Month: March 2024

Dana White won’t concede to criticism. 2022 started controversially for longtime Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) color commentator Joe Rogan. Early into the year, a video surfaced, compiling clips from several old episodes of Rogan’s old Joe Rogan Experience podcasts, showing him saying the n-word. The video emerged before UFC 271 in Houston, Tex., and prompted

UFC Vegas 92 has its main event. A Featherweight bout between perennial contender and veteran, Edson Barboza (24-11), and the rising Lerone Murphy (13-0-1) is set to headline UFC Vegas 92 at the UFC APEX Facility in Las Vegas on May 18, 2024. Laerte Viana first reported the bout before later being confirmed by MMA

Craig Jones is showing his support for Ukraine. The jiu-jitsu ace has become notorious for his silly antics and wacky personality throughout his career. Despite that, Jones is one of the most talented people in the world at his craft, and he shares his knowledge when he gets the chance. Jones and his team held

The top women’s Flyweight contender will be decided inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., this weekend (Sat., March 30, 2024) when Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot put their undefeated Octagon records on the line. UFC Atlantic City’s co-feature sees Joaquin Buckley step up to battle Vicente Luque after Sean Brady’s exit (details here), while

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Heavyweights are heading to “The Garden State.” According to a new report from Leo Guimaraes, Top 10-ranked Heavyweights Alexander Volkov and Jailton Almeida have been booked for UFC 302, which is scheduled for Sat., June 1, 2024 from The Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. It’s one of the earliest announcements

A muay Thai fighter’s nose was completely wrecked over the weekend, and the slow-motion footage of the punch that did it is insane. It happened between Por Tor Thor Petchrungruang and Shayan Heydari in Thailand, with Petchrungruang blasting Heydari with a vicious uppercut that broke right through the guard and landed flush on the nose. Heydari’s nose

The second-quarter UFC schedule continues to fill out with main events with the addition of Edson Barboza vs. Lerone Murphy at UFC Fight Night on May 18. Ranked featherweights will clash at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas when Barboza (24-11 MMA, 18-11 UFC) takes on Murphy (13-0-1 MMA, 5-0-1 UFC) in a matchup scheduled

After Igor Severino took a bite out of Andre Lima’s arm in their UFC on ESPN 53 fight, the Nevada Athletic Commission did the same with Severino’s pay. All of it. The NAC withheld Severino’s entire purse after he was disqualified for biting Lima in the second round of their bout this past Satuday at

Jiri Prochazka isn’t concerned with being bumped down to the prelims at UFC 300. Former light heavyweight champion Prochazka (29-4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) meets Aleksandar Rakic (14-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC) in the April 13 featured prelim from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Rising star Bo Nickal opens up the main card, which caused plenty of

LAS VEGAS – Karl Williams beat Justin Tafa with a unanimous decision Saturday in the UFC on ESPN 53 co-main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Williams, who won for the seventh straight time, six of which have been by decision. Williams on the fight’s key

LAS VEGAS – Mick Parkin beat Mohammed Usman with a unanimous decision Saturday to open the preliminary card at UFC on ESPN 53 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Parkin, who stayed unbeaten and snapped Usman’s three-fight UFC winning streak, which was the best in the promotion

Former UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno is stepping away from MMA – just for a littel while. Moreno has announced that he’ll be taking a temporary leave from his MMA career. He mad it clear this is not a retirement as Moreno (21-8-2 MMA, 9-5-2 UFC) promises he’ll eventually return to the octagon. Moreno made

On the latest episode of “Spinning Back Clique,” the panel reacted to the news of the settlement the UFC reached in two antitrust lawsuits. It was reported last Wednesday that the UFC and a group representing approximately 1,200 former fighters reached a settlement on a pair of antitrust lawsuits, which will no longer go to

Jailton Almeida is wasting little time getting back in the octagon. Just more than two weeks removed from defeat, Almeida has agreed to fight Alexander Volkov in a big-time heavyweight showdown set for June 1 at UFC 302, which is expected to take place at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. A person with knowledge of

Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly — social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes of X, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look