The UFC has allegedly been exploring the idea of a replacement for the main event featuring Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler. The two are expected to face off on June 29 at UFC 303.
Dana White‘s comments at the UFC 302 press conference have stirred mixed reactions from a lot of people in the MMA community. The pound-for-pound dispute in the UFC between Jon Jones and Islam Makhachev has been on for a while now.
Valentina Shevchenko looked unbeatable at women’s flyweight before UFC 285 at the T-Mobile Arena. At UFC 285, Alexa Grasso secured an upset submission victory over the long-reigning champion.
Love comes easier to the heart than hate. UFC champion, Sean O’Malley recently talked about ending beef with superstar, Conor McGregor. The bantamweight champion caught some strays online during one of ‘The Notorious’s online rants due to a past incident.
Dustin Poirier could not make it past Islam Makhachev at UFC 302. With his next step in his MMA career unclear, Kamaru Usman has chipped in an interesting offer.
Linton Vassell just knew he was going to see Valentin Moldavsky again. “I just had a feeling and then it was funny, as you saw, Valentin called me out,” Vassell said during a PFL media call.
Things seem to be happening quickly for Dakota Ditcheva. A few months removed from winning a Professional Fighters League Europe title, the British flyweight prospect will square off against Chelsea Hackett in the co-main event of PFL 4 on June 13 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
Even though he is no longer the UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira remains the most popular MMA fighter in Brazil. With 7.6 million followers on
McGregor makes his return at UFC International Fight Week
UFC 303 already took a massive hit yesterday when the UFC 303 press conference was canceled the morning of the event. However, Conor McGregor revealed that he had to cancel the event “due to a series of obstacles outside our control” and that he looks forward to putting on a show for the fans at UFC 303 at International Fight Week.
He authored one of the most memorable upsets in the sport’s history and for a time reigned atop the Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight division, but his peak was so brief and his fall so precipitous that he might eventually be remembered more as one of MMA’s true tragic figures.
Eddie Alvarez is confident that Arman Tsarukyan can beat Islam Makhachev after witnessing lightweight champion’s latest title defense. Alvarez was in attendance at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, for UFC 302, where Makhachev put his lightweight strap on the line against Dustin Poirier in the headliner.
Dustin Poirier apparently had no grappling practice for over two weeks leading up to his UFC 302 title challenge against Islam Makhachev. Poirier made his third career lightweight gold bid against Makhachev in the main event at UFC 302 on Saturday.
Alexa Grasso and Valentina Shevchenko have varying expectations about the theme of the upcoming UFC 306 card. UFC 306 is being planned as a one-of-kind event scheduled to go down at The Sphere on Sept.
On the prelims of UFC 302, we saw a matchup between ranked heavyweights that was originally supposed to be on the PPV main card. Top heavyweight contender Jailton Almeida (21-3) returned as he took on fellow grappler Alexandr Romanov (17-3).
This past Saturday night in the co-main event of UFC 302, we saw a five-round battle in the middleweight division. Former champion Sean Strickland (29-6) returned to take on former title challenger Paulo Costa (14-4).
In today’s MMA news, Dana White opened up about his plans for the next BMF fight. Max Holloway is the current champion after knocking out Justin Gaethje with a second left to go at UFC 300.
Jared Cannonier is in danger of falling behind. The UFC’s middleweight division is deep with contenders for Dricus du Plessis’ belt. The No. 1 contender, Sean Strickland, won a fight against a lower-ranked fighter to stake his claim to a title shot.
A packed weekend of combat sports begins on Friday with another day-night doubleheader from ONE Championship. Following ONE Friday Fights 66 in the morning hours (USA time), primetime brings with it another marquee event.
With UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (26-1) running through most of his 155-pound challengers, some have called for former champ Conor McGregor (22-6) to be the next challenger for the 32-year-old Russian should he get past Michael Chandler on June 29.
Following his fifth-round submission win over Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 over the weekend, UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev (26-1) was widely compared to his mentor Khabib Nurmagomedov (29-0).
At ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II, Mikey Musumeci gets a shot at redemption. The talented ONE Championship grappler will square off against Gabriel Sousa, the last man to defeat him.
After his defeat at UFC 302, Dustin Poirier hinted at the idea of retirement. "I know I can compete with the best of these guys. It's just if I do fight again, what am I fighting for?
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