UFC Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Marc Ratner believes that the MMA bill has the votes it needs to get passed in the New York State Assembly. He spoke with MMAJunkie Radio about the possibility and said he believes it would get between 95-100 votes in it’s favor it went to a vote on the...
UFC welterweight John Hathaway was injured and forced out of his scheduled fight with Gunnar Nelson at next months UFC 189. The UFC confirms that now Brandon Thatch will step in and take his place, facing off against Nelson. Thatch was set to fight John Howard on the prelims of the same card, but Howard...
Phil Davis has no complaints when it comes to being a Bellator fighter. The former top ranked UFC light-heavyweight left and signed with Bellator when his contract was up. Davis has not fought in his new promotion yet, but we now know when he will be fighting. It was announced that Davis will be one...
Featherweight No. 1 contender Conor McGregor predicted back in 2008 that he would one day challenge for the UFC title, and now he has his chance at UFC 189 when he takes on the only featherweight champion – Jose Aldo – in UFC history. Benavidez: Paige VanZant Is Our Perfect Alpha Female
“But any of these guys that are out there right now, you know you’re talking Werdum, Cain, JDS, Andrei Arlovski, Stipe. I think any one of them is going to build a good case for myself. So it really doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. I’m absolutely prepared for any one of them,...
The fight last night was entertaining to say the least. From the walkouts to the stoppage. After escaping what looked like an extremely tight rear naked choke, Kimbo got to his feet and started unloading on Ken Shamrock, eventually dropping him, then the referee stepped in and stopped the fight. Check out what the MMA...
In honor Tupac Shakur’s birthday, a few UFC fighters decided to pay tribute to the legendary rapper yesterday. Check out how Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley and Bec Rawlings showed respect: #raiseup #tupac http://t.co/stvo5inzuP — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) June 16, 2015 #TheRealest #TheiLLest #Goat #LongLivePac @2pac pic.twitter.com/jv8STH4D9R — Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) June 16, 2015 Today's...
UFC fighter Makwan Amirkhani, best known for knocking out Andy Ogle with a flying knee just 8 seconds into his debut, has a suggestion for the New York police department. Amirkhani recently appeared on The MMA Hour and talked about a lot things, including a video he posted on Facebook, which shows him apprehending a...
Caitlyn Jenner was revealed to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair and everyone seemed to have an opinion about her. See what the MMA world had to say about the Olympic gold medalist. https://twitter.com/illwillbrooks86/status/605435001308479489 Caitlyn Jenner lookin good for her 60's cmoan — Anthony Gutierrez (@Sharkbait816) June 1, 2015 Also holy crap, Caitlyn...
Georges St. Pierre has made several appearances for the UFC in the recent weeks due to the fact that they just ran a card in his home country. Along with appearing at the event, St. Pierre also hosted a Q&A session along with Rory MacDonald. St. Pierre’s most recent media appearance was on UFC Tonight...
Past opponent of Jon Jones and UFC light-heavyweight Rashad Evans talked to TMZ Sports about the Jones’ incident. Evans thinks that Jones will be pulled from his fight with Anthony Johnson. Check it out! By: Ryan C. Miller | @ryancmiller1630 LOL! — D.C. Pokes At Khabib — ‘We’ve created a trash talking MONSTER!’
UFC middleweights Luke Rockhold and Lyoto Machida gave FOX just the bump it needed to defeat NHL on NBC in ratings! Dave Meltzer of MMAFighting reports that ‘UFC on FOX 15’ did a 0.9 rating and pulled 2.43 million viewers! This number is slightly higher than the 2.41 million viewers that the New York Rangers...
Sergio Moraes is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu standout, but he spent the first ten minutes of the fight standing with Mickael Lebout. Lebout could not capitalize on this ten minute advantage and as a matter of fact— he was outstruck! Sergio Moraes finally took Mickael Lebout down with three minutes remaining in the final round. Moraes...
Things happened, and I have always always respected my name my work my work ethics my presence. I’ve always respected what I do and how I do it, because that’s what we do baby. And more than that I’ve always respected the athletes. … I’ll start by saying that Dana White, the Fertittas… always...
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey dispatched of Cat Zingano last night at UFC 184 in quick, and impressive fashion as she secured an armlock in just 14 seconds (See that HERE). After the win, everyone began asking ‘who’s next?’ however Rousey has other plans, and will film a movie before her next title defense....
Yesterday in the co-main event of UFC 184, Holly Holm successfully made her UFC debut over a very game Raquel Pennington, as the pair fought a full 3 rounds. Ultimately, 2 of 3 judges gave Holm the nod, making her the winner via split decision. Below is a compilation of fighter Tweets regarding the bout,...
Twitter is a place where smack talking is expected and respect is rarely earned. It’s like the wild west of the internet, mixed with elementary school intellects. (Not you reader, just everyone else.) Beef, smack talk, and fight callouts is just a normal day online, but when two UFC veterans take to calling out men...
Let’s face it, at this point if a fighter “doesn’t” fail for performance enhancing drugs it would be news worthy. In this new PED Era of the UFC, fighters are continually being dishonest with themselves, their fans, and the sport by using Performance Enhancing Drugs. Hector Lombard is just the latest. He’s not the first,...
Yesterday news surfaced that the UFC had been withholding a $6 Million payment to Anderson Silva in U.S. Dollars as a result of his failed drug test from UFC 183 (See that HERE) This outraged many fans, who felt the UFC should also have withheld Jon Jones earnings from UFC 182, where Jones tested positive...
As the MMA world anxiously awaits Mirko Cro Cop’s return to the UFC, which will happen at UFC Krakow on April 11th as he looks to avenge his loss to Gabriel Gonzaga. When Cro Cop joined the UFC roster in 2007, it was Gonzaga who handed the former Pride FC Grand Prix champion his first...
The UFC’s female bantamweight division is clogged up with top talent. Fighters like Alexis Davis, and Sarah Kaufman, are all looking to get active and fight. And while these ladies wait, sitting idle, they’re taking to twitter looking to pick some fights. Check it: “@MieshaTate: @josephdiano77 no offense but Ive been asking for the @bethecorreia...
Last night in the main-event of UFC 183, Anderson Silva returned to the Octagon to take on Nick Diaz. The bout was scored unanimously in favor of Silva, however it was much closer than the scorecards reflected. Below is a compilation of Tweets from fighters watching the bout. COM'ON @nickdiaz209 #bayarea — Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK)...
Earlier today the ‘UFC Fight Night Boston’ fighters took center stage and made their bouts official. They also mean mugged for cameras. Here’s more from today’s event: Parke v. Tibau: Hall v. Stallings: Cerrone v. Henderson: McGregor v. Siver:
Earlier today the world learned of an unfortunate positive drug test in our sport. UFC light-heavyweight champion, and pound-for-pound king of Mixed Martial Arts Jon “Bones” Jones was randomly tested by the Nevada State Athletic Commission exactly one-month prior to last weekend’s UFC 182 main event. The result? Cocaine. Now the world of MMA, and...
In shocking news, it is being reported that the hacker group Anonymous has hacked UFC TV, which UFC Fight Pass is categorized under. A Twitter account belonging to the group posted several Tweets regarding the situation, including a link to a file which contains 13,000 users account information from various websites, including UFC TV. A...
UFC fighters from around the world have taken to social media to share special thoughts, and moments from yesterday’s Christmas celebration. Check it: MERRYYYYYYYYY CHRISTMASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! @ufcfightclub @ufc @FOXSports1 @FOXSports @espn @EASPORTSUFC pic.twitter.com/66QhKJmKU9 — Bruce Buffer (@brucebuffer) December 25, 2014 Have a Merry Cookie Christmas!! #cookiemonster pic.twitter.com/Rd2mHUxmRA — Carla Esparza (@CarlaEsparza1) December 25, 2014 It's a...
When it was announced this past weekend that former UFC champion Quinton Rampage Jackson would be re-signing with the UFC, the Twitter-verse went wild, as expected. Fighters, promotional President’s, and former fighters all took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the signing. Check out some of the best reactions: Let us be clear that...
Earlier this week we learned that three fighters have opted-in, in a lawsuit against the UFC. (More on that HERE) Now we have some reactions. This an a shakedown. #optedOUT — chael sonnen (@sonnench) December 16, 2014 It's on. — Nathan Quarry (@NateRockQuarry) December 16, 2014 PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN…“@SBNLukeThomas:...
