Jake Paul and Anderson Silva are among a slew of fighters who successfully weighed in ahead of their fights on Saturday in Glendale, AZ. Paul and Silva will square off in a highly-anticipated main-event boxing matchup. Paul is looking to remain unbeaten in the ring while Silva aims to win his fourth straight since transitioning
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If there was any doubt that Anderson Silva was going to be cleared to compete against Jake Paul tomorrow night (Sat., Oct. 29, 2022) live on Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) and FITE.TV from inside Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., the state athletic commission has put fight fans at ease. LIVE! Watch ‘Paul Vs. Silva’ On
8:15 PM ET It’s official. Raul Rosas Jr. will become the youngest fighter to compete in the UFC. Rosas Jr. (6-0) is set to make his UFC debut against Jay Perrin (10-6) at UFC 282 on Dec. 10 in Las Vegas. Rosas’ representative agency, Iridium Sports, announced the news on social media. Last month, Rosas
With his MMA career in the rear-view mirror, at least for now, James Vick has been keeping plenty busy. Vick, who fought 14 times for the UFC, hung up the MMA gloves in early 2021 on a five-fight skid. But earlier this year, he kept the competitive fires burning with a move to boxing. And
A woman in Sweden was recently convicted for harassing former UFC fighter Rostem Akman over a period of several years. According to Swedish MMA website Kimura (h/t Front Kick for the translation) the unnamed woman first met Akman in 2019 when she started boxing training. The harassment began not long after when the woman started
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva is set to be a major marquee event. Dismiss the fight as more nonsense if you’d like, but Paul is an established draw, and Silva is far and away the biggest challenge of his young career yet. It’s an intriguing match up of wildly different personalities,
10:09 PM ET PHOENIX — Anderson Silva has been cleared to compete in a boxing match Saturday against Jake Paul after his comments from an interview nearly upended the bout. The Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission agreed to let Silva fight during a special meeting Thursday night, after requiring the MMA legend to take extra
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Despite being concentrated on the boxing world, Anderson Silva hasn’t forgotten about MMA. The former UFC middleweight champion and MMA superstar is going full throttle in his boxing career, as he’s logged three boxing fights since his UFC departure and will log in a fourth one this Saturday. Silva takes on YouTube
Multiple-time Grammy award-winning recording artist Kanye West has hit back at UFC owner Ari Emanuel’s calls to boycott his various businesses. West has been one of the most talked-about topics in pop culture for all of the wrong reasons in recent weeks. He’s in hot water regarding controversial remarks he made about Jewish people and
YouTube celebrity boxer Jake Paul and former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva will take the stage for their final pre-fight press conference TODAY (Thurs., Oct. 27, 2022) at 5 p.m. ET streaming LIVE from the north arena floor of Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., the same venue that hosts this Sat. night’s (Oct. 29)
Oct 26, 2022 Arnold Allen and Calvin Kattar meet in a matchup of top-10 featherweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday, Oct. 29, in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. Allen (18-1) has won 11 fights in a
GLENDALE, Ariz. – With 17 professional MMA and two pro boxing bouts to his credit, Chris Avila by definition is a “real fighter.” There’s also the fact that he’s part of the Diaz brothers’ crew and associated with Nate Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. promotion. So when he steps into the ring this Saturday, Avila has
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul made an unconventional entrance to the open workouts on Wednesday night ahead of his showdown with Anderson Silva. This weekend, Paul and Silva will main event a Showtime pay-per-view, set to go down from the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona. Days out from the event, the notable names competing on the
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Perhaps the largest and least expected winner at UFC 280 was Henry Cejudo. Prior to the event, Cejudo was not widely considered as an immediate contender at 135 pounds. Though he retired with that title and has since returned to the USADA testing pool, Cejudo seemed really insistent on chasing Alexander
1:12 AM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Uriah Hall opened up Wednesday about falling into a “deep depression” following his abrupt retirement from the UFC this past summer. Hall said at the Jake Paul–Anderson Silva open workouts that he felt a loss of identity after stepping away from MMA and that at one point he had
GLENDALE, Ariz. – Anderson Silva is feeling good ahead of his return to the ring. The former UFC middleweight champion showed off his boxing skills and jokes at Wednesday’s open workouts in preparation for his boxing match against YouTube star Jake Paul. You can watch Silva’s workout in the video above. Paul vs. Silva goes
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has given his thoughts on his close split decision win over Petr Yan at UFC 280. O’Malley earned a 29-28 decision on two of the judges’ scorecards to knock down the former champion Yan. While the fight exceeded competitive expectations, a majority of fans and pundits feel Yan deserved to
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) seems content to harass reigning light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka, racking up a staggering 24 drug tests within the last month and 51 since the beginning of 2022. The second highest total for 2022 ends in a tie between former welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and streaking flyweight “Starboy” Manel Kape