Transgender fighter Alana McLaughlin has responded to frequent accusations that she transitioned from male to female just so she could fight women in MMA. Alana McLaughlin made her MMA debut in September at Combate Global: Perez vs. Roa, picking up a comeback victory over fellow debutante Celine Provost of France. McLaughlin was able to secure […]
Top-5 strawweights Marina Rodriguez and Yan Xiaonan are scheduled to compete on March 5. As first reported by MMA DNA, this high-level strawweight bout between Rodriguez and Xiaonan will take place at UFC 272. There is currently no main event announced for this card, but the location has been determined to be the T-Mobile Arena […]
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the UFC‘s nominations for Best Debut of 2021. It’s the last week of 2021, which means it’s time to start looking back at the biggest and […]
Dana White is still not open to ever doing business with Jake Paul, but he does have quite a different proposal for his nemesis. If there were a "Rivalry of the Year" MMA award, you'd be remiss not to add Jake Paul vs. Dana White to the nominations list. There may not be a chance […]
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the UFC's nominations for Best Comeback of 2021. It's the last week of 2021, which means it's time to start looking back at the biggest […]
Islam Makhachev has politely let upcoming opponent Beneil Dariush know that he is being overlooked. In two months, two of the best lightweights in the world will compete in what is currently expected to serve as a title-eliminator bout. With UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira virtually a lock to defend against #1 contender Justin Gaethje […]
Sean Strickland has turned in his unfiltered remark for the day, this time the controversial middleweight addressed the topic of homosexuality. Strickland has made headlines on several occasions throughout the course of 2021. In June, a heated altercation with a training partner was captured on video. His words then began to attract attention as well […]
The Pulse of MMA: Fan Reactions To The Sport’s Biggest Stories In this installment of The Pulse of MMA, we look at the raw, unfiltered reactions from MMA fans to the UFC's nominations for Best Submission of 2021. It's the last week of 2021, which means it's time to start looking back at the biggest […]
Car-Jitsu is beginning to find its wheels in the wide-open spaces of the loopy world of combat sports. Invented in 2020 by Vik Mikheev, Car-Jitsu features jiu-jitsu contests held within mid-sized sedans. The participants compete in two three-minute rounds of grappling and alternate between driver and passenger between rounds. Points are earned by establishing an […]
Aljamain Sterling’s perception of Petr Yan as a cheater doesn’t stop at illegal knees. Aljamain Sterling's bantamweight championship win at UFC 259 will be tough to top on the "most controversial title wins in UFC history" list for a long time yet. With Sterling being the benefactor of Yan's miscue, he has been the subject […]
On this day one year ago, we ran a story about Claressa Shields' insistence that she will be the individual to prove that boxers can succeed in MMA. One year later, her record sits at 1-1, with Shields losing her most recent bout to Abigail Montes at the 2021 PFL Championships in October. Although it […]
Mike Perry's and Darren Till's desire to fight one another went back four years until those plans suffered a likely fatal blow in 2021 when Perry parted ways with the UFC. The year was 2017. Mike Perry and Darren Till had a combined UFC record of 8-1 entering the month of December, and the two […]
Yesterday, we shared an editorial from last year that documented Jon Jones' chaotic drug-testing history. Heading into UFC 232, that history had more questions and fewer answers than ever before. But there was one thing Jones' upcoming opponent at the time, Alexander Gustafsson, felt he knew for sure: Jones has always been a cheater. The […]
On this day six years ago, we ran a story about Nick Diaz slamming the UFC for how the promotion was compensating his younger brother Nate. Today, the topic of fighter pay is stitched into the fabric of everyday MMA discourse. However, six years ago it was far less common. The Diaz brothers' outspokenness on […]
Yesterday, we shared an editorial from last year that documented Jon Jones' chaotic drug-testing history. Once the news broke of another atypical test finding for Jones, Daniel Cormier was expectedly one of the first to react. Stipe Miocic would then react to Cormier's reaction, five months after DC defeated him for the UFC heavyweight championship. […]
Pro wrestling legend CM Punk has no doubt that Conor McGregor will be billy strutting into a WWE arena at some point in the future. If there is one man who knows a thing or two about crossing over into the unknown it's CM Punk. Punk dared to try his hand at the highest level […]
Six years ago today, we ran a story about Michael Bisping's newsworthy request for Anderson "The Spider" Silva ahead of their 2016 classic. In 2015, Anderson Silva was hit with a one-year suspension from the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the banned substances Drostanolone and Androstane. Silva maintained his innocence and claimed that a “sexual […]
Christmas 2021 is in the books, and the MMA world had a very festive and Merry Christmas by all appearances. Yesterday, the MMA community joined millions of others in celebrating Christmas Day. We know how Jon Jones and Dan Hooker spent their Christmas, but what about everyone else? Let's have a looksee! What do you […]
Yesterday, we shared an editorial from last year that documented Jon Jones' chaotic drug-testing history. Heading into UFC 232, the biggest story was not about the fights that were taking place but about where they were taking place. That's because the event was moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles due to some testing issues […]
There were three names present on Dustin Poirier's hostile Christmas list that the former UFC interim lightweight champion revealed during the holiday. Dustin Poirier is widely considered to be one of the nicest fellows on the UFC roster: family man, charitable, and just a general upstanding pillar of the MMA community. All that may be […]
