Welcome to Midnight Mania! The last few years have really taught UFC fighters that there’s big money in boxing. Conor McGregor really started the trend with his “Money” fight vs. Floyd Mayweather, but Tyron Woodley scoring career-high paydays vs. Jake freaking Paul set off alarm bells in a lot of athletes’ heads. Fast-forward a bit,
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Nate Diaz will fight anyone except Conor McGregor ‘he sucks’ Nate Diaz wants to fight again but not if it means he has to complete the trilogy with Conor McGregor. Late Monday night Diaz took to Twitter to blast the UFC for not giving him a fight, a common thread amongst former McGregor opponents. Dustin
Pound For Pound Rankings Usman has five consecutive defenses of the UFC’s 170-pound title and is now in the discussion as the greatest welterweight of all time. While he wasn’t completely satisfied with his latest win over Robert Whittaker, Adesanya did notch another title defense and wants to turn around quickly to face Jared Cannonier.
2:11 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he hopes to fight Tyson Fury in a crossover bout in 2023 and that there is a “70% chance” his next opponent will be the British boxer. WBC heavyweight champion Fury had suggested he would fight Ngannou when the pair spoke in the ring following the
Paul Daley’s retirement bout has seen a change of plans. Bellator announced Tuesday that Daley (43-18-2) will fight promotional newcomer Wendell Giacomo (9-2) in a welterweight bout at Bellator 281 on May 13 at OVO Arena Wembley in London. Daley was originally scheduled to fight Andrey Koreshkov. No reason was given for the change. The
4 – Tyson Pedro It’s not easy to return to the Octagon after a long layoff. Tyson Pedro’s layoff doesn’t count as long. His is in its own category – call it the Cruz, after former bantamweight king Dominick Cruz, who made it a habit of doing the impossible after being sidelined for years at
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou has provided an update on his recovery from surgery and potential return timeline. Ngannou returned to action following a relatively long layoff earlier this year at UFC 270. In the January 22 headliner, “The Predator” shared the Octagon with then-interim titleholder Ciryl Gane. Ngannou
Social media strongman Sajad Gharibi — better known as “The Iranian Hulk” — was scheduled to fight British bodybuilder Martyn Ford this Sat. night (April 30, 2022) inside O2 Arena in London, England, a heavyweight headliner sanctioned by the Professional Boxing Association to be contested across four, two-minute rounds. That fight is now canceled. In
Joe Rogan thinks Mike Tyson punch victim ‘probably earned it’ Anyone who is anyone has commented on the Mike Tyson punch and UFC commentator Joe Rogan is certainly someone. While on his podcast, Rogan addresses the incident that has since gone viral where an airline passenger got the beating of a lifetime from the former
By MMA Junkie Staff | April 26, 2022 12:00 pm ET Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Mike Bohn, Danny Segura and Brian “Goze” Garcia discuss five topics with host “Gorgeous” George
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From Dan Hardy’s perspective, he could have fought Diego Sanchez in a cage or in a ring, with or without gloves. The reason he chose to do it in boxing under exhibition rules was about the relative risk to both combatants — and the payoff. For all the bad blood Hardy believes Sanchez is carrying
Back in the lightweight division full time, Jared Gordon goes in search of his fourth straight victory this weekend. In order to get it, he’ll have to get through once-beaten rising star Grant Dawson. The 33-year-old Gordon often felt torn between two weight classes — a little undersized for lightweight, but a little too big for
One of Jake Paul’s targeted opponents, New Zealand boxer Sonny Bill Williams, says that negotiations are underway between the two sides. Paul listed Williams in a recently-revealed group of potential boxing adversaries for his return to the ring later this year. He hasn’t fought since his knockout of former UFC champion Tyron Woodley last December.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! One of the stranger storylines last weekend revolved around the return of Mike Jackson, best known as the second man to defeat CM Punk inside the Octagon … at least until a marijuana drug test failure overturned that victory. Regardless, that bout was widely slammed for being a miserable viewing experience
Thiago Santos, Yana Kunitskaya welcome baby girl UFC’s Yana Kunitskaya and Thiago Santos have announced the birth of their first child together, Alisa Santos. On Monday, April 25, Kunitskaya shared a series of Images of the birth including one of Santos holding the scissors he likely used to cut the child’s umbilical cord. On Sunday
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 Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which helps outsiders get a deeper look