Former UFC light heavyweight champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua will make his return to the cage later this year against Ovince St. Preux. The fight booking was first reported by MMA journalist Marcel Dorff. Rua has previously stated that he intends on fighting at least two more times before calling it a career. The 40-year-old last […]
UFC lightweight Bobby Green says beating Islam Makhachev at UFC Vegas 49 isn't the only challenge on his mind this weekend. Green will step up on short notice for the injured Beneil Dariush to face Makhachev in the UFC Vegas 49 main event. This comes just weeks after he defeated Nasrat Haqparast via a unanimous […]
The term "Legendary Polish Power" is now exclusive to former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz. Blachowicz was slated to face Aleksandar Rakic next month but pulled out due to an injury. The matchup is expected to be rescheduled for later this year. Blachowicz has kept busy in his personal life after losing the belt […]
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has provided an update on how he's dealing with the split from his fiancée. Jones posted on his social media earlier this week that he and his long-time fiancée, Jessie Moses, have recently called it quits. This comes just months after Jones' alleged battery domestic violence incident with […]
UFC lightweight Bobby Green is happy to fill in for Beneil Dariush at UFC Vegas 49 after Dariush stepped up for him earlier in their careers. Green is set to face rising lightweight contender Islam Makhachev in the UFC Vegas 49 main event. Green most recently earned a unanimous decision win over Nasrat Harparast just […]
UFC featherweight contender Chan Sung Jung, otherwise known as 'The Korean Zombie, plans to utilize his old rival for Alexander Volkanovski. Jung has been training at the growing Fight Ready gym in Arizona, alongside former UFC champions such as Jon Jones and Henry Cejudo. He has also come across Brian Ortega, a former rival of […]
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal thinks a win over former American Top Team teammate Colby Covington will earn him a title shot. Masvidal will face his friend-turned-foe Covington in the main event of UFC 272. The two top welterweights will settle their ongoing beef in the Octagon in a matchup set for five rounds. Masvidal […]
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk is ready to return to the title picture and not take a tune-up fight for her 2022 debut. Jędrzejczyk has been inactive since UFC 248 in early 2020 when she lost in a split decision to then-strawweight champion Zhang Weili. Before that, she had won two of her previous […]
Former UFC bantamweight champion Miesha Tate can now claim that she is now a champion of a major reality television show. Tate was named the winner of Celebrity Big Brother, a Survivor-style show where various celebrities spend time in a house and compete in various competitions. Tate was considered the frontrunner after winning the opening […]
Bare Knuckle FC President David Feldman has announced that Triller has purchased a majority stake in his promotion. Feldman announced the news during a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour (h/t MMA Fighting). “We grew this thing to a point where we thought that we got it as far as we could […]
UFC President Dana White gave former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar his own makeshift Octagon to get ready for his MMA transition. Lesnar last fought in MMA at UFC 200, earning a decision win over Mark Hunt that was later overturned to a no-contest. This was after Lesnar tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in a pre-fight […]
LFA fighter and former NCAA Basketball standout Royce White will run against Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar in the upcoming election. White, a former first-round NBA draft pick of the Houston Rockets, left Basketball in 2014 and transitioned into an MMA fighter. He made his professional debut at LFA 120, losing via unanimous decision to Daiqwon […]
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington jabbed Jon Jones after Jones announced on his Twitter that his fiancée had recently left him. Covington is set to face former friend and teammate Jorge Masvidal in the UFC 272 main event. It's arguably one of the biggest fights of 2022 and is a grudge match that fans have […]
UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush may not require surgery on his broken fibula after all, which could speed up his timetable for a return. Dariush had to pull out of his originally scheduled main event against Islam Makhachev at UFC Vegas 49 just days before the fight. The severity of Dariush's injury was somewhat unclear […]
UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill knows he has at least one more doubter to silence as he continues to rise in the rankings. Hill earned arguably the most gruesome knockout of his career against Johnny Walker at UFC Vegas 48. After taking his time to find his rhythm on the feet, he landed a […]
Former UFC fighters Michael Bisping and Brendan Schaub think fans shouldn't count out Bobby Green against Islam Makhachev. Green will step up for his second fight in the same amount of weeks against Makhachev in the UFC Vegas 49 main event. He most recently defeated Nasrat Haqparast with his impressive boxing and movement at UFC […]
Former UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk thinks her former teammate Amanda Nunes won't be a title challenger for long. Nunes is without a second belt for the first time in a long time after losing to Julianna Peña at UFC 269. She still holds the women's featherweight title, but it's unclear if and when she'll […]
Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant knew right away that Conor McGregor was going to be special in MMA from the first time they met. McGregor is anticipating a return to the Octagon later this year after suffering a nasty leg break at UFC 264 against Dustin Poirier. It's unclear who he'll face in his return, […]
Former UFC interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier saw a change in Colby Covington once "Chaos" started finding success in the UFC. Covington is slated to face Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 272 next month. It is a welterweight grudge match between two former friends and former American Top Team teammates and a […]
A Bellator welterweight showdown between the retiring Paul Daley and rising contender Andrey Koreshkov is in the works for Bellator London. News of the booking was reported by MMA journalist Michael Martin. Daley has recently said in an interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour that he intends to retire after one more fight […]
