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Jon Jones is without question one of the most controversial fighters in MMA and he’s seemingly totally fine with that tag. Jones will return to the UFC Octagon on Dec. 29 when he takes on Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 for an interim UFC light heavyweight championship. Having won...
Jon Jones says being a champion is about being a 'bad motherf***er and not an angel'
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Alexander Gustafsson has twice come close to winning the UFC light heavyweight title but he was thwarted both times in a pair of razor close decisions. At UFC 232, Gustafsson will have an opportunity to rectify his championship resume when he faces Jon Jones for the second time with...
Alexander Gustafsson has twice come up short in his bid to become light heavyweight champion but he promises that all changes in his rematch with Jon Jones at UFC 232
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An injury has forced middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi out of his upcoming title defense against Rafael Lovato Jr. at Bellator 214 in January. Sources close to the promotion confirmed the news on Thursday following an initial report from ESPN. It appears a back injury is what forced Mosuasi to...
An injury has forced middleweight champion Gegard Mousasi out of his upcoming title defense against Rafael Lovato Jr. at Bellator 214 in January.
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Luke Rockhold is done killing himself to compete at middleweight. The former 185-pound champion has declared his intention to move to the light heavyweight division after teasing that same decision throughout 2018 but then ultimately booking a fight against Chris Weidman at UFC 230 in New York. Unfortunately, Rockhold’s...
Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold says he’s done with the division and he’s moving up to 205 pounds for his next fight when he returns to action in 2019.
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The exhibition boxing match between Tenshin Nasukawa and Floyd Mayweather is getting ever closer and the Japanese kickboxer apparently hasn’t appreciated what the undefeated American has been saying. Nasukawa and Mayweather are scheduled to do three, three-minute rounds of boxing with the Japanese fighter limited to just using his...
We're 11 days away until Tenshin Nasukawa and Floyd Mayweather Jr go toe-to-toe on New Years Eve.
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A mouth-watering welterweight clash has been added to UFC London on March 16 with Danny “Hot Chocolate” Roberts taking on Claudio “Hannibal” Silva. Roberts (16-3) is currently a two-fight win streak having put back-to-back wins together against Oliver Enkamp and then David Zawada. The Brit has a 5-2 records...
A welterweight clash between Danny Roberts and Claudio Silva has been booked for UFC London next March.
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The rivalry between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier appears to be heating up once and again and it’s Jones who has fired off the most recent shot. Speaking in an interview on the Jim Rome podcast this past week, Cormier made his feelings clear about Jones’ previous failed drugs...
Jon Jones has laid out a challenge to the two-weight UFC champion Daniel Cormier to fight him again.
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ONE Championship may have just booked their most ambitious show in history and it includes the promotional debuts for both Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson. The two former UFC champions recently joined the Asia based promotion and now they have their respective opponents set for ONE: A NEW ERA...
Former UFC champions Eddie Alvarez and Demetrious Johnson have booked their first fights in ONE Championship on a card that will also feature three title bouts in one night
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Derek Brunson is a realist when it comes to his fighting career. After a pair of disappointing losses in 2018 to Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza and Israel Adesanya in back-to-back fights, Brunson knows he’s not going to get another top five opponent right away so he’s realistically looking at what...
Derek Brunson has his sights set on his next opponent already and he’s hoping to face top 15 ranked middleweight Elias Theodorou in his return to action in 2019.
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The good news is Georges St-Pierre is healthy enough to fight again. The bad news is St-Pierre still may never step back into the Octagon for another fight simply because he’s tired of the drama that constantly surrounds the sport. The former two-division UFC champion has been teetering on...
Georges St-Pierre says he plans on taking the holidays to come to a decision about his fighting future but he’s not sure he wants to deal with the drama any longer
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John Phillips and Jack Marshman will make history on March 16 when they become the first-ever Welshmen to go toe-to-toe inside the UFC Octagon. This news was announced this afternoon via the UFC Europe social media channels. Battle of Wales! 🏴 @JackMarshman9 vs. @JohnPhillipsMMA is official for #UFCLondon! 🎟...
Two welshmen will go at it on March 16 when John Phillips faces Jack Marshman at UFC London.
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Anderson Silva will take on Israel Adesanya on Feb. 9 when the two go toe-to-toe in the co-main event of UFC 234. The Brazilian has just one win in his last six fights having defeated Derek Brunson back at UFC 208 in Feb. 2017, but “The Spider” maintains he...
Anderson Silva says he has nothing to prove and that he's fighting Israel Adesanya for his fans at UFC 234.
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The war of words between Ben Askren and Colby Covington continues to be waged on social media and it’s the former ONE Championship champion who has taken the latest shot. This past week, Covington told the Ariel Helwani MMA Show that no comission would ever dare sanction a fight...
Ben Askren and Colby Covington have continued their war of words on social media.
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A featherweight showdown between Jeremy Stephens and Zabit Magomedsharipov has been inked for UFC 235 in Las Vegas on March 2. UFC officials announced the fight on Tuesday. CANNOT [email protected] matches up with @Zabeast_MMA at #UFC235 in Las Vegas! pic.twitter.com/ofJtjmYhbh — UFC (@ufc) December 18, 2018 Stephens will look...
A featherweight showdown between Jeremy Stephens and Zabit Magomedsharipov has been inked for UFC 235 in Las Vegas on March 2.
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29-year-old Croatian fighter Luka Jelcic has announced his retirement from MMA. Jelcic fought out of SBG Ireland under head coach John Kavanagh and last competed under the Bellator MMA banner. The Croatian broke the news of his retirement last evening via his Facebook page: “Time to call it a...
Croatian lightweight fighter Luka Jelcic has announced his immediate retirement from MMA.
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If you thought James Gallagher was going to be negatively affected by his loss to Ricky Bandejas earlier this year, you better think again. The SBG Ireland man suffered the first defeat of his professional career at Bellator 204 in August when he faced Bandejas in Sioux Falls. Gallagher...
James Gallagher says he learned a lot from the first loss of his professional career this year and that he will come back stronger.
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Bellator MMA officially announced yesterday that hometown man Ryan Scope will headline Bellator Newcastle on February 9 when he takes on Patricky “Pitbull” Freire at the Metro Radio Arena. Scope last fought in December 2017 when he took UFC veteran Mickael Lebout in the headline bout of BAMMA 33....
Bellator lightweight Ryan Scope says he and Patricky 'Pitbull' Freire will 'go to war' at Bellator Newcastle next year.
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Kevin Lee may have lost a fight to Al Iaquinta on Saturday night but he’s far from defeated. On Monday, Lee released a statement following a hard fought five round decision loss to Iaquinta in the final UFC on FOX card from Milwaukee. Lee stands by his assumption that...
Kevin Lee released a statement following his five round decision loss this past Saturday night to Al Iaquinta while promising that he still has designs on being champion in the UFC
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Nick Diaz hasn’t fought in nearly four years but that didn’t stop the former title contender from proclaiming that he would be champion should he ever face Tyron Woodley in the UFC. Diaz, who was rumored to return at UFC 235 in March, says that he still hasn’t accepted...
Despite not fighting for nearly four years, Nick Diaz says he would walk through current welterweight champion Tyron Woodley and it didn’t take long for Woodley to respond
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The UFC 231 main event between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega was widely praised and it apparently even caught the eye of President of the United States Donald Trump. Holloway defeated Ortega after the cageside doctors called the fight off at the end of the fourth round. Both men...
President Donald Trump apparently loved the UFC 231 main event between Max Holloway and Brian Ortega.
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Dana White Confirms GSP vs Diaz And Rockhold vs Gustafsson Are Targeted For UFC 227
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Rose Namajunas Out Of Action Until ‘Fractured Neck’ Feels Totally Healed
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Rory MacDonald Secures DASH Sponsorship Currently Worth +$350k For Bellator 192
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Tyron Woodley Predicts Ben Askren Would ‘Wreck’ Khabib Nurmagomedov and Georges St-Pierre
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Khabib Nurmagomedov Open To Fight Tony Ferguson In 2019 If He Can Beat Anthony Pettis
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