Month: July 2021

[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JULY 7, 2018, 1:07 PM] Uriah Hall started out his UFC career with a ton of potential as a future middleweight contender, which is all still there, but he has struggled greatly inside the Octagon in his past several fights. “Prime Time” has dropped three of his last four Octagon appearances. Physically and

2:33 PM ET The UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas has lost two more bouts at the last minute, according to promotional officials. The UFC announced on Saturday that a bantamweight matchup between Rani Yahya and Kyung Ho Kang and a welterweight clash between Niklas Stolze and Jared Gooden have both been removed from the

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight strikers Uriah Hall and Sean Strickland will go to war TONIGHT (Sat., July 31, 2021) at UFC Vegas 33 inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. This match up is a tale of potential, and whether or not an athlete can live up to expectations. Fair or not, Hall was

Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor suffered a horrific broken leg in the UFC 264 main event against Dustin Poirier on July 10 and has been recovering from surgery. McGregor hasn’t let the broken leg keep him from living life. He’s posted photos of himself hanging out with Justin Bieber, at a Bieber concert and

Fight fans are finally getting what they’ve been asking for in Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Gaethje and Chandler have verbally agreed to collide before 2021 comes to a close. “Ohhhh boy. Here we go, folks. Gaethje vs. Chandler. Verbally agreed, per sources. UFC 268 PPV. No official date or

7:38 PM ET The UFC is adding a lightweight matchup between Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler to its pay-per-view event in November, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. Contracts have not been signed, but both parties have agreed to the 155-pound contest. The promotion has not officially announced a date or location for UFC 268,

Welcome to Midnight Mania! Darren Till has a social media presence like few other professional fighters. I cannot actually load his Instagram page at the moment due to the following controversy, but Till has accrued a substantial amount of followers thanks to his erratic trash talk and general humor. Who can forget his never ending

Justin Gaethje-Michael Chandler slated for UFC 268 An intriguing top five matchup within the lightweight division will take place on the main card of UFC 268.  No. 2 ranked lightweight Justin Gaethje will enter the octagon for the first time in 2021 as he will face former three-time Bellator world champion and no. 4 ranked

Former two-division UFC champion Henry Cejudo has explained why he thinks T.J. Dillashaw deserved the victory over Cory Sandhagen. After serving a two-year suspension, Dillashaw returned to the Octagon in the UFC Vegas 32 main event against “The Sandman,” who entered the fight as the #2-ranked bantamweight. After an enthralling and evenly-contested five rounds, the

8:01 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Uriah Hall has won four fights in a row. Sean Strickland has won four fights in a row. On Saturday night, they meet to determine whose momentum will be supercharged. Hall (17-9) has been at center stage under the bright lights before. This weekend’s middleweight fight at the Apex in

The place is here, The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif., and the time is now. The weigh ins for Bellator 263: “Pitbull vs McKee” tomorrow night (Sat., July 31, 2021) on Showtime go down today (Fri., July 30, 2021) ahead of the highly-anticipated finale of the Featherweight Grand Prix between division kingpin, Patricio Freire, and

It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings.  You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes.  I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by