Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jake Paul and Francis Ngannou have more in common than one might first think. Currently, Ngannou is very arguably the biggest free agent in combat sports, a status he achieved by fighting out his UFC contract in the hopes of a high-profile boxing match. Just before Ngannou officially scored his own
11:30 AM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira will face top contender Beneil Dariush in May. The UFC has not officially announced the 155-pound bout, but Oliveira referred to it as official on social media, and sources told ESPN Dariush’s side has agreed. The lightweight fight will take place May 6 at an event
Also a two-time South American MMA bantamweight champion and two-time South American Sanda champion, Perez has shown an ease at moving between 135 and 145 pounds when the occasion calls for it. But despite dropping her UFC debut in Paris last September to bantamweight Stephanie Egger, she has no particular designs on moving up. “My
Looking back on her 2022, flyweight Jena Bishop couldn’t be happier with how the year turned out. Having set a goal for where she’d like to see her record end up by the finish of 2022, Bishop was able to not only achieve that goal, but also get signed to Bellator and begin to take
Daniel Cormier believes Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski will hold up their divisions if they run things back, and the UFC Hall of Famer isn’t a big fan of that. Featherweight champion Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) proposed a rematch to lightweight champ Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) after taking him to the brink in their title
Chael Sonnen believes there’s a common misconception surrounding the recent woes of former UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt. At the start of 2017, Garbrandt was riding high off the back of a memorable victory over Dominick Cruz, which left him 11-0 as a professional mixed martial artist and sat on the MMA leader’s 135-pound throne.
Top-ranked Brazilian strawweights Marina Rodriguez and Virna Jandiroba have agreed to face off inside the octagon at UFC 288 on May 6. Multiple people with knowledge of the situation confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting following a report from Igor Melotto. The UFC has yet to announce a venue and location for the card, which
Current Bellator MMA Welterweight champion, Yaroslav Amosov, didn’t hesitate to put his mixed marital arts (MMA) career on hold at the height of his career to take on an entirely different battle in early 2022. Scheduled to face Michael Page in his first-ever title defense in May of 2022, Amosov withdrew from the fight to
1:27 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a heavyweight matchup between Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes to headline an event on April 22, multiple sources told ESPN. The promotion has not announced the heavyweight fight or a location for the UFC Fight Night event, however both sides have agreed to a five-round main event per
“I feel like most people that are really successful in something or achieve a high level in athletics, whatever avenue they want to pursue, it’s not just a thing you do in your life — it really is the biggest part of your life and you have to make that your life,” he said. “My
Yaroslav Amosov was urged to return to fighting to ‘be the voice’ of Ukraine Yaroslav Amosov made headlines when he withdrew from his title fight in order to join with Ukraine in fighting the Russian invasion. He even buried the Bellator belt underneath his home to keep it safe. Now, he returns from Ukraine to
LAS VEGAS – Several high-profile boxers have been linked to former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, but Eric Nicksick says one stands out more than the others. Ngannou parted ways with the UFC in January and appears to be gearing up for his long-desired boxing debut as his next move. Tyson Fury expressed interest in
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UFC middleweight Jamie Pickett isn’t at all fazed by the lopsided odds in favor of Bo Nickal ahead of their upcoming fight. Next weekend, the pair are slated to feature on the main card of UFC 285, a pay-per-view headlined by the return of Jon Jones, who will be challenging for the vacant heavyweight title.
Strawweight veterans Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill will face off at a UFC event scheduled for May 13. A city and venue have yet to be confirmed for the event, though the promotion typically hosts Fight Night events at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. MMA Junkie first reported the matchup, which was confirmed to
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The scheduled UFC event on May 13 is beginning to shape up. The headlining clash between Anthony Smith and Johnny Walker was announced a couple weeks ago, and now MMA Junkie reports a clash between Strawweight talents Mackenzie Dern and Angela Hill will join the Light Heavyweights. Dern enters the contest