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An injury to Tony Ferguson forced him out of the UFC 223 main event but it turns out reigning lightweight champion Conor McGregor was never in consideration as a replacement opponent to face Khabib Nurmagomedov. While it might seem almost fitting that McGregor would step into fight Nurmagomedov on...
Dana White says Conor McGregor was never in consideration to step up and fight Khabib Nurmagomedov on six days notice at UFC 223.
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It didn’t take long for Khabib Nurmagomedov to send a message to Tony Ferguson after their main event fight at UFC 223 was cancelled. Ferguson suffered a knee injury that forced him to drop out of the UFC 223 main event just six days away from the card. This...
Khabib Nurmagomedov wasted no time sending Tony Ferguson a message after dropping out of UFC 223 due to injury
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Interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson has suffered a knee injury that will force him out of the UFC 223 main event. In his place steps featherweight champion Max Holloway, who will now take on Khabib Nurmagomedov on just six days notice to determine a new UFC lightweight champion. As for...
A new lightweight champion will be crowned at UFC 223 as featherweight king Max Holloway steps up on less than a week's notice to face Khabib Nurmagomedov in Brooklyn.
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Darren Till vs Stephen Thompson was announced earlier this week for the main event of UFC Liverpool which will take place on May 27 at the Echo Arena. Till had been chasing a fight with Thompson ever since his win over Donald Cerrone last October and after some initial...
Darren Till spoke to MMANytt.com earlier this year about a potential fight with Stephen Thompson.
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They say Easter is a time for new beginnings and after 29 fights, Vaughn Lee will be getting a new lease of life. Lee (14-14-1), hung up the 4-oz. gloves last weekend after suffering a unanimous decision loss to Welshman Jack Shore at Cage Warriors 92. This was the...
UFC veteran Vaughn Lee has retired from MMA after a 15 year long career.
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‘Know your history!’… Earlier in the week, I wrote a piece that sent a hat tip in the direction of Cage Warriors, and many of the fighters from Liverpool on their current roster, acknowledging their contributions for bringing the UFC to Liverpool for the first time on May 27...
With UFC Liverpool less than two months away, here's a quick look back in time at some of the MMA pioneers from the area.
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Univision Deportes and Combate Americas today jointly announced a historic, multi-year partnership to produce and distribute live Combate Americas fight programming on Univision and Univision Deportes Network (UDN). The agreement marks the first time ever that Univision Deportes will produce and distribute live MMA programming and, in 2018, will include...
Univision Deportes will produce and distribute live MMA programming for the first time ever.
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There are few athletes who have managed to transition between MMA and professional wrestling; fewer are those who have been successful in both facets. One of them is Alberto Del Rio, who has been a WWE champion and also left a 9-5 record as a mixed martial artist. With...
Former WWE champ Alberto Del Rio spoke about Ronda Rousey's new wrestling career.
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UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley still has no idea who he’s fighting next but he’s got plenty to watch unfold over the next few months in his division. One particularly interesting matchup is the fight that was just announced this week as Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson will travel across the...
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley says that Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson will probably bring the hype train surrounding Darren Till to a crashing halt.
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Claudio “Hannibal” Silva will return to the UFC Octagon on May 27 when he faces Nordine Taleb at UFC Liverpool in the Echo Arena. Silva hasn’t fought since defeating Leon “Rocky” Edwards in November 2014 and the announcement yesterday that he would return to action came as a shock to...
Claudio Silva says he can't wait to return to the UFC Octagon at UFC Liverpool after three years on the sidelines.








