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Month: March 2020
The Ultimate Fighter season ten winner Roy Nelson quickly cut down Stefan “Skyscraper” Struve in the first round of their heavyweight bout. After a power outage in the arena stalled the opening of the bout, Nelson and Struve went right to work when the lights came back on, with Nelson aggressively closing the distance. Once
12:53 PM ET Despite Dana White’s insistence in recent weeks that the Tony Ferguson vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov fight will go on, increasingly strict travel restrictions and other precautionary measures designed to fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic appear to have the fight on the brink of cancellation. During an Instagram Live interview on March
Cris Cyborg has found a new sense of freedom and relief since signing with Bellator in September. With that, the reigning Bellator women’s featherweight champion says that current fighters on the UFC roster have reached out to her, asking if the grass is truly greener on the other side. Check out this exclusive interview with
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images If UFC 250 is moved to the United States and Jose Aldo can’t make the trip, Henry Cejudo suggests a showdown with Dominick Cruz. Cejudo is scheduled to put his UFC bantamweight championship on the line against Aldo on May 9. The event is supposed to
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight Phillipe Nover, perhaps best known to mixed martial arts (MMA) fans as “the next Anderson Silva” following his stint on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 8, is now a full-time nurse fighting the coronavirus pandemic on the front lines. And for all those people who are complaining that they’re “bored”
Professional Fighters League suspends 2020 season pending COVID-19 crisis The Professional Fighters League on Monday issued a statement noting that its 2020 season is currently on hold pending developments surrounding the covid-19 global pandemic. The fight promotion is one of several that is trying to provide guidance as to its upcoming planned events, while we
With a nuclear detonator missing and suspected to be in the hands of the dangerous Jason Slade, agent Tracy Pride, along with her sister and Dragon, team up to hunt down Slade before it’s too late. UFC FIGHT PASS official review: The chemistry between sisters Tracy and Joyce is fun-loving and accurate enough to leave
6:38 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Daniel Cormier‘s phone started blowing up with texts last Thursday morning. His bitter rival, Jon Jones, had just been arrested for alleged aggravated DWI and negligent use of a firearm. Friends in Cormier’s inner circle were reaching out to him with messages that sounded celebratory. “But that’s not me. I
Bellator is pumping the brakes on its early summer schedule as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The promotion is postponing its next three events, scheduled for May 9, May 16 and May 29, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bellator President Scott Coker confirmed to MMA Fighting following an initial report from ESPN’s Ariel Helwani. The May
Image Credit: Getty Images Daniel Cormier isn’t happy seeing Jon Jones have yet another run-in with the law. Cormier and Jones have had a heated rivalry before their first battle back in Jan. 2015. The two have traded personal digs over the years but Cormier has always said it boils down to fierce competition. While
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Non-Coronavirus MMA news has been scarce in the previous week or two, as the pandemic quickly shuts down the entire world. Despite Dana White’s fabled relentlessness, good news has been even harder to find — all that’s left is cancellations and new obstacles to the few bouts still booked. Tonight, we
Along with Khabib Nurmagomedov now being a scratch for UFC 249 on April 18, it appears that one of the leading locations in the United States for it to take place is not all but out of the picture for potential consideration. UFC president Dana White has been adamant that nothing short of a complete
John McCarthy explains why weight-cutting more dangerous to MMA than PEDs
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1:32 PM ET Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram early Monday morning to state that it appears he won’t be able to fight in the main event of UFC 249 vs. Tony Ferguson on April 18 because of the travel restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic. He’s stuck in Russia. Incredibly, this matchup may fall through
This is The A-Side Live Chat on MMA Fighting. For this episode, Bellator champ Ilima-Lei Macfarlane joins José Youngs and Alexander K. Lee to break down some of the top storylines in the world of MMA. There’s plenty to talk about, so join us at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT on Monday, March
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Justin Gaethje could be stepping in to fight Tony Ferguson on April 18 at UFC 249. On Monday morning, Khabib Nurmagomedov took to Instagram Live to announce he is stuck in Russia and might be off UFC 249. It is no doubt bad news for fight
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