Peter Queally witnessed a successful free workshop at his gym where 30 women showed up to participate. On February 25, Queally will fight Kane Mousah on the main card at Bellator 275. The #6-ranked Bellator lightweight trains alongside UFC‘s Conor McGregor at Straight Blast Gym in Dublin, Ireland. In between training for bouts, Queally coaches
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This weekend (Sat., Feb. 5, 2022), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, for UFC Vegas 47. Have you been feeling the effects of the relative UFC drought a month into 2022? Well, fret not, because this weekend’s event begins a 14-week stretch of consecutive cards! Saturday night’s card
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 Usman Win 20 Loss 1 Draw 0 Usman has five
3:39 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — UFC president Dana White has struck a partnership deal with the Pitbull-owned NASCAR team Trackhouse Racing, starting this week at the exhibition Clash in Los Angeles. White’s Howler Head Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey will serve as primary sponsor of Ross Chastain‘s No. 1 Chevrolet in Sunday’s race
Ranked heavyweight Tom Aspinall is about to make the biggest jump of his MMA career thus far. Aspinall is scheduled to headline a UFC card for the first time in his career in March, facing Alexander Volkov at the O2 Arena in London, England. The fight is a huge opportunity for Aspinall, who has yet
Mark Hunt might not be fighting in the cage anymore, but he still fights for what he believes is right outside of it. “The Super Samoan” finds himself having that as a common trait with the current Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou. Ngannou’s title reign got off to a less than perfect
By Mike Bohn | February 1, 2022 1:22 pm ET UFC Fight Night 200 has lost one of its scheduled main card matchups. Phil Hawes is out of his planned middleweight matchup with Sam Alvey on Saturday’s card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Alvey (33-16-1 MMA, 10-11-1 UFC) on Tuesday announced news of
Despite the controversy with UFC President Dana White, defending Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou is satisfied with his MMA journey. Although Ngannou defeated Gane at UFC 270, there is still uncertainty surrounding his UFC contract. With reports of a lawsuit threat from the UFC and requiring surgery after worsening a knee injury he obtained prior to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Julianna Pena scored one of the biggest upsets of all time — let alone in a title fight — when she toppled two-division champ Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 in December 2021. However, not everyone is fully impressed. At a recent Eagle FC press conference, Khabib Nurmagomedov was asked about the
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | January 31, 2022 10:00 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
6:54 PM ET Kevin Holland called an online troll’s bluff by choking him out in a grappling match. Holland, the loquacious UFC fighter nicknamed “Big Mouth,” said he had been getting messages from a guy on social media for months with the man, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, claiming he could submit Holland. So Holland took
Court “The Crusher” McGee delivered a tearful message to those who struggle with drug addiction after a unanimous win at UFC Vegas 46. With over a decade of sobriety, the American fighter is an inspiration to anyone dealing with drug abuse. Many people struggle with it or know someone who does. The disease has taken
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently said that he and his team over at Eagle FC had officially sent an offer to Jake Paul to compete for the upstart MMA promotion. According to “The Problem Child,” nothing of the sort has come across his desk. “Khabib [Nurmagomedov] said, ‘We offered him
By Mike Bohn | January 31, 2022 1:50 pm ET Jeremy Stephens has a new fighting home after parting ways with the UFC. News broke this past week that Stephens (28-19) was a free agent following a 34-fight stint inside the octagon. Now he’s set to join PFL for the promotion’s upcoming 2022 season in
Joe Rogan has responded to the accusations of misinformation directed at his podcast after two music legends boycotted Spotify in protest. Last week, Canadian music artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young told Spotify that they could either remove his music or the Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast, which Young accused of
Cody Garbrandt has been having a rough couple of years. He’s suffered multiple injuries, a bad case of long COVID, and has gone 1-5 since 2017. It’s one of the biggest dropoffs we’ve witnessed in the UFC, especially when you consider the masterful performance he put on to defeat Dominick Cruz for the bantamweight belt
By Danny Segura, The Blue Corner | January 30, 2022 6:00 pm ET If you ever wondered how Sean Strickland lives, now you have some answers. The UFC middleweight contender provided an “MTV Cribs”-style tour of his humble Las Vegas abode in a recent video posted on his Instagram account. Strickland (24-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC)
Bellator featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino has hit back at Cat Zingano after she accused the champion of potentially doping. Justino is expected to potentially face Zingano for her next appearance in the cage. But, Zingano has alleged that she has a matchup with another opponent set in March as a No. 1 contender fight.