The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories Here are some of the raw reactions from the MMA community to the sport’s hottest stories! Charles Oliveira Reportedly Set To Defend Lightweight Title Against Dustin Poirier At UFC 269 Yesterday, it was reported that verbal agreements are in place for a lightweight championship
Al Iaquinta is looking forward to clashing with Bobby Green at UFC 268, but he is not pleased with how the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) took care of business. Iaquinta vs. Green is expected to take place on the main card of UFC 268: “Usman vs. Covington 2”, taking place inside Madison Square Garden in
Check out Derek Brunson’s top UFC finishes | Video Be ready from the opening bell when you fight UFC middleweight Derek Brunson, because all but one of Brunson’s career finishes has taken place in the very first round. Brunson, ranked no. 5 in the middleweight division, takes on no. 7 ranked Darren Till in the
Michelle Nicolini is a world-class grappler, and she’s embracing that role. Nicolini (6-2) challenges Jing Nan Xiong (15-2) for the strawweight title in the main event of ONE Championship: Empower, which takes place Friday and streams on B/R Live. In what’s being viewed as a striker vs. grappler matchup, ADCC champion Nicolini doesn’t mind if people
12:17 AM ET CLEVELAND — Those hoping for Jake Paul’s boxing demise at the hands of a big puncher will be sorely disappointed. The YouTube sensation-turned-prizefighter outpointed Tyron Woodley via split decision (77-75, 75-77, 78-74) in the main event of a boxing card Sunday night at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Woodley is a former UFC welterweight
Alyse Anderson will never forget the road she traveled to get to her ONE Championship debut on Friday. The 26-year-old former Invicta FC fighter has endured a lot of personal and professional turmoil to finally get her opportunity to compete amongst the best athletes in her division. To document that, Anderson posted an emotional video
A sex toy was an unexpected addition at a recent MMA pre-fight staredown, and to the surprise of no one, it was not well-received. High League, a mixed martial arts promotion based out of Poland, saw the weigh-ins for their August 28 event interrupted by something never before seen at previous fight week festivities in
UFC middleweight contender Sean Strickland says he’d find “great Joy” in killing controversial welterweight Dillon Danis. Strickland, who returned in 2020 after a two-year layoff, was recently victorious in his first UFC main event. Against veteran Uriah Hall in the UFC Vegas 33 headliner, “Tarzan” looked dominant throughout, and climbed further up the 185-pound ladder
UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is expected to face current interim 265-pound titleholder Ciryl Gane in the promotion’s January 2022 pay-per-view (PPV) event, which does not yet have an official date or location. That’s according to coach Eric Nicksick. “We’ve been hearing January,” Nicksick told The MMA Hour. “But you never know, man. Like, the
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
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By Blue Corner | September 1, 2021 10:45 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie For the first time in ONE Championship’s 10-year history, the promotion is hosting an all women’s card, and the organization is giving the event special treatment. With a nine-bout lineup that includes top female athletes in MMA, kickboxing and muay Thai, the promotion
3:37 PM ET UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje has signed a contract extension that will keep him inside the Octagon, ahead of his upcoming fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 268 on Nov. 6. Gaethje (22-3) broke the news to ESPN during an interview Tuesday. The former interim champion had expressed some frustration with the UFC
The UFC’s pay-per-view schedule for the rest of 2021 is filling up quickly, but there’s still one mammoth presence missing from the year-end slate: Heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. Ngannou has been out of action since knocking out Stipe Miocic just 52 seconds into the second round of their March rematch to capture the UFC heavyweight
Credit: Troy Taormina & Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports New reports claim the long-expected Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight title bout pitting Dustin Poirer vs Charles Oliveira is set to be the headliner for the promotion’s final pay-per-view of 2021. On Wednesday, MMAFighting was first to report, from multiple sources, that lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (31-8)
“The Motown Phenom” Kevin Lee is nothing if not persistent, as he has now decided to publicly challenge Mike Perry for the third time. Kevin Lee is in desperate need of a win after losing his second straight fight in what was the fourth loss in five fights; and apparently, he believes Mike Perry is