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Dan Hardy is an excellent analyst and he has taken a look at the upcoming grudge match between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. This appears to be another fight that people see as a grappler vs striker matchup. The main event of UFC 272 has Colby Covington and his excellent cardio taking […]

Darren Till and Uriah Hall appear to be circling each other after both men lost their last fight. Till actually found himself quite surprised when Hall called him out for his next UFC fight. The English UFC middleweight has been focusing on his comeback and is currently in Sweden training with Khamzat Chimaev. Darren Till […]

Brian Kelleher is set to take on Umar Nurmagomedov at UFC 272 on Saturday. The fight has a lot of hype behind it as Nurmagomedov is undefeated and Kelleher represents a big test. Umar Nurmagomedov gets compared to Khabib Nurmagomedov and sports a reputation as a tough Russian wrestler. Brian Kelleher is aware of the […]

Colby Covington has beef with many of his former teammates at American Top Team. One of those is with UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier and things have not gotten better between the two. Dustin Poirier has said many things about Colby Covington in the past and it’s clear the two don’t like each other. The UFC […]

Former UFC star Cain Velasquez was arrested on Monday night on an arrested murder charge and the shocking details have emerged from the incident. Per TMZ Sports, Velasquez rammed his truck into the vehicle of a man who allegedly molested one of his family members then proceeded to fire numerous bullets at the car and […]

Conor McGregor is interested in buying Chelsea Football Club from owner Roman Abramovich. The MMA fighter expressed his interest via Twitter Wednesday morning, shortly after Abramovich announced that it was up for sale. He tagged the official Twitter account of Chelsea in his tweet, writing, “I wish to explore this.” I wish to explore this. […]

It’s no surprise that Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are bringing violent intentions to their bout at UFC 272. The two famously don’t like each other and plan on ending things on a brutal note. Colby Covington is hoping to make Jorge Masvidal suffer and quit in the main event of UFC 272. The welterweight […]

Darren Till is currently out in Sweden training with Khamzat Chimaev. The UFC middleweight has been getting many positive messages from people seeing them train together and becoming friends. One of Darren Till’s first interactions with Khamzat Chimaev was quite a funny one. The UFC contender spoke about it with ESPN and explained why he […]

Israel Adesanya has been asked by many people if he would be interested in fighting UFC welterweight, Khamzat Chimaev. The current middleweight champion has been doing his best to shut down that possibility. It seems there is some interest in the matchup from the UFC middleweight champion. Israel Adesanya admits he is paying attention to […]

Jon Anik is a big fan of the UFC 272 main event between Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal. The UFC commentator knows both men very well and has been a big fan of Masvidal. The fight is a very important one at welterweight and Jon Anik believes the loser will find themselves in a very […]

Rafael dos Anjos finds himself in a tricky spot after Rafael Fiziev was forced to pull out of their fight at UFC 272. There were talks of Islam Makhachev potentially filling in and facing the Brazilian. Islam Makhachev is coming off of a big win over Bobby Green at UFC Vegas 49 this past weekend. […]

There has been a lot of talk about Conor McGregor potentially getting the next title shot at lightweight. UFC President Dana White was recently asked about it and it looks like there is a chance. There was talk of Conor McGregor getting the next title shot after UFC 269 went down. Dana White was asked […]

Bobby Green suffered a tough first-round, TKO loss to Islam Makhachev at UFC Vegas 49. The lightweight veteran stepped up on short notice to fill in for the injured Beneil Dariush. The loss was a tough one and Bobby Green had never lost in that fashion before. The wrestling and pressure were very big factors […]

Khabib Nurmagomedov was in the corner of Islam Makhachev at UFC Vegas 49 and was coaching him through his dominant victory. So far he has been excellent as a coach and has been very happy with his people. Islam Makhachev beat Bobby Green by TKO in the first round at UFC Vegas 49. Coach Khabib […]

Colby Covington has officially won only one UFC belt in his career and that’s the interim welterweight title back at UFC 225 in Chicago. He quickly went on to make fun of Jorge Masvidal and his ‘BMF’ belt. The two are set to meet in the main event of UFC 272 on Saturday with no […]

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested on Monday night over an attempted murder charge. The Mexican fighter was said to have spent the night in jail and appears to still be in custody of the authorities, according to a report from TMZ. Details surrounding the specifics of his arrest are unclear — though […]

Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are finally going to fight in the main event of UFC 272. The build-up to the fight has been very nasty and both men have been going at each other for weeks. Colby Covington recently spoke to TMZ and revealed what he plans to do to Jorge Masvidal at UFC […]

Kamaru Usman has fought both Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal in his title reign at welterweight. So it’s normal that ahead of UFC 272 he’s given advice to both fighters. The current UFC welterweight champion sees the fight as very close but believes both fighters are underestimating each other. Both men seem to think they […]

Conor McGregor has reached the point in his fame where everyone wants to know what he’s really like behind the scenes. The former UFC champion has a larger-than-life persona and it’s made him very famous. The Irishman’s bodyguard recently did an interview, that has since been deleted, where he discussed what the Irishman is actually […]

Kamaru Usman has fought Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal two times each and is currently 4-0 against the two men. The UFC welterweight champion knows them very well heading into their big fight on March 5. It’s only natural that Kamaru Usman would be asked his pick for the main event of UFC 272. The […]

Francis Ngannou finds himself in a very tricky spot with the UFC as he wants to be able to box while still under contract with the promotion. Current heavyweight contender Curtis Blaydes recently gave his take on his former opponent being able to enter the boxing world. Curtis Blaydes brought up Conor McGregor as an […]

Things almost got violent between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington back when they were both still training at American Top Team. It all started at a UFC event and Dana White got involved. “I go back to my seat and I see him waving down Dana White,” Masvidal recalled to ESPN ahead of UFC 272. “And I go, […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk has made it very clear that she is not a fan of Colby Covington heading into his fight at UFC 272. The former strawweight champion recently went off on him and reminded him that he’s not Conor McGregor. Joanna Jedrzejczyk was recently on MMA Fighting’s The Fighter vs. The Writer podcast, where she […]

UFC Vegas 49 comes together after an injury forced a reshuffling of the main event. Bobby Green replaces Beniel Dariush on 10-days notice to take on Russia’s Islam Makhachev. The winner is expected to get a lightweight title shot against the winner of Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje. Green has a reputation for being a […]

Islam Makhachev is expecting to run through the UFC lightweight division with his excellent wrestling skills. He also expects his skills to translate well against the champion, Charles Oliveria. Charles Oliveira has excellent Brazilian jiu-jitsu and has been submitting many high-level UFC lightweights. Islam Makhachev isn’t worried about that considering the wrestling aspect of the […]

Colby Covington having beef with anyone in the UFC is not news. He has managed to turn friendships with fighters like Jorge Masvidal and Jon Jones, into ugly situations that get personal. The controversial UFC welterweight recently went off on both men and didn’t hesitate to hurl accusations at them. It appears he thinks Jon […]

Chael Sonnen has had quite an interesting UFC career and has seemingly experienced everything. As it turns out though, that almost wasn’t the case. He saved his career with a bold move. The story goes, he was in California and dealing with a shady situation. The UFC middleweight took a fight on short notice and […]

Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington are about to meet in the main event of UFC 272. The grudge match will see them finally fight after their friendship came to a nasty end. Jorge Masvidal has been firing shots at Colby Covington and recently revealed the truth about the way he used to take criticism from […]

It seems everyone was talking about the return of Conor McGregor to the UFC except for the Irishman himself. The former two-division champion was present at Bellator 275 where he revealed what’s next. Conor McGregor made it clear that he wants a title shot next. Even if it seems like Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje […]

Thiago Alves has been out of MMA since 2019 but his name will always be linked with the UFC. The Brazilian has been in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship since 2020 and has gone 2-0 so far. Coming back to MMA is something the former UFC fighter has spoken about in the past. Thiago Alves was […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk is an interesting person to ask her take on Colby Covington vs Jorge Masvidal at UFC 272. She has trained with both but she famously doesn’t like Covington. The former UFC strawweight champion is still able to appreciate Colby Covington’s abilities as a fighter though. It’s just she can’t help but stick with […]

Henry Cejudo has been quite the character in the MMA space after retiring from the UFC in 2020. He is now working with Chan Sung Jung ahead of his featherweight title fight against Alexander Volkanovski. Korean Zombie was a little bit skeptical at first considering the way Henry Cejudo acts online. The UFC featherweight was […]

Bobby Green did what seemingly no other man would do when he agreed to step in and face Islam Makhachev on short notice at UFC Vegas 49. He was coming off of a great fight at UFC 271 and agreed to fight two weeks after. Obviously, the weight was a factor and Bobby Green wasn’t […]

Jessica-Rose Clark suffered a tough loss Saturday at UFC Vegas 48 against Swiss fighter Stephanie Egger. The result was a submission in the first round with Egger finding the armbar very quickly. Jessica-Rose Clark spoke out after the fight and revealed that she was suffering from performance anxiety. Many UFC fighters go through it but […]

Israel Adesanya and Kamaru Usman have been linked for a super-fight against each other by Ali Abdelaziz. Abdelaziz is currently Usman’s manager and he made some recent comments about the two UFC champions fighting each other. The UFC middleweight champion was recently on The MMA Hour he did not hold back on Kamaru Usman’s manager. It’s […]

The Korean Zombie had his first UFC title shot against Jose Aldo back in 2013. He would go on to lose by fourth-round TKO and he took almost four years off to do his Korean military service. Almost a decade later, Korean Zombie is set to fight for the title against Alexander Volkanovski at UFC […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk has not foguht in the UFC isnce she competed in March 2020 against Weili Zhang. The former strawweight champion has been looking to come back and she has said she wants big fights. There has been plenty of talk about a rematch with Weili Zhang. It currently looks like it would be complicated […]

It has been rumored that Islam Makhachev will be getting the next title shot should he get past Bobby Green on Saturday. However, Conor McGregor could be someone the UFC would be interested in. Javier Mendez, Makhachev’s coach, was not happy with that possibility. Javier Mendez coaches at American Kickboxing Academy where he also works […]

Detroit Urban Survival Training’s Dale Brown surprised many people when it was announced that he would be in the corner of Joaquin Buckley at UFC Vegas 48. He was seen walking out with Buckley and everyone was excited to see what he would do in between rounds. Unfortunately, ESPN went to commercial instantly when the […]