MMA News

Cole Shelton - May 22, 2020

Francis Ngannou believes he’d have an easier time in a rematch with Stipe Miocic than he would in a potential fight against Daniel Cormier. Yet, for Ngannou, he just hopes he can fight one of them soon as he says the UFC needs to make the heavyweight division active.

Natasha Hooper - May 22, 2020

Jan Blachowicz called out Jon Jones for avoiding a possible matchup and for targeting a fight with Francis Ngannou instead. Jon Jones’ reign in the light heavyweight division has been put into question since his closely contested bout against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247. Jones won the bout by decision, but some spectators felt “The Dominator” gave the stronger performance.

Adam Martin - May 22, 2020

The full card has been announced for the UFC Fight Night card on May 30 that will be headlined by welterweights Tyron Woodley and Gilbert Burns. With the card just eight days away, the UFC has released the full 11-fight card for the event, which is tentatively scheduled to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas next Saturday. UFC president Dana White has said he will take his promotion to Arizona to hold his shows there in the event that the state of Nevada doesn’t allow the card to take place.

Tom Taylor - May 22, 2020

Polarizing welterweight fighter Mike Perry has taken another shot at Darren Till and his mother, this time on his official Twitter account. Speaking of getting clapped. @darrentill2 do you remember the sound of ye ma’s fat arse getting them cheeks clapped when ye pa’s mates would come to the flat ?

Tom Taylor - May 22, 2020

Colby Covington and Tyron Woodley both expressed interest in fighting each other recently, but the fight never came together. Instead, the UFC matched the former champ Woodley up with streaking contender Gilbert Burns.

Tom Taylor - May 22, 2020

UFC legend Ken Shamrock is interested in a fight with Mike Tyson, who recently announced plans to end his retirement. During an interview with Fight Network, Shamrock was asked if Tyson’s comeback plans have inspired him to return to competition. He responded by saying that he’s always interested in fighting, and ended up opening the door to a fight with Tyson himself.

Adam Martin - May 22, 2020

UFC women’s flyweight Paige VanZant has opened up as a big betting underdog in her upcoming fight at UFC 251 against Amanda Ribas. VanZant will take on Ribas at UFC 251, which is rumored to take place on Fight Island on July 11. The fight will take place at 125lbs. These two were previously scheduled to fight at UFC Brasilia before the fight was scratched to a VanZant injury. Now that she’s healthy again, the UFC matchmakers have decided to re-book the fight after Ribas publicly called VanZant out after beating her replacement opponent Randa Markos in Brazil.

Tom Taylor - May 22, 2020

Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley feels more focused than ever ahead of his fight with Gilbert Burns, which headlines the UFC’s May 30 event in Las Vegas. Speaking on his Hollywood Beatdown show, Woodley, who has not fought since he surrendered the title in Kamaru Usman in early 2019, weighed in on his current head-space.

Tom Taylor - May 22, 2020

UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic has a message for Daniel Cormier and his other critics: quit it with the complaints. The world is currently waiting for a tie-breaking trilogy fight between Miocic and the former champion, Cormier. The pair have fought twice previously, with Cormier winning the first fight by first-round knockout, and Miocic reclaiming the title with a fourth-round TKO in the rematch. Ever since, there’s been a desire to see them settle their score. Cormier has also made it clear that the trilogy fight will be the last fight of his career.

Harry Kettle - May 22, 2020

Glover Teixeira’s coach John Hackleman has revealed the formula behind the veteran’s recent light heavyweight resurgence. The Brazilian is currently riding a four-fight win streak, with his impressive showing against Anthony Smith serving as a warning to the rest of the division that he could still be a title contender at 205 pounds.

Natasha Hooper - May 22, 2020

Edson Barboza has slammed the UFC ranking system after dropping out of the top-15 in the lightweight division. Barboza has had a few close calls in recent fights such as his UFC 242 split decision loss to Paul Felder. In his last bout, the 34-year old appeared on the UFC on ESPN 8, making his featherweight debut against Dan Ige. Barboza came up short and lost again by split decision. His team filed an appeal, but that appeal was quickly shut down.

Harry Kettle - May 22, 2020

Mike Perry has hit out at former rival Darren Till in an expletive-filled rant as the two men reignite their long-running feud. A few years ago it seemed as if the two men were destined for a welterweight showdown, with both riding win streaks that led to Till calling Perry out in the cage after his big win over Donald Cerrone at UFC Gdansk.

Chris Taylor - May 21, 2020

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has issued a new statement after talks of a super-fight between he and Francis Ngannou broke down earlier tonight. This afternoon ‘Bones’ released some exciting news on social media stating that he was entering negotiations with the UFC for a heavyweight showdown with ‘The Predator’.

Christopher Taylor - May 21, 2020

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen absolutely ripped his bitter rival Tito Ortiz for calling out boxing legend Mike Tyson on Instagram. Earlier this morning, Ortiz took to the popular social media platform to challenge ‘Iron Mike’ to a “Legend vs Legend” bout on pay-per-view.

Cole Shelton - May 21, 2020

Francis Ngannou believes the UFC isn’t willing to make a fight between him and Jon Jones happen. Ever since Ngannou knocked out Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds at UFC 249, Jon Jones has talked about fighting him. Many thought it was fake, yet “Bones” tweeted Thursday that he was in negotiations with the UFC for the fight. Shortly after though, he said he would be walking away from the sport as the Las Vegas-based promotion wouldn’t give him what he wanted.

Cole Shelton - May 21, 2020

Paige VanZant will be making the walk to the Octagon once again. VanZant will return on July 11 at UFC 251 against Amanda Ribas in a flyweight bout according to Combate. The event could also take place on Fight Island as VanZant wrote “coming to an island near you” on social media.

Adam Martin - May 21, 2020

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones says he is walking away from mixed martial arts due to poor business offers from the UFC. Jones has been pursuing a superfight against heavyweight slugger Francis Ngannou and it appeared both men had legitimate interest in the matchup despite UFC president Dana White saying that he didn’t think both men actually wanted the fight. Still, fans and media figured that if the interest in this fight was real, that the UFC would be able to make the fight happen.

Cole Shelton - May 21, 2020

Eric Albarracin says ‘The Korean Zombie’ Chan Sung Jung is almost ready to return. Since Zombie defeated Frankie Edgar by TKO at UFC Busan last December he has been dealing with an eye injury. He ended up needing to get surgery and said he was targeting a summer return.