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Jiří Procházka and Jamahal Hill Will Finally Meet at UFC 311
Jamahal Hill and Jiří Procházka were supposed to fight for the UFC light heavyweight championship back in 2023. But life intervened. Procházka suffered an injury during training and had to vacate the belt. While MMAfighting latest news shows that Hill got his championship opportunity, it wasn’t against the opponent people wanted to see. But Procházka […]
Dan Hooker Floors IShowSpeed In Brutal Sparring
Dan Hooker sent IShowSpeed to the canvas during a sparring session. Hooker is on a great run of form, having beaten Mateusz Gamrot in his last fight at UFC 305. That extended his win streak to three in a row. It was a major turnaround in form, having lost two on the bounce before that […]
Petr Yan Finally Gets the Judges on His Side in Win over Deiveson Figueiredo
Petr Yan’s fighting style has left him on the wrong side of the scorecards more than once throughout his career. The former UFC bantamweight champion likes to start slow. He utilizes the first round to determine how his opponent likes to attack and then adjusts. This style of fighting is smart, but in the UFC, […]
Colby Covington Looks to Beat Old and Slow Accusation During UFC Return in December
Colby Covington has had one of the strangest careers of any fighter in the championship picture for over five years. Covington hasn’t fought more than once in a year since 2019. While MMAfighting latest news shows the UFC typically pushes fighters willing to be active, that hasn’t been the case with Covington. Since winning the […]
McGregor Dropped From Hitman Game After Losing Sexual Assault Case – Is This The End?
Conor McGregor has been removed from the Hitman video game, ‘Hitman: World of Assassination,’ after he was found liable for sexual assault. Reports indicate McGregor will pay approximately $258,440 to Nikita Hand after the latter filed a lawsuit, claiming the Irishman sexually assaulted her at a hotel room in Dublin in 2018. McGregor’s friend James […]
Jon Jones Will ‘Likely' Fight Next Year, Aspinall Fight Possible!
Jon Jones says he will compete in the UFC next year, raising hopes fans will finally see the Tom Aspinall fight. Jones made the first defense of his UFC Heavyweight Title by stopping Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 in the third round. In his post-fight comments, Jones suggested that he is willing to face anybody, […]
Fighters Slam McGregor Over Sexual Assault Verdict
Fighters have reacted to Conor McGregor’s sexual assault civil lawsuit findings, where the UFC fighter was ordered to pay approximately $258,440 to Nikita Ni Lamhain. According to reports, Lamhain claimed that McGregor had sex with her without getting her consent. James Lawrence was also alleged to have done this. The alleged incident happened in 2018 at […]
Dirty Boxing Championship: Boynazarov Destroys Belo With Superman Punch
Mike Perry’s Dirty Boxing Championship created waves after Anvar Boynazarov knocked out Thiago Belo with a Superman punch. Perry announced his promotional company in the run-up to his fight with Jake Paul. Perry was knocked out by Paul in the sixth-round with Conor McGregor later saying Mike was fired from BKFC. This raised question marks […]
Bellator Set to Have Ireland vs Dagestan 2
The Bellator Champions Series would like to mine some of the hatred from the most anticipated MMA fight of all time — a fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 in October 2018 — to create some magic in early 2025. McGregor, the most notorious Irish MMA star ever, had a heated […]
MMA Stars Praise Petr Yan's Win Over Figueiredo -‘Making It Look Easy'
MMA pros reacted to ex-bantamweight champion Petr Yan’s unanimous decision win against Deiveson Figueiredo. The pair headlined a UFC Fight Night 248 event in Macau in a competitive bout. Figueiredo tried to press the action in the first round, taking Yan to the floor on his back. Yan remained composed, avoiding attempts of a rear-naked […]
McGregor Could ‘See' Khabib Again
Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov could cross paths again by appearing in opposite corners. McGregor and Khabib have been on bad terms ever since their UFC 229 fight. The build-up was marred by controversy, with McGregor being accused of disrespecting Khabib’s Islamic faith. Khabib’s win was also followed by a brawl between the two camps. […]
Adesanya Talks UFC Retirement – ‘Maybe Three Years Away'
Israel Adesanya has opened up on his retirement plans moving forward. The former UFC Middleweight Champion is suffering from the worst form of his career. He has consecutive defeats for the first time in his career after experiencing a shock loss against Dricus Du Plessis in his last fight at UFC 307. Adesanya was submitted […]
Conor McGregor Found Liable For Sexual Assault
The jury said Conor McGregor must pay Nikita Ni Lamhain around $258,440 after the Irishman was found to have sexually assaulted the claimant. McGregor was facing a civil lawsuit over sexual assault allegations, which he denied. However, according to Ni Lamhain, McGregor and his friend James Lawrence had sex with her without getting her consent. […]
Masvidal Names His Hitlist For A UFC Return – ‘I’ll Take His Head Off In Miami'
Jorge Masvidal wants to make a return to the UFC with Conor McGregor and Leon Edwards in his sights. Masvidal is coming off a loss against Nate Diaz in their boxing bout this year. It was a rematch of their 2019 clash at UFC 244. Gamebread secured a win after the fight was stopped at […]
Aspinall In Talks Over His Next Fight; Will It Be Jon Jones?
Tom Aspinall says he is in talks for his next fight, raising hopes that fans will finally see him take on Jon Jones. Aspinall is the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, a belt he defended successfully in his last fight against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304. He knocked out Blaydes in the first round to avenge […]
Benavidez Warns Morrell Jr. – ‘I'm Gonna Break Your Mouth'
David Benavidez and David Morrell Jr.’s first face-to-face interaction took place in their recent kick-off presser, which has excited boxing fans. They will square off at light heavyweight on February 1 in a battle to decide who takes a step closer to facing the Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion Artur Beterbiev. Benavidez has the WBC Interim […]
Unlucky Nick Diaz Drops Out of UFC 310
The climate surrounding drug testing has changed to the point where Nick Diaz wouldn’t have had to worry about his marijuana habit. The only problem for Diaz is that he is old now. Diaz, 41, has only fought once since 2015. He was originally scheduled to come back in December to fight Vicente Luque in […]
Petr Yan Looks to Hold Off Hard-Charging Deiveson Figueiredo
If Petr Yan retired tomorrow, his career would be hard to summarize. Yan reached the top of the mountain when he knocked out Jose Aldo to win the bantamweight title at UFC 251 in July 2020. But the MMAfighting latest news reflects that everything that has happened to Yan since then has been nightmarish. Yan […]
McGregor ‘Exposes' Aspinall's Sparring
Conor McGregor has reacted negatively to Tom Aspinall’s sparring with Glory Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion Rico Verhoeven. McGregor is working his way back from a broken toe, which prevented his UFC 303 fight against Michael Chandler. It was a devastating setback since McGregor has not had a UFC fight since losing to Dustin Poirier in 2021 […]
Fan Shrugs Off Alex Pereira’s Brutal Body Shots, Leaves UFC Star Stunned!
Alex Pereira failed to knock out a fan after he requested body shots, which he took as though they were nothing. Pereira is the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, who has incredible knockout power. He has stopped his last three opponents. He has knockout wins against Jamahal Hill (UFC 300), Jiri Prochazka (UFC 303) and Khalil […]