UFC flyweight Sarah Alpar was still in shock at the response to a GoFundMe drive she started to help pay for training expenses leading up to her next fight. A $5,000 donation from YouTube star turned boxing star Jake Paul had just arrived. “I got this message and it was this person that I saw…
Artem Lobov is firing back at the notion that Conor McGregor needs to leave coach John Kavanagh and SBG Ireland in order to beat Dustin Poirier at UFC 264. Poirier vs. McGregor III will serve as the headliner for UFC 264, taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV on Sat., July 10…
Sean O’Malley now facing UFC newcomer Kris Moutinho at UFC 264 After Louis Smolka pulled out of his bantamweight main card bout with Sean O’Malley at UFC 264, the UFC was looking at several options to fill in as replacements. No. 10 ranked bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili volunteered his services along with no. 10 ranked…
UFC 246 post-event facts: Conor McGregor enters rarefied air with finish of Donald Cerrone Unknown Conor McGregor looks fight ready for UFC 264, sharing a photo on Instagram of his ripped physique with the caption, “Twelve days.” McGregor, who has more than 40 million followers on the social media site, returns to the octagon in…
Khabib Nurmagomedov admits he wouldn’t have been satisfied if he ever won a UFC title in the fashion that Aljamain Sterling did. Back in March, Sterling challenged Petr Yan for the UFC bantamweight title. Sterling won the gold via disqualification after Yan delivered an illegal knee to the head of a downed Sterling. “The Funk…
7:43 AM ET Charles Oliveira, right, defeated Michael Chandler in a fight to remember at UFC 262 to win the UFC lightweight championship. Carmen Mandato/Getty Images There were dominant performances by champions, title-fight upsets and a surprising phenomenon that appears to be gaining momentum. About the only thing the MMA world didn’t have in the first…
The UFC featherweight champion is on the board. Alexander Volkanovski’s team scored his first win of The Ultimate Fighter 29 as his last middleweight pick Bryan Battle defeated Brian Ortega’s last middleweight pick Kemran Lachinov. The two went the distance in a bout that was contested primarily on the feet, with Battle taking a convincing…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Love him or hate him, Sean O’Malley has quickly become one of the biggest names among the lighter weight classes. “Suga” has a dynamic fighting style — even his biggest haters would have a hard time disagreeing there — and a unique way of marketing himself. After all, he’s still an…
Watch Conor McGregor defeat Nate Diaz in their rematch | UFC 264 Free Fight Relive one of the most anticipated rematches in UFC history between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz at UFC 202 in 2016. McGregor next faces Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 on July 10 in a fight that will break the 1-1 between…
Get ready for UFC 260: Miocic vs Ngannou 2 on Saturday with a collection of top finishes from fighters competing on the card. The UFC 260 main card kicks off at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday night. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS,…
A trio of MMA legends recently were asked to offer advice to young fighters looking to make their way to UFC superstardom. No offense to Tito Ortiz or Bas Rutten, but Don Frye was the one who kept it real.
January 18, 2020; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; UFC president Dana White during UFC 246 at T-Mobile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports It seems that team Francis Ngannou was just as surprised as fans were about Dana White and the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s decision to make an interim heavyweight title fight in August….
Tatiana Suarez may finally be making her return to the Octagon soon. Ariel Helwani has reported that talks are underway for a showdown between Suarez and Roxanne Modafferi. This would be contested in the women’s flyweight division. The fight isn’t a done deal but it’s being worked on for UFC 266, which is set to…
2:59 PM ET One of the UFC’s most popular up-and-coming fighters needs a new opponent. Sean O’Malley was scheduled to fight Louis Smolka at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, but Smolka had to withdraw Monday due to a bout with a staph infection, Smolka’s manager Jason House of Iridium Sports told ESPN….
Sean O’Malley needs a new opponent for UFC 264 — and it doesn’t look like he’s going to have much trouble finding one. Following the news that O’Malley’s originally scheduled opponent Louis Smolka has been forced to withdraw from the July 10 pay-per-view due to injury, a number of notable names have volunteered their services…
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov misses the competitive rush; however, he does not miss the shackles of being an athlete at the highest level. Nurmagomedov (29-0) retire from mixed martial arts following a second-round technical submission win over Justin Gaethje at UFC 254 on Sat., Oct. 24 at Fight Island on Yas Island, Abu…
Ronda Rousey and Travis Browne reveal the gender of their baby | Video Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and former heavyweight Travis Browne revealed the gender of their baby on Tuesday. The two announced that Rousey was pregnant in April. At the time, she was four months pregnant with her first child. Find…
A heavyweight title will be on the line at UFC 265. It just won’t be the one currently held by reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight king Francis Ngannou. First reported by ESPN, and then confirmed by MMAFighting, Derrick Lewis vs Ciryl Gane will be the new headliner of the August 7 event, and interim heavyweight…
