10:49 AM ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested Monday on a charge of attempted murder and booked into Santa Clara (California) County jail, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday morning. Velasquez is being held without bail, per online records. He has a court date set for Wednesday. The San Jose Police
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Bobby Green may have been the perfect style matchup for Islam Makhachev to implement his ground attack, but since that was the case, Makhachev did exactly what a top contender is supposed to do. In the process, he made it ten wins and four finishes in a row, and there’s nowhere else to go for
Hollywood action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and social media sensation Logan Paul will join forces for the upcoming Slap Fighting Championship on Sat., March 5, 2022 inside the Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, part of the annual Arnold Sports Festival. Watch their LIVE press conference video embedded above. “The Arnold Sports Festival is all about
Watch the newly released Michael Bisping documentary trailer | Video The rise of former middleweight champion Michael Bisping is one for the movies … and that’s exactly where it’s headed. A new documentary “Bisping: The Michael Bisping Story” is set for release later this month and fans are getting their first look at the film
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 1, 2022 12:53 am ET Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was involved in a shooting Monday that left one man injured. NBC Bay Area, citing “sources with direct knowledge of the investigation,” confirmed Velasquez’s involvement in Morgan Hill, Calif., although it’s unclear how he was involved. The San
Conor McGregor‘s next fight is an opportunity for “The Notorious” to revitalize his UFC career. It’s unclear who his next opponent will be. However, we can look at several fighters who want a “Money fight” against McGregor. (via Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Conor McGregor Losses to Dustin Poirier McGregor hopes to rebound from two losses against
3:28 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC 272 pay-per-view event has lost a highly anticipated co-main event between Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev, as Fiziev has tested positive for COVID-19. Fiziev’s manager, Daniel Rubenstein, broke the news to MMA Hour on Monday, and Fiziev followed with an official statement from his social media.
The UFC is giving Sam Alvey one more shot. Alvey announced Monday on YouTube that the UFC has agreed to allow him to fulfill the one remaining fight on his contract despite his 0-7-1 slump dating back to September 2018. A veteran in the 185-pound and 205-pound divisions, Alvey said he spoke to officials this
* * * There have been questions about whether the animosity between the two is real or not, but there is nothing fake about the heat between the UFC 272 headliners. “I think their rift got so deeply personal for two reasons,” said Dan Lambert, owner of American Top Team, where the two men trained
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Maryna Moroz is just five days from a pivotal women’s Flyweight match up vs. Mariya Agapova, but that’s not the only thing on her mind. Moroz is one of the few UFC athletes from Ukraine, alongside Nikita Krylov and Aleksei Oleinik. She’s the first to compete since the recent Russian invasion,
UFC 272 live results: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal UFC 272 live results begin at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT on Saturday, March 5, on MMAWeekly.com. The fights take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click on the fight below in the UFC 272 live results section. Then scroll to see
UFC middleweight Joaquin Buckley took a close one with Abdul Razak Alhassan via split decision with Dale Brown in his corner to kick off the UFC Vegas 48 main card on Saturday night. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz By Nolan King | February 28, 2022 7:15 pm ET Originally scheduled for a rematch at Bellator 277 on April 15 in San Jose, Calif., Tyrell Fortune and Tim Johnson have been split by the promotion and will face different opponents. On Monday, a Bellator official informed MMA Junkie
Bellator MMA President Scott Coker has confirmed that his promotion is in talks with rising boxing sensation Jake Paul. Paul, who made his name as a widely-followed YouTuber and Disney star, ventured into combat sports in 2020. After victories in the ring over fellow Internet personality AnEsonGib and former NBA athlete Nate Robinson, Paul’s competition
8:00 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim “Family.” That was the only word in the Instagram post, followed by a couple of hashtags. There was also a photo of three UFC fighters in an embrace, identified in those hashtags as #FutureChampions. “Family” was an accurate encapsulation of the rapport between the athletes who were training together at
At least from a promotional standpoint, the UFC is pushing forward with its plans for London. The official UFC London poster was released Sunday, featuring headlining heavyweight contenders Alexander Volkov and Tom Aspinall. See the poster below: The UFC London main event could produce a future title challenger in the heavyweight division, with Volkov —
To many, Makhachev has looked unbeatable, and he has been aside from his only loss in 2015. The same can be said, however, about Tsarukyan. Largely competing in Russia from 2015-2018, Tsarukyan would amass a 13-1 record before signing with the UFC in 2019 and getting offered a fight with Makhachev in Saint Petersburg on