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The UFC put on a blockbuster card Saturday night with Islam Makhachev taking on Alexander Volkanovski for the lightweight title. The Russian Volkanovski was an underdog heading into the matchup against the American Kickboxing Academy star Makhachev. Fellow UFC star and UFC 294 participant Khamzat Chimaev’s net worth was revealed prior to his showdown with […]

UFC 294 has been quite the interesting night so far and the Main Card is in full swing on ESPN+. The card featured a ranked Light Heavyweight bout between Russia’s Magomed Ankalaev and Brazil’s Johnny Walker. After an inadvertent foul, the fight was called prematurely. What followed could have been a whole separate fight in […]

With UFC 294 approaching in late October, the league is busy making plans for its world-renowned fighters. Although the upcoming event will be hosted in Abu Dubai, Dana White has plans for a new exciting venue. The CEO wants to host a grandiose fight at the Las Vegas Sphere at The Venetian, per Pat McAfee. […]

As you may or may not know, before Kurt Angle committed to becoming a member of the WWE Universe following his legendary run with Team USA during the 1996 Olympics, he was courted by MMA to keep his shoot grappling career alive for a few more years. Now at the time, the monetary difference between […]

UFC president Dana White wants to make it clear — it isn’t confirmed that Israel Adesanya is getting a rematch with Sean Strickland. Strickland shocked the entire world when he became the new middleweight champion following a unanimous decision victory over Adesanya in the UFC 293 headliner this past weekend. Following the upset, White mentioned […]

Dricus Du Plessis’ injury that prevented him from fighting Israel Adesanya in UFC 293 is still the center of attention. He was instead replaced by Sean Strickland who wiped the octagon with Adesanya. Despite the match being over, Dana White just could not let the short notice back out go. The head honcho called out […]

The UFC and WWE have officially combined to form TKO. Following the merger between the UFC’s parent company Endeavor and the WWE that made headlines earlier this year, TKO officially launched Tuesday and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The new company will combine the forces of the two promoters with Endeavor owning […]

Sean Strickland shocked the world when he not only defeated Israel Adesanya at UFC 293 to become the new middleweight champion, but outclassed him throughout five rounds to do so. It marked Adesanya’s second defeat at 185 pounds after losing to Alex Pereira last year. While many observers were quick to ponder what was next […]

Dana White is clearly shocked by the results of the UFC 293 main event, and he couldn’t help but be disappointed by the performance of Israel Adesanya against Sean Strickland. Despite that, though, he doesn’t have any issue with the two arranging a rematch sooner rather than later. Strickland dominated his fight against Adesanya in […]

Saturday night’s UFC 293 crowd watched welterweight Charles Radtke recorded his first ever UFC win via decision against challenger Mike Mathetha in Sydney, Australia. Mathetha’s loss was Radtke’s gain as the welterweight impressed the UFC brass with his first victory inside the Octagon. Afterwards, an interview with former UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier quickly went […]

Most in the combat sports world would agree that Dricus du Plessis is next for a middleweight title shot — but that doesn’t include two of the most important men in Israel Adesanya and UFC president Dana White. Following his upset second-round TKO win over Robert Whittaker in July, du Plessis looked set to fight […]

Kurt Angle is a WWE legend, but in another time, he may have been a regular competing in MMA. As many may know by now, Angle is not only a two-time NCAA Division 1 champion, but also an Olympic gold medal winner in 1996, doing so with a broken neck. Having achieved his goal, Angle […]

UFC president Dana White isn’t on board with the idea of a fourth fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway. Holloway made it two wins in a row following his impressive third-round knockout victory over The Korean Zombie in the UFC Singapore headliner. In the process, “Blessed” continued to show that he’s a level above […]

UFC president Dana White shut down rumors of Ronda Rousey returning. It was recently reported by The Daily Mail that per a confidant of Rousey, there was a possibility of the former women’s bantamweight champion leaving the WWE and returning to the Las Vegas-based promotion for the upcoming UFC 300 anniversary event. “She just had […]

Sean O’Malley is about to make a lot more money. O’Malley became the new bantamweight champion following his second-round TKO win over Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 headliner in Boston. The 28-year-old wasn’t taken down once during the fight and managed to connect with a precise counter right that dropped Sterling as the latter […]

UFC welterweight Matt Brown doesn’t believe Chris Weidman needs to retire just yet. Weidman made his return from a gruesome leg break when he suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Brad Tavares in the featured preliminary bout of UFC 292 this past weekend. Despite not taking major damage on the right leg that was broken […]

It’s been a while since Ronda Rousey was seen fighting inside the UFC Octagon. Don’t expect her to make a comeback in the MMA promotion company with UFC president Dana White shutting down the idea. “There’s no shot,” White said about the possibility of Ronda Rousey making some sort of a last hurrah in the […]

Conor McGregor has not been seen or heard from since his loss to Dustin Poirier. The UFC star suffered a broken leg in their matchup a little over two years ago. But, he still has not made a return to the octagon. All of this held true until he started to list names. This was […]

UFC president Dana White believes Sean O’Malley is even more of a star now that he’s bantamweight champion. O’Malley became the new king at 135 pounds following a memorable second-round TKO win over Aljamain Sterling in the UFC 292 headliner last night in Boston. “Sugar” caught Sterling with a counter right while he was entering […]

Jake Paul provided a potential suggestion to help fix the issue of fighter pay in the UFC. Paul has been feuding with UFC president Dana White over fighter pay repeatedly in recent years. It’s eventually led to both individuals having heated and sometimes personal exchanges which may have detracted from the main issue at times. […]

UFC president Dana White is still working on a potential fight between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier this summer, social media went crazy with the news that Musk and Zuckerberg were interested in fighting each other with White seemingly more than ready to take care of the promotional duties. The government of […]

For UFC president Dana White, it’s very simple — you don’t get paid not to fight. A big debate in the MMA world currently is whether Stephen Thompson deserves to get paid his show money for his canceled UFC 291 fight with Michel Pereira. Thompson made the weight for the welterweight matchup, but Pereira came […]

UFC president Dana White was impressed with Nate Diaz’s performance against Jake Paul. Diaz suffered a unanimous decision defeat to Paul in their 10-round boxing match this past weekend. Although he was hurt in the first round and knocked down in the fifth, Diaz had a more than respectable performance as he went the distance […]

Conor McGregor will still be fighting Michael Chandler as expected. McGregor was expected to fight Chandler in his UFC return later this year after the two were opposing coaches in the ongoing The Ultimate Fighter 31 season. However, a number of factors including McGregor still being yet to enter the USADA drug testing pool — […]

Cory Sandhagen already talked to UFC president Dana White about his latest performance. Sandhagen made it three wins in a row following a unanimous decision victory over short-notice opponent Rob Font in the UFC Nashville headliner this past weekend. However, it was uneventful to say the least as Sandhagen resorted to wrestling Font for the […]

Conor McGregor’s return has been a long time coming for fight fans. The man known as ‘Notorious’ last stepped foot in the cage on July 10, 2021 against arch-rival Dustin Poirier, which ended in a TKO loss due to a leg injury. McGregor hasn’t won a fight since January 18, 2020 against Donald Cerrone, and […]

When it comes to UFC fighter pay, Jake Paul genuinely cares about the issue at hand. Paul is set to return to boxing action when he takes on Nate Diaz in an 10-round, 185-pound matchup taking place Saturday night in Dallas, Texas. One person who will more than likely be cheering Diaz on is UFC […]

How do you make Shayna Baszler, a borderline career heel who repeatedly discusses her enjoyment of inflicting pain and punishment on other performers via her expansive collection of submission maneuvers, a babyface? Do you give her a superhero gimmick like Nikki ASH? Have her take sympathy one an underdog and form a new tag team? […]

Ben Askren is only interested in fighting Jorge Masvidal again under MMA rules. Masvidal, who like Askren, is now retired, recently revealed he would come out of retirement to face the latter, but only in a boxing match. “I heard Ben Askren said he’d come out of retirement to fight me,” Masvidal told TMZ Sports […]

UFC president Dana White teased the possibility of a Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall heavyweight fight in an interview with TNT Sports. “Imagine if we could end up with an England vs. Jon Jones fight,” White said. Aspinall returns to the Octagon on Saturday at UFC Fight Night in London against Marcin Tybura. White suggested […]

Georges St-Pierre is a UFC Hall-of-Famer from the Class of 2020 widely considered to be one of the best mixed martial artists of all-time. St-Pierre retired from the UFC with a 26-2 overall record. The French Canadian from Saint-Isidore, Montérégie, Quebec born MMA superstar has been busy focusing on Brazilian jiu-jitsu, fitness, and similar pursuits […]

Leon Edwards will definitely be fighting before the end of the year. Edwards is coming off his first welterweight title defense after a majority decision victory over former champion Kamaru Usman in their trilogy fight at UFC 286 back in March. Right from the get-go, UFC president Dana White revealed Colby Covington would be next […]

UFC 290 only just recently concluded earlier this month and that means one thing — we are all but 10 months away from UFC 300. Although not official, the landmark anniversary event is set to ideally take place in April next year and given how stacked UFC 100 and UFC 200 were, fight fans can […]

With a spectacular International Fight Week and UFC 290 all wrapped up, MMA fans are still reeling with excitement from the action-packed night of fights. Things weren’t so sweet for UFC Welterweight contender Jack Della Maddalena, however, as his fight with Josiah Harrell was pulled at the last minute. Now, Della Maddalena wants to fight […]

UFC 290 featured a handful of incredible fights, but the match of the night took place between Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez. With the UFC featherweight title on the line, Volkanovski ended up dispatching Rodriguez four minutes and 19 seconds into the third round of the match to retain the belt, and his performance drew […]

Alexander Volkanovski could find himself facing Islam Makhachev again this year. Volkanovski earned another defense of his featherweight title following a dominant victory over Yair Rodriguez in the UFC 290 headliner last night in Las Vegas. After taking Rodriguez down the first two rounds — and notably opening cuts on with some elbows in the […]

It’s official. Jon Jones versus Stipe Miocic is happening later this year, with UFC president Dana White confirming the fight himself. With UFC International Fight week currently happening in Vegas, White took the opportunity to made the big announcement. The promotion’s boss said that Jones vs. Miocic will be headlining the UFC 295 that is […]

It’s no secret that Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler absolutely despise each other, which is why The Ultimate Fighter is such an entertaining watch for fans right now because both UFC stars are the coaches on the show. Well, things got absolutely heated on Tuesday night and by no surprise, the Irishman was the one […]

UFC president Dana White defended his interest in making Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg — a fight he believes isn’t a gimmick. Ever since Musk and Zuckerberg seemingly agreed to having a billionaire showdown on social media, White has been aggressively hyping it up and seems all but ready to promote it under the UFC […]