UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya has taken shots at Jon Jones' 2021 arrest and suggested the former light heavyweight titleholder needs to fight himself and his demons. Jones, who is widely considered one of, if not the, leading contenders in the race for the status of greatest of all time, hasn't entered the Octagon since […]
Bellator MMA is set to return to Hawaii next month and will be bringing some blockbuster matchups with it to the islands. The promotion hasn't headed to the off-the-mainland state since it held Bellator 235 and 236 on consecutive nights in 2019. Now, with a pandemic that shut down travel, sport, and large gatherings across […]
Former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert Whittaker has named the only contender who makes sense as his next opponent inside the Octagon. Whittaker has firmly cemented himself as one of the top-two 185lbers in the UFC. Unfortunately for him, the other man in that equation, reigning titleholder Israel Adesanya, has defeated him twice. At UFC 271 […]
UFC President Dana White believes welterweight contender Colby Covington violated "man code" with his pre-fight trash talk leading up to UFC 272. This past weekend, Covington bounced back from his second loss to reigning 170-pound champion Kamaru Usman in a fairly similar fashion to how he did the first time—a dominant main event victory. While […]
Making the most of his opportunity to address some recent comments, UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev has refuted claims made by both Dana White and Conor McGregor. Despite extending his win streak to 10 with a dominant performance over Bobby Green just two weeks ago, much of the current discussion about Makhachev surrounds his apparent […]
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan believes that Dana White and his promotion may have decided to re-book Islam Makhachev's fight with Beneil Dariush in order to lay the groundwork for Conor McGregor to return into a title bout. At UFC Vegas 49, Makhachev added a 10th win to a lengthy win streak. After the withdrawal […]
UFC bantamweight Sean O'Malley has revealed an event and opponent he's targeting for his first Octagon appearance of 2022. After suffering his first defeat in 2020, O'Malley made a splash last year, finishing all three of his opponents and collecting a trio of $50,000 bonuses along the way. Having secured a place in the rankings […]
UFC lightweight contender Beneil Dariush has looked back on the incident that led to his withdrawal from UFC Vegas 49. On the February 26 card, Dariush was set to headline against Islam Makhachev in what was widely expected to serve as a title eliminator. But with just over a week to go before the contest, […]
UFC women's flyweight Maryna Moroz says the UFC's official Russian Instagram account blocked her based on her nationality. While fighting is, in itself, an intense sport with high stakes, not many will have entered a cage in as difficult a scenario as Moroz did this past weekend. With war waging in her native country of […]
UFC welterweights Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal have revealed the words they shared inside the Octagon during their main event fight at UFC 272 this past weekend. After months of heated back and forth, insults, historical stories, and rising animosity, Covington and Masvidal settled their score inside the cage on Saturday night. The former friends, […]
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul has pitched a fight between two of his own desired opponents, UFC superstars Conor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal. While both McGregor and Masvidal's statuses as two of the top names in mixed martial arts remain intact, their form inside the Octagon has been far from desirable. For the Irishman, back-to-back defeats to […]
UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman has pumped the brakes on the idea Khamzat Chimaev and Gilbert Burns will be fighting for #1 contender status at UFC 273 next month. Having rag-dolled John Phillips, Rhys McKee, and Li Jingliang, and brutally knocked out Gerald Meerschaert, Chimaev is set for his stiffest test to date at the […]
UFC President Dana White and welterweight star Nate Diaz have provided conflicting statements regarding the Stockton native's future in the promotion. Diaz hasn't been in action since his defeat to top-five 170lber Leon Edwards at UFC 263 last June. Despite falling on the wrong side of a lopsided unanimous decision, the veteran maintained his fan-favorite […]
UFC lightweight Arman Tsarukyan has once again expressed his desire to share the Octagon with Gregor Gillespie, who he believes is "scared" to face him. If Tsarukyan wasn't on your radar as one of the hottest prospects in the UFC before UFC Vegas 49, he certainly is now. After falling to a loss on promotional […]
UFC lightweight Beneil Dariush has provided an update on his injury and given a potential timeline for his return to the Octagon. Dariush, a mainstay on MMA's biggest stage since 2014, was finally set for his first chance to secure a title shot in the UFC last month. Having amassed a seven-fight win streak that […]
Former UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos has described the torrid run of injuries that has left him out of action for the past 15 months. After some uncertainty, owing to the late withdrawal of Rafael Fiziev, who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, dos Anjos is set to return to the Octagon this […]
UFC President Dana White has responded to those criticizing recent comments he made about Conor McGregor's return to the Octagon. McGregor hasn't been in action since his second defeat of 2021 at UFC 264 last July, a setback that marked the end of his presence in the cage for some time. Having been knocked out […]
Believing himself to be the rightful owner of the BMF title, UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman has offered to vacate the belt just for this weekend's UFC 272 main event. On Saturday, an animosity-fueled grudge match will reach the Octagon on the pay-per-view stage. Two-time undisputed title challengers Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington share the […]
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal has revealed the weaknesses he believes he can exploit against bitter rival Colby Covington at UFC 272. It's perhaps rare for two fighters who know so much about each other and boast as much history between them as Masvidal and Covington do to collide in the Octagon. That, along with […]
UFC welterweight Colby Covington has been met with a stern response after comparing upcoming opponent Jorge Masvidal to Fidel Castro. It won't come as a surprise to anyone that Covington has approached fight week for UFC 272 with his usual mindset. We'd have been stupid to expect anything else. We've come to know the former […]
