Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre was offered a lucrative deal to box Oscar De La Hoya, but UFC president Dana White prevented it from happening. During an appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, St-Pierre detailed exactly what went down from the time he was offered the fight from Triller Fight Club, his
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By MMA Junkie Staff | August 18, 2021 11:21 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie Check out these photos of the fighters on the scale and their faceoffs at the 2021 PFL Playoffs 2 ceremonial weigh-ins from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. (Photos courtesy of PFL) PFL 8 Weigh In PFL 8
11:40 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published in Sept. 2019. Cannonier fights Kelvin Gastelum in the main event of UFC Fight Night on August 21, 2021. Jared Cannonier was living in Anchorage, Alaska, and doing maintenance on air traffic control equipment for the Federal Aviation Administration. It was 2009, he was almost
Francis Ngannou isn’t exactly sure where he stands with the UFC right now. Despite claiming the heavyweight title with a stunning second-round knockout over Stipe Miocic back in March, Ngannou saw an interim champion crowned barely five months later after Ciryl Gane finished Derrick Lewis at UFC 265. It was a bizarre sequence of events
May 16, 2020; Jacksonville, Florida, USA; General view of the octagon before UFC on ESPN at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports Despite a world that has not fully recovered from the ongoing global pandemic, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is raking in boatloads of cash like it’s 2019. UFC parent company
UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier says he won’t sit out and wait for a fourth fight with Conor McGregor while the Irishman recovers from his leg break. At UFC 264, Poirier registered his second victory over McGregor in 2021. Having become the first man to knock the Irishman out at UFC 257 in January, “The Diamond”
Jorge Masvidal is bringing Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva to the world of Gamebred Fighting Championship and bare-knuckle mixed martial arts (MMA). Masvidal is setting the wheels in motion for Gamebred Fighting Championship 2, the second event from Masvidal’s bare-knuckle MMA promotion. The event takes place in Biloxi, Mississippi on Sat., Sept. 11. The former Ultimate Fighting
Israel Adesanya on Jon Jones: “He’s getting fat for no reason now.” UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, who is coming off a unanimous decision victory and a third successful middleweight title defense against Marvin Vettori at UFC 263, was the final guest on the re-installment of “The MMA Hour”, hosted by Ariel Helwani. ‘Stylebender’ spoke
By Danny Segura | August 18, 2021 11:20 am ET Follow @dannyseguratv HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Larissa Pacheco made some changes in 2020 and they have paid off in her return to MMA during the 2021 PFL season. The women’s lightweight and former UFC fighter spent the majority of last year bulking up in weight to
Feb 9, 2019; Melbourne, Australia; Anderson Silva (blue gloves) before his fight against Israel Adesanya (red gloves) during UFC 234 at Rod Laver Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports For combat sports fans that still dream of a possible Anderson Silva vs Roy Jones, Jr. boxing match finally happening, we’ve got some bad news
Luke Rockhold doesn’t think Sean Strickland is too bright but he won’t discredit his ability inside the Octagon. Rockhold and Strickland are expected to collide at UFC 268 this November. It’ll be Rockhold’s first bout since July 2019 when he was knocked out by current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Blachowicz. For Strickland, it’s a
UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya breaks down Jared Cannonier vs Kelvin Gastelum | Video UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya analyses the main event of upcoming UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs Gastelum. No. 3 ranked middleweight contender Jared Cannonier faces no. 9 ranked Kelvin Gastelum in a fight in Adesanya’s division. Cannonier enters the bout coming
Brian Ortega’s team will have representation in The Ultimate Fighter 29 finals. Tresean Gore (3-0)*, the sole remaining member of Team Ortega, advanced to the finals of the season’s middleweight tournament with an impressive second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski representative Gilbert Urbina (6-1). Team Volkanovksi’s Bryan Battle (5-1) will fight Gore for the TUF 29
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Conor McGregor is growing increasingly irate with the UFC commentary team. It is their jobs to offer analysis and opinions alike on the promotion’s athletes, and lately, the remarks have been less than flattering. As a result, McGregor has taken quite a few shots at Daniel Cormier, but now it seems
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By Matthew Wells | August 17, 2021 9:50 pm ET Follow @mrmwells This season, teams consist of bantamweight and middleweight fighters coached by featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and former title challenger Brian Ortega. If you missed the previous episodes, check out those highlights below: Continue reading for the highlights of the 12th and final episode, which streamed Tuesday