UFC News
Tony Ferguson explains why he turned down fight with Max Holloway at UFC 236
Chris Taylor - February 23, 2019
Tony Ferguson was offered an interim lightweight title fight with reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway for April’s UFC 236 pay-per-view event. Unfortunately for fight fans hoping to see a war between “El Cucuy” and “Blessed”, Tony Ferguson utlimately turned down the matchup.
John Dodson plans 'to beat up' TJ Dillashaw and Marlon Moraes in rematches
Drake Riggs - February 23, 2019
A great question for any MMA trivia quiz would be; ‘Who handed TJ Dillashaw his first career defeat?’ If you answered with John Dodson, that would be correct. Cast members on season 14 of The Ultimate Fighter in 2011, Dodson represented Team Mayhem while Dillashaw was on Team Bisping.
Feeling like a beast again, Robbie Lawler doesn't care for Ben Askren's talk
Drake Riggs - February 23, 2019
2018 was a fantastic year of MMA action. Out of all the great fights and performances we saw, none of them happened to include the ‘Ruthless’ former UFC welterweight king, Robbie Lawler. The reason for that being due to a torn ACL suffered in his last fight with Rafael Dos Anjos which took place in December 2017. Lawler would lose the bout via unanimous decision.
Max Holloway returns at UFC 236 for interim lightweight title fight with Dustin Poirier
Cole Shelton - February 22, 2019
UFC 236 is now set to feature two interim title fights. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Max Holloway will be moving up in weight at UFC 236 to take on Dustin Poirier for the UFC’s interim lightweight belt.
Jon Jones says 'my goal is to be active' following UFC 235
Drake Riggs - February 22, 2019
UFC 232 closed out 2018 as the final UFC event of the year. Returning in the headliner was one of the sports all time greats in former light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. In the main event, Jones would reclaim the vacant title by defeating Alexander Gustafsson for the second time as he would pick up a third-round TKO victory.
Dominick Cruz slams 'weak-minded' TJ Dillashaw for handling of Henry Cejudo loss
Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019
UFC bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw did not agree with his stoppage loss to UFC flyweight champ Henry Cejudo. Ever since the loss, he’s been adamant that the referee intervened too early, and that he should have been given more time recover. Former champ Dominick Cruz, one of Dillashaw’s chief rivals, isn’t impressed with these complaints. “I look at this and say, is this how insignificantly stupid you are?” Cruz said on the the UFC Unfiltered podcast (transcript via MMA Fighting). “To think you complaining and whining about a stoppage is gonna change anything? You just sound like a moron. Like, nothing is gonna change. You might as well just accept what just happened to you and try to grab a hold of your balls instead of run from them and admit the loss. Because you just got knocked out by a [125er]. And you dropped down to a weight class that dried out your brain and you might not have been as durable as you are at 135.”
Tyron Woodley reveals Georges St-Pierre turned down fights with him 'five or six times'
Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019
UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has been chasing a fight with Georges St-Pierre for years. Now that St-Pierre is retired, however, it would seem to be forever off the table. Speaking to TMZ shortly after St-Pierre’s retirement message, Tyron Woodley revealed that he approached the UFC about a fight with the Canadian legend multiple times, but that St-Pierre turned it down each time.
UFC Phoenix salaries: Cain Velasquez made bank for Ngannou loss
Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019
Last Sunday night at UFC Phoenix, former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez returned to the cage after nearly three years away, where he battled fearsome heavyweight knockout artist Francis Ngannou. While this fight went rather disastrously for Velasquez — he was stopped in less than thirty seconds and injured his knee — he was at least well compensated for his efforts.
EXCLUSIVE | Liz Carmouche struggled to find willing opponent ahead of UFC Prague fight
Cole Shelton - February 22, 2019
Liz Carmouche last fought in July of 2018 and wanted to return sooner. She will finally get that chance on Saturday when the UFC makes its debut in the Czech Republic. “I’m ready to fight,” Carmouche said to BJPENN.com. “That’s what I’m looking forward to. I haven’t fought since July and I have been nagging the UFC. I have tried to get booked well before but I’m excited to finally be able to go out there and do what I do.”
UFC Prague weigh-in results: Headliners on point, two fighters miss weight
Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019
Tomorrow night, the UFC will touch down in the Czech Republic with the exciting UFC Prague card. This card will be topped by a light heavyweight contender bout between fearsome Pole Jan Blachowicz and Brazilian kamikaze Thiago Santos. The winner figures to fit right into the light heavyweight title picture.
UFC Prague: More reasons to watch
Mike Straus - February 22, 2019
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to our screens this weekend with the exciting UFC Prague card. While this event in Prague, Czech Republic may not have any marquee names like Conor McGregor and Jon Jones, there are plenty of fun and interesting fights scattered throughout the evening’s 13-fight line up.
Mackenzie Dern announces pregnancy
Tom Taylor - February 22, 2019
Fan favorite UFC flyweight contender Mackenzie Dern won’t be fighting for awhile. Early on Friday morning, Dern shared the exciting news that she is pregnant. See her announcement below:
Opinion | Move over Brock Lesnar, Francis Ngannou should be next in line to challenge Daniel Cormier
Jordy McElroy - February 21, 2019
26 seconds. That’s the time it took for the human destroyer, Francis Ngannou, to put down arguably the greatest heavyweight fighter in MMA history at the UFC’s inaugural ESPN event.
Amanda Nunes looking at two more fights before retirement
Drake Riggs - February 21, 2019
In 2019, it’s become very hard to deny Amanda Nunes of being the greatest female fighter of all time. The first and only dual-division women’s champion has beaten a who’s who throughout her career. That of which includes the two seemingly unbeatable fighters in former bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and former featherweight champion Cris ‘Cyborg’ Justino. The list goes on, of course.
Nick Diaz trolls 'b***h' Georges St-Pierre after retirement
Thomas Taylor - February 21, 2019
Georges St-Pierre is now officially retired. As expected, the Canadian MMA legend announced the end of his fighting career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal., the very same arena he fought in so many times. In the wake of this news, many top fighters took to social media to offer Georges St-Pierre messages of respect and congratulations. Not everybody, however, has love for the former welterweight and middleweight champ.
MMA stars pay tribute to retired Georges St-Pierre
Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019
Georges St-Pierre is officially retired. The former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion closed the curtains on his combat career at a Thursday morning press conference inside the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. As expected, the retirement of Georges St-Pierre generated lots of interesting reactions on social media — most notably some messages of congratulations and well-wishes from a host of his fellow fighters.
UFC Phoenix medical suspensions: Cain Velasquez gets lengthy sit after Ngannou loss
Cole Shelton - February 21, 2019
On Sunday, the UFC held its first show on big ESPN, where Cain Velasquez made his long-awaited return to the Octagon to take on Francis Ngannou in Phoenix, Arizona. The fight had tons of anticipation, and UFC Phoenix ultimately drew the best Fight Night viewershipnumbers in three years.
Georges St-Pierre names the proudest moment of his MMA career
Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019
Speaking shortly after he officially announced his retirement from mixed martial arts at a Thursday morning press conference in Montreal, Georges St-Pierre opened up on the proudest moment of his career. His answer will likely to be surprising to some fans.