Recently Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier agreed to a backroom fight at the opening of Greg Jackson’s new gym in New Mexico. Daniel Cormier was MIA for most of the morning, which led to Jones calling him out on Twitter. Daniel Cormier then responded with a photoshopped image, trolling Jones by saying he was at […]

Friday evening Conor McGregor posted a photo to Instagram showing himself standing across from Hafþór J Björnsson, also known as ‘The Mountain’ from Game Of Thrones. The caption read “Today I had a bare-knuckle fight off a 180kg monster called ‘The Mountain’ I’d never fought, or even seen a man that big before.” Many doubted […]

John Lineker successfully moved up to bantamweight at UFC 191 when he defeated Francisco Rivera via submission, and is looking to build upon the win. Bryan Caraway is more than willing to fight John Lineker, which caught Lineker’s attention, and if this back-and-forth continues the pair will likely end up fighting. Lineker spoke to MMAJunkie […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov withdrew from his 3rd fight in a row earlier this week when he suffered a rib injury in training. This comes after back to back serious knee injuries that have sidelined Nurmagomedov since his unanimous decision win over Rafael Dos Anjos back in April of 2014. Nurmagomedov’s father and coach, Abdulmanap, took to […]

On Friday Jon Jones took to Twitter to state that he would fight Daniel Cormier anywhere and anytime, he just wants his UFC championship back. Cormier responded via Twitter, and then the pair agreed to fight on Saturday at the new Jackson’s MMA gym in Albuquerque in an unsanctioned fight. Apparently Cormier has no-showed because […]

Ben Rothwell was quite upset after Stipe Miocic withdrew from their ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ bout and then signed to fight Andrei Arlovski at UFC 195 in January. Rothwell went on to say that he felt it would take an act of God for him to get a fight with a top-ranked heavyweight. As it […]

Vitor Belfort has been fighting professionally since 1996, and is widely believed to be not only a pioneer of the sport, but a legend. While many have criticized Belfort in recent years for his TRT usage, the techniques and knockouts he has performed in the Octagon weren’t magical gifts he gained through TRT. Prior to […]

Chris Weidman gave critics a warning after his 1st round TKO win over Vitor Belfort, ‘join the team before it’s too late.’ Now, Weidman has revealed that not only does he have his sights set on going down as the greatest middleweight of all time after already defeating numerous MMA legends, but he wants to […]

The Askren-Hendricks saga continues! Ben Askren has previously stated that he’s okay not signing with the UFC, however that hasn’t stopped him from talking trash to former UFC welterweight champion Johny Hendricks any chance he gets. Askren even went as far as to harass Hendricks in person, telling him to ask Dana White to set […]

Luke Rockhold recently put former UFC champion Vitor Belfort on blast, saying that Belfort takes cheating to a whole new level. ‘The Phenom’ certainly didn’t take too well to those comments, and while talking on Inside MMA about his career and TRT usage, he was asked about Rockhold’s comments. “I think his head is still […]

For many, fighting 6’11 dutch kickboxer Stefan Struve is a very tall order (pun intended), however Jared Rosholt and his camp have been doing some interesting things to prepare Rosholt for the size of Struve. The pair are set to throw down at UFC 193 on November 14th. Rosholt spoke on MMAJunkie Radio to discuss […]

November 28th the UFC heads to Seoul, South Korea for UFC Fight Night 79. The UFC Fight Pass event will be headlined by a welterweight bout between ‘Smooth’ Benson Henderson and Thiago ‘The Pitbull’ Alves. According to MMAJunkie the preliminary card will begin at 1:45 a.m. PST, with the main card starting at 5 a.m. […]

Ahead of the action in the Octagon Saturday night in Sao Paulo, where Dan Henderson and Vitor Belfort will go to war for a 3rd time, fans will be treated to all of the usual Fight Week festivities. MMAJunkie has the schedule: On Friday doors open to Ibirapuera gym at 11 a.m. PST (4 p.m. […]

Conor McGregor is preparing for his fight with Jose Aldo in the most unique way possible, sparring with ‘The Mountain’ bare-knuckle boxing style. Or at least that’s what he claims… Check it out: Today I had a bare-knuckle fight off a 180kg monster called 'The Mountain' I'd never fought, or even seen a man that […]

Since Conor McGregor called TJ Dillashaw a ‘snake in the grass’ on TUF 22 there has been much speculation of a McGregor vs. Dillashaw superfight. While McGregor is currently the interim champion at featherweight, which is only one weight division above bantamweight where Dillashaw reigns as king, he has plans to move up to lightweight […]

Friday morning Jon Jones sent out a Tweet saying that he would fight Daniel Cormier in the OSU wrestling room, he just wanted the belt back. That prompted Daniel Cormier to hop on Twitter and accept Jones’ challenge. Honestly I'd fight Daniel in the OSU wrestling room. John Smith can be our referee. Just trying […]

Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira is currently coming off a loss to Max Holloway after suffering an esophagus tear, and while he may have a fight against Myles Jury coming up, that hasn’t stopped him from contemplating about a fight against UFC interim featherweight champion Conor McGregor. The way Oliveira sees it, his Jiu-Jitsu would be […]

Earlier this week it was announced that Joanne Calderwood had been forced out of her UFC FN 80 headlining bout against Paige VanZant. It was also announced that Rose Namajunas had stepped in on short notice to fight VanZant in the main event. MMAFighting spoke to VanZant to discuss her thoughts on fighting Namajunas as […]

Ahead of her UFC title shot against undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm has been receiving extra training advice from the arguable pound 4 pound king, Jon Jones. Jones and Holm are teammates, but from what Holm told media members on the UFC 193 conference call yesterday, Jones has been working with […]

Former Pride FC boss and current Rizin FF owner Nobuyuki Sakakibara has a wish list of fighters to be on his Dec. 31 show in Japan that would resemble the old days of PRIDE FC. “We had plans at the invitation of Wanderlei Silva and Mirko Cro Cop, but only Fedor was free from various […]

With the lightweight division rumble of Khabib Nurmagomedov having to pull out of his fight with Tony Ferguson at the TUF 22 Finale, Ferguson has been booked with a new opponent for the Dec. 11 fight. Edson Barboza has stepped in to replace Nurmagomedov, according to an announcement from the UFC on Friday. While Nurmagomedov […]

UFC veteran John Lineker is looking to build his name in the bantamweight division, and may be able to do that with a potential revenge match with Bryan Caraway. “I saw that Bryan Caraway wants to fight me,” Lineker wrote to MMA Junkie. “I also heard he’s friends with Francisco Rivera, so I guess he […]

UFC fan favorite Joe Lauzon and his family have already beat the biggest opponent they could ever face. Lauzon’s son was diagnosed with cancer just days after he was born last year. Fortunately young Joey Lauzon has the fighting spirit like his dad and was able to overcome the illness. Lauzon is rallying for a donation […]