Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal are finally scheduled to fight, but it’s not a matchup that came to fruition overnight. In turn, Edwards has been criticized for potentially sitting out and waiting for a title shot rather than fighting another welterweight contender, such as Masvidal. Edwards and Masvidal have history that dates all the way
UFC Vegas 40: Ladd vs. Dumont Weigh-in Face-off Video Following Friday’s UFC Vegas 40 weigh-ins at UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the athletes competing on Saturday’s fight card faced off with their opponents. In the main event, No. 3 ranked women’s bantamweight Aspen Ladd moves up the the featherweight division to take on Norma Dumont. UFC Vegas
Bellator is back Stateside this week with the continuation of its light heavyweight tournament. Bellator 268 takes place Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix. The main card airs on Showtime following prelims on MMA Junkie. (Click here to open a PDF of the staff picks grid in a separate window.) In the main event, light heavyweight champion
Closer to home, Yanez made sure he caught all the Legacy FC cards he could, because there, he got to see even more fighters who shared his Mexican American heritage attempting to fight their way to the big show. “They (Legacy FC) had a lot of great Hispanic fighters, too, and a good one that
Jon Jones banned from JacksonWink MMA Gym, announces Winkeljohn on the MMA Hour, Dana White gets heat from Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard after most recent UFC signing of Jake Hadley, Former UFC fighter Paul Felder hints on potential return and much more! Informations about our work: This channel is made for MMA fans and
4:01 PM ET Junior dos Santos seems to have several options moving forward with his combat sports career following his release from the UFC earlier this year. The former UFC light heavyweight champion will make his professional wrestling match debut Friday for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). And dos Santos told ESPN on Wednesday that he
Last month, Jon Jones was arrested on charges of misdemeanor domestic violence following and incident at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, where Jones’ fiancée, Jessie Moses, was found with blood on her face and clothes after a dispute that occurred in their hotel room. Jones responded to these events by blaming the incident on alcohol
Nov 24, 2018; Beijing, China; Francis Ngannou (blue gloves) defeats Curtis Blaydes (red gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Cadillac Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou believes the promotion has tried to “discredit” him in recent months as part of a push to pressure him into signing a new
Nate Diaz has not taken his radar off of Vicente Luque, and he’s now zeroing in on getting things finalized. “Closed mouths don’t get fed” is a common American expression. It is a modernized version of the more antiquated, “Ask and you shall receive.” Many men have asked for a fight with Nate Diaz, but
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons yet again. Currently, the former UFC Light Heavyweight champion faces charges of misdemeanor battery domestic violence and tampering with a police vehicle. It’s a another public disaster, one that includes an ugly 911 call and bloody fiancée. Oh yeah, and
Nate Diaz responds to Conor McGregor’s comment that his boxing is piss: ‘I turned you into a wrestler’ Nate Diaz handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss at UFC 195 in March 2016 and the two have been feuding regularly for the last five years. McGregor defeated Diaz in their rematch by majority decision at
Terrence McKinney is ready to show UFC fans he’s not a one-hit wonder. McKinney’s promotional debut couldn’t have gone any better when he scored a seven-second knockout of Matt Frevola at UFC 263 in June. Not only did he earn a “Performance of the Night” bonus, but he recorded the fastest KO in UFC lightweight
Then, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski joins the show ahead of his co-main event bout against Carlos Felipe on Saturday. He delves into what makes him the Benjamin Button of MMA, why he predicts Ciryl Gane will one day defeat Francis Ngannou when they face off for the UFC heavyweight belt, wanting to eventually
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1:58 PM ET Two of Bellator MMA’s top featherweight prospects have agreed to meet at Bellator 271 on Nov. 12, multiple sources told ESPN on Thursday. The promotion is finalizing a bout between Aaron Pico and Justin Gonzales for the event, which will take place at Seminole Hard Rock
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Jun 14, 2019; New York, NY, USA; Dillon Danis (red gloves) before his fight against Max Humphrey (not pictured) during Bellator 222 at Madison Square Garden. Danis won the fight. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports Based on a recent tweet by MMA management powerhouse Ali Abdelaziz, it seems 2019 PFL women’s lightweight champion Kayla
In his own words, Daniel Cormier has a man-to-man message for past nemesis Jon “Bones” Jones. Earlier this week, a former American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) teammate of Daniel Cormier, Luis Peña, was released from the UFC following a second domestic violence charge this year. The details behind this latest incident were particularly troubling, so much
Khabib Nurmagomedov, the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion, and rising mixed martial arts (MMA) star Khamzat Chimaev are on the same page. Tensions were reportedly high between the two fighters after Chimaev, 27, told Khabib, 33, he would smash the older fighter in an Instagram Live this year. Ali Abdelaziz, who serves as