Check out this compilation of past beach workouts showing Conor McGregor’s crazy strength, balance and control. The UFC interim featherweight champion’s skills outside the cage are seen in the video, which shows a degree of separation from much of his competition. What do you think of McGregor’s workouts seen in the video? Are they functional...
Earlier today it was announced that the UFC had reinstated former UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones. Shortly after that, ‘Bones’ took to Facebook to post a statement in regards to his return to the UFC, promising his fans that the best is yet to come. “I am grateful for the opportunity to resume my...
It is no secret that UFC commentator Joe Rogan uses medical marijuana. The 48-year-old has discussed his use of the drug on many occasions, including on his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience”. During a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Rogan revealed that medical marijuana is not the only ‘banned substance’ he is currently using (transcribed...
A video posted by Demetrious Johnson (@mightymouse125) on Oct 3, 2015 at 12:07pm PDT Recently we have seen a slew of fighters competing in the ‘punching machine’ game. Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Paige VanZant, UFC President Dana White, and many others have taken the ‘punching machine’ challenge. Now, UFC flyweight kingpin Demetrious Johnson decided to...
New details have emerged regarding Fedor Emelianenko’s return to mixed martial arts on New Year’s Eve. According to a report from Bloodyelbow, “The Last Emperor” is expected to fly over to Amsterdam on November 1st and begin training with the likes of Kirill Sidelnikov, Anatoly Tokov, Vadim German, Victor German, and Alexander Kosarev. The news...
Since Sage Northcutt made his impressive UFC debut at UFC 192, where he scored an impressive TKO win over Francisco Trevino, the 19-year-old Northcutt has become the talk of the MMA world. Now, Northcutt is training at TriStar gym in Montreal alongside Georges St. Pierre and Rory MacDonald under famed coach Firas Zahabi. In an...
Fabio Maldonado was originally set to face Tom Lawlor at UFC Fight Night 77 on November 7th, however an injury forced Lawlor out of the bout. TUF 19 winner Corey Anderson stepped up on short notice to replace Lawlor, something Maldonado is very grateful for. Maldonado sent a statement to MMAJunkie thanking Corey Anderson for...
Rafael Natal is currently riding a 3-fight win streak in the Octagon which has seen him pick up wins over Chris Camozzi, Tom Watson, and Uriah Hall. Following his last bout, Natal underwent surgery to repair a detached retina. Natal spoke to MMA Noise to discuss the surgery, as well as his return to training....
‘Big’ Ben Rothwell has had quite a bit of bad luck when it comes to getting a fight booked inside the Octagon. After his opponent for this Saturday’s ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin,’ Stipe Miocic, withdrew from the bout Rothwell attempted to get Andrei Arlovski to fill in on short notice. Arlovski was willing to fill...
Ahead of Chris Weidman’s UFC 194 title defense against Luke Rockhold he and coaches Matt Serra and Ray Longo sat down to watch some film on Luke Rockhold. Weidman and Serra decided to watch the film in style, wearing their UFC championship belts. The moment was captured on camera and posted on Twitter. Studying some...
Castillo vs Felder at UFC 182 on January 3, 2015 in Las Vegas, NV #DWCOTD #KO pic.twitter.com/3ASsIESfoh — Dana White (@danawhite) October 22, 2015 UFC President Dana White once again took a gander through the UFC’s video vault to come up with his ‘Dana White Clip Of The Day’ for Thursday October 22nd The clip...
A video posted by Bellator MMA (@bellatormma) on Oct 22, 2015 at 2:57pm PDT Bellator 144 goes down tomorrow night from Connecticut. During weigh-ins on Thursday Dennis Olson and Brennan Ward had to be separated during a heated stare-down.
There has been much speculation lately as to whether or not former UFC welterweight kingpin Georges St. Pierre will return to the UFC. Earlier this week photos surfaced of ‘Rush’ training with famed boxing coach Freddie Roach, which added to the talk of a potential GSP comeback. Two men who are likely very interested with...
Ahead of ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ former UFC fighter Frank Trigg interviewed preliminary card fighter Bubba Bush who is going to be fighting Garreth McLellan on the UFC Fight Pass prelims, as well as Hawaii’s own Louis Smolka who is going to be fighting Paddy Holohan in the main event. In addition, check out Louis...
With the fallout of the main event bout between Joseph Duffy and Dustin Poirier, former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson threw his name in the cap to fight on very short notice. Henderson posted a tweet to the UFC saying he could fight preferably at 170, but could make 155 pounds. Hey @UFC if you guys...
Tickets for January 2nd’s UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit go on sale to the general public this Friday. As a result the UFC has been busy booking fights for the highly anticipated card. Today the UFC announced that Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson vs. Neil Magny and Lorenz Larkin vs. Albert Tumenov had been added to the...
Reports of Anthony “Rumble” Johnson trying to get a fight with Ryan Bader have been buzzing over the media lately, but Bader was not even aware of it until Wednesday. Johnson said in a recent Facebook post, “How can a true athlete feel that he/she is the next best in line for a title shot...
Back in July, in the co-main event of UFC 189, Robbie Lawler and Rory MacDonald went to war for the better part of 5 rounds for the UFC welterweight championship. Ultimately, Lawler landed a brutal cross that landed clean on the nose of MacDonald, who crumpled to the floor. The fight is arguably one of...
Check out this interview with UFC featherweight Rob Whiteford and his own opinion on Joseph Duffy not being able to compete after suffering an injury just days before his scheduled fight. Duffy was set to battle Dustin Poirier at UFC Fight Night in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday. Do you think Duffy should have sucked it...
The fans are packing the streets as the pride of Ireland is back in his home country. Conor McGregor posted this photo to Instagram where fans are lining up just to get a glimpse of the “The Notorious.” This is my city. My home. My people. 🍀 ❤️ A photo posted by Conor McGregor Official...
After Ben Rothwell’s fight at UFC Fight Night 76 with Stipe Miocic was canceled due to Miocic suffering an injury, “Big Ben” was campaigning hard for a fight with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski. However, Rothwell seems to have gotten left out of the party as the UFC announced Wednesday of a booked fight...
Officials announced today that the initial Dec. 11 date for Bellator 147 has been changed to take place a week earlier, on Dec. 4, according to MMA Junkie. Fighters already scheduled on the card include lightweights in former Strikeforce champion/UFC vet Josh Thomson (21-8 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Pablo Villaseca (10-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) as...
Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit was the first choice for the main event of UFC 193 in Melbourne in November. However, Lawler sustained an injury that forced the fight to be rescheduled to UFC 195 in Las Vegas. In the video from MMA Weekly, see what Lawler reveals as the reason for the postponement and...
If you caught the latest episode of TUF, you saw the brawl that almost erupted between the two teams with Cody Garbrandt and Conor McGregor getting in each other’s face after words were exchanged. Garbrandt spoke with the TUF Talk podcast and revealed a little more on what happened and his opinion on McGregor. “So...
Yesterday it was revealed that Joseph Duffy would be unable to fight Dustin Poirier in the main event of ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ on Saturday due to a concussion sustained in training. Dustin Poirier was offered Norman Parke as a replacement opponent, however Poirier declined. In addition, interim UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor offered to...
It’s no secret that the number of random drug tests are increasing in an effort to clean up the sport of MMA. Just yesterday Cathal Pendred was randomly drug tested ahead of his ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ bout this Saturday. Now, UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman revealed via Twitter that he too has been randomly...
UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier was expected to headline this weekend’s UFC Fight Night 76 event in Dublin opposite Joseph Duffy. However, yesterday it was announced that “Irish Joe” had suffered a concussion in training and would not be able to compete in this Saturday’s main event. When the news hit that Duffy was not going...
Yesterday afternoon news broke that ‘UFC Fight Night: Dublin’ headliner Joseph Duffy was forced out of his main event bout against Dustin Poirier due to a concussion. This raised the question of ‘Why was a headlining fighter sparring just days before his fight?’ Duffy’s head coach, Firas Zahabi explained to MMAFighting via text message. “He...
