By Nolan King and Ken Hathaway | May 20, 2021 10:00 pm LAS VEGAS – “The Ultimate Fighter” is finally back for its 29th season. For the first time since 2018, the reality series is set to stream new episodes with teams coached by UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and upcoming title challenger Brian Ortega.
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11:01 PM ET There is a deal in place for a boxing match between boxing luminary Oscar De La Hoya and UFC legend Georges St-Pierre. But the fight cannot happen unless the UFC gives its approval, according to Ryan Kavanaugh, who is attempting to promote the bout under his Triller Fight Club banner. Kavanaugh told
Cris Cyborg is excited to rematch Leslie Smith on Friday night in the main event of Bellator 259. After coming from the UFC, Cyborg got an immediate title shot and earned a fourth-round TKO over to Julia Budd to win the belt. She followed that up with a submission win over Arlene Blencowe to defend
Beneil Dariush told the combat sports media that Tony Ferguson’s knee “popped” when they locked up at the UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) event last Sat. night (May 15, 2021) inside Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. “How did he not tap to that heel hook?” Dariush asked during the post-fight presser. “His knee popped and it
By Danny Segura and Nolan King | May 20, 2021 10:45 am UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Leandro Higo answered questions at a media day ahead of his bout with Darrion Caldwell at Bellator 259. Higo (20-5 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) meets Caldwell (15-4 MMA, 12-4 BMMA) in a bantamweight bout on Friday’s co-main event of the card
3:22 PM ET UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush waited months for Tesla to give him some answers about a brand new car he ordered in 2020. As it turns out, all he needed to do was call out Elon Musk on live television to get the response he was looking for. Dariush, 32, defeated Tony Ferguson
Edson Barboza loves the idea of fighting Max Holloway in a five-round main event, and he even has an ideal date in mind for when it could happen. Fresh off of his second consecutive win in his new home at 145, Edson Barboza is hoping his next bout will be in a main event. Speaking
For the first time in over a year, Bellator MMA will welcome fans back to its live events starting with Bellator 260, which is set to go down inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on June 11, 2021. Indeed, much like every other sporting company on earth, Bellator had to halt its events for
By Danny Segura and Nolan King | May 19, 2021 11:00 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Leslie Smith knows she’s got a tough task on Friday night, but she doesn’t see it as impossible. The Bellator women’s featherweight takes on former UFC, Invicta FC and Strikeforce champion and current Bellator titleholder Cris Cyborg in a rematch
8:03 AM ET Tatiana Suarez, one of the best women’s MMA fighters in the world, is finally close to returning to the Octagon. Suarez told ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a video interview published Wednesday that she has been medically cleared by doctors and is targeting a return to the UFC in September, or perhaps even
Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier gave his thoughts on who he thinks would be the best return fight for UFC superstar Nick Diaz. The former double champion seems to have his own opinion on who Nick Diaz should fight next. However, the UFC commentator and former fighter believes a nuanced approach should be used
Reigning UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas may believe she got the last word in her “better dead than red” approach to UFC 261, where she fought — and finished — former 115-pound titleholder Zhang Weili. Not quite. “Thug” may end up facing off against another Chinese opponent if No. 3-ranked Yan Xiaonan can turn away
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 19, 2021 9:40 am Follow @MMAjunkie Tony Ferguson has given us numerous fantastic fights over his 13-year career, but his greatest gift of all may have been coining the term “Dana White Privilege.” “El Cucuy” dropped the phrase at this past week’s UFC 262 pre-event press conference, using it
12:31 PM ET UFC middleweight Uriah Hall has booked his next fight, a three-round matchup against Sean Strickland in August, per multiple sources. Contracts have not been signed, but the 185-pound bout is close to being finalized for UFC 265 on Aug. 7 at a location to be announced. Hall (17-9) is coming off a
The bantamweight clash between former training partners is back on. Cory Sandhagen will face the former UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw on July 24th to headline a UFC Fight Night card. The location and venue is unknown at this current time. The news was first broke by MMA Junkie. The fight was originally scheduled for
You better watch out when you talk about Miesha Tate on the internet, because there’s a chance “Cupcake” will show up and school you. That’s exactly what happened to some unfortunate keyboard warrior on Facebook, who tried to diss Tate in the comments of a MyMMANews article about Olympic gold medalist and rising PFL star
By MMA Junkie Staff | May 18, 2021 8:30 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Tony Ferguson is the type of guy to not really care what others think about his career, but what is the right move for him moving forward? After suffering his third consecutive defeat, the latest a UFC 262 decision loss to Beneil Dariush,
7:30 AM ET It did not look good for Charles Oliveira. Less than a minute into last Saturday’s fight for the UFC lightweight championship, he was trapped in a guillotine choke, and Michael Chandler‘s beefy arms were squeezing the life out of him. Even after he escaped trouble and gained dominant position in control of