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Tyron Woodley pays fan $5,000 for best meme from his knockout loss to Jake Paul Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is anything but a sore loser. After suffering a knockout loss to Jake Paul in their rematch on Dec. 18, the face-planted Woodley quickly became an internet meme. On Monday, Woodley decided to participate

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 Make your opinion matter and vote now in our 2021 MixedMartialArts.com year-end MMA awards. In this year’s edition of our yearly awards, we kept it

Rashad Evans vs. Gabriel Checco set for Eagle FC 44 on Jan. 28 Rashad Evans finally has an opponent. According to ESPN, Gabriel Checco will face the former UFC fighter who is coming out of retirement to fight in the promotion owned and run by former UFC lightweight champion, Khabib Nurmagomedov. Evans announced he would

Nov 17, 2018; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Michel Prazeres (red gloves) defeats Bartosz Fabinski (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Parque Roca Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports After an eight-year run in the UFC Michel Prazeres is calling it a career at 40, after testing positive for a banned substance for the second

Former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones last fought in February 2020, defeating Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 by unanimous decision. He later relinquished his title with intentions of moving up to the heavyweight division to pursue a second divisional championship. While away from the Octagon for the entire 2021 year, Jones had an eventual year

Jun 11, 2021; Glendale, Arizona, USA; UFC fighter Belal Muhammad during weigh ins for UFC 263 at Gila River Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Top-five UFC welterweight Belal Muhammad believes that his ability to evolve into a dominant MMA wrestler despite having no grappling pedigree is nothing new in the sport because

Things are heating up between Khamzat Chimaev and Belal Muhammad on Twitter Welterweights Belal Muhammad and Khamzat Chimaev are making a great case for them to fight next if you take a look at the back-and-forth the pair are doing on Twitter. It appears as though the Twitter war started when Chimaev shared a photo

Credit: InTheCage.pl At KSW 65, Roberto Soldic added to his legacy as one of the great MMA crushing machines, by dealing out multiple fractures to the face of opponent Mamed Khalidov. KSW 65 was headlined by one of the biggest fights in European MMA history. Reigning middleweight king Khalidov (35-8) put his title on the

Dana White believes the Julianna Peña vs. Amanda Nunes rematch will be the biggest women’s fight of all time Julianna Peña did what most people thought she couldn’t do in the UFC 269 co-main event on Dec. 11. She defeated “The Lioness” Amanda Nunes and captured the women’s bantamweight title. Peña rebounded from a first

Credit: Amanda Westcott/Triller Triad Combat will return to action early in the new year, and Vitor Belfort vs Chad Dawson will face-off at the promotion’s second event. MMAFighting broke the news on Wednesday of the Triller-owned promotion’s plans for their follow-up event. The bout between Belfort (26-14 MMA) and Dawson (36-5 boxing) will be contested

Tommy Fury says watching ‘upsetting’ Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley fight was a ‘bitter pill’ We almost had Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury but after Fury pulled out due to a rib injury and a chest infection, we got the Paul vs. Tyron Woodley rematch no one but Woodley asked for. And we all see

Credit: Amanda Westcott/Showtime Ranked UFC bantamweight Sean O’Malley thinks Tyron Woodley’s shocking knockout loss to Jake Paul destroyed his combat sports legacy. Woodley (19-7-1) had a distinguished run in MMA. He was a welterweight champion in both Strikeforce and the UFC, and will likely go down as one of the best 170-pound fighters in Octagon

MMA legend Chael Sonnen was given five separate battery citations on Dec. 19 after he was involved in an alleged brawl at a luxury Las Vegas hotel. “The American Gangster” wasn’t arrested, but was removed from hotel property. Sonnen hasn’t given a statement since the incident, but Brendan Schaub provided details of the encounter that casts new

Dec 1, 2018; Adelaide, Australia; Junior Dos Santos (red gloves) before his fight against Tai Tuivasa (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Mandatory Credit: James Elsby-USA TODAY Sports Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos signs with Triller to compete under their Triad Combat banner in February. The Brazilian MMA

Watch the UFC 269 commentator booth reactions | Video Where were you when Julianna Peña upset Amanda Nunes in the UFC 269: Oliveira vs Poirier co-main event on Dec. 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas? Watch Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier and Joe Rogan‘s reactions to a night full of crazy performances. In the UFC

Credit: UFC UFC Vegas 46 will begin the UFC’s 2022 schedule and end a month-long holiday hiatus for the MMA world leader. The event takes place on Jan. 15 from inside the organization’s home base, the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev. The UFC’s return will be headlined by a clash of top-10 featherweights and

Jake Paul praises Tyron Woodley, believes ‘there’s still a lot of money for him to make’ Jake Paul knocked out former UFC champion Tyron Woodley in their Dec. 18th boxing rematch, and praised Woodley following the bout. The two first fought in August with Paul defeating Woodley by split decision. Paul was scheduled to face

Aug 3, 2019; Newark, NJ, USA; Colby Covington (red gloves) reacts against Robbie Lawler (not pictured) during UFC Fight Night at Prudential Center. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Colby Covington continues his hate campaign against Dustin Poirier by saying he was a “quitter” at UFC 269. There is no love lost between former American