7:50 PM ET MIAMI — Jorge Masvidal said he is not sure how his rival Colby Covington is set for the next UFC welterweight title shot given legal claims Covington has made in a criminal case against Masvidal. Masvidal is facing felony charges of aggravated battery and criminal mischief stemming from an alleged attack on
For UFC bantamweight Adrian Yanez, 2022’s only hiccup was that he wasn’t able to be as busy as he would have liked. After having had three fights in 2021, Yanez had only a single bout in 2022, making it his lowest activity year to date amongst nearly a decade as a pro. “My 2022 for
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best fights from March 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Fight of the Month award for March. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
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On this very special special edition of The MMA Hour, Conor McGregor drops by the NYC studios Wednesday night. The former two-division UFC champion will discuss his UFC return, TUF 31, and much more with Ariel Helwani LIVE in studio. The show airs live beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. For the latest episodes of The
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Alexander Volkanovski and Robert Whittaker may be getting ready to make the jump to professional wrestling. On Monday, the UFC’s parent company Endeavor closed a deal to buy a majority share in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), with plans to combine the two promotions into one publicly traded sports and entertainment entity. The two companies are
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and one-time interim 155-pound titleholder Dustin Poirier are two of the biggest names in mixed martial arts (MMA), thanks to their massive pay-per-view (PPV) success atop multiple UFC fight cards. Conor McGregor deserves most of the credit. That’s according to former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who now serves
8:43 AM ET Alex Pereira stood with his back to the fence inside the UFC’s Octagon at Madison Square Garden. It was right before the start of the fifth and final round of a title fight in front of a sellout crowd. Pereira looked across the cage at his opponent, then-UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya,
When former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou walked away from a deal with the fight promotion to try free agency, he probably thought he’d never fight in the octagon again. Many people out there believe a deal could be reached between UFC and Ngannou, especially to come back and face Jon Jones. Chael Sonnen is
Lightweight veterans Diego Ferreira and Michael Johnson will meet in May. Ferreira (17-5 MMA, 8-5 UFC) takes on Johnson (21-18 MMA, 13-14 UFC) at UFC Fight Night on May 20. A venue and location have yet to be announced. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie following an initial report from MMA
George Sotiropoulos is returning to the cage. The 45-year-old Sotiropoulos is scheduled for his first fight in nearly nine years as he’ll face Josh Togo in a lightweight contest at Hex Fight Series 26 — which takes place May 26 at the Melbourne Pavilion in Australia — the promotion announced on Tuesday. Sotiropoulos had 11-fights
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jorge Masvidal doesn’t understand how Colby Covington can fight for the belt. Unlike Belal Muhammad, Masvidal isn’t attacking Covington’s title shot on the argument of merit. Instead, Masvidal is confused by Covington’s actions after his alleged March 2022 street attack. Following the supposed Masvidal sucker, Covington departed to the sidelines as
4:09 PM ET Marc Raimondi Mike Coppinger The combat sports landscape is about to undergo a seismic shift. Two of the biggest live event and broadcast promoters in the combat space, the UFC and WWE, will be merged into one company, an unprecedented and stunning business move. Endeavor, the UFC’s parent company, announced Monday it
Watch Mike Perry vs. Luke Rockhold verbally spar at BKFC 41 presser Mike Perry and Luke Rockhold knew what they needed to sell their fight … and that’s drama. On Tuesday the fighters took part in a pre-fight press conference and traded insults throughout. “I’m ready for Mike Perry, I’m different and there’s a reason
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from March 2023: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for March. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
In honor of the UFC’s 30th Anniversary, take a look back at former middleweight king Israel Adesanya’s rise to Octagon fame, from his debut to claiming the division crown. Adesanya is set to return to action at UFC 287, when he faces off with current champion Alex Pereira in a main event rematch on April
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