Showtime” scored beaucoup bucks by defeating aging pugilist Roy Jones Jr. atop the Gamebred Boxing 4 pay-per-view (PPV) event last weekend in Milwaukee, more than triple his payout for his last UFC win as lightweight champion (see those
Month: April 2023
9:59 AM ET A heavyweight matchup between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and surging prospect Jailton Almeida will headline a UFC Fight Night on May 13, officials announced this week. The event is scheduled to take place at Spectrum Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It will mark the UFC’s fourth trip to Charlotte and its first since January
Jorge Masvidal roasts Colby Covington’s restraining order, brain injury, and felonies | Video Jorge Masvidal faces Gilbert Burns in the UFC 287 co-main event on Saturday, but he’s also involved in a never-ending battle with welterweight contender Colby Covington. Inside the cage, at UFC 272, it was Covington that got the better of Masvidal but
LAS VEGAS – Julia Budd was pleased to get a matchup with Larissa Pacheco to open the 2023 PFL women’s featherweight season. Budd (16-5) faces Pacheco (19-4) in Friday’s 2023 PFL 2 main event, which takes place at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. The main card airs on ESPN2 following prelims on ESPN+. The former
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! This weekend (Sat., April 8, 2023), Israel Adesanya will attempt to finally score his revenge on knockout artist Alex Pereira in the main event of UFC 287. Pereira has defeated Adesanya three times now, twice in kickboxing and once at UFC 281. Two of those defeats came via knockout. One of
7:50 PM ET MIAMI — Jorge Masvidal said he is not sure how his rival Colby Covington is set for the next UFC welterweight title shot given legal claims Covington has made in a criminal case against Masvidal. Masvidal is facing felony charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief stemming from an alleged attack on
For UFC bantamweight Adrian Yanez, 2022’s only hiccup was that he wasn’t able to be as busy as he would have liked. After having had three fights in 2021, Yanez had only a single bout in 2022, making it his lowest activity year to date amongst nearly a decade as a pro. “My 2022 for
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from March 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for March. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
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On this very special special edition of The MMA Hour, Conor McGregor drops by the NYC studios Wednesday night. The former two-division UFC champion will discuss his UFC return, TUF 31, and much more with Ariel Helwani LIVE in studio. The show airs live beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. For the latest episodes of The
PFL featherweight Brendan Loughnane talks to media after his TKO victory over Marlon Moraes at 2023 PFL 1 at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Full event coverage: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/tag/2023-pfl-1 Be sure to subscribe to receive updates when we post new content: bit.ly/3YstIQd Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com #PFL
Alexander Volkanovski and Robert Whittaker may be getting ready to make the jump to professional wrestling. On Monday, the UFC’s parent company Endeavor closed a deal to buy a majority share in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with plans to combine the two promotions into one publicly traded sports and entertainment entity. The two companies are
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and one-time interim 155-pound titleholder Dustin Poirier are two of the biggest names in mixed martial arts (MMA), thanks to their massive pay-per-view (PPV) success atop multiple UFC fight cards. Conor McGregor deserves most of the credit. That’s according to former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who now serves
8:43 AM ET Alex Pereira stood with his back to the fence inside the UFC’s Octagon at Madison Square Garden. It was right before the start of the fifth and final round of a title fight in front of a sellout crowd. Pereira looked across the cage at his opponent, then-UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya,
When former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou walked away from a deal with the fight promotion to try free agency, he probably thought he’d never fight in the octagon again. Many people out there believe a deal could be reached between UFC and Ngannou, especially to come back and face Jon Jones. Chael Sonnen is
Lightweight veterans Diego Ferreira and Michael Johnson will meet in May. Ferreira (17-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) takes on Johnson (21-18 MMA, 13-14 UFC) at UFC Fight Night on May 20. A venue and location have yet to be announced. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMA
George Sotiropoulos is returning to the cage. The 45-year-old Sotiropoulos is scheduled for his first fight in nearly nine years as he’ll face Josh Togo in a lightweight contest at Hex Fight Series 26 — which takes place May 26 at the Melbourne Pavilion in Australia — the promotion announced on Tuesday. Sotiropoulos had 11-fights
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