Welcome to Midnight Mania! Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight straphanger Junior dos Santos is looking to recoup five lost figures from boxing legend Mike Tyson. Per the Brazilian slugger, Tyson’s influence on UFC President Dana White ended up shifting the standard post-fight bonuses around, costing “Cigano” a $50,000 bonus in the process. Way back
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By Danny Segura | November 16, 2021 8:30 pm ET Follow @dannyseguratv PFL’s 2022 heavyweight season might go on without one of its biggest names. Former UFC heavyweight champion Fabricio Werdum is unsure if he’ll compete next season for the 2022 PFL heavyweight title and the $1 million prize that comes with winning the final.
7:24 PM ET Australian Jack Della Maddalena says he’ll be targeting a “headline finish” when he fights Warlley Alves at UFC 270 in January next year. Della Maddalena (10-2), who earned his way onto the UFC roster after a unanimous decision win over Ange Loosa as part of Dana White’s Contender Series, is stoked to
Professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Akmal Khozhiev was arrested in Guam last week and charged with aggravated murder, aggravated assault, use of a deadly weapon, strangulation, felonious restraint, assault, and family violence. Khozhiev, 27, referred to himself as the “Unvaccinated Assassin” in a series of social media posts decrying the use of COVID-19 vaccines,
Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino may have her next Bellator opponent all set. Cyborg is fresh off her recent Bellator win but is already accepting a new challenger. On Twitter, former UFC title contender Cat Zingano is calling for her first title shot in Bellator. She called out Cyborg for a fight, anywhere, and Cyborg responded with
Randa Markos has parted ways with the UFC, but she says it won’t be the last fans see of her. The 36-year-old Canadian fought out her contract and was not re-signed by the promotion, despite a win in the last fight on her deal. She snapped a four-fight skid with a win over former Invicta
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 5:31 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a light heavyweight fight between Thiago Santos and Magomed Ankalaev to headline an event in March, sources told ESPN on Monday. The 205-pound contest will serve as the main event of a UFC Fight Night on March 12. The UFC has not
Jon Jones believes his recent troubles might be a good thing for him in the long run. After Jones was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his fight against Alexander Gustafsson, he was arrested for alleged domestic violence. After that, his gym, JacksonWink removed him from the gym, and many thought that would be
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The UFC Light Heavyweight division has a new champion, and the division is heating up as a result. Per a report from ESPN, UFC is targeting a main event match up between former 205-pound title challenger Thiago Santos and fast-rising Russian contender Magomed Ankalaev. No location has yet been announced for
LAS VEGAS – Khaos Williams beat Miguel Baeza with a third-round TKO Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 197 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Williams, who now has back-to-back wins after a decision loss in December 2020. Williams on the fight’s key moment LAS VEGAS, NEVADA –
12:49 PM ET UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards says he wasn’t surprised by Jorge Masvidal‘s recent withdrawal from their scheduled fight at UFC 269 next month, and he has now turned his entire focus to a title fight against Kamaru Usman in 2022. Edwards, of England, told ESPN he’d heard some concerning things about Masvidal’s
Conor McGregor has deleted a tweet of him staring down Max Holloway as he was about to fight Yair Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 42 on Saturday. For months now, McGregor and Holloway have taken shots at one another and many thought the fight would happen. Ahead of the Hawaiian’s fight against Rodriguez, McGregor took to
Jon Jones is ready to move on. The former UFC light heavyweight champion was arrested and charged with domestic battery just hours after his Hall of Fame induction ceremony last September in Las Vegas, Nevada, a volatile situation that “Bones” blamed on his addiction to alcohol, among other things. Unfortunately for Jones, the bloodthirsty Twitter
By Danny Segura | November 15, 2021 8:00 am ET Follow @dannyseguratv HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Gilbert Burns has his eye on the top of the UFC welterweight division, but he’s by no means closed to the idea of fighting rising contender Khamzat Chimaev. Burns (19-4 MMA, 12-4 UFC) is currently waiting to get booked for
12:48 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Max Holloway and Yair Rodriguez is officially on, as each fighter successfully made weight on Friday. Holloway (22-6), of Hawaii, tipped the scales at 146 pounds. Rodriguez, who fights out of Chihuahua, Mexico, came in at 145.5 pounds. The featherweight bout will
Petr Yan has no time for games when it comes to Sean O’Malley. Yan was expected to be trying to regain his undisputed bantamweight title at UFC 267 after dropping it to Aljamain Sterling through disqualification earlier this year. However, when Sterling was forced out due to lingering issues with neck surgery, Cory Sandhagen agreed
Joe Rogan has been on the receiving end of a lot of mainstream heat lately on account of his controversial COVID-19 opinions, and now he’s officially hit a new level of fame after being mocked in the latest opening sketch for Saturday Night Live. It was a pretty lame and lazy skit, but that’s par
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | November 14, 2021 8:00 pm ET Follow @MikeBohnMMA 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