Michael Chandler knew what he was getting in to with Conor McGregor. On Thursday night, UFC CEO Dana White announced that Chandler’s highly anticipated matchup with Conor McGregor is off of UFC 303. The welterweight bout was schedueld to headline the June 29 card in Las Vegas, but McGregor has been forced to withdraw due
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Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. This past weekend’s UFC Louisville card came and went without much fanfare (though the main card
Thursday will be a day MMA fans won’t soon forget after losing three of the four fighters in the originally scheduled main events of UFC Saudi Arabia and UFC 303. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck reacts to the UFC announcing that an injury to Conor McGregor has
Alex Pereira saved UFC 300 by defending his light heavyweight title on short notice versus Jamahal Hill. Now, he steps up on even shorter notice to save UFC 303. Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are no longer headlining the International Fight Week show on June 29 in Las Vegas, so “Poatan” has agreed to rematch
The UFC Vegas 93 weigh-in video features 24 fighters stepping on the scale Friday morning in Las Vegas. Watch a live stream of the official morning weigh-ins, courtesy of Ag. Fight. In the main event, Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira have to hit the flyweight limit for a non-title fight at 126 pounds. Perez has
Tagir Ulanbekov made the wrong kind of statement on the scale. Ahead of a card filled with flyweight competitors looking to impress, Ulanbekov was the lone 125-pounder to miss the mark at Friday’s official morning weigh-ins for UFC Vegas 93. Ulanbekov came in at 129.5 pounds, 3.5 pounds over the limit (including the one-pound allowance
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler won’t be headlining UFC 303, but International Fight Week still has the potential to end with a bang. Following the announcement that McGregor has been forced out of the originally scheduled June 29 main event due to injury, it was announced that light heavyweight
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just one day away from the upcoming UFC Vegas 93 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, which is set to go down tomorrow night (Sat., June 15, 2024) on ESPN2 and ESPN+ from inside APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring a flyweight main event between Top 15 title contenders Alex Perez
Jiri Prochazka sounds dialed in and ready for his short-notice title fight against Alex Pereira at UFC 303. Prochazka was expecting to face Pereira again sometime later in 2024. But when Conor McGregor withdrew from his big fight on June 29th and the UFC came calling, “The Czech Samurai” didn’t hesitate to jump on the
Kamaru Usman is not impressed with the way Shavkat Rakhmonov has been trying to hype up a potential fight between the two. Rakhmonov has been climbing to the top of the welterweight rankings over the past few years, slowed down by injuries and an inability to get opponents to sign on the dotted line. Now
The UFC is clearly hot on exciting featherweight fighter Diego Lopes. They called him when UFC 303 needed a last minute boost in violence, after all. But are they excited enough about him to put him into a 145 pound title shot should he beat Brian Ortega on June 29th? Lopes argued that’s definitely a
“Iron Mike” has shared a message. Yesterday (Thurs., June 13, 2024), after a week of guessing and speculation, Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler was officially canceled due to McGregor dealing with an undisclosed injury. The new main event is Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazha for the Light Heavyweight title (check out the rest of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 93 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a 125-pound showdown between flyweight rivals Alex Perez and Tatsuro Taira. The action gets underway this Sat. night (June 15, 2024) on ESPN2 and ESPN+ from inside the promotion’s APEX facility in
The trilogy is set (too bad we can’t watch it). This morning (Fri., June 14, 2024) in Brazil, former UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and his former foe Chael Sonnon made weight for their upcoming exhibition boxing match, which is set to go down this Saturday at Spaten Fight Night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silva
The hits keep coming. During the early morning UFC Vegas 93 weigh-ins this morning (Fri., Jun. 14, 2024), UFC announced that Flyweight bout Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Joshua Van has been canceled. Ulbenkov missed weight by a whopping 3.5 lbs, coming in at 129.5 – while Van successfully made weight at 125.5. Watch the Russian miss
UFC fans have been wondering when the next Conor McGregor fight will take place. McGregor previously became the first UFC champion to concurrently reign in two weight classes and is one of the biggest draws in this sport. We can now answer the question, “which opponent will Conor McGregor face in his next fight?” Michael
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Denis Goltsov had no issues handling Thiago Santos. Goltsov (34-8) needed less than three minutes to TKO Santos (22-13-1) in their heavyweight bout Thursday at 2024 PFL 4 from Mohegan Sun. Santos stepped in on short to replace Sergey Bilostenniy in what was his heavyweight debut. “He didn’t really feel that strong,”
Douglas Silva de Andrade intends to return from a 13-month layoff with force on Saturday when he meets Miles Johns at UFC on ESPN 58. De Andrade (29-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) has been sidelined with injuries since a unanimous decision over Cody Stamann at UFC on ABC 4 in May 2023, but now the 38-year-old
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