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Dana White defends Monster Energy after Dominick Cruz calls out one of the company’s executives UFC president Dana White responded to Dominick Cruz’s callout of Hans Molenkamp, a Monster Energy executive, following his victory at UFC 259. Cruz was critical of Molenkamp, saying that he would like to fight the Monster Energy exec. White addressed

Monster looking into Dominick Cruz allegations against Hans Molenkamp Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz made a strange call-out following his UFC 259 win over Casey Kenney on Saturday. “The Dominator” Monster Energy business development representative Hans Molenkamp. Cruz challenged Molenkamp, a mixed martial arts practitioner himself, to a charity fight and accused Molenkamp of

ESPN releases footage of Petr Yan’s corner after controversial illegal knee Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling were fighting a close battle for Yan’s bantamweight belt at UFC 259 on Saturday. The fight finish, which saw Sterling laid out on the canvas, resulted in Yan losing his belt. The result came after Yan drove an illegal

UFC 259 recap & highlights: Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling [embedded content] Watch the UFC 259 recap & highlights from the bantamweight championship between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling from Saturday’s event at The Apex in Las Vegas. TRENDING > Tim Elliott calls Jordan Espinosa a ‘woman beater’ during dominant win at UFC 259 (Subscribe

Jon Jones bags on Israel Adesanya following UFC 259 loss Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya attempted to become the promotion’s latest champ-champ when he fought Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259 on Saturday. When he was unsuccessful, former light heavyweight champ Jon Jones ripped on him. Adesanya moved up to 205 pounds to try and wrest the

Amanda Nunes breaks down victory and how having a baby affected her | UFC 259 Post-Fight Press [embedded content] UFC dual-division champion Amanda Nunes made it look easy when she defended her featherweight title on Saturday night. Following her UFC 259 victory over Megan Anderson, Nunes addressed the media, talking about the fight, becoming a

UFC 259 Live Results: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC 259 live results for the first bout from The Apex in Las Vegas is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT

UFC 259 Preview Show: Championship tripleheader [embedded content] Don’t miss Jim “Gries” Grieshaber and Jeff Cain breaking down UFC 259 and it’s tripleheader of championship bouts ahead of Saturday’s event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It’s MMAWeekly’s UFC 259 Preview Show! Middleweight champ Israel Adesanya challenges light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz in the

Kang Ji Won knocks out Amir Aliakbari at ONE: Fists of Fury II Expectations were high ahead of Amir Aliakbari’s ONE Championship debut. But Kang Ji Won had other ideas and it took the Korean in less than two minutes to become only the second fighter to ever beat the Iranian. Aliakbari had made a

News Five states rolled back COVID-19 restrictions this week – Alabama, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, and Texas. Since October The Lone Star State has allowed live MMA events with 50 percent capacity and other safety protocols mandated. But on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbot announced he would be opening the state “100 percent.” While some public health experts have expressed alarm, at

Dana White says UFC will be first to open up to Texas crowds [embedded content] There is a lot of uproar about who is right and who is wrong when it comes to COVID-19 protocols across the United States. Count UFC president Dana White on the side of getting things opened back up. White has

News Welterweight Dan Hardy hasn’t competed since 2012, due to a diagnosis of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a genetic condition that the Mayo Clinic defines as “the presence of an extra, abnormal electrical pathway in the heart that leads to periods of a very fast heartbeat. In most cases, the episodes of fast heartbeats aren’t life-threatening, but serious

Two pioneering heavyweights are no longer on the UFC roster. The promotion recently parted ways with former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos and longtime contender Alistair Overeem. Sources confirmed the releases after the UFC removed them from its heavyweight rankings and MMA Junkie initially reported their departures. Dos Santos (21-9) had been with the

News UFC 259 will be held on March 6, 2021, at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. These are the odds, courtesy of the Father of MMA Odds Joey Oddessa. Follow him on Twitter. JAN BLACHOWICZ    +205    ISRAEL ADESANYA    -240     MEGAN ANDERSON    +700    AMANDA NUNES    -1400     ALJAMAIN STERLING    -110    PETR YAN    -110     THIAGO SANTOS    +135    ALEKSANDAR

When looking back over his 2020, featherweight Isaac Dulgarian ended up having the kind of year that most fighters only plan for but don’t fully realize. After missing the first half of the year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Dulgarian got right to work in the second half of 2020, recording three straight victories

News UFC Hall of Famer Matt Serra spoke recently with MMA Junkie‘s John Morgan, and offered some sage advice for Megan Anderson ahead of her longshot fight vs. Amanda Nunes at UFC 259. Anderson faces +700 odds on Saturday. However, at UFC 69 on April 7, 2007, Franco “Francombat” Richard bet $37,000 on Matt Serra vs. Georges St-Pierre

Bellator featherweight and lightweight champion Patricio Pitbull Friere and his coach “Captain” Eric Albarracin joined MMAWeekly’s Jim “Gries” Grieshaber for an exclusive interview recently in Scottsdale, Ariz., while training at Fight Ready MMA, home of Olympic Gold Medalist and two-division UFC Champ “Triple C” Henry Cejudo. Pitbull and Captain Eric told Gries about the Bellator

Rory MacDonald and David Michaud headline PFL 2 in main event; Ray Cooper III, Emiliano Sordi, Chris Camozzi, Jordan Johnson and Tom Lawlor star in PFL 2 main card NEW YORK (March 2, 2021) –The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced its main event and full card matchups