7:50 AM ET FOR MAJDI SHAMMAS, the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 9 in Las Vegas were a manager’s worst nightmare. At approximately 4 a.m. local time, Shammas knew his fighter, Khamzat Chimaev, would not make weight for a UFC 279 main event against Nate Diaz. Chimaev and his team had done all they
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Matchroom Sports Chairman Eddie Hearn once stood next to Jake Paul and told the YouTuber turned boxer, in so many words, that he wasn’t that good. That was a whole fourth months ago, when Paul was Hearn’s brief promoting partner in a lightweight boxing title fight between his boxer, multi-division champ Katie Taylor, and Paul’s
When Njokuani earned a UFC contract with a third-round stoppage win over Mario Sousa on DWCS last season, you knew the seasoned veteran was going to be a quality addition to the middleweight division. After all, this wasn’t some inexperienced youngster getting added into the 185-pound mix — Njokuani arrived with 28 fights and 20 wins
RIZIN Fighting Federation is about to give Fight Circus a serious run for its money in the freakshow fight department. Last night (Tues., Sept. 13, 2022), RIZIN held a press conference to announce an additional match up for the upcoming doubleheader event day of Sept. 25, 2022. Going down at Super RIZIN, popular kickboxing star,
Dana White rips Brendan Schaub, Pat Miletich for ‘f****** stupid’ conspiracy theory about UFC 279 On Tuesday night, after week 8 of the Contender Series, Dana White addressed several conspiracies claiming that the reshuffling of the UFC 279 card was all planned due to the lack of ticket sales. “I heard this thing today, and
LAS VEGAS – UFC middleweight Gregory Rodrigues in on the verge of having his life change forever, and is happy the promotion granted his request for a fight in September. Coming off a first-round stoppage of Julian Marquez in June, Rodrigues (12-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) wanted to get one more fight in 2022 before he
Kyle Stoltz, MMA manager and founder of Janus Sports & Entertainment, has been sentenced after being arrested in a multi-agency undercover operation targeting pedophiles earlier this year. In December, several Nevada task forces including the FBI’s Southern Nevada Human Trafficking Task Force arrested 9 suspects on suspicion of luring a minor with the use of
Sep 12, 2022 LOS ANGELES — Nate Diaz fought the final bout on his UFC contract last Saturday night, beating Tony Ferguson. That brings a boxing match between the wildly popular MMA fighter and Jake Paul — something both have talked about — closer to being a reality. Paul, the YouTuber-turned-prizefighter, will fight UFC legend
It was apparently a case of mistaken identity at Tuesday’s DWCS press conference after UFC President Dana White ranted about a UFC 279 conspiracy theory. White attributed the theory, which accused the UFC of orchestrating the last-second headliner shuffle, to former UFC welterweight champ Pat Miletich. He admitted he hadn’t checked his sources, but nonetheless
Due to injury, Giga Chikadze has been removed from his featherweight bout with Sodiq Yusuff. As a result, Yusuff will now face UFC newcomer Don Shainis on UFC Fight Night: DERN vs XIAONAN on October 1. Shainis makes his UFC debut riding a five-fight win streak, with his last three victories coming via first-round KO.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! As is usually the case, the latest episode of Contenders Series, which aired earlier tonight (Tues., Sept. 13, 2022) inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, was rather violent. Three of the five contests ended before the final bell, and the two that went all 15 minutes still showcased some strong
DWCS: Farid Basharat snuffs Allan Begosso for a decision win The Dana White Contender Series show is winding down its season 6 by hosting one of the three remaining cards for 2022. In the main event, two bantamweight fighters squared off in hopes of earning the highly-coveted UFC contract. Farid Basharat, the brother of Javid
Sean Strickland’s return has been booked. The UFC middleweight contender is set to fight against Jared Cannonier in the main event of the last UFC event of 2022, which goes down on Dec. 17 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White confirmed the news following an initial report by Helen Yee.
Paulo Costa has hit the headlines for many strange reasons as of late, and his possible OnlyFans foray could be the weirdest. The Brazillian native Costa was in the news just this past fight week after getting into it with Khamzat Chimaev. The Chechen-born Swedish representative showed up team handed to a gym that Costa
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8:00 AM ET The ESPN pound-for-pound MMA rankings you see below are only slightly different from the men’s and women’s top 10s we published Aug. 24, the last time our voting panel weighed in. That should come as no shock. There have been only two UFC fight cards and few other major events across the
The Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva press conference video features the second and final stop on the kickoff tour – a media event at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Ariz. Jake Paul and Anderson Silva will both discuss their upcoming pay-per-view showdown on Oct. 29 at the same arena. The press conference is expected
And while he’s aware of everything going on around him in the division, Song’s attention has been focused on Sandhagen, whom he has a great deal of respect for as an opponent, and as a fighter. “Of course, I pay attention to what is happening in the division because they are potential opponents for me,”