7:17 AM ET BOCA RATON, Fla. — It’s 2 p.m. on a Wednesday, and Dustin Poirier is methodically wrapping his hands at an empty boxing gym owned by his longtime coach, Dyah Davis. He is 17 days out from his lightweight trilogy fight against Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 264, and though
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz At the UFC 264 press conference, stars from the main event, along with UFC President Dana White, are expected to attend Thursday evening. Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor and former interim champion Dustin Poirier are scheduled to answer questions from the media in advance of their trilogy fight
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz [embedded content] UFC 264 press conference with Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier goes down July 8 at 8 pm ET Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier’s first in-person close-up before UFC 264 is finally here. Just days away from the biggest fight of 2021, the top-ranked lightweights will go nose
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight talents Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson will collide this weekend (Sat., July 10, 2021) at UFC 264 inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Burns ascended up the 170-pound ladder with remarkable speed, meeting his former teammate Kamaru Usman for the title just four victories after his weight class switch.
Check out the UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 Cold Open | Video Let Ron Perlman get you pumped up for the UFC 264 trilogy fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor with the cold open that will play at the start of the broadcast on Saturday night. UFC 264 takes place at T-Mobile Arena
Scheduled to fight in nine days, Daniel Rodriguez is now opponent-less. Abubakar Nurmagomedov has withdrawn from their July 17 fight, which was previously expected to take place at UFC on ESPN 26 in Las Vegas. The promotion is currently seeking a replacement. Rodriguez (14-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) was first to announce the change in an
Former boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi says that he is indirectly responsible for two UFC superstars becoming entrepreneurs. As accomplished as Paulie Malignaggi was as a boxer, many MMA fans may have become familiar with him through his feud with Conor McGregor leading up to and following the 2017 Mayweather vs. McGregor event. After McGregor’s team
1:37 PM ET LAS VEGAS — The most significant regulator of combat sports has made a huge move in the way it deals with marijuana. The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) voted Wednesday to no longer discipline fighters for cannabis. NSAC, which regulates some of the most high-profile boxing and MMA fights in the world,
Conor McGregor isn’t mincing words ahead of his UFC 264 grudge match with Dustin Poirier. “He’s a corpse,” McGregor told his website, The MacLife, on Wednesday when asked about Poirier, “a dead body, a blank face that’s going to get his ass whooped and taken out on a stretcher.” McGregor (22-5) suffered a second-round knockout
Mar 14, 2020; Brasilia, DF, Brazil; Gilbert Burns in the press room after fighting Demian Maia during UFC Fight Night at Ginasio Nilson Nelson. Mandatory Credit: Jason da Silva-USA TODAY Sports Gilbert Burns doesn’t want to talk about what a win over Stephen Thompson could mean for his chances at another Ultimate Fighting Championship title
Welcome to Midnight Mania! It remains to be seen what adjustments Conor McGregor makes inside the cage to complete his trilogy vs. Dustin Poirier, but if nothing else, McGregor is bringing a different attitude to the fight. The Irish athlete is fully focused on Poirier; there’s no Manny Pacquiao bout to distract “The Notorious.” Perhaps
No. 4 ranked welterweight Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson faces no. 2 ranked Gilbert Burns in the UFC 264 co-main event on Saturday. On Wednesday, Thompson fielded question from the media about his upcoming fight, the championship landscape in the 170-pound division and no. 1 ranked Colby Covington. Sean O’Malley reacts to new Nevada Athletic Commission marijuana
By MMA Junkie Staff | July 7, 2021 10:30 pm ET Follow @MMAjunkie Sean O’Malley found himself needing an opponent on short notice ahead of UFC 264. Once word was out that Louis Smolka was out of their scheduled bout, there was no shortage of current UFC fighters raising their hands to step in and
Nate Diaz‘s training partner, Chris Avila, says that Jake Paul calls everyday to try and set up a fight with the Stockton native. Paul’s crossover into boxing has gathered pace and attention in 2021, and he’s now targeting one of the UFC’s biggest names. Diaz was last in action at UFC 263 last month. Against
8:21 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim The punch exploded on the chin of Jose Aldo and reverberated across the mountaintops of mixed martial arts. When Conor McGregor knocked out the previously shatterproof UFC featherweight champion with a straight left hand just seconds into their 2015 title fight, there suddenly was a brazen 27-year-old Irishman sitting on
Niko Price won’t be taking advantage of Nevada’s new rules on marijuana anytime soon. The UFC welterweight was hit with a six-month suspension and $8,500 fine by the Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) this past September after testing positive for the cannabinoid carboxy THC in relation to his bout against Donald Cerrone. Price’s result against Cerrone,
Marijuana products sit on the counter at The 420 Lounge on Thursday, January 17, 2019. The 420 Lounge is the first legal cannabis smoking lounge in Palm Springs, Calif. Pot Lounge 5 Mixed martial arts athletes that compete in Nevada and partake in the stickiest of icky can now relax. The state has amended its
17 years after Nick Diaz vs. Robbie Lawler at UFC 47, Diaz and Lawler are expected to run it back in the co-headliner slot for UFC 266. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White told TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter on Wednesday that a match-up pitting Diaz vs. Lawler “is in the works” for September. MMA Junkie