Category: MMA News

  • VIDEO | Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller weighs in 24 pounds over for Venator FC III middleweight title bout

    VIDEO | Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller weighs in 24 pounds over for Venator FC III middleweight title bout

    Jason Miller brought the “Mayhem” with him to the Venator FC III weigh-ins on Friday in Milan, Italy. Coming out of retirement, “Mayhem” was set to fight the Venator middleweight champion, Luke Barnatt, but weighed in on the scales as a heavyweight, coming in at 209 pounds. Vantor scrapped the Barnatt vs. Miller bout and […]

  • Report: Floyd Mayweather offering Conor McGregor multimillion-dollar deal for their fight

    Report: Floyd Mayweather offering Conor McGregor multimillion-dollar deal for their fight

    Just when you thought the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor talk would be coming to a close after McGregor’s meeting with the heads of the UFC to discuss his next UFC fight, another report comes out regarding the mega fight between the two of combat sport’s biggest stars. TMZ reports that a source has said […]

  • VIDEO | FS1’s Jay and Dan narrate Floyd Mayweather crashing Conor McGregor and Dana White’s dinner meeting

    VIDEO | FS1’s Jay and Dan narrate Floyd Mayweather crashing Conor McGregor and Dana White’s dinner meeting

    Things got crazy when @FloydMayweather showed up to @TheNotoriousMMA & @DanaWhite's secret dinner in Beverly Hills!https://t.co/n7I7oqNIFa — FSLive: #JayAndDan (@foxsportslive) May 20, 2016 A dinner meeting between UFC President Dana White, UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took place on Wednesday night. Everyone was curious on what the meeting was about, […]

  • VIDEO | Conor McGregor continues training with boxing champion

    VIDEO | Conor McGregor continues training with boxing champion

    [ooyala code=”V5YzVtMzE6jeckpWLmgdjLNoqEDq12YM” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] While the odds of a potential Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather boxing match are still extremely low, that hasn’t stopped McGregor from focusing on his boxing as he trained with ABU, IBF, & IBO world champion Chris Van Heerden. A video of the pair sparring emerged earlier this […]

  • PHOTO | Anderson Silva gives update post-surgery

    PHOTO | Anderson Silva gives update post-surgery

    Former UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva was slated to fight Uriah Hall this past weekend at UFC 198 in his hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, however an inflamed gallbladder forced Silva off the card, and ultimately onto the operating table. ‘The Spider’ was forced to undergo surgery to have his gallbladder removed, and will be unable […]

  • VIDEO | Paige VanZant still has “Nothing but love” for Ronda Rousey

    VIDEO | Paige VanZant still has “Nothing but love” for Ronda Rousey

    https://youtu.be/QnoiDMUF4j4 Ronda Rousey’s verbal attack on Paige VanZant at a recent Reebok shoot was a rather popular topic in the media. However, with that being said, VanZant has no animosity towards Rousey. She spoke on Hollywood Today to discuss the situation ahead of the Dancing With The Stars Finale. Check it out above! Exclusive Videos […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold training for Michael Bisping

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold training for Michael Bisping

    https://youtu.be/z-v7DnVzOC0 Luke Rockhold may have found out earlier this week that he would now be facing Michael Bisping at UFC 199 instead of Chris Weidman, however it appears that the champ hasn’t missed a beat when it comes to training. In the video above you can see Rockhold training for Bisping, who he faces on […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping II promo

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping II promo

    https://youtu.be/3WV2MaEuP48 Earlier this week it was revealed that former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman would be unable to compete in his scheduled UFC 199 title fight against Luke Rockhold. Weidman was ultimately replaced by Michael Bisping, who is looking to avenge his 2014 submission loss to Rockhold, and capture the UFC middleweight championship. See the […]

  • Video | Conor McGregor discusses last night’s meeting with Dana and Lorenzo

    Video | Conor McGregor discusses last night’s meeting with Dana and Lorenzo

    https://youtu.be/iedoTgGI7cg UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was a guest on ESPN’s SportsCenter late Thursday night, where he detailed his recent business meeting with Dana White and Lorenzo Fertitta. “Mystic Mac” had dinner with the UFC bosses on Wednesday evening in Los Angeles and told ESPN that his relationship with the UFC is currently “in a […]

  • PHOTO | Dana White all smiles after meeting with Conor McGregor

    PHOTO | Dana White all smiles after meeting with Conor McGregor

    Earlier this week, UFC President Dana White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta joined UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor for dinner to discuss McGregor’s next fight. While the champ was initially slated to fight Nate Diaz at UFC 200 in a welterweight showdown, he was then pulled from the card for refusing to fulfill his media […]

  • PHOTO | Paige VanZant ‘dressed like a day dream’

    PHOTO | Paige VanZant ‘dressed like a day dream’

    UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has been busy on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and will be looking to win the entire competition as a finalist. Win or lose, VanZant will likely be bringing a whole new group of fans that will be following her for her next UFC fight and gave some of those crushing […]

  • Matt Brown sounds off on Tyron Woodley’s title shot against Robbie Lawler at UFC 201

    Matt Brown sounds off on Tyron Woodley’s title shot against Robbie Lawler at UFC 201

    Despite facing defeat over the weekend at UFC 198, Matt Brown doesn’t agree with the UFC’s decision to have Tyron Woodley fighting for the welterweight title against Robbie Lawler in the main event at UFC 201. “He didn’t beat nobody,” Brown said to MMAjunkie. “Gastelum is nobody that you beat to get a title fight. […]

  • John Lineker set to take on Michael McDonald in a bantamweight clash

    John Lineker set to take on Michael McDonald in a bantamweight clash

    The UFC announced an exciting bantamweight matchup that is bound to be a war as John Lineker is set to take on Michael McDonald at UFC Fight Night 91. The fight takes place on July 13 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. McDonald vs. Lineker will be featured as the […]

  • VIDEO | TJ Dillashaw wants to fight Urijah Faber

    VIDEO | TJ Dillashaw wants to fight Urijah Faber

    https://youtu.be/_BH4LbnM508 It’s no secret that things have been rather tense between TJ Dillashaw and his former mentor, Urijah Faber. After Dillashaw left Team Alpha Male to move to Colorado and join Elevation Fight Team while also training with Duane Ludwig, Faber banned Dillashaw from T.A.M. The pair then became involved in a heated war of […]

  • Holly Holm explains turning down Cyborg fight, now welcomes catchweight bout

    Holly Holm explains turning down Cyborg fight, now welcomes catchweight bout

    Former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm admits that she did turn down the offer to welcome Cris Cyborg to the Octagon in her UFC debut. Holm has her reason, after getting her belt taken from her in the very last round of her championship fight against Miesha Tate at UFC 196. “I’m not even stuck […]

  • PHOTO | Dana White all smiles after meeting with Conor McGregor

    PHOTO | Dana White all smiles after meeting with Conor McGregor

    UFC President Dana White announced Wednesday on ESPN’s SportsCenter that he would be having dinner with Conor McGregor to arrange his next fight in the UFC. The two were caught on video leaving their dinner meeting and McGregor looked to be in good spirits, despite their disagreement with UFC 200 and being pulled off the […]

  • Opening betting odds set for Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping

    Opening betting odds set for Luke Rockhold vs. Michael Bisping

    In the main event of UFC 199, fight fans will see Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping square off in the Octagon for the 2nd time as Bisping looks to finally capture UFC gold. Chris Weidman was initially slated to fight Rockhold, however a neck injury forced Weidman out of the bout, which led to Bisping […]

  • UFC 197 estimated pay-per view numbers are in

    UFC 197 estimated pay-per view numbers are in

    While UFC 197 served as the highly anticipated return of Jon Jones, and was also another dominant performance for UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson, the event fell a bit short in terms of pay-per view buys considering Jones was fighting for the first time in nearly two years. According to MMAFighting, the event did between […]

  • Rodrigo Botti tells his side of incident with Matt Brown

    Rodrigo Botti tells his side of incident with Matt Brown

    At UFC 198, fights didn’t just take place inside the cage. Top ranked UFC welterweight Matt Brown was hit in the head multiple times on his walkout to the Octagon. In addition, Brown was then hit in the back of the head in the hotel lobby the next morning. The man, who was revealed to […]

  • Michael Bisping: If you believe in Jesus, you can believe I’ll knock out Luke Rockhold

    Michael Bisping: If you believe in Jesus, you can believe I’ll knock out Luke Rockhold

    The MMA world was rather stunned when Michael Bisping revealed that his upcoming short notice fight against Luke Rockhold would actually be a trilogy fight, and not a rematch as many believed. When Chris Weidman withdrew from UFC 199 earlier this week due to a neck injury, fans anxiously waited to find out whether Michael […]

  • Demetrious Johnson added to UFC 201

    Demetrious Johnson added to UFC 201

    While Demetrious ‘Mighty Mouse’ Johnson defeated Henry Cejudo less than a month ago, Johnson is looking to build on the win at UFC 201 on July 30th as he faces Wilson Reis. A win over Reis would put Johnson just 1 title defense away from tying Anderson Silva’s record of defending his middleweight championship 10 […]

  • VIDEO | Stipe Miocic’s emotional celebration after winning heavyweight championship

    VIDEO | Stipe Miocic’s emotional celebration after winning heavyweight championship

    This past weekend at UFC 198, Stipe Miocic shocked the world as he knocked out Fabricio Werdum in the 1st round of their heavyweight title fight with just one punch. While the moment was undoubtably an emotional one for both men, you can see a bit more behind the scenes footage above with the UFC’s […]

  • VIDEO | Conor McGregor and Dana White meet over dinner to discuss next fight

    VIDEO | Conor McGregor and Dana White meet over dinner to discuss next fight

    Since UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was pulled off UFC 200 for refusing to fulfill his media obligations, there has been much speculation as to how great the rift was between he and the UFC brass. In addition, many were wondering how long it would take McGregor to return to the Octagon following the incident, […]

  • VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping have a nasty verbal beef on air

    VIDEO | Luke Rockhold and Michael Bisping have a nasty verbal beef on air

    https://youtu.be/uVY21BPyL_I UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold will look to defend his belt at UFC 199 against a newly scheduled opponent on June 4. With former champion Chris Weidman pulling out of the originally scheduled championship bout, the UFC announced that Michael Bisping will get his first UFC title shot with two and a half weeks […]

  • Cris Cyborg refutes next fight being in UFC at catchweight, not happy about her UFC debut

    Cris Cyborg refutes next fight being in UFC at catchweight, not happy about her UFC debut

    Late Wednesday, it was announced on “UFC Tonight” that the UFC was hoping to get Cris Cyborg back in the Octagon for another 140-pound catchweight bout at UFC 201. The UFC even had an opponent in mind as the report said they were looking to get Cyborg matched with Germaine de Randamie. However, Cyborg took […]

  • Cris Cyborg’s next UFC fight targeted for UFC 201

    Cris Cyborg’s next UFC fight targeted for UFC 201

    This past weekend at UFC 198, Cris Cyborg made her UFC debut against Leslie Smith in Curitiba, Brazil. The Invicta FC champ didn’t disappoint in her debut, and ultimately picked up a 1st round TKO win over Smith. Following the fight Cyborg called out Ronda Rousey for a fight, however with Rousey currently content to […]

  • Dana White gives the latest update on booking Conor McGregor’s next fight

    Dana White gives the latest update on booking Conor McGregor’s next fight

    Despite all the buzz of a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, UFC President Dana White is working on the next UFC fight for “The Notorious.” White appeared on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Wednesday to announce Luke Rockhold would be fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 199 after Chris Weidman was forced out of the […]

  • Jacare Souza to undergo surgery Thursday

    Jacare Souza to undergo surgery Thursday

    After former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman withdrew from his UFC 199 title fight with Luke Rockhold due to a neck injury, there was much speculation as to whether Jacare Souza or Michael Bisping would be given the short-notice fight against Rockhold. While Jacare was reportedly the UFC’s first choice given his dominant performance against […]