11:35 PM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi Former MMA fighter Phil Baroni was charged by a state judge in Mexico with aggravated femicide Monday. Baroni, 46, was living in the coastal region of Sayulita and San Francisco in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, when he called police Jan. 1, after finding his girlfriend, a woman from Mexico
ONE Championship and Monster Energy will partner up for the foreseeable future. Monster Energy business representative Hans Molenkamp confirmed to MMA Fighting on Tuesday that ONE Championship and Monster have inked a multi-year deal to become the official energy drink of the promotion. The deal officially begins with Friday’s ONE on Amazon Video 6 event,
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: IMAVOV vs GASTELUM Updates Due to injury, Kelvin Gastelum has been removed from his middleweight main event with Nassourdine Imavov. Replacing Gastelum will be UFC veteran Sean Strickland. As a result, this five-round bout will now take place at light heavyweight. Due to injury, Isaac Dulgarian has been removed from his featherweight
Kelvin Gastelum injured, Sean Strickland steps in to face Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Vegas 67 Sean Strickland has stepped up on five-days notice to replace Kelvin Gastelum against Nassourdine Imavov in the UFC Vegas 67 main event on Jan. 14. ESPN first reported the news on Monday and the fight promotion confirmed the development in
A.J. McKee is staying with Bellator. The former Bellator featherweight champion recently signed an exclusive, multi-fight, multi-year deal with the promotion. MMA Junkie confirmed the news with a promotion official following a report Tuesday by Sports Illustrated. In addition, McKee is expected to be one of the eight participants of the lightweight grand prix. The
UFC bantamweight contender Sean O’Malley has further defended his remarks about Dana White‘s altercation with his wife, insisting they were an example of “dark humor.” 2023 opened in a rough way for the MMA leader, with footage emerging of its president getting into a physical clash with his wife Anne. The video, which was obtained
Joe Rogan previews the co-main event between (C) Daniel Cormier and #2 Volkan Oezdemir for the UFC light heavyweight championship ahead of UFC 220: Miocic vs Ngannou this Saturday, January 20 only on Pay-Per-View. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! No UFC fighter wants to pull out of a fight. Training camps are expensive and grueling, significantly taxing months endured in the hopes of a big win and ideally big paycheck. Usually, fighters are safer the week of events, as training tapers down and the weight cut becomes the focus. Unfortunately,
10:40 PM ET The California Legislative Women’s Caucus on Monday called for the removal of Dana White as UFC president in a public letter addressed to the head of the promotion’s parent company. The letter, sent to Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel, comes after video surfaced last week of White slapping his wife, Anne, at a
Kelvin Gastelum had a good reason for pulling out of UFC Vegas 67. Gastelum was forced to withdraw from the UFC’s first main event of 2023 on Monday after a mouth injury left him unable to compete against Nassourdine Imavov on Jan. 14. UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland stepped in on short notice to fight
A member of the DWCS Class of ’21, Basharat earned a pair of victories in his rookie year in the UFC in 2022, and he looks to maintain his unbeaten record as he kicks off this year in a clash with Class of ’22 alum Mateus Mendonca. The 27-year-old “Snow Leopard” struggled at times on
Kelvin Gastelum shares graphic video of mouth injury Kelvin Gastelum shares graphic video of mouth injury. Kelvin Gastelum is out of his fight with Nassourdine Imavov at UFC Vegas 67 on Saturday due to a mouth injury. The details of the injury are still a bit sketchy but he did release a photo and video
We’re about 10 months away from a major milestone for the UFC, and by default, the sport of MMA. On Nov. 12, the UFC will celebrate the 30th anniversary of UFC 1, which took place Nov. 12, 1993, in Denver. And while no event has been announced by the promotion yet for Nov. 11, the
UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is dealing with an injury that has pushed back his expected fight against Henry Cejudo. Sterling last defended his title against TJ Dillashaw at UFC 280. Since then, he’s teased some time away from fighting, but that plan seemed axed amidst rumors of a targeted Cejudo fight. While Sterling vs.
2023 has gotten off to a chaotic start in mixed martial arts (MMA). ESPN’s Brett Okamoto confirmed today (Mon., Jan. 9, 2023) that the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event of the year has suffered a main event change right at the start of fight week. Kelvin Gastelum (17-8) has been injured out of his
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz :37 AM ET Just days into the new year, MMA has already staked its claim once again for the title of most unpredictable sport. After all, Jake Paul is now an MMA fighter with the PFL. Big questions loom ahead in 2023. What will Nate Diaz’s next move be
Francisco Trinaldo’s 10-year run in the UFC came to an end this month once the company decided not to re-sign the 44-year-old veteran, who was the last remaining member of TUF Brazil 1 still on the roster. “Massaranduba” has mixed feelings on the news. Trinaldo revealed to MMA Fighting that he was approached by the