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Cris Cyborg calls for the UFC to create women’s featherweight division
Last month, Invicta FC women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her highly anticipated UFC debut. Cyborg dominated the fight, knocking out Leslie Smith in the 1st round of their catchweight scrap. Despite the dominant win, Cyborg expressed her desire to return to Invicta to defend her featherweight championship before returning to the UFC. While Miesha […]
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Michael Bisping: Chris Weidman fight isn’t on the table
It’s been less than a month since Michael Bisping won the UFC middleweight championship. Since knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199, Bisping has found himself on the receiving end of numerous call-outs from top ranked middleweights. Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman was one of the first men to call out […]
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Ronda Rousey reportedly “putting in work” at acting school in L.A.
It’s now been nearly 8 months since former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey was knocked out cold by Holly Holm in the main event of UFC 193. Since then there has been much speculation as to whether or not Rousey would ever return to the Octagon given that she regularly receives offers to star […]
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VIDEO | Bas Rutten & Josh Barnett act out fights/super fights in hilarious ways
On Inside MMA, Bas Rutten and Josh Barnett decided to have some fun and act out several super fights in hilarious ways. While the pair had fun and acted out the fights in a comedic way, they also did break down some of the fights in a very technical way, explaining what both fighters would […]
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Rampage Jackson open to fighting friend Tito Ortiz
Back in 2013, former UFC champions Rampage Jackson and Tito Ortiz were supposed to fight under the Bellator MMA banner. Unfortunately, Ortiz was injured during his training camp, and was forced to pull out of the fight. The promotion never rebooked the fight, which was fine with Rampage given that the pair are friends. Following […]
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VIDEO | Rampage Jackson vs. Satoshi Ishii (Highlights)
https://youtu.be/_ryAaIZ1zYM Friday night in St Louis, Missouri, Rampage Jackson and Satoshi Ishii squared off in the main event of Bellator 157. The fight ended up going the distance, and was rather back and forth, with Ishii looking to take the fight to the ground and submit Rampage, while the former UFC champion looked to use […]
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Stephen Thompson: “I know I can knock Robbie Lawler out”
Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson put the welterweight division on notice earlier this month when he picked up a unanimous decision win over Rory MacDonald in Ottawa, Canada. The win was an extremely impressive one for Thompson, who picked apart MacDonald, stuffed several takedowns, and fought out of a few submissions, over the course of the fight. […]
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Michael Bisping blasts middleweight title contenders
Since Michael Bisping won the UFC middleweight championship by knocking out Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199, he has found himself being called out by nearly everyone in the top 5 of the UFC’s middleweight division. Bisping has done his best to respond to all of the challenges, pointing out that Luke […]
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VIDEO | Mark Hunt gives honest opinion on Brock Lesnar fight
At UFC 200, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated return to the Octagon after nearly a 5 year layoff. While Lesnar was once a dominant champion in the UFC, he will be taking on Mark Hunt, an MMA legend. Hunt, who has shown impressive takedown defense in recent years, also […]
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VIDEO | Get to know 68 year old fighter Ann Perez
The MMA world was taken by surprise earlier this year when a video surfaced of 68 year old WMMA fighter Ann Perez losing a fight in the cage. While many called out the promotion for allowing a woman of Perez’s age to fight, many don’t know her incredible story. On Inside MMA, Ron Kruck caught […]
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PHOTO | Claudia Gadelha looking absolutely shredded
With under a month to go until Claudia Gadelha fights Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the UFC women’s strawweight championship, the challenger is looking absolutely shredded! Gadelha will be looking to avenge her 2014 loss to Jedrzejczyk, which remains her only professional mixed martial arts loss to date. The pair have continued their heated rivalry on the […]
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Stipe Miocic and Alistair Overeem have first staredown
Since Stipe Miocic won the UFC heavyweight championship from Fabricio Werdum in May at UFC 198, he has been a busy man! After winning the championship, Miocic signed to fight Alistair Overeem at UFC 203 in Ohio. Following that, Miocic led the Cleveland Cavaliers championship parade earlier this week. On the heels of that, Miocic […]
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VIDEO | Joe Schilling gets starched at ‘Bellator Dynamite 2’
Joe Schilling getting KTFO #DYNAMITE2 #Bellator157 pic.twitter.com/CP0hSgfE4r — Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) June 25, 2016 Friday evening, Bellator held their second MMA-Kickboxing card. On the kickboxing portion of the card, famed kickboxer Joe Schilling looked to avenge his highlight reel MMA knockout loss to Hisaki Kato. Unfortunately for Schilling, the fight didn’t go as planned, and […]
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Jessica Eye vs. Bethe Correia set for UFC 203
UFC 203 just picked up another bout, this time in the women’s bantamweight division. #10 ranked Jessica Eye will face #11 ranked Bethe Correia in Cleveland in a pivotal matchup. Both women could find themselves in a win-or-be-cut situation. Eye will enter the bout on a 3-fight losing streak, losing 3 consecutive unanimous decisions to […]
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VIDEO | Derrick Lewis’ hardcore training for Roy Nelson
[ooyala code=”pxcWpkNDE6nR5im3K5vXC30JGPiAsBWm” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1600″ autoplay=”true”] Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis is currently riding a massive 3-fight win streak that most recently saw him knock out Gabriel Gonzaga in April. With that being said, Lewis is currently gearing up for the biggest fight of his career as he faces Roy Nelson on July 7th […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor drilling counter strikes with Ido Portal
[ooyala code=”Y2aWpkNDE6zgOxC9g2QoSqcVhain8EVv” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”722″ autoplay=”true”] Ahead of Conor McGregor’s UFC 202 rematch with Nate Diaz on August 20th, the featherweight champ has once again enlisted the help of movement specialist Ido Portal. The pair were seen together in a video working on movement drills earlier this week, and can now be seen in […]
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Mickey Gall: I’ll finish CM Punk in one round
Its been over a year since CM Punk announced that he would be transitioning to MMA and entering the Octagon. Now, with Punk’s UFC debut finally set for UFC 203 in Cleveland on September 10th, the MMA world has been asking many questions in regards to how he will do. Gall spoke to Fox Sports […]
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Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson takes split decision victory over Satoshi Ishii at Bellator: Dynamite 2
Quinton “Rampage” Jackson met Olympic Judoka gold medalist Satoshi Ishii Satoshi Ishii in the cage on Friday at Bellator: Dynamite 2. The two fought in a 224-pound catchweight bout in the main event of the evening at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. After battling contract issues, “Rampage” had his first fight back with […]
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Problems between Anderson Silva and Dana White?
UFC President Dana White runs into issues with his fighters from time to time and usually resolves things fairly quickly so that everyone can continue doing their jobs. Most recently, former middleweight champion Anderson Silva posted an interesting photo and caption to his Instagram account. The “Spider” posted a photo of White with a quote […]
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Glover Teixeira pulled from UFC on FOX 20
Earlier this month, news broke that UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Johnson had withdrawn from his UFC on FOX 20 co-main event scrap with Glover Teixeira for unknown reasons. It wasn’t made immediately clear whether or not the UFC would look to find a replacement opponent for Teixeira, however we now have our answer. According […]
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VIDEO | Bar grudge match rival sprays urine-looking liquid at opponent during URCC weigh-in
Baron Geisler and Kiko Matos are set to settle their feud in the cage at the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) event this weekend in Manila. Geisler and Matos are actors in the Philippines that have had some big problems with each other in the past. The two go into bar fight previously and URCC […]
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VIDEO | Conor McGregor training with Ido Portal for UFC 202
[ooyala code=”84bDhkNDE6maz2KeCbtqu609-qhU9dQW” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ auto=”true” width=”1280″ height=”1280″ autoplay=”true”] Prior to Conor McGregor’s first fight with Nate Diaz at UFC 196 back in March, Nate Diaz poked fun at McGregor’s movement training with Ido Portal, calling it ‘touch butt’. The term has managed to stick, and is now frequently used among MMA fans when mentioning McGregor’s training […]
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Nick Diaz wants to fight Michael Bisping, but not for the UFC middleweight title?
Another name has dropped on the list of opponents for the new UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping. Bisping opened up on his radio SiriusXM show “The Countdown” about recently hanging out with another big UFC draw that has been out of the loop with a suspension, but will be eligible to fight again in August. […]
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Jon Jones says he prefers to fight like Floyd Mayweather, a winner, not an entertainer
Current UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones won the interim title over Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197 convincingly. However, after going five rounds with Saint Preux, who came in on short notice, many were quick to criticize Jones’ performance in the Octagon and wondered if he could have beaten the champion Daniel Cormier […]
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VIDEO | Cris Cyborg: I would kill Ronda Rousey
When Cris Cyborg made her successful UFC debut recently at UFC 198 when she knocked out Leslie Smith, the talk of a potential superfight with former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey picked up steam once again. Rousey, who is currently on a hiatus from the Octagon following her UFC 193 KO loss to Holly […]
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Dana White: Brock Lesnar could be in for a bad night
In the co-main event of UFC 200, former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will make his highly anticipated return to MMA after nearly 5 years to fight Mark Hunt in a highly anticipated matchup. Given Lesnar’s background as a division 1 All American wrestler, it isn’t a secret that he will look to take the […]
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Conor McGregor tore ACL training with Rory MacDonald prior to UFC 189
Prior to UFC 189, where Conor McGregor was initially slated to fight Jose Aldo for the UFC featherweight championship, McGregor injured his knee prior to the bout. Aldo then injured his ribs, and was replaced by Chad Mendes, who McGregor defeated via TKO to claim the interim featherweight championship. Unbeknownst to the MMA community, McGregor […]
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Rafael dos Anjos: “I don’t see Conor winning this fight”
Earlier this year, Conor McGregor was slated to fight Rafael dos Anjos in a highly anticipated fight in the main event of UFC 196 for the lightweight title. Unfortunately for RDA, he broke his foot in training, and was forced out of the bout. Ultimately, the UFC selected Nate Diaz as a replacement opponent for […]