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ONE CEO Disagrees With How White Does Business, Open To A Fight

Chatri Sityodtong doesn't agree with how Dana White runs the UFC. Sityodtong, the CEO of ONE Championship, is all about martial arts and respect, and he doesn't like when his fighters talk trash. White and the UFC, however, embrace trash-talking because it helps sell pay-per-views. That is one of the things Sityodtong doesn't like about […]

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Tai Tuivasa Shares Prediction For Francis Ngannou vs. Ciryl Gane Title Fight

Tai Tuivasa believes Ciryl Gane is the real deal and is the new breed of heavyweights, but isn't sure if he beats Francis Ngannou this soon. In the main event of UFC 270, Francis Ngannou is looking to defend his heavyweight title for the first time against the interim champ, Ciryl Gane. It's a fascinating […]

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Evloev vs. Topuria Scrapped From UFC 270, Topuria Calls Out Ige

The battle of two undefeated featherweights Movsar Evloev and Ilia Topuria has been canceled after Evloev was forced to withdraw from the bout due to a positive COVID-19 test. Soon after news of Evloev's withdrawal became known, Topuria was immediately hot on the trail in pursuit of a replacement. "Bad news! @MovsarUFC is out. We […]

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Calvin Kattar Explains Why He Hasn’t Tried To Replace Holloway At UFC 272

Calvin Kattar was one of the few featherweights who did not put his name in the hat to replace Max Holloway to fight Alexander Volkanovski for the belt. Volkanovski was supposed to defend his belt in a trilogy match against Holloway at UFC 272 in March. Unfortunately, the Hawaiian was forced out of the bout. […]

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Watch: Khamzat Chimaev Restrained By Security At MMA Event

Khamzat Chimaev was involved in an incident at an MMA event. According to several reports, Chimaev was sitting in the front row to cheer on one of his teammates. After the ref called the fight off, the Swede then jumped the rails to make his way toward the cage to protest the stoppage. Security was […]

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Alexander Gustafsson: "I'm Not Done Yet"

Alexander Gustafsson says he isn't done fighting just yet. Gustafsson has not fought since he suffered a submission loss to Fabricio Werdum in his heavyweight debut back in July of 2020. The loss was his third straight. He was booked to return this past September against Paul Craig, but a week before the event, the […]

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Jake Paul Breaks Down Why Woodley KO Had Nothing To Do With Luck

Jake Paul has responded to claims that his sixth-round KO over Tyron Woodley was lucky. In the rematch, both Paul and Woodley hesitant were to throw much volume but in the sixth round, Paul landed a vicious right hand that put Woodley out cold. Although many were critical of his performance, according to "The Problem […]

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Lobov Reveals He's Still Receiving $500k Offers Despite Retirement

Artem Lobov recently retired from combat sports, but he's still receiving big offers. After Lobov suffered a TKO loss to Denys Berinchyk in a bare-knuckle fight, the fan-favorite announced his retirement from combat sports. Although Lobov didn't have the best record, he always looked to fight the best fighters around and always put on entertaining […]

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Bisping To Lightweights: Blame Yourselves If McGregor Gets Title Shot

Michael Bisping believes there is a good chance Conor McGregor gets a lightweight title shot upon his return. McGregor is currently rehabbing the broken leg he sustained in his trilogy match against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. During his time off, however, he has taken shots at Charles Oliveira, and the Irishman has said he […]

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Jake Paul Reacts To Winning SI’s “Breakout Boxer Of The Year” Award

Jake Paul has taken the boxing world by storm, and he has now been named Sports Illustrated Breakout Boxer of the Year. Paul made his pro debut in 2020 where he scored a first-round TKO over fellow YouTuber, AnEsonGib. He followed that up with a vicious knockout win over Nate Robinson in November, but in […]

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Diaz Hints Poirier Fight May Take Place On The Streets After Failed Booking

Nate Diaz still wants to fight Dustin Poirier one day, even if it isn't a sanctioned fight. On Tuesday, Poirier said on Teddy Atlas' podcast that he had agreed to a short-notice fight against Diaz. He wouldn't reveal what card it was for, but many assumed it would be UFC 270 on January 22 in […]

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Poirier Takes His Rivalry With McGregor Into The Whiskey Market

Dustin Poirier has always been up for new ventures, and now that includes owning his own whiskey company. Poirier already has a hot sauce company, but on Wednesday evening, Poirier announced he has created his own whiskey called Rare Stash, and it got an immediate buzz from fans. Many thought that, by making it, Poirier […]

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Anthony Smith Believes Jake Paul Truly Cares About UFC Fighter Pay

Anthony Smith believes Jake Paul does care about fighter pay and wants to make a difference. Ever since Paul has started to take boxing seriously and began boxing ex-UFC fighters he has brought up fighter pay and how Dana White doesn't pay his fighters enough. Originally, many thought Paul was only doing that to help […]

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Jake Paul Releases Poll On What Dana White Should Give UFC Fighters More

Jake Paul has been an advocate for fighter pay, and that has only intensified over the recent days and weeks. Paul has taken shots at Dana White for nearly a year now on how little fighters are getting paid in the UFC. Over the past few days, he gave White an offer to increase minimum […]

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Anthony Johnson Still Not Cleared For Bellator Return, Reveals Scott Coker

Anthony Johnson may not fight again for a little while. Johnson was supposed to face Vadim Nemkov in the light heavyweight semifinals but was forced to pull out of the fight with an undisclosed illness. Now, according to Bellator President Scott Coker, "Rumble" is still dealing with that and remains out. “I talked to him […]

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Watch: Jake Paul Gets Tapped By Bellator Veteran In 2017

In 2017, before Jake Paul took up combat sports, he grappled with Bellator veteran AJ Agazarm. Agazarm is known for his jiu-jitsu and is a key member of the Diaz academy and has five fights in MMA, with all five coming in Bellator. In 2017, Agazaram had yet to fight in MMA but he grappled […]

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Sean Strickland Explains Why He Hates The "Retarded" Sport of Boxing

Sean Strickland is known for his striking and boxing inside the UFC Octagon, but he isn't a fan of boxing as a sport. Strickland is known for speaking his mind on whatever topic comes up, and on Twitter on Wednesday, he spoke about why he doesn't like boxing. He says he can go months in […]

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Andrade Explains Why Miesha Tate Fight Would Be Years In The Making

Jéssica Andrade has her eyes set on Miesha Tate. After Julianna Peña submitted Amanda Nunes to become the new bantamweight champion, her friend Tate said she thought of dropping down to women's flyweight. If she does drop down in weight, the Brazilian Andrade would love that fight. “I recently read that Miesha is thinking about […]

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Anthony Smith Questions Allegations Made Against Chael Sonnen

UFC light heavyweight, Anthony Smith doesn't buy the recent allegations made against Chael Sonnen. Recently, Sonnen was hit with five battery citations after allegedly being a part of a hotel brawl in Las Vegas. TMZ Sports reported that Sonnen was detained but was ultimately not arrested because cops didn’t personally witness the alleged incident. Nevertheless, […]

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Ciryl Gane Would Like 'Big Challenge' Of Boxing Fury, Wilder, & Joshua

Ciryl Gane is known for his kickboxing and technical striking, and he is hoping he can get the chance to test that against boxing best. Gane is the current UFC interim heavyweight champion and is set to face Francis Ngannou at UFC 270 for the undisputed heavyweight title. It's an intriguing matchup given they are […]

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