Newly-ranked bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has criticized comments Joe Rogan made on commentary during his UFC 269 victory over Raulian Paiva. O’Malley closed out a strong year for “The Suga Show” last weekend at the final pay-per-view of 2021. Having rebounded from his first loss in MMA to Marlon Vera with back-to-back finishes over Thomas
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Add Joe Rogan to the list of people blown away by Conor McGregor’s physical transformation over the past six months. “The Notorious” has clearly been busy at the gym while simultaneously rehabbing a badly broken leg from his third fight with Dustin Poirier in July of 2021. Just a few weeks ago he started sharing
By John Morgan, The Blue Corner | December 26, 2021 3:30 pm ET If you’re a longtime MMA fan, you undoubtedly know about some of Hector Lombard’s accomplishments in and out of the cage. But did you know the 43-year-old Cuban is the proud owner of 17 patents, as well? Lombard recently revealed his engineering
Pro wrestling legend CM Punk has no doubt that Conor McGregor will be billy strutting into a WWE arena at some point in the future. If there is one man who knows a thing or two about crossing over into the unknown it’s CM Punk. Punk dared to try his hand at the highest level
Jon Jones is no stranger to lashing out against haters on Twitter, but even we were a bit surprised to see him go head to head against Dan Hooker over the holidays. Hooker had thrown up his own diss against Jones earlier in the week in response to Jones’ not so subtle jabs at Chael
A late addition to the Rizin FF 33 lineup features a kickboxing dynamo and a Japanese MMA legend. Promotion officials recently announced that striking specialist Tenshin Nasukawa and former PRIDE lightweight champion Takanori Gomi will meet in a special rules match at Rizin FF 33, which takes place on New Year’s Eve at Japan’s famed
UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou doesn’t recognize Ciryl Gane as the interim titleholder and believes the Frenchman’s belt is illegitimate. After 2018 defeats to Stipe Miocic and Derrick Lewis stalled his rise, Ngannou hit the form of his life. In four fights, “The Predator” recorded four first-round knockouts against Curtis Blaydes, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos
Event: Bellator 275: “Mousasi vs Vanderford”Date: Fri., Feb. 25, 2022Location: 3Arena in Dublin, IrelandHow To Watch: Showtime (watch it here) Bellator 275 Main Event: 185 lbs.: Champion Gegard Mousasi (48-7, 2 NC) vs. Austin Vanderford (11-0) Bellator 275 Main Card: 155 lbs.: Peter Queally (13-6, 1 NC) vs. Kane Mousah (13-4) Bellator 275 ‘Prelims’ Card:
By MMA Junkie Staff | December 25, 2021 3:30 pm ET A pair of former UFC notables are expected to face each other in their first post-octagon action. Former UFC title challengers Kevin Lee and Diego Sanchez have verbally agreed to meet in a 165-pound matchup on March 11 at an Eagle FC event. Lee
Wanderlei Silva was not having any part of Conor McGregor‘s comments about Jesus Christ six years ago, which the Brazilian considered to be blasphemous. The always-on-a-mission “Axe Murderer” took to social media two weeks after McGregor defeated Silva’s compatriot José Aldo at UFC 194 to release a video taking aim at the Irishman. Wanderlei Silva
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz It’s been fascinating (and more than a little melancholic) to watch the mixed martial arts (MMA) grappling baseline climb ever higher, slowly chipping away at both the number and diversity of submissions as time goes by. Luckily, we still had more than our fair share of stunning mat work
By Farah Hannoun and John Morgan | December 25, 2021 4:07 am ET A pivotal flyweight clash is expected to take place in March. Askar Askarov(14-0-1 MMA, 3-0-1 UFC) meets Kai Kara-France (23-9 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at UFC Fight Night on March 26, which takes place at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and airs on ESPN. MMA
Colby Covington has made it known he wants Jorge Masvidal next. Ever since Covington lost to Kamaru Usman at UFC 268 he called out Masvidal for his next fight and he even told “Gamebred” to pull out of his scheduled UFC 269 scrap against Leon Edwards. Of course, Masvidal did end up having to pull
Ciryl Gane may only have 10 professional fights under his belt, but fellow UFC fighter Anthony Smith believes “Bon Gamin” is the very best heavyweight in the world today. It’s not a complete stretch considering Gane is 7-0 under the UFC banner and just captured the interim heavyweight title with a TKO win over Derrick
By Danny Segura | December 24, 2021 4:00 pm ET Dana White’s taste buds are feeling the Christmas spirit. The UFC president posted on Twitter on Christmas Eve a food adventure from what he calls the greatest Christmas movie ever made: Buddy the Elf spaghetti from the Will Ferrell holiday classic “Elf.” Made at the
1:48 PM ET USADA, the UFC’s anti-doping partner, has suspended fighter Michel Prazeres four years because of a second doping violation, the agency announced Thursday. According to a USADA press release, Prazeres tested positive for multiple prohibited substances: anti-estrogen agent clomiphene, metabolites of the steroid oxandrolone and the exogenous administration of testosterone “and/or its precursors.”
UFC middleweight Marvin Vettori has responded to compliments from Michael Bisping about his championship credentials, promising that he’ll be the one to dethrone “PED user” Israel Adesanya. Vettori has already failed to strip Adesanya of his gold on one occasion and failed to have his hand raised at two attempts against “The Last Stylebender.” After
Event: UFC Vegas 49: “Dariush vs. Makhachev”Date: Sat., Feb. 26, 2022Location: APEX in Las Vegas, NevadaBroadcast: ESPN+ (4 p.m. ET Prelims | 7 p.m. ET Main Card) UFC Vegas 49 Main Event On ESPN+: 155 lbs.: Beneil Dariush vs. Islam Makhachev UFC Vegas 49 Main Card, Prelims On ESPN+: 155 lbs.: Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Rong