Joaquin Buckley: ‘This Is The Reason I’m Here’
“To see myself on the UFC poster, this is what I’ve dreamed about since I…
“To see myself on the UFC poster, this is what I’ve dreamed about since I was a kid,” Buckley said. “So, to actually see myself on the poster and actually be a part of the show, this is the reason why I’m here because I want to be able to show everybody that I’m that…
Vince McMahon, former executive chairman over TKO Group Holdings and WWE founder, has sold off more stock in the company he left. Financial filings through the Securities and Exchanges Commission show McMahon, 78, sold just under 3.5 million shares of stock and received “approximately $100 million” for the sale. This is the third time McMahon…
Open Extended Reactions UFC, together with the Western Australian Government, today announced a multiyear partnership in which UFC will return to Perth with two blockbuster events starting with UFC 305 at RAC Arena on Sunday, August 18. UFC 305 marks the third time Perth has hosted a UFC Pay-Per-View event following the success of UFC…
Karate specialist, Manon Fiorot, will take on jiu-jitsu black belt, Erin Blanchfield, this Saturday (March 30, 2024) at UFC Atlantic City in Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bruce Lee once said, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000…
UFC 305 marks the third time Perth has hosted a UFC Pay-Per-View event following the success of UFC 221: ROMERO vs. ROCKHOLD in February 2018, and most recently, the record-breaking UFC 284: MAKHACHEV vs. VOLKANOVSKI in February 2023. Under the new agreement, UFC will also work closely with Tourism WA to bring one additional must-see…
UFC CEO Dana White made a big announcement on Wednesday night as he revealed five fights for the upcoming UFC Saudi Arabia card on June 22, including the middleweight main event between former champion Robert Whittaker and the undefeated Khamzat Chimaev. Was this the right call? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning,…
Mar 28, 2024, 01:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The UFC will put on its first event in Saudi Arabia on June 22 with a card headlined by a middleweight bout between Khamzat Chimaev and Robert Whittaker, Dana White, the promotion’s president, announced Wednesday night. The UFC Fight Night card will air for free on…
Khamzat Chimaev will look to clear one final hurdle en route to a middleweight title shot, and it comes in the form of his toughest test to date: a five-round headliner opposite former 185-pound champion Robert Whittaker atop the UFC Saudi Arabia fight card on Sat., June 22, 2024 at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi…
In the co-main event, White announced a matchup between Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov. Pavlovich’s last outing saw him get his first crack at gold although he ultimately lost the interim title fight to Tom Aspinall at UFC 295. Volkov, on the other hand, is riding a 3-fight winning streak (all finishes) as he hopes…
The UFC is heading to Atlantic City, baby! After back-to-back weeks in the world’s most famous APEX, the world’s leading MMA promotion hits the road this Saturday for UFC Atlantic City, headlined by a presumptive women’s flyweight title eliminator bout between Erin Blanchfield and Manon Fiorot. So as always, the No Bets Barred boys are…
The next women’s Flyweight title contender will be crowned inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, N.J., this weekend (Sat., March 30, 2024) when once-beaten standouts Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot duke it out over five rounds. In UFC Atlantic City’s co-main event, Vicente Luque’s battle with late replacement, Joaquin Buckley, and Bruno Silva’s attempt to…
Thrilling lightweights Edson Barboza and Kevin Lee threw down in the main event in Atlantic City, with “The Motown Phenom” delivering one of the best performances of his career. Lee wasted no time getting Barboza to the canvas in the first and second round. He poured on the damage for nearly eight minutes of ground…
Add Daniel Cormier to the list of fighters who think Dustin Poirier should get the next shot at Islam Makhachev. Poirier is just the kind of name that Makhachev needs to cement himself as a bonafide octagon star, the former two-division UFC champ said Wednesday on his video podcast. “For Islam to get to where…
Mar 27, 2024, 08:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The NCAA tournament has taken over the sports world, as it tends to do every spring. It’s hard to open an internet browser or social media app without immediately getting hit by an image of a bracket. You can’t fight it, so just embrace it. Historically,…
Teri Johnston, mayor of Key West, Fla., has a problem with Conor McGregor’s Road House movie because it depicts Florida Keys as a crime-ridden drug den where troublemakers come to get drunk and throw hands. Merrill Raschein, Mayor of Monroe County, echoed those sentiments when talking to TMZ. It should be noted the bulk of…
In the women’s flyweight division, Rose Namajunas has made her way into the rankings, entering at No. 7 following her unanimous decision victory over Amanda Ribas in last weekend’s main event. Namajunas’ inclusion in the rankings caused a downward shift for everyone below her, with Ribas now positioned at No. 9 following her defeat. Looking…
One-time UFC title challenger Taila Santos will have a new opponent for her PFL debut. The promotion revealed on Tuesday that with Denise Kielholtz out, Santos will now face another Bellator veteran in Ilara Joanne in her opening regular season matchup at PFL San Antonio on April 4. The event will feature the heavyweight and…
Jeff Wagenheim Mar 26, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Bruno Cappelozza, the 2021 PFL heavyweight champion, no longer will compete on the season-opening fight card April 4, the promotion announced on social media Tuesday. Cappelozza was scheduled to fight Sergey Bilostenniy on the main card in San Antonio, but the PFL posted on…