Bantam weight TJ Dillashaw wasn’t happy with the Conor McGregor’s 13 second handy-work, his wife looked pretty bent about it too. Well with all the talk on national TV of Dillashaw being a ‘snake in the grass’ on TUF and challenging the champ on his loyalties on who brought him up in the fight game....
If you had any hopes that Reebok would stop making careless mistakes on UFC merchandise in the new year, you’ll lose hope after seeing their latest mistake. While we’ve seen the ‘Anderson Aldo’ fight kit shirt, and Jiu-Jitsu specialist Conor McGregor shirt, this mistake was made on the Reebok website, and involves fan favorite female...
Mixed martial arts is an amazing sport. There are so many disciplines to be trained in to put together a complete game and at times it takes learning from a defeat to better your game. Take for instance UFC veteran Demian Maia with his world-class jiu-jitsu game recently linked up with former opponent Neil Magny...
There are many reasons why fighters taunt, it just depends on that very moment. Some fighters taunt to frustrate, or mentally get into their opponents head and some do it just to do it. These are the fighters in combat sports who taunted and didn’t get away with it. Few fighters are successful at...
In the main event of UFC 195 this past weekend, Carlos Condit put on an impressive performance against welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. While many believed that Condit had done enough to win the UFC welterweight championship, the judges saw the bout go the other way, and scored the bout in favor of Lawler. Condit’s teammates,...
Flying Rear Naked Choke? Posted by Jiu-Jitsu Maps on Monday, January 4, 2016 We’ve seen flying armbars, flying triangles, and many more impressive flying submissions. With that being said, this flying rear naked choke has to be one of the most impressive flying submissions we’ve ever seen. See for yourself above!
" what have I been doing during my time off?………ballin!#dcknowssports #athlete #anythingcompetitive #anytime DC Posted by Daniel Cormier on Monday, January 4, 2016 Daniel Cormier had a very busy 2015. ‘DC’ kicked off 2015 by fighting Jon Jones for the light heavyweight championship in a highly anticipated grudge match which he lost. Following that he...
Luke Rockhold was backstage to congratulate middleweight champ Robbie Lawler after his performance at UFC 195. While I was looking at this Twitter picture I realized one thing that could be a possibility depending on how Luke Rockhold fairs against former champ Chris Weidman on a rematch. Rockhold has granted Weidman a rematch but the...
Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson has another fight in a Spike-televised event with Bellator 149 on Feb. 19. The popular fighter who knocked out Ken Shamrock in his last ratings record-breaking Bellator event hosted an AMA or “ask me anything” on Reddit ahead of his next fight. Kimbo answered questions ranging from fighting to food and gave fun...
Former champ Ronda “Rowdy” Rousey” will be hosting the popular comedy-skit TV show Saturday Night Live on January 23rd. NBC announced the hosting of the former champ on NBC’s Facebook feed. This will be the first time we’ll see the champ in a different light after she lost her title back in November of last...
Since Luke Rockhold defeated Chris Weidman at UFC 194 to claim the UFC middleweight championship, he has brought the UFC belt with him practically everywhere. The champ attended a Golden State Warriors basketball game with the championship, and received tons of attention for it. Champ status. 🏆 @warriors @LukeRockhold pic.twitter.com/pgtyd8t6U4 — UFC (@ufc) January 5, 2016...
Mike Swick vs Gideon Ray at UFC Fight Night 1 in Las Vegas, NV on August 6, 2005. #DWCOTD A video posted by Dana White (@danawhiteufc) on Jan 4, 2016 at 7:06pm PST Talk about a throwback clip! In UFC President Dana White’s ‘Clip of the Day’ we see a very young Mike Swick picking...
Last week Bob Arum indicated that Manny Pacquiao may not retire from boxing after he completes his rubber-match with Timothy Bradley in April. “Pac Man” went on record to let his fans and the world know that once he’s done, he’s completely done. skysports grabs the quote. “I am retiring from boxing to concentrate on...
UFC 195 was an action packed night of fights topped off by a controversial decision at the end of a hard fought 5 round battle between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit. Ultimately the judges scored the bout in favor of Lawler, however like many, UFC President Dana White scored the bout in favor of Condit....
Going into UFC 195, former UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit revealed that he was potentially considering retiring after his main event scrap with Robbie Lawler. After the 5 round bout, that ended with a decision many disagreed with, Carlos Condit elaborated on his potential retirement plans during the post-fight press conference.
Conor McGregor is a very polarizing figure. The UFC featherweight champion’s combination of confidence and trash talk makes him a fighter that fans love to cheer for, and love to hate. While the majority of the higher ranked UFC featherweight and lightweight fighters have been on the wrong end of quite a bit of trash...
Anthony Pettis and his brother Sergio are in this video are showing us that if you’re going to land this technique in competition then ‘perfect practice creates perfect results’. “Showtime” (18-3 MMA) is set to face former Bellator champ Eddie Alvarez (26-4 MMA) in less than two weeks at UFC Fight Night –Cruz vs Dillashaw–...
When you’ve beaten one of UFC’s most dominant champions and biggest MMA stars in the world, the perks of the job aren’t so bad. In the Instagram pic with the champ Holly Holm is Denver Bronco Super Bowl champ, current GM and Executive Vice-President of operations John Elway. With news reporting recently revealing that Holm...
That didn’t take long for a call-out after Fedor Emelianecko disposed of his opponent at Rizen Fighting Federation 2 by TKO in the first. Singh Jaideep went to sleep after a series of unanswered shots that were brutally delivered until the ref saw enough. “King Mo” Lawler with American Top Team (19-4 MMA) tried to...
Prior to UFC 194 talks of UFC President Dana White saying Frankie Edgar would be next in line for Conor McGregor if McGregor fights at featherweight again, Edgar is still sitting in the dark. The former lightweight champion appeared on the MMA Hour on Monday and spoke about where his mind is as he waits for...
It was a record year for the UFC and a breakthrough year for a few select fighters in the organization. While a young superstar Conor McGregor had a spectacular 2015 winning UFC gold, it was the man he beat that made Forbes Sports 30 under 30. Jose Aldo at age 29 was the only MMA...
Jan. 2 saw an amazing night of fights with UFC 195 taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. A welterweight title fight between champion Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit had everyone standing at the end of five rounds in a “Fight of the Year” candidate just two days into the...
Former challenger for the UFC light heavyweight title, Alexander Gustafsson congratulated Robbie Lawler on successfully defending his welterweight championship on Facebook. Gustafsson also went on to empathize with Carlos Condit in losing a tough and very close decision. Gustafsson posted a photo of Lawler and Condit posing right before the decision was announced and captioned...
Robbie Lawler has been in crazy wars since stepping back into the Octagon in 2013. Lawler’s title defense against Rory MacDonald in 2015 was marked the “Fight of the Year” and is up there for one of the greatest battles in the UFC. Just two days into 2016 with another strong campaign in a war with...
Lorenz Larkin put two wins together until he stepped into the octagon last weekend against Albert Tumenov. With the win Tumenov runs it 5 straight and that should get the Russian into deeper waters in the welterweight division. The action packed fight had some spectators and analyst confused on the decision the judges gave...
One of the latest octagon beauty additions to the roster is Red Dela Cruz. The UFC has the complete sports entertainment package when you add these ladies in the mix. Check out the video for yourself and let us know what you think about one of the newer additions to the octagon girls. Enjoy the...
These are the fighters at Javier Mendez’s AKA gym in San Jose, CA. They are are a murders row of fighter like former champ Cain Velasquez,UFC champ Daniel Cormier, UFC champ Luke Rockhold, Gray Maynard, former Strikeforce champ Josh Thompson….you get the idea. It doesn’t seem too long ago when Dana White said that...
UFC President Dana White was ever so confident that Holly Holm and Ronda Rousey would meet in an immediate rematch after Holm shocked the world at UFC 193. However, nearly two months after Rousey was knocked out by Holm, White does not sound so confident in the bout shortly after Holm signed a multiyear contract...
