When mixed martial arts (MMA) fans think about the quickest rises to superstardom and title contention in the sport’s history, names like former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions and all-time greats, Jon Jones and B.J. Penn are perhaps the two that will come immediately to mind. In 2022, a judo and wrestling-based 24-year-old phenom by
Mark Munoz denies report of school fighting controversy ‘ I desire to be a positive influence on kids’ Former UFC fighter Mark Munoz was in the news this week when TMZ reported that he has been removed from his position as a high school wrestling coach after reports he was allowing the students to settle arguments by
By Farah Hannoun | May 25, 2022 5:30 pm ET As he edges closer to title contention, Marlon Vera is eyeing a former champion next. Vera (21-7-1 MMA, 11-6 UFC) has won his past three in a row, most recently battering Rob Font in his first UFC headliner in April. Following his win, Vera wanted to run
Former UFC fighter Mark Munoz has been placed on administrative leave from his high school wrestling coaching job for letting two wrestlers box each other. News of Munoz’s leave was first reported by TMZ Sports. According to reports, two of Munoz’s Fairmont Private School wrestlers had an argument that turned into a desired impromptu boxing
Laura Gallardo made the most of a last-second opportunity and is now one step closer to a UFC contract. The fourth episode of The Ultimate Fighter 30 saw Team Julianna Peña’s Laura Gallardo (4-1) become the most unlikely of semifinalists in the season’s flyweight tournament as she defeated Team Amanda Nunes’ Kathryn Paprocki (3-2)* by
Lozoya trained with Penha until his was 17, and then moved to North Idaho to wrestle in college. He’d also make the trek 30 minutes west to Spokane, Washington to train at Sikjitsu, sharing the mats with the likes of Michael Chiesa, Sam Sicilia, and Terrance McKinney working under the watchful eye of head coach
Welcome to Midnight Mania! MMA fighters and bad tattoos, a combination as successful as peanut butter and chocolate. That’s said without judgement, too, speaking as the professional fighter with a diamond carved into the sole of his foot. The longstanding trend makes it clear that getting questionable tattoos is a hard urge to resist for
Glover Teixeira: ‘Charles Oliveira is still the champion’ Light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira still considers Charles Oliveira the lightweight titleholder even though Oliveira was stripped of the title for missing weight at UFC 274. Oliveira tipped the scales a half pound heavy for his scheduled title defense against Justin Gaethje. As a result, he was
Rankings Pound For Pound Rankings #1 Kamaru Usman Win 20 Loss 1 Draw 0 Usman has five consecutive defenses of the UFC’s 170-pound title and is now in the discussion as the greatest welterweight of all time. #2 Israel Adesanya Win 22 Loss 1 Draw 0 Upcoming Fight: vs Jared “The Killa Gorilla” Cannonier |
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Gilbert Burns and Ali Abdelaziz seem to have put on a friendly wager for a potential Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev bout. Abdelaziz took to Twitter to note he heard a recent interview in which Burns said he believes that Oliveira would beat his client, Makhachev, in a potential meeting inside the Octagon. Abdelaziz said
After his fifth octagon appearance at UFC Vegas 55, Chase Hooper is back on a roll in the UFC. But he’s learned not to buy into any hype. “At the end of the day, it’s just trying to ground yourself and be like, I’m not doing this for other people’s opinions,” Hooper said Monday on
“Soon after I took up BJJ, I started doing MMA and the extra weight just fell off,” says the 28-year-old. “I wasn’t even dieting, I just loved doing the sport. After about a year of training hard, my coach asked if I wanted to have a fight. After that, I was even more hooked on
Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira knows what it’s like to be a thirsty title contender campaigning for a crack at the 155-pound crown, which is why No. 6-ranked Beneil Dariush doesn’t understand how the “hypocritical” Brazilian can justify his pursuit of mythical paydays. Like the one afforded by “rich” Conor McGregor, who remains the
Aljamain Sterling gets hometown parade in Nassau County following title defense | VIDEO UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling got a hero’s welcome this week when his hometown of Uniondale, NY declared May 23 “Aljamain Sterling Day” to honor the champion. The event was held at Uniondale High School and people in the community lined the
By Associated Press | May 24, 2022 4:51 pm ET LOS ANGELES (AP) – Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin will complete their memorable fight trilogy in September. Alvarez and Golovkin will resume their rivalry Sept. 17 after a four-year break, promoters Matchroom Boxing announced Tuesday. Alvarez already said he intended to take the fight while
Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant might’ve made a mistake by not only getting a new tattoo but showing it off on social media. VanZant is getting ready to make her professional wrestling debut for All Elite Wrestling later this year. She’s also under contract with Bare Knuckle FC and is expected to return at a