Nate Diaz's cutman, Jacob "Stitch" Duran, says he has no regrets about stopping the Diaz vs. Mike Perry fight between rounds, revealing Diaz suffered 15 staples and 20 stitches combined and had broken a finger during the bout. Duran spoke to MMA Junkie Radio on Monday, explaining the sequence of events that led to his […]
Jon Jones and Rampage Jackson appeared to squash their long-running beef backstage at Saturday's MVP MMA 1 event, sharing a lighthearted reunion that was captured on video. The two former rivals headlined UFC 135 in 2011, with Jones submitting Jackson in the fourth round. The buildup was contentious, with Jackson accusing Jones of planting a […]
Dustin Poirier says Conor McGregor will have a puncher's chance against Max Holloway at UFC 329 and warned that Holloway's chin may finally be showing signs of wear. Poirier, who has fought both men three times each, going 2-1 in both trilogies, spoke about the July 11 headliner at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on […]
Matt Brown says Ronda Rousey's comeback felt hollow from start to finish and that she missed a major opportunity to repair her relationship with combat sports fans. Brown, speaking on The Fighter vs. The Writer podcast, offered a sweeping critique of Rousey's approach to the fight, the promotion, and her public persona surrounding the Netflix […]
Dustin Poirier says Nate Diaz looked like "dog shit" against Mike Perry at MVP MMA 1 and offered a blunt assessment of where Diaz is at in his career, while reiterating his desire to fight his longtime rival. Diaz lost to Perry by corner stoppage after the second round on Saturday's Netflix card. In his […]
Colby Covington has retired from UFC competition, with the promotion quietly changing his status from "active" to "retired" on its official website Monday. The update was first flagged by the algorithm-based X account UFC Roster Tracker. Covington, 38, went 12-5 across 17 UFC fights and held the interim welterweight championship, but never captured the undisputed […]
Gina Carano weighed 10 pounds more on fight night than she did at the official weigh-ins, coming in at 152 pounds after tipping the scale at 141.4 the day before Saturday's MVP MMA 1 main event. Ronda Rousey, by contrast, gained just one pound overnight, going from 142 to 143. The California State Athletic Commission […]
Jon Jones says MVP MMA's debut event on Netflix was better produced than anything he has experienced in the UFC, and expressed optimism about eventually getting out of his contract to fight Francis Ngannou. Jones served as an analyst for Saturday's Rousey vs. Carano card at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, and was effusive in […]
Junior dos Santos has confirmed he was hospitalized following his brutal knockout loss to Robelis Despaigne at MVP MMA 1 on Saturday night, the first-ever MMA fight to air on Netflix. Dos Santos posted a video on Instagram in Portuguese addressing his condition and the knockout itself. "Yesterday, I went to the hospital after that […]
Alex Pereira says he had no idea what Josh Hokit was saying when the rising heavyweight took aim at him during the UFC Freedom 250 pre-fight press conference, and credited Ilia Topuria for stepping in on his behalf. Hokit directed trash talk at Pereira, who does not speak English, prompting Topuria to throw an object […]
Francis Ngannou was unbothered by Dana White's decision to announce Conor McGregor's return during the MVP MMA 1 broadcast, saying it had nothing to do with him. White announced McGregor vs. Max Holloway 2 at UFC 329 during the Netflix event on Saturday night, with the timing widely seen as a deliberate attempt to overshadow […]
Nate Diaz reacted calmly to the news of Conor McGregor's return, saying the rematch with Max Holloway should have happened a long time ago. Diaz spoke to the media after MVP MMA 1 on Saturday night, where he lost to Mike Perry. He was asked about Dana White's announcement of McGregor vs. Holloway 2 at […]
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano had an intense face-to-face staredown at the ceremonial weigh-ins ahead of their main event bout on Most Valuable Promotion's inaugural Netflix event.
Sean Strickland's head coach Eric Nicksick says the team's primary concern during the weigh-in controversy at UFC 328 was not whether Khamzat Chimaev made weight — it was the potential fine money. Chimaev was the last fighter to the scale ahead of Saturday's middleweight title fight and drew scrutiny from the MMA community over what […]
Nate Diaz says not fighting in MMA makes him feel like something is wrong in his life, ahead of his return to the sport Saturday at MVP MMA 1. Diaz has not competed in MMA in nearly four years, since submitting Tony Ferguson in the UFC 279 main event in September 2022. He has since […]
Ronda Rousey publicly responded for the first time to comments Demetrious Johnson made about her nearly nine years ago, calling him out on Instagram ahead of her comeback fight. In May 2017, during a Q&A with Sports Illustrated, Johnson was asked about handling potential disappointment and brought up Rousey unprompted. "You look at Ronda Rousey. […]
Junior Dos Santos says he wants to be part of MVP MMA's long-term future and believes Saturday's Netflix debut event puts him in the right place at the right time. Dos Santos, 42, faces Robelis Despaigne in the opening bout of Saturday's main card at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Speaking to reporters Wednesday ahead […]
Daniel Cormier believes Sean Strickland left points on the board against Khamzat Chimaev and could have won more decisively at UFC 328. Strickland edged Chimaev by split decision to claim the UFC middleweight title Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Cormier acknowledged the upset but took issue with a key moment in the […]
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano both made weight Friday morning ahead of Saturday's MVP MMA 1 event at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. Rousey came in at 142 pounds and Carano at 141.4, both under the 146-pound featherweight limit. It marked Rousey's first weigh-in for an MMA fight in nearly 10 years, and Carano's first […]
Arnold Allen and Melquizael Costa headlined Friday's UFC Vegas 117 weigh-ins ahead of Saturday's event at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas, streaming on Paramount+. Allen came in at 145 pounds with Costa at 145.5 for their featherweight main event. Dooho Choi and Daniel Santos also made weight for the featherweight co-feature. Full UFC Fight […]
