Nov 21, 2022 Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson meets Kevin Holland in the welterweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Orlando, Florida. The event is the UFC’s annual “Fight Like Hell” Night, dedicated to the Stuart Scott Memorial Cancer Research Fund, established in memory of the ESPN personality who died of cancer in 2015.
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Kevin Holland’s retirement is about more than just winning and losing. The 30 year-old “Trailblazer” wants the promotion to make good on certain promises after the former middleweight agreed to a short-notice fight opposite overweight Khamzat Chimaev in order to keep the UFC 279 pay-per-view (PPV) card from falling apart. That’s why Holland, who briefly
Gilbert Burns spent the past few months campaigning for a fight with Jorge Masvidal, but it never materialized. With Masvidal telling MMA Fighting it was never officially offered nor agreed on his side, “Durinho” calls him a “liar.” Speaking on this week’s episode of MMA Fighting podcast Trocação Franca, Burns said he was in direct
MMA reporter Ariel Helwani believes that Francis Ngannou and the UFC will come to an agreement. One of the biggest questions marks in the UFC right now might be what will come of UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou next year. It has been almost a year to the day since the last time Ngannou fought
PFL offers Rolls Royce on top of $3 million payday for Cris Cyborg vs. Kayla Harrison superfight It’s clear that the PFL wants Cris “Cyborg” Justino to fight Kayla Harrison now, more than ever. Shortly after Harrison lost her first ever MMA bout, Cyborg took to Twitter to joke that PFL saved money not booking
Rafael dos Anjos has made it clear at this point in his career he’s not really concerned by title gold aspirations. Former lightweight champion dos Anjos (31-14 MMA, 20-12 UFC) faces Bryan Barberena (18-8 MMA, 9-6 UFC) in a welterweight bout Saturday at UFC on ESPN 42 in Orlando, Fla. According to dos Anjos, fans
12:57 PM ET Professional Fighters League co-founder Donn Davis says he believes a fight between two-time PFL champion Kayla Harrison and MMA legend Cris “Cyborg” Justino is actually more likely to happen in 2023 following Harrison’s stunning upset loss to Larissa Pacheco last week in the PFL lightweight finals. Harrison (15-1) was set to capture
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paddy Pimblett does fully fit into the usual criteria for a potential Jake Paul opponent. For one, “The Baddy” remains in the prime of his career. Worse yet, he’s still in the midst of his UFC contract, not free to pursue a boxing match without … complications. However, there are some
Anthony Smith has now answered Conor McGregor in their ongoing war of words after the former two-division champion dropped out of the UFC’s anti-doping program while recovering from a broken leg. The situation boiled over after Smith took exception to McGregor removing himself from the United States Anti-Doping Agency testing pool, which means he has
UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal feels Kayla Harrison should keep her head held high despite her first professional loss. Harrison lost to Larissa Pacheco via unanimous decision at the 2022 PFL Championships this past weekend in New York City. It was the first loss of her MMA career after breezing past her competition with 15 consecutive
UFC lightweight Paddy Pimblett and YouTube content creator turned boxer Jake Paul have engaged in a back-and-forth over the last two days. Pimblett got Paul’s attention with comments he made earlier this week during an appearance on Pub Talk. “The Baddy” said that he thinks Paul’s boxing matches are ‘fixed’ after watching Paul’s win over
With the Thanksgiving holiday taking place in the United States, the past weekend was a slow one in the world of MMA. However, that only placed a brighter spotlight on PFL, which hosted the lone notable fight card with its 2022 PFL Championships event, where six $1 million season winners were crowned. Perhaps the most
2:10 PM ET Nate Diaz‘s time with the UFC is officially over. At least for now. The longtime UFC fighter and one of the biggest stars in MMA has officially been removed from the UFC roster, promotion officials confirmed with ESPN on Tuesday. MMA Fighting was the first to report the news. The final fight
Paddy Pimblett recently gave Jake Paul a back-handed compliment, claiming that even though “Problem Child” has proven himself to be a legitimate pugilist, his fights seem to be rigged in his favor. “The Baddy” insisted that Paul’s recent victory over Anderson Silva was fixed because the knockdown blow that Paul delivered on “The Spider,” in
Paddy Pimblett feels like not all of Jake Paul’s pro boxing bouts are on the up and up. Pimblett, who will face Jared Gordon in the co-main event of UFC 282, which takes place Dec. 10 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, was asked about Paul, and the YouTube boxing scene in general, and
UFC superstar Conor McGregor‘s crusade against former teammate Artem Lobov continued on Tuesday amidst a recent lawsuit. Lobov has sued McGregor for around $30 million for his role in the concept surrounding McGregor’s Proper 12 Irish Whiskey company. He allegedly came up with the idea behind the brand name and advised McGregor to launch it.
Santiago Ponzinibbio weighs in on Canelo Alvarez Lionel Messi World Cup drama The World Cup is underway and it seems that everyone is watching. And everyone is getting involved in the drama too. Over the weekend legendary Mexican boxer, Canelo Alvarez, went after Argentinian soccer legend, Lionel Messi for disrespecting the Mexican shirt and flag
According to Jake Paul, the majority of the work is done for a boxing match with Nate Diaz. He just needs the other side to get on board. Just minutes after news broke Tuesday that Diaz was officially free of all contractual ties with the UFC, Paul took to social media to publicly call for
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