The Underground

Feb 15, 2020; Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA; UFC fighter Jon Jones attends the light heavyweight bout between Jan Blachowicz (blue) and Corey Anderson (red) during UFC Fight Night at Santa Ana Star Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Michael Bisping respects Daniel Cormier’s opinions on most things, but when it involves Jon Jones

Bill Algeo calls out Giga Chikadze as fight with Joanderson Brito in limbo Bill Algeo isn’t sure he’s going to be able to fight on Saturday. His opponent, Joanderson Brito, is currently awaiting additional COVID testing in order to be cleared to fight and that means Algeo is just twiddling his thumbs hoping for the

Nov 6, 2021; New York, NY, USA; Shane Burgos (red gloves) before his fight against Billy Quarantillo (blue gloves) during UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports On a Wednesday edition of MMA podcast Fitz Nation, UFC featherweight star Shane Burgos detailed how his fight dreams almost ended six months

Joe Rogan has been a lot of things in life. He’s been an actor, a comedian, a high-level martial artist, a reality TV host, a commentator, among other things. He also hosts the most listened to podcast on the planet. In May 2020, Rogan announced that he had inked a multi-year licensing deal with Spotify. The deal

Credit: ONE Championship Several of ONE Championship’s biggest fights in 2022 are official, and three of them are happening on the same night. On Wednesday, promotion CEO Chatri Sityodtong appeared on popular industry podcast The MMA Hour to reveal that ONE Championship’s tenth-anniversary event ONE X will be led by a pair of title fights

Henry Cejudo blasts Alexander Volkanovski for Korean Zombie match-up Henry Cejudo is retired but that doesn’t mean he will stop his trash talk anytime soon. On Tuesday, the former UFC champion took to Twitter to blast Alexander Volkanovski for accepting a fight with Chan Sung Jung (aka Korean Zombie). Volkanovski was originally slated to face

Credit: Paddy Pimblett/Twitter Paddy Pimblett versus Diego Sanchez was surely not the MMA beef you were expecting to heat up this week. Despite competing in the UFC just once in 2021, England’s Pimblett (17-3) made a major splash. His hype as a former Cage Warriors champion and two-division talent preceded him. So did his brash

Best Dressed UFC Fighter of 2021 Nominees | Video Joseph Benavidez announces the nominees for the best dressed fighter of 2021 as a part of the inaugural UFC Punchies: Social Awards. The four nominees included welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, No. 12 ranked bantamweight Sean O’Malley, and former featherweight champion Max Holloway.

Apr 24, 2021; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; YouTube start Jake Paul is confronted by UFC ringside announcer Daniel Cormier before Anthony Smith (Red Gloves) fights Jimmy Crute (Blue Gloves) during UFC 261 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Former UFC two-division champion Daniel Cormier has no interest in working with Jake

UFC 272: Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal set, UFC 273 main and co-main also set Just last week fans were teased with a title fight doubleheader in Alexander Volkanovski vs. Max Holloway 3 and Aljamain Sterling vs. Petr Yan 2. But those two fights were quickly dropped and UFC 272 was left without a main

July 26, 2020; Abu Dhabi, UAE; Khamzat Chimaev (red gloves) of Czechia celebrates after his TKO victory over Rhys McKee (not pictured) of Northern Ireland in their welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event inside Flash Forum on UFC Fight Island . Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via USA TODAY Sports Multi-time UFC title

A fight between Michael Chandler and former UFC interim champion Tony Ferguson has been discussed several times but hasn’t come to fruition. Ferguson has accused Chandler of avoiding the matchup, but Chandler refutes those claims. “Tony is an interesting cat. We’re in January so we’re eight or ten weeks removed from the fight (Chandler’s fight

Dec 11, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Charles Oliveira celebrates his victory by submission against Dustin Poirier during UFC 269 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports UFC lightweight king Charles Oliveira says he can make the featherweight limit “easily,” and would be interested in championship opportunities at 145 or 170-pounds. Oliveira

Kevin Holland vs. Alex Oliveira official for UFC 272 It’s not just naked girls on OnlyFans, apparently, there are fights being announced there too. Kevin Holland announced he and Alex Oliveira will be squaring off at UFC 272 via his OnlyFans account (h/t MMA Junkie). “EXCLUSIVE fight news announcement right here on my Only Fans!If

Oct 9, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Tyson Fury celebrates after knocking out Deontay Wilder (not pictured) during their WBC/Lineal heavyweight championship boxing match at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The current heavyweight king of boxing is trying to stoke the flames of interest in a Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou boxing

Sean O’Malley may only fight twice this year, but plans a ‘killing spree’ in 2023 Rising bantamweight start Sean O’Malley usually likes to fight three times a year, but this year may be a different story as he recovers from injuries. O’Malley is coming off a first-round finish of Raulian Paiva at UFC 269 on

Dec 11, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Sean O’Malley reacts following his TKO victory against Raulian Paiva during UFC 269 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Young gun UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley says a fight with Cody Garbrandt is not happening, and that the CTE must be talking in “No Love’s”

Jake Paul posts video practicing leg kicks, tags Bellator MMA and PFL | Video YouTuber turned professional boxer Jake Paul has voiced interest in entering mixed martial arts. He recently posted a video of himself practicing legs kicks and tagged a couple of MMA promotions. Paul is undefeated in his boxing career with a 5-0