With under a month to go until Claudia Gadelha fights Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the UFC women’s strawweight championship, the challenger is looking absolutely shredded! Gadelha will be looking to avenge her 2014 loss to Jedrzejczyk, which remains her only professional mixed martial arts loss to date. The pair have continued their heated rivalry on the...
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant is fresh off the dancefloor after nearly winning the most recent season of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” VanZant, who says she is currently in the works of getting an opponent for her next fight in the UFC has taken a vacation before she gets into fight camp. Check out VanZant...
Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson was 57-0 prior to making the jump to professional MMA. Now, with a 12-1 professional MMA record which includes a 1st round TKO win over former champion Johny Hendricks, Thompson is preparing for his #1 contender scrap with Rory MacDonald. Ahead of the fight, Thompson spoke to the BrisbaneTimes to recall the...
MMA veteran John Howard never could have imagined that a routine neurological exam ahead of his WSOF debut at WSOF 31 on June 17th could have led him to receive a diagnosis which would lift a weight off his shoulders that he had been carrying since childhood. John ‘Doomsday’ Howard, found out that he is...
UFC strawweight Claudia Gadelha’s only loss in her professional mixed martial arts career was from her fight against Joanna Jedrzejczyk back in 2014. Their fight was a close one with Jedrzejczyk walking out with the win after being awarded the split-decision victory that many argue could have gone either way. Gadelha and Jedrzejczyk’s rivalry continues...
Tragedy struck the Unites States of America today as a heavily-armed assailant opened fire inside a packed Orland nightclub killing 50 people and wounding 53 others. The suspect has since been identified as Omar Seddique Mateen of Port St. Lucie, Florida. Authorities have stated that they are investigating the massacre as possible terrorism. The brutal...
Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva had a huge rivalry back when they were both fighting in the UFC. The two former coaches of TUF Brazil 3 were scheduled to fight at the finale but both Silva and Sonnen were suspended by the Nevada Athletic Commission prior to the bout taking place as Silva evaded a...
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has been busy on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and will be looking to win the entire competition as a finalist. Win or lose, VanZant will likely be bringing a whole new group of fans that will be following her for her next UFC fight and gave some of those crushing...
USADA has been frequenting UFC title contender Claudia Gadelha’s house, apparently testing the TUF coach twice in less than one week. Gadelha posted a photo late last week showing that USADA has paid her a visit for a test. She said in her post, “USADA na área e eu aqui mais pura do que coração...
A flyweight tilt between former title challenger Kyoji Horiguchi (17-2 MMA) and veteran Neil Seery (16-12 MMA) served as the featured bout of today’s UFC Fight Pass prelims in Rotterdam. Round one begins and Horiguchi throws a body kick and then a big right hand that lands on Seery. Huge left hand scores for Horiguchi...
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has been busy on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” With VanZant being in the running to potentially win this season of the hit competition show with partner Mark Ballas, VanZant’s return to the Octagon will be sometime after UFC 200. Despite not being able to focus on training full-time with having...
UFC strawweight Paige VanZant has been tearing up the dance floor on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” On this week’s episode, VanZant and dance partner Mark Ballas scored a perfect 30 and are looking like the couple to beat this season. While Paige has been busy practicing her dance routines for the show, she found...
Two brothers are set to fight against each other in the cage at WSOF 32. To make this fight even more intriguing, one of the brothers is a masked self-made crime-fighter based in Seattle. Yes, this is real. Former UFC and Strikeforce fighter Caros Fodor and brother Ben Fodor who also goes by his alter...
In the co-main event of UFC 197, Demetrious Johnson faced arguably the toughest test of his MMA career as he faced Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo. Johnson picked up an extremely impressive 1st round TKO win over Cejudo to retain his UFC flyweight championship. Below you can see the best reactions from fighters regarding Johnson’s...
It’s no secret that UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones has battled with addiction. ‘Bones’ tested positive for cocaine prior to UFC 178, and then checked himself in to rehab after his hit-and-run incident in April of 2015. Before Jones was even re-instated by the UFC, he moved to Albuquerque New Mexico to train...
Star UFC veteran Nate Diaz and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor are set to fight in an immediate rematch at UFC 200. Some fans could not wait. Check out this hilarious edited video of Diaz and McGregor go at it in a slap contest. While Diaz is already known for his “Stockton slap,” McGregor has...
Recently, the UFC announced that the tryouts for the next season of The Ultimate Fighter would be held at the end of April in Las Vegas. The season will be unlike any other in the show’s history given the fact that the winner will get a flyweight title shot against the winner of UFC 197’s...
Victory via KO for @Tyrone_spong at his US boxing debut Thunderous punches + brutal force = % KO record in boxing pic.twitter.com/IdWqIwvsDK — Blackzilians (@blackzilians) April 4, 2016 World champion kickboxer Tyrone Spong is continuing to rack up wins in the boxing ring and just upped his record to 4-0. Spong has has finished all...
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has had a crazy time just weeks ahead of what was supposed to be a title fight with current champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 197. It was reported on Friday that Cormier suffered an injury in training and would not be able to fight on the scheduled April...
While yesterday was in fact April Fools Day, lightweight Norman Parke took to Facebook to announce that he had been released from the UFC following his decision loss against Rustam Khabilov at ‘UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping’ back in February. Parke, the ‘TUF Smashes’ winner, compiled a 5-3-1 record inside the Octagon during his...
Nate Diaz is coming off the biggest win of his career after beating UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor at UFC 196. Diaz’s popularity has shot up to the highest point of his career along with his pay for the fight with “The Notorious.” Nate along with his older brother Nick say that his diet has...
Since Conor McGregor’s 2nd round submission loss to Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196 last week, it was revealed that McGregor would be returning to featherweight to defend his championship. This week UFC President Dana White visited with McGregor, and revealed McGregor’s intentions to defend his featherweight championship at UFC 200 in...
Joanna Jedrzejczyk the UFC straw weight champion will fight Claudia Gadelha July 8 in Las Vegas at the Ulitmate Fighter 23 finale. They are opposing coaches on TUF 23 and as hoped there is true ill will between the two. The fighters got into a bareknuckled brawl the last day of TUF. Joanna has a...
If there is one thing that Conor McGregor has over Georges St-Pierre, it is his game attitude for the fight business. “The Notorious” gave Nate Diaz the biggest payday of his career in a fight two weight classes above what he has fought at while in the UFC going from 145 pounds to 170 pounds....
Prior to UFC 196, Conor McGregor revealed that he committed to a fight at UFC 200, however no opponent was named. There was speculation that McGregor could face welterweight champion Robbie Lawler if he were to defeat Diaz at UFC 196. As the world knows by now, in the main event of UFC 196, McGregor...
After Frankie Edgar KO’d Chad Mendes in the TUF 22 finale, Dana White promised him a UFC featherweight title shot. The next night Conor McGregor KO’d Jose Aldo in just 13 seconds to claim the UFC featherweight championship. Immediately following that fight, there was much speculation as to who would get the next featherweight title...
Bellator MMA has just announced the signing of former UFC and PRIDE veteran Wanderlei Silva. The legendary fighter who announced his retirement after a lifetime ban from MMA after evading a random drug test has come out of retirement since being released by the UFC and a re-hearing with the Nevada Athletic Commission. Silva’s received...
A welterweight bout between Alex Garcia (13-3 MMA) and Sean Strickland (17-1 MMA) served as the featured bout of the ‘UFC Fight Night 83’ prelims in Pittsburgh. Round one begins and Strickland opens up with a front kick. Garcia dives in for a takedown and gets it but Sean is able to scramble and get...
