Joanna Jedrzejczyk is coming back. The former UFC strawweight champion hasn’t competed since her epic, “Fight of the Night” war against fellow ex-titleholder Weili Zhang back in March 2020, a five-round slugfest that left the quick-fisted Pole with considerable damage to her dome. And it sounds like Jedrzejczyk wants to pick up where she left
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By MMA Junkie Radio | January 3, 2022 9:00 pm ET The year’s first edition of MMA Junkie Radio with “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,222, the first show of 2022, the guys went over the big stories out there mostly focusing on Jake Paul’s words to Dana White. They also talked
UFC Heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou packs a heavy punch and knows a thing or two about striking. In a Youtube video posted to his channel last Thursday, Ngannou came out and labeled potential foe Jon Jones as the best striker in MMA. Ngannou also talked about his most challenging fight, which was his first fight
Welcome to Midnight Mania! One of the more ridiculous stories in recent memory was Paulo Costa’s antics vs. Marvin Vettori. The Brazilian showed up to fight week outrageously heavy, forcing UFC to bump his main event match up to 205-pounds. Vettori gamely took the fight anyway, even after Costa threatened to walk if UFC fined
By Farah Hannoun and Mike Bohn | January 3, 2022 6:15 pm ET Sergio Pettis has less than two years to become a millionaire, but one tournament could help achieve his goal. Reigning Bellator bantamweight champion Pettis (22-5 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) will enter an eight-man grand prix in 2022 where the winner walks away with the
Iago Kiladze wasn’t happy when the referee called a stop to his fight with Viktor Faust, and he took out his frustration by punching the official. Kiladze, a heavyweight boxer who was competing on the Luis Ortiz vs. Charles Martin boxing undercard, was in a back-and-forth battle with Faust. At one point, Kiladze appeared completely
UFC bantamweight rising star Sean O’Malley, long before he was famous for his Octagon exploits, had trouble convincing people he was a legitimate MMA fighter. So “Sugar” took a random non-believer to the local UFC Gym and kicked the shit out of him. Literally. “He didn’t believe I was a fighter,” O’Malley told Full Send
By Mike Bohn and MMA Junkie Staff | January 2, 2022 7:30 pm ET With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from December 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for December. At
UFC interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane agrees with Francis Ngannou that their leaked past sparring sessions were to his benefit. Gane is set to face Ngannou for the UFC’s unified heavyweight title at UFC 270. The heavyweight slugfest will help ring in the new year for the promotion as the first pay-per-view main event of
Conor McGregor has a whole load of business endeavors on the go, some of which are now making him more money than his fight purses. The biggest one has to be Proper 12 whiskey, which was such a massive success he sold a controlling share of the company off for $600 million in April 2021.
By Mike Bohn | January 2, 2022 6:00 pm ET Former UFC light heavyweight champion Lyoto Machida is 43 and on a three-fight skid. However, Scott Coker isn’t keen to push him out the door. Coker, the Bellator president, has had Machida (26-11 MMA, 2-3 BMMA) competing under his banner since December 2018. There have
Former UFC lightweight contender Paul Felder believes a fourth fight with megastar Conor McGregor would be “too much” for Dustin Poirier right now. Poirier is currently coming off his second devastating title defeat in the UFC. Following his first, a third-round submission loss to the great Khabib Nurmagomedov in 2019, “The Diamond” fought his way
We have no idea who Jake Paul will fight next in 2022, but one constant remains: his willingness to battle it out with UFC president Dana White in the press. Jake and Dana have been trading barbs back and forth since White claimed Paul’s April pay-per-view numbers against Ben Askren were “full of s—t.” Since
By Mike Bohn | January 1, 2022 8:39 pm ET Dana White didn’t waste much time responding to Jake Paul’s demands. On Saturday, Paul came out with a list of demands for the UFC president, who earlier in the week declined claims he uses cocaine and questioned whether the YouTuber-turned-boxer is using performance-enhancing drugs. Paul’s
UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Peña knew what she was signing up for when she agreed to battle Amanda Nunes at UFC 269. Nunes was expected by many to run through Peña in their matchup. Instead, the fiery Peña proved to be a game opponent in the opening minutes and came out with a barrage of
Starved of face-punching after a disgustingly peaceful holiday? FITE has you covered, offering a five-fight, all-Heavyweight card TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 1, 2022) to start the new year off right. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of tonight’s card below, starting with the FITE PPV broadcast at 8 p.m. ET. The main event pits former WBA Interim
By Mike Bohn | January 1, 2022 5:30 pm ET Tony Ferguson has revealed a matchup with Michael Chandler is in the works for later this year. Ferguson (25-6 MMA, 15-4 UFC), a former interim UFC lightweight champion, wrote on social media Saturday that he’s been in discussions for a showdown with Chandler (22-7 MMA,
Following his entry into the bantamweight rankings, Sean O’Malley has his sights set on fights against a number of UFC legends across the next few years. O’Malley closed out a perfect 2021 with his third finish in as many pay-per-view fights on the year. The 27-year-old’s impressive year began with a rebound win against once