Welcome to Midnight Mania! Kamaru Usman has proven his grit inside the Octagon on several occasions, but even making it into the cage on UFC 268 was an accomplishment in itself. While on The Full Send Podcast, the Welterweight kingpin revealed that he broke his hand three weeks prior to his second grudge match vs.
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Duke Roufus is excited for the striking battle between Sergio Pettis and Kyoji Horiguchi. Pettis (21-5 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) puts his bantamweight title on the line against former Bellator and RIZIN champion Horiguchi (29-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) in the main event of Bellator 272, which takes place on Dec. 3 at Mohegan Sun Arena in
7:59 AM ET Valentina Shevchenko was inside of a boxing gym in Newark, New Jersey, preparing to go on a run. It was the fall of 2019, and the next day Shevchenko would start filming an MMA movie alongside A-list star Halle Berry. To prepare for the shoot, Shevchenko was cutting weight, and the run
Ben Askren could be looking for a fight with Nate Diaz. Ben Askren is retired from fighting but perhaps not for long. Askren has been vocal on Twitter as of late and making some trouble. Askren was recently on the Lex Freidman’s podcast and gave some props to his former opponent Jake Paul. Paul defeated
Add “beekeeper” to the long list of titles held by UFC welterweight veteran Donald Cerrone, who decided beekeeping suits were optional while stopping by the hive on his BMF Ranch in New Mexico. Not surprisingly, the bees were not very happy to see him. “We got two hives of bees at the BMF Ranch and
Despite not making the walk at UFC 269 yet, Sean O’Malley is already eyeing his next matchup. O’Malley (14-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) is currently booked to face Raulian Paiva at UFC 269 on Dec. 11 and although he’s not overlooking the Brazilian, he likes the idea of facing Adrian Yanez in the first quarter of 2022.
Matt Brown is out of his December 4 bout against Brian Barberena after testing positive for COVID-19. In September, it was announced that Matt Brown would be facing Brian Barberena in an exciting clash between two UFC veterans. Unfortunately, Brown revealed Tuesday that it is not to be after contracting COVID-19. Shitty day today I
Welcome to Midnight Mania! 11 days out from the event, COVID-19 has disrupted a UFC Vegas 44 bout. Longtime UFC Welterweight Matt Brown revealed earlier today on Twitter that he tested positive for COVID-19, forcing him to withdraw from his planned battle vs. Bryan Barberena. Shitty day today I tested positive for covid so my
Pound For Pound Rankings 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. Usman has five consecutive defenses of the UFC welterweight title and is now in the discussion as the greatest welterweight of all time.
Miesha Tate doesn’t regret anything about how she fought Ketlen Vieira in the main event of UFC Vegas 43. Tate ended her retirement back in July and scored a TKO win over Marion Reneau. She was then set to headline another card but came up short against Vieira in a lackluster fight, but the former
Conor McGregor has some explaining to do. The former UFC lightweight champion went to war with Khabib Nurmagomedov back in late 2018 and the nasty, pre-fight buildup was considered the “darkest” in the history of the promotion, with “Notorious” taking personal potshots at all things “Eagle.” Including Dagestan. That didn’t sit well with undefeated bantamweight
Colby Covington thinks his late surge was enough to dethrone Kamaru Usman at UFC 268. Covington (16-3 MMA, 11-3 UFC) lost a unanimous decision to welterweight champion Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC) earlier this month, in what was another competitive fight after their all-out war at UFC 245. Although their rematch played out differently, Covington’s toughness was
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to Conor McGregor‘s claim that he will receive a lightweight title shot upon his return. Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier, Charles Oliveira Monday, folks around the world
Welcome to Midnight Mania! After an 8-4 run dating back to July 2017, Dan Hooker is heading back to Featherweight. Following a disappointing result vs. Islam Makhachev a few weeks back at UFC 267, Hooker hinted that a return to Featherweight may be in his future. Now, he’s already taken the next step, successfully making
Think Dan Hooker is too big to make the featherweight limit? Well, think again. On Monday, Hooker (21-11 MMA, 11-7 UFC) shared on his social media the result of a successful test weight cut with the caption “45 look alive.” Stepping on the scale, Hooker weighed 146.0 pounds – a weight that would qualify him
8:00 AM ET Four months removed from a devastating leg injury against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264, Conor McGregor has begun his public campaign to line up his next opponent inside the Octagon. Unlike previous efforts, however, this latest push has been broader in scope. As he sat injured in the cage back in July,
Conor McGregor believes he will be first in line for a 155-pound title shot when he makes his Octagon return in late 2022, and despite the fact that “Notorious” is just 1-3 in the lightweight division, UFC would have no trouble rubber stamping that request. It would probably help if Dustin Poirier was holding the
Conor McGregor has called his next fight, a shot at the UFC lightweight title. Conor McGregor is currently out of competition while healing up from a leg break. He suffered the injury during his second bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. The amount of time away from the cage is unknown at this point