Category: MMA News

  • Video: Andre Berto says he told Conor McGregor not to rematch Nate Diaz just yet

    Video: Andre Berto says he told Conor McGregor not to rematch Nate Diaz just yet

    Boxing superstar Andre Berto talked to TMZ Sports earlier this week where he revealed that he told his friend Conor McGregor not to take the Nate Diaz rematch as his next fight. The Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor rematch is all but official for July’s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas. Were you happy with […]

  • UFC 196 Drug Test Results: All competitors come back clean

    UFC 196 Drug Test Results: All competitors come back clean

    There was much speculation from the MMA community regarding which fighters would actually pass their post-fight drug tests prior to UFC 196, which took place earlier this month in Las Vegas. Some people, including one of Nate Diaz’s coaches, really believed that current featherweight champ Conor McGregor had been using steroids in the lead up to his UFC 196 main […]

  • Dennis Bermudez wants BJ Penn or Ricardo Lamas at UFC 200

    Dennis Bermudez wants BJ Penn or Ricardo Lamas at UFC 200

    UFC featherweight Dennis Bermudez is coming off a unanimous decision victory over Tatsuya Kawakiri at last month’s UFC Fight Night 83 event in Pittsburgh. Following the victory, Bermudez called out former UFC lightweight and welterweight champion BJ Penn by politely saying that it would be “really cool” to fight a legend who was also one of his […]

  • Renzo Gracie: GSP is coming back for sure!

    Renzo Gracie: GSP is coming back for sure!

    According to mixed martial arts veteran Renzo Gracie the return of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre is imminent. The Brazilian jiu jitsu specialist recently sat down with Ariel Helwani on the latest edition The MMA Hour, where he stated that “GSP” is 100% healthy and will return to the octagon ‘for sure’. His […]

  • VIDEO | Ariel Helwani talks about parting ways with FOX and his career

    VIDEO | Ariel Helwani talks about parting ways with FOX and his career

    Ariel Helwani, one of MMA’s most well-known journalists recently broke news that he was parting ways with FOX. While Helwani has had his share of criticism from fans, fighters, as well as promotional heads including UFC President Dana White, Helwani has also gained a huge following with the fans, fighters, as well as other media […]

  • Jon Jones explains heated traffic incident, claims innocence but does have regrets

    Jon Jones explains heated traffic incident, claims innocence but does have regrets

    Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has run into trouble with the law again and wanted to address the fans before the media got a hold of the story. Jones was recently pulled over by an Albuquerque police officer and given five traffic citations. Jones is seen in the video recorded on the police […]

  • VIDEO | Jon Jones has heated argument with police officer: ‘F*cking with me for no reason!’

    VIDEO | Jon Jones has heated argument with police officer: ‘F*cking with me for no reason!’

    Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is making headlines outside of the cage with video surfacing of a recent incident with police. Apparently Jones was recently pulled over by a police officer in Albuquerque, New Mexico and issued five traffic citations. Jones has had previous trouble with the law recently being ticketed for speeding, […]

  • VIDEO | What would you change about MMA judging?

    VIDEO | What would you change about MMA judging?

    There are a lot of concerns from fighters, fans, and even UFC President Dana White regarding the judging system in MMA. UFC women’s strawweight Michelle Waterson went around the JacksonWink MMA Academy and spoke with some of her teammates on what they think could be done to improve MMA’s judging system. From the video description: […]

  • VIDEO | Nate Diaz’s best and funniest moments

    VIDEO | Nate Diaz’s best and funniest moments

    https://youtu.be/J7wBzr_w2E8 Nate Diaz is on the biggest wave of his career after beating UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 196. Diaz was able to weather the early storm of “The Notorious” and started landing heavy shots on McGregor before the two ended up in a fight on the ground. Diaz who is a Cesar […]

  • Brock Lesnar says one thing really matters to him, and it isn’t any UFC or WWE belt

    Brock Lesnar says one thing really matters to him, and it isn’t any UFC or WWE belt

    Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has done what very few fighters in the UFC can say they have accomplished. Lesnar, who came from the world of professional wrestling transitioned to MMA and became a UFC world champion, winning the UFC heavyweight title and successfully defending it twice. However, the UFC belt that so many […]

  • Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino will make UFC debut at UFC 198 in Brazil

    Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino will make UFC debut at UFC 198 in Brazil

    The highly anticipated UFC debut of Invicta FC featherweight champion Cris “Cyborg” Justino has finally been announced. The UFC released the news on Monday that “Cyborg” will face Leslie Smith in a catchweight bout at 140 pounds on the UFC 198 card on May 14. Justino who usually fights at the featherweight limit of 145 […]

  • Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2 betting odds released for their expected UFC 200 rematch

    Nate Diaz vs. Conor McGregor 2 betting odds released for their expected UFC 200 rematch

    Nate Diaz was a huge underdog according to the betting odds going into the UFC 196 main event against UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor. It looks like Diaz will be getting the underdog role once again even after submitting McGregor in the second round of their first match. MMA Junkie reported that “Irish bookmaker Paddy […]

  • Nate Diaz’s coach on Conor McGregor rematch: ‘What do you think is going to happen with three months of training?’

    Nate Diaz’s coach on Conor McGregor rematch: ‘What do you think is going to happen with three months of training?’

    Nate Diaz took the biggest fight of his career with just 10 days notice against the biggest star in the UFC, the featherweight champion Conor McGregor. With just 10 days notice stepping in for an injured Rafael dos Anjos, Diaz was out partying in Cabo when he received the call to fight McGregor and with […]

  • VIDEO | Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon meet again and Joe tells us his favorite fight

    VIDEO | Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon meet again and Joe tells us his favorite fight

    https://youtu.be/bEFkhFGjzz0 Joe Lauzon and Kenny Florian had quite a beef as the two faced off as opponents at UFC Fight Night 13 all the way back in 2008. Florian ended up beating Lauzon by TKO in the second round of their fight. Recently, the two met again with Florian interviewing Lauzon as a UFC Analyst […]

  • VIDEO | Nate Diaz’s coach maintains belief that Conor McGregor is on steroids

    VIDEO | Nate Diaz’s coach maintains belief that Conor McGregor is on steroids

    When Nate Diaz accused UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor of being on steroids at a pre-fight press conference, it sparked a big reaction from “The Notorious” and the media. Diaz’s boxing coach Rich Perez spoke with Submission Radio recently and maintains his beliefs that McGregor is on some kind of performance enhancing drug. “Oh yeah, […]

  • Frank Mir on Mark Hunt’s power: ‘By far the hardest punch I’ve ever received in my career’

    Frank Mir on Mark Hunt’s power: ‘By far the hardest punch I’ve ever received in my career’

    Many fans of former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir thought the referee stopped the fight with Mark Hunt too early. After Hunt landed a devastating strike to Mir’s head that sent him to the canvas at UFC Fight Night 85, Mir spoke on the Phone Booth Fighting podcast about how he was feeling when the […]

  • VIDEO | Olympian and world champion boxer Andre Ward has amazing things to say about Nate and Nick Diaz

    VIDEO | Olympian and world champion boxer Andre Ward has amazing things to say about Nate and Nick Diaz

    Undefeated boxer Andre Ward made his light heavyweight debut on Saturday night and found success moving up in weight serving his opponent Sullivan Barrera his first professional loss. After the fight, the former super middleweight world champion and Olympic gold medalist was asked about Nate Diaz’s win over Conor McGregor at UFC 196 as Ward […]

  • VIDEO | Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Full fight)

    VIDEO | Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Full fight)

    Ahead of UFC 197, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight title, take a look back at Cormier’s first title defense against Alexander Gustafsson. The fight was an extremely close one that ultimately saw the judges give Cormier the win via split decision. With that […]

  • VIDEO | Stipe Miocic gets ‘beat up’ by young student

    VIDEO | Stipe Miocic gets ‘beat up’ by young student

    [ooyala code=”c4a25kMjE6DuwmWUij4noVn033zUN3f8″ player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Stipe Miocic is currently gearing up for his UFC 198 heavyweight title fight with Fabricio Werdum, and ahead of the bout appears to have brought in an elite level training partner! Miocic posted the following video of himself being ‘beaten up’ by a young student on Instagram along […]

  • VIDEO | Jon Jones vs. BJ Penn swimming race

    VIDEO | Jon Jones vs. BJ Penn swimming race

    [ooyala code=”wwZ25kMjE69MVw39e-j3TFXfhNMRJmAz” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] In anticipation of his highly anticipated return to the Octagon, UFC Hall of Famer BJ Penn has been training at the Jackson Winkeljohn MMA Academy in Albuquerque New Mexico alongside MMA greats such as Jon Jones, Holly Holm, Carlos Condit, Donald Cerrone, and many others! While Penn currently […]

  • PHOTO | Urijah Faber and Rafael dos Anjos hanging out in Maui

    PHOTO | Urijah Faber and Rafael dos Anjos hanging out in Maui

    Urijah Faber is currently gearing up for his UFC 199 trilogy fight with bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz on June 4th, however the MMA veteran is currently in Maui enjoying the beach. Coincidentally, Faber ran into UFC lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos on the beach as well. Faber pointed out that dos Anjos was “hobbling” on […]

  • Report: Daniel Cormier spotted at wrestling tournament barely able to walk

    Report: Daniel Cormier spotted at wrestling tournament barely able to walk

    While we are now less than one month out from UFC 197, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship, it appears there is a chance the champ is injured. A report emerged from TalkMMA on Twitter that DC was spotted at a wrestling tournament […]

  • Alistair Overeem wants title shot with win over Andrei Arlovski

    Alistair Overeem wants title shot with win over Andrei Arlovski

    As we approach the UFC’s first event in Holland on May 8th, Alistair Overeem believes he deserves a title fight with a win over his teammate Andrei Arlovski. Overeem is currently riding a 3-fight win streak that has seen him defeat Stefan Struve, Roy Nelson, and Junior dos Santos. A win over Arlovski would not […]

  • VIDEO | Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier (Full fight)

    VIDEO | Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier (Full fight)

    https://youtu.be/QdRLvldfg7I With UFC 197 rapidly approaching, where Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier will have their highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship, the UFC has released the footage of the pair’s first fight. Jones was given the unanimous decision win in the pair’s first fight back at UFC 182 after defeating Cormier in […]

  • Dana White thought Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones were about to brawl at UFC 196

    Dana White thought Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones were about to brawl at UFC 196

    It’s no secret that pound for pound king Jon Jones and UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell have had beef over the course of the past few months. While the pair initially took verbal jabs at one another over social media, they squashed their beef at UFC 196. To show everyone that they were over […]

  • Nate Diaz questions the legitimacy of Conor McGregor’s trash talk

    Nate Diaz questions the legitimacy of Conor McGregor’s trash talk

    While Conor McGregor has earned the reputation as an expert at mental warfare, Nate Diaz believed that quite a bit of McGregor’s insults prior to their UFC 196 welterweight scrap were scripted. McGregor repeatedly called out Diaz for ‘teaching Sunday morning kid’s Jiu-Jitsu’ and ‘going on bike rides with the elderly’. Diaz spoke on Fox […]

  • Jose Aldo makes case for why he is the greatest fighter of all time

    Jose Aldo makes case for why he is the greatest fighter of all time

    While most MMA fans argue that Jon Jones, Anderson Silva, or Fedor Emelianenko are the greatest fighters of all time, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo believes he is the greatest fighter of all time. Aldo went undefeated for nearly 10 years spanning from his GFC 1 win back in 2006 to his UFC 179 […]

  • VIDEO | Paige VanZant getting down on her birthday

    VIDEO | Paige VanZant getting down on her birthday

    [ooyala code=”ppczlkMjE6tao_yGE1q5R2puwQRgNP98″ player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”1280″ height=”1280″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] Top ranked UFC women’s strawweight Paige VanZant is celebrating her 22nd birthday today, and decided to start the day off by getting down to ’22’ by Taylor Swift. VanZant is currently competing on Dancing With The Stars, and doesn’t have another fight booked inside the Octagon after her […]