Two-time UFC welterweight title challenger Jorge Masvidal has revealed why he never considered upcoming opponent and bitter rival Colby Covington his best friend. Next month is set to play host to one of the biggest grudge matches possible in the UFC right now. While Covington’s failed championship charge against reigning 170-pound king Kamaru Usman last
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Kevin Holland is taking out the trash. The UFC welterweight invited yet another troll to his local gym to get a taste of the “Trail Blazer” justice, this time laying waste to an undersized (and under skilled) softie who blocks body kicks with his ribs, straight out of the 80’s martial arts goon playbook. A
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Rankings Pound For Pound Rankings #1 Jon Jones Win 26 Loss 1 Draw 0 Already considered one of the greatest fighters of all time, Jones says he wants to turn his attention to heavyweight and has no intention of returning to 205 pounds. #2 Kamaru
10:56 PM ET The UFC’s first Fight Night card on the road since 2020 has its new main event. Curtis Blaydes will meet Chris Daukaus in the heavyweight contender headliner of UFC Columbus on March 26 in Ohio, sources confirmed Thursday with ESPN. MMA journalist Ariel Helwani was the first to report the news. ESPN
UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Julianna Peña has reacted to Amanda Nunes‘ claim that she was injured and shouldn’t have fought at UFC 269. At the final pay-per-view of 2021, Peña proved herself right and a whole lot of people across the MMA community wrong. Not only did she surprise fans and pundits with her pre-fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Despite his attempts to draw Alexander Volkanovski into a fight, Henry Cejudo has fully embraced his coaching role since retirement. Since that 2020 retirement, “Triple C” and his head coach, Eric Albarracin, have taken an active role in many top fighters’ training camps. Highly ranked contenders like Zhang Weili and Jiri
By Farah Hannoun and Ken Hathaway | February 15, 2022 3:20 pm ET HOUSTON – Dustin Poirier doesn’t see a need to fight Conor McGregor again. Poirier (28-7 MMA, 20-6 UFC) is up 2-1 in his trilogy series with McGregor with wins in their second and third fights. The third fight at UFC 264 in
8:42 PM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kayla Harrison says she does not yet know where she’ll end up fighting this year, but she’s leaving her options open. And those options are broader than expected. The former two-time Professional Fighters League women’s lightweight champion told ESPN on Monday that she is “considering” a future move
Israel Adesanya believes the UFC will learn from their contract negotiations with Francis Ngannou. It was well-known that when the heavyweight champion entered his UFC 270 title defense against Ciryl Gane, it was the last fight of his deal. Since then, he has continued to be vocal about his displeasure with his current contract. Ngannou’s
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) recently handed down its list of post-fight medical suspensions — minus the corresponding injuries — for those fighters competing at the UFC 271 pay-per-view (PPV) event last Sat. night (Feb. 12, 2022) at Toyota Center in Houston. Event headliners Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker are permitted back inside
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | February 14, 2022 10:10 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 likes
6:32 PM ET A pair of interesting bouts have been added to Eagle FC’s return to the United States. Former UFC title challenger Ray Borg will take on Ricky Bandejas in a bantamweight bout and Rizvan Kuniev will defend his heavyweight title against UFC veteran Anthony Hamilton at Eagle FC 46 on March 11 in
UFC welterweight Khamzat Chimaev is far from amused at the recent footage of him training at the renowned Tiger Muay Thai gym in Phuket, Thailand. Having risen to prominence in the UFC with four dominant first-round finishes, including a submission victory over ranked welterweight Li Jingliang at UFC 267 last October, Chimaev is looking to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After a bad loss to Derek Brunson and knee injury suffered in training prior to that bout, Darren Till is ready to move forward. Though the English striker has lost two in a row, Till remains ranked inside the Top 10, and he’s not looking for a softball opponent in his
By Nolan King | February 14, 2022 4:20 pm ET MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back. Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature
8:03 AM ET UFC 271 culminated with Israel Adesanya defending his middleweight title in convincing fashion with a second victory over Robert Whittaker. Rising stars Jared Cannonier and Tai Tuivasa both earned major victories in Houston as well, and set themselves up for major fights and potential title shots late this year. Thus far, 2022
UFC Women’s Featherweight Champion Amanda Nunes says she was “lying” to herself by believing she could compete at UFC 269. After extending her win streak to 12, her two-division rule, and her seven-year unbeaten run at UFC 259 last March with a dominant submission win against Megan Anderson, Nunes returned to bantamweight to defend her
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov knocked out ex-UFC featherweight titleholder Max Holloway in their history-making boxing match staged last weekend in the much-ballyhooed Metaverse. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the new virtual reality arena but I was hoping for something akin to “Ready Player One” and not Wii Sports Boxing with a