Claressa Shields is willing to take the fight to Jake Paul beyond the boxing gym and into the court of law. This Saturday, Jake Paul returns to pay-per-view when he meets Tyron Woodley in a rematch of their August clash. However, the YouTuber may have another fight on his hands if he and his representatives […]
Newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is ready and willing to fight whomever the UFC puts in front of her, but there are three names she specifically has in mind. At UFC 269, Julianna Peña pulled off the upset of the year and one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted […]
Seven years ago today, UFC President Dana White was featured on The Rock's reality television show Wake-Up Call in the series premiere on TNT. The one-hour show featured The Rock mentoring people who were struggling in their lives. The first and only season of the show featured eight episodes. In the debut edition that debuted […]
Fedor Emelianenko hasn't thought too highly of UFC President Dana White for well over a decade now. The year was 2007. Fedor Emelianenko was the PRIDE FC world heavyweight champion for over four years strong and was days away from his 24th consecutive victory, with the then 1-0 Choi Hong-man pegged as the next victim. […]
Six years ago today, Conor McGregor made the giant leap from rising star to megastar, and it only took him 13 seconds. UFC 194 was headlined by the featherweight unification title bout between undisputed champion José Aldo and Conor McGregor. The build-up remains, to this day, one of the most contentious of all time due […]
If anybody can come back from adversity, it's Dustin Poirier, but that's not the question Poirier will be confronting in the coming days. At UFC 269, Dustin Poirier entered the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada as a man with a second chance. Two years ago, Poirier contested for the undisputed lightweight title for the […]
You can add Sean O'Malley to the list of Daniel Cormier's commentary critics. Last week, Daniel Cormier was the subject of criticism for his performance as a UFC commentator by his own colleague, Dominick Cruz. Cormier and Cruz later hashed things out to some degree with the aid of mediator Michael Bisping. Cormier would then […]
On this day three years ago, UFC 233 joined UFC 151 and UFC 176 as the only two UFC pay-per-views to be cancelled. Below you'll find our coverage of the announcement the moment it came through. The following article is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of the MMA News Archives. [ORIGINALLY […]
Nate Diaz and Conor McGregor both had something to say about Dustin Poirier's loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269. In last night's UFC 269 main event, Dustin Poirier and champion Charles Oliveira went to war to solidify who was the best lightweight in the world. It was Oliveira who had his hand raised in […]
Amanda Nunes may have lost for the first time in seven years, but she still is in the driver's seat of what happens next at the top of the bantamweight division. At UFC 269, Julianna Peña stunned a public that bet Amanda Nunes up to be a -1000 favorite heading into the co-main event. Not […]
The following is an article from earlier this year, featuring one-half of tonight's UFC 269 headliners and current lightweight champion Charles Oliveira. The article is presented to you in its original, unaltered form, courtesy of the MMA News Archives. [ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED MAY 16, 2021, 7:01 AM] Headline: Conor McGregor’s Tweet Elicits A Strong Response From […]
Tonight at UFC 269, both Cody Garbrandt and Sean O'Malley will be in action. They won't be facing one another, however. In fact, they won't even be fighting in the same division. Despite the Twitter beef between the two men, the odds of them fighting are farther apart than ever before, even though the two […]
Tonight at UFC 269, Dustin Poirier will not have to worry about anyone skipping the line. He will have a second chance at undisputed lightweight gold when he challenges Charles Oliveira. Three years ago, however, things were much less certain. So much so that there were even rumblings of Georges St-Pierre himself potentially looking to […]
Russian MMA Fighter Mehdi Dakaev gave a whole new meaning to the Superman punch with his KO victory Friday Night. At EFC 43: Dakaev vs Zaynukov, Mehdi Dakaev took on fellow Russian Makkasharip Zaynukov. The bout ended quite memorably with Dakaev landing a diving punch on his opponent for the KO win. MMA fans are […]
There is some documentation to back up Julianna Peña's claim that Amanda Nunes agreed to fight her after UFC 200. Julianna Peña's warpath to a title shot against "The Lionness" Amanda Nunes will culminate in the battle tonight at UFC 269. One of Pena's many claims leading up to the fight is that Nunes was […]
We've got a full, comprhensive breakdown of all the storylines headed into tomorrow night's UFC 269 event along with the final face-offs. UFC 269 goes down tomorrow night, December 11, 2021, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The action kicks off at 6:00 PM ET on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass, followed by […]
The weigh-in results for UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier are complete, and we've got you covered with the intel below. Tomorrow night, UFC 269 takes place from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. On deck for fight fans are not one but two title fights when Charles Oliveira defends his lightweight championship against Dustin […]
UFC 269 is now one sleep away, and to get you more hype for the event than you already are, we've got some staff predictions ready to serve up for ya! Perhaps the most stacked card of the year from top to bottom will close out the 2021 PPV docket. UFC 269 will be available […]
The UFC 269 pre-fight press conference took place earlier tonight, and we've got the highlights for you right here! UFC 269 takes place this Saturday, December 11, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Charles Oliveira will defend the lightweight championship against Dustin Poirier. The co-main event will see the […]
Former UFC champions and current broadcast colleagues Daniel Cormier and Dominick Cruz sat down to have an open dialogue about Cruz's brutally honest and very public feedback about Cormier's commentating. This Saturday at UFC 269, Dominick Cruz will be competing against Pedro Munhoz in a high-level bout between two veterans ranked in the bantamweight division's […]
