2:14 PM ET The Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation has medically suspended Adam Piccolotti for six months after the Bellator fighter posted an Instagram video of himself vomiting during his weight cut last week, director Mike Mazzulli said Wednesday. Piccolotti wrote on social media that he had thrown up “20-plus times” during the weight
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Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate can now claim that she is now a champion of a major reality television show. Tate was named the winner of Celebrity Big Brother, a Survivor-style show where various celebrities spend time in a house and compete in various competitions. Tate was considered the frontrunner after winning the opening
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s been a rough few days for Johnny Walker. Walker’s knockout loss to Jamahal Hill was his second defeat in a row, one that ejected him from the Light Heavyweight Top 10. From a health and damage perspective, it was a pretty bad knockout too, as Walker fell pretty damn hard
By Simon Samano | February 23, 2022 5:40 pm ET Jake Paul has been banging the drum on the topic of UFC fighter pay for the past year, and Israel Adesanya seems to appreciate those efforts. Adesanya, the reigning UFC middleweight champion, is basking in the glow of two recent career highlights: his successful UFC
Feb 17, 2022 Prior to UFC 271, Tai Tuivasa was just a big man with a fun gimmick. The 28-year-old Australian heavyweight had won four fights in a row, but with none of those wins having come against a ranked opponent, Tuivasa was best known for his signature victory celebration: drinking beer out of a
Jon Jones has revealed that he is no longer with ex-fiancée Jessie Moses after spending over 10 years together. Late last night, a video of Jon Jones’ latest arrest was made public. In the video, Jones can be seen in a very emotional state while evidently under the influence of alcohol. At one point, Jones
Bellator MMA lightweight Adam Piccolotti recently gave his Instagram followers a closer look at his weight-cutting process ahead of the Bellator 274 event, where “The Bomb” defeated Georgi Karakhanyan by way of unanimous decision. Turns out fans weren’t the only ones paying attention. Piccolotti, along with cornermen Raul Castillo, Mauricio Calvo and Matthew Aragoni, were
By MMA Junkie Staff | February 22, 2022 10:19 pm ET Bodycam footage shows Jon Jones emotionally distressed as he headbutts a police vehicle, plays the race card and implore officers to kill him during his arrest outside of a Las Vegas hotel and casino on the night of his UFC Hall of Fame induction.
Bodycam footage of Jon Jones‘ latest arrest has been released. Last September, hours after Jones was inducted into the fight wing of the UFC Hall of Fame for his 2012 classic against Alexander Gustafsson, he was arrested on charges of battery domestic violence and injuring/tampering with a vehicle. Tuesday, footage of the arrest became public.
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Mike Perry and Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) seem like a perfect pair. Despite some takedowns in the last few fights of his UFC career, Perry is a slugger at heart. Heavy hands and an iron chin have carried him through his best performances, and those tools recently earned him his
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – What happens pre-fight stays in pre-fight for new champion Christine Ferea. Ferea became the first BKFC women’s 125-pound champion after defeating Britain Beltran with a dominant decision for the title on the main card of Saturday’s KnuckleMania 2 event. It was a heated rematch. In 2019, Ferea beat Beltran with a second-round
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz BMF Champion Jorge Masvidal won’t pull any punches if a rematch happens against Nate Diaz. UFC 272 goes underway on March 5. Masvidal will face his former training partner and rival Colby Covington. The headlining event is sure to drop jaws as pre-fight tension is at an all-time high.
7:38 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim When Gegard Mousasi and Austin Vanderford step inside the cage for the main event of Bellator 275 on Friday in Dublin, Ireland, the Bellator middleweight championship matchup will represent far different career mileposts for each fighter. For Vanderford, the title challenge is unquestionably the biggest fight of his life. He
In like a lion and out like a lamb. Diego Sanchez may have been little more than a punchline in the latter stage of his UFC career, but there was a time when the welterweight “Nightmare” was one of the most dangerous 170-pound fighters on the planet. That’s why Sanchez took a smaller payday to
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | February 21, 2022 10:30 pm ET 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
5:31 PM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk arrived back in Florida from her home in Poland last month. The plan was for her to start training camp at American Top Team with an eye toward a rematch with Zhang Weili in March or April. That is not quite how things have worked out.
UFC middleweight contender Darren Till is hoping to avoid the main event spotlight when he returns to the Octagon later this year. Since falling short of middleweight gold in 2018, Till has had a tough time in the UFC. In his last five fights, the Liverpudlian has gone 1-4, a record that includes a brutal
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jamahal Hill is riding a major high after scoring his second straight win via first-round knockout (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s still not quite getting the respect he feels is deserved. Immediately in the post-fight interview, Hill called out anyone still doubting him. Though he looked pretty undeniable in walking down and destroying