Rejuvenated from the time off, Miesha Tate is looking to present a new version of herself in her return. After retiring from MMA almost four years ago, the former Strikeforce and UFC women’s bantamweight champion will make her return to the octagon when she takes on Marion Reneau at UFC on ESPN 26 on July
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We might see Francis Ngannou add an Oscar to his trophy cabinet soon after the UFC heavyweight champ landed a role in the long-awaited Jackass 4. Ngannou, whose highlight reel of KO’s is one of the most spectacular in UFC history, now seems to be amassing an equally impressive acting reel with this latest box-office
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Kazakh fighter Mariya Agapova in the cage. After a wild first round submission win over Hannah Cifers in June of 2020, she returned against Shana Dobson in September 2020 and threw an absolute tornado of violence at her opponent. Unfortunately for her, Dobson was still standing at the
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from June 2021: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s “Submission of the Month” award for June. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
As far as Kamaru Usman’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, is concerned, if the words “greatest welterweight of all time” are uttered, it had better be in reference to the sitting UFC welterweight champion. At this point, most debates regarding the greatest welterweight of all time will likely center around two men, Georges St-Pierre and Kamaru Usman.
7:14 AM ET UFC 264 is expected to produce the next challenger to lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, as Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor complete their trilogy in the main event. But could there be a wrinkle in those plans? Few doubt Poirier will pursue the title if he wins. He could already have fought for
Conor McGregor is in California finishing up his camp for the highly anticipated third fight against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. And while he lost the second meeting back in January of 2021, it doesn’t seem like he’s lost too many fans stateside based on this new video. The video in question shows McGregor stepping
Louis Smolka is hopeful he’ll get rebooked with Sean O’Malley in the future after he was forced to pull out of their scheduled bout at UFC 264 on Saturday. Smolka (17-7 MMA, 8-7 UFC) recently broke his silence on pulling out of the bantamweight bout with O’Malley (13-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC), and said the decision
As we head into UFC 264 fight week, former WWE Women’s Champion and “The Man” herself, Becky Lynch, is doing her part in getting UFC fans into the return of “The Notorious” Conor McGregor. At UFC 264, Conor McGregor will not just take part in one of the biggest fights of his career but will
Former UFC middleweight title challenger Nate Marquardt is ending his four-year retirement to sign with Titan FC. “The Great” is expected to make his debut on Aug. 6. Marquardt announced his return during Friday’s broadcast of Titan FC 70. MMA Junkie later confirmed the news, reporting that Marquardt is still looking for an opponent and
Yohan Lainesse claimed the CFFC welterweight title from Evan Cutts on Saturday with a stoppage that some viewed as questionable. After a back-and-forth striking fight for seven minutes, Lainesse (7-0) got the TKO of Cutts (12-5) at the 2:17 mark of Round 1 in the CFFC 98 headliner courtesy of a plethora of body shots.
Khabib Nurmagomedov has marked the one-year anniversary of his father’s death with words of wisdom to all his followers. Last year, tragedy struck the Nurmagomedov family when the patriarch and influential coach of many, Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, succumbed to COVID-19 complications and died a year to the day, on July 3, 2020. Abdulmanap coached Khabib for
Floyd Mayweather Jr. may have mopped the floor with social media star Logan Paul during their exhibition boxing match last month, but many fight fans expected “Money” to put an end to Paul. Surprisingly, Paul lasted all eight rounds with Mayweather and can now say he went the distance with one of the greatest boxers
After one of the most grueling title wins in CFFC history, you’ll forgive reigning welterweight champ Evan Cutts if he’s not exactly intimidated by the next test in front of him. Sure, he knows undefeated challenger Yohan Lainesse brings some impressive tools to the cage, but Cutts also knows a thing or two about fighting vaunted strikers. “I
Despite having his own fight on the horizon, UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley gave his thoughts on the trilogy showdown between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. Scheduled for July 10, the UFC 264 pay-per-view will feature the return of Conor McGregor looking for revenge against Dustin Poirier after the tables turned in their last meeting in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Keeping track of the current UFC roster can be a daunting task, but MMAFighting recently confirmed the release of five athletes: Emil Meek, Lara Procopio, Roque Martinez, Joe Ellenberger, and Alexander Yakovlev. Only one of those names comes as something of a surprise, but let’s break it down! Meek debuted with
Charles Johnson became the LFA interim flyweight champion Friday when he edged Yuma Horiuchi in a highly competitive fight. Johnson (9-2) slightly outworked and outpaced Yamauchi (8-4) over the course of five rounds in the LFA 110 main event at Grand Casino Hotel & Resort in Shawnee, Okla., winning a split decision by scores of
Conor McGregor took a moment from his busy schedule to assure one, and in so doing herds of his fans that he does not have a staph infection ahead of his UFC 264 trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. Earlier this week, UFC 264 headliner Conor McGregor decided to share an image on his Instagram page