It was the night of fallen champions and the rise of new ones on Saturday night at UFC 194. The middleweight division crowned a new king as Luke Rockhold put a beating on Chris Weidman ending the fight with a TKO referee stoppage in the fourth round. Weidman who suffered his first loss in his […]

After Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo at UFC 194, he scaled the Octagon to celebrate. In the footage you can see Aldo’s teammate, fellow UFC fighter Hacran Dias, yelling some things at McGregor which are inaudible. He spoke to Combate to reveal what he said: “I told him to fight me, that I would […]

Frankie Edgar has literally been doing everything possible to get himself a title shot lately. After Conor McGregor defeated Chad Mendes for the interim UFC featherweight championship back at UFC 189, Edgar climbed onto the cage to congratulate McGregor, and attempt to set up a fight. The night before UFC 194, Edgar knocked out Chad […]

Following Conor McGregor’s UFC 194 win over Jose Aldo Saturday night, a UFC official allegedly motioned for Frankie Edgar to step in the Octagon for a staredown with McGregor. Edgar defeated Chad Mendes via KO Friday night in the main event of the TUF 22 Finale to become the #1 contender at featherweight. Edgar spoke […]

This past Saturday Conor McGregor made history as he ended the nearly 10 year reign of Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to claim the UFC featherweight championship. In addition, Luke Rockhold defeated Chris Weidman to claim the UFC middleweight championship. Unfortunately, both fighters are now facing potential 6 month layoffs. The full medical suspension […]

Last week had an exciting week of fights with three consecutive UFC events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Saturday’s UFC 194 payouts were released with the new UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor topping the list of paid fighters. UFC 194 payouts included: Conor McGregor: $500,000 (no win bonus) def. Jose Aldo: $400,000 Luke Rockhold: $160,000 (includes […]

Last week had an exciting week of fights with three consecutive UFC events on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Friday’s TUF 22 Finale payouts were released with former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar topping the list of paid fighters. The TUF 22 Finale payouts included: Frankie Edgar: $360,000 (includes $180,000 win bonus) def. Chad Mendes: $82,000 Ryan […]

Prior to Conor McGregor ending Jose Aldo’s reign as featherweight champion, Hawaiian Max Holloway who has been on a tear in the featherweight division said there were two fights to make after UFC 194 completed. “Either Holloway vs. (Conor) McGregor 2 at Croke Park or Holloway vs. (Jose) Aldo in Hawaii,” the young Hawaiian fighter […]

Watching a son or daughter go to war in a mixed martial arts bout is probably as nerve-racking a sporting event could get for a parent. Jose Aldo’s mother Rocilene Souza typically does not watch her son fight when the cage door closes, according to Bloody Elbow. Unfortunately, the fight between Jose Aldo and Conor […]

While the majority of Conor McGregor’s paycheck depends mainly on PPV  buy rates (numbers that won’t be reported by UFC officials for several weeks), even the most modest PPV estimates for UFC 194 put the McGregor’s per-second earnings well ahead of the most generous estimates for Ronda Rousey’s record-setting win at UFC 190 against Bethe Correia. […]

One mistake and 13 seconds is all it took for Jose Aldo’s career come to a screeching halt. Prior to this weekend, Aldo was ranked by the UFC as the number one pound-for-pound fighter, had gone undefeated for over ten years and was on an 18-fight win streak. That all came to an end when […]

Chad Mendes said it best in an Instagram post following his knockout loss to Frankie Edgar at the TUF 22 Finale on Friday. “We face the highest of highs and the lowest of lows in this sport. We win and we lose but ultimately life goes on.” Jose Aldo who was on top of the […]

After his dreams were realized and his prediction astonishingly once again came true, Conor McGregor was on top of the world. However, there was a moment for Conor McGregor after his 13-second knockout of former pound-for-pound king Jose Aldo where he said he felt sorry for the former featherweight champion (transcribed by Sherdog): “What I […]

The most dominating featherweight in the history of MMA met the end of his reign last weekend when Conor McGregor ended the P4P champion’s run.   Jose Aldo met McGregor in the center of the octagon and in 13 seconds later made history with one punch. “It still is too hard to digest,” Aldo told […]