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Paddy Pimblett has continued to be a huge fan favorite now that he is with the UFC. There are a lot of talks on what he could do with the promotion and what cards he could headline, including Anfield in Liverpool. The UFC lightweight got brutally honest when talking about fighting at Anfield. He doesn’t […]

Javier Mendez has some of the best Russian lightweights training at his MMA gym, AKA. He has two very big names in Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev. He spoke about the two potentially facing current lightweight UFC champion, Charles Oliveira. Javier Mendez is obviously going to be on the side of his two UFC fighters. […]

It was announced this week that Colby Covington will be taking on Jorge Masvidal in the main event of UFC 272. Many fighters have given their takes on the fight including light heavyweight title contender, Anthony Smith. Anthony Smith has proven to be an excellent analyst in the UFC and is good at analyzing matchups. […]

Kevin Holland is known affectionately as ‘big mouth’ for good reason. The now UFC welterweight has run into problems on social media with everyone in his former division blocking him. Kevin Holland likes to DM his opponents on Instagram and talk trash to them. It appears like the UFC middleweights had enough of it. “[Marvin] […]

Michael Bisping recently spoke about Colby Covington and the character he puts on. The UFC welterweight has a pro-wrestling style character that he plays and he’s known for crossing the line. It has worked to an extent and he has become a big name in the UFC. Michael Bisping recently talked about Covington outside of […]

Chase Sherman had managed to climb his way back up to the UFC after going back to the regional scene. He was able to make his debut for the promotion and win it with a big knockout. Things soured after that when he was fined $5,000 by the Athletic Commission for a failed drug test. […]

Francis Ngannou and his former coach, Fernand Lopez, have been going back and forth for a long time. Most of it comes from Lopez as he has been firing shots at the UFC champion. Recently, Francis Ngannou revealed that he was warned ahead of time about Fernand Lopez. In an interview with the UFC, the […]

Colby Covington has kicked off the trash talk with Jorge Masvidal and things have already gotten ugly. The two are set to headline UFC 270 and the build-up to the event is expected to be both fun and brutal. Colby Covington went off on Jorge Masvidal in a recent interview with The Mac Life and […]

Brandon Moreno is about to enter his first title defense against Deiveson Figueiredo in a trilogy at UFC 270. He wants to be a champion for a long time and has big ambitions for his title reign. Brandon Moreno has had to shift his focus after becoming UFC flyweight champion. Now he has different goals […]

Giga Chikadze has a different plan when it comes to the way he talks. The Georgian UFC fighter plans to take more trash and express himself about the featherweight division. That goes for the new title fight between Alexander Volkanovski and The Korean Zombie. The Georgian featherweight currently has a UFC main event fight against […]

Calvin Kattar is set to take on a tough kickboxer in Giga Chikadze in the main event of UFC Vegas 46 on Saturday. The fight could help determine who gets the next title shot at featherweight. Calvin Kattar is very respectful towards his opponent but believes he’s on another level. The UFC featherweights match up […]

Anthony Smith recently gave his thoughts on the issues between Daniel Cormier and Dominick Cruz from UFC 269. The two famously got into a spat after Cruz said some negative things about Cormier’s commentary. The two have now resolved the issues but it did bring up the larger question of how good UFC commentators are […]

Jennifer Maia had a tough fight with UFC flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko last year. She was able to get a title shot after getting a short-notice win over Joanna Wood. Fighting Valentina Shevchenko is a very tough task for any woman in the UFC flyweight division. Jennifer Maia still found the positive from the loss. […]

Daniel Cormier might just be the perfect person to talk about Jon Jones fighting in the UFC’s heavyweight division. Cormier became a champion in that division and has fought Jones two times before. It’s not quite clear what’s next for Jon Jones in the UFC but he is training in a new gym with Henry […]

Fernand Lopez has been firing shots at his former student, Francis Ngannou, for weeks heading into his title fight at UFC 270. The two worked together for years before having a nasty split. He recently spoke out about Francis Ngannou branching out into boxing and fighting people like Tyson Fury. The former UFC champion’s coach […]

Anthony Smith recently recalled that he had heard about the legendary Khamzat Chimaev before he entered the UFC. The Swedish fighter was training with some of the biggest fighters in Sweden. Anthony Smith was recently on Michael Bisping’s Believe You Me podcast. He talked about how he’d heard about Khamzat Chimaev before he was even […]

Daniel Cormier recently spoke out about the upcoming fight between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane that’s set for UFC 270. It seems like there is a lot of talk about things outside of the fight leading up to it. The former two-division UFC champion made sure to remind Francis Ngannou that it was only his […]

Former MMA referee, Big John McCarthy had some harsh words for UFC champion Francis Ngannou’s ex-coach, Fernand Lopez. This comes after Lopez talked about Ngannou’s sparring session with Ciryl Gane. Fernand Lopez claims that Ciryl Gane dropped Francis Ngannou with a knee to the liver during their sparring session. The claim came ahead of their […]

Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal are finally booked to face each other as the main event of UFC 272. The fight comes after months of the two going at each other and setting up the future matchup. Jorge Masvidal was supposed to face Leon Edwards at UFC 269 but was forced to pull out due […]

Sean O’Malley is one of the many people that reacted to the surprising news that the UFC would be upping their pay-per-view prices. The decision came from ESPN as they are broadcast partners. The price of the monthly UFC events is now up to $74.99. A five-dollar increase from the old price which was increased […]

Francis Ngannou shares a lot of similarities with former UFC welterweight champion, Georges St-Pierre. One of those is that both men speak French. This was a big thing when the two met recently and spoke about their careers. The former UFC champion had some good advice for Francis Ngannou based on his own mistakes. “I […]

The current drama going around right now in the UFC is the situation between the recently separated JP Buys and Cheyanne Vlismas. The two were famously married and then their separation brought a lot of attention a few months ago. Recently, Cheyanne Vlismas did an interview where she said she was in hiding and explained […]

There have been rumors circulating that the UFC is trying to book Michael Chandler vs Tony Ferguson next. The two have been going back and forth on Twitter for a long time. Michael Chandler recently spoke about the fight on The MMA Hour. It looks like there are a few obstacles in the way of […]

Jake Paul and Dana White have been feuding for what feels like forever. The UFC President has recently been challenging Paul and going back and forth with him. Former UFC fighter, Brendan Schaub, explained what the feud between the two men really means. He thinks Dana White is threatened by Jake Paul. “Say what you […]

The story between Cheyanne Vlismas and JP Buys continues to develop as the two have been involved in a very public and nasty divorce. The two UFC fighters have been going back and forth in interviews and social media. It all started when Cheyanne Vlismas did an interview with Mike Heck of MMAFighting where she […]

Robert Whittaker heads into his rematch with Israel Adesanya at UFC 271 ready to do things differently than the first time. The last fight resulted in a second-round TKO loss for the Australian. Israel Adesanya has only lost one fight since then, a UFC light heavyweight title fight against Jan Blachowicz. The loss came after […]

Conor McGregor has been making the rounds on social media after making it clear he wants the next UFC lightweight title shot against Charles Oliveira. Daniel Cormier has recently spoken out on the potential fight. It didn’t seem like a realistic option at first but now it looks like the UFC could be interested in […]

Twitter went crazy on Friday when it was announced that Max Holloway was out of his title fight against Alex Volkanovski at UFC 273. It seemed like everyone in the featherweight division was ready to step in and replace the Hawaiian. There were many options for the UFC champion including Josh Emmett, Chan Sung Jung, […]

Mark Hunt has been in a very public feud with the UFC for a few years now. The situation is quite complicated and a lot of it has to do with his fight with Brock Lesnar almost six years ago. Mark Hunt has been a huge supporter of MMA fighters in Australia and New Zealand. […]

Cheyanne Vlismas has been in the news lately after her divorce from her UFC fighter husband, JP Buys, became public. The fans have not been able to help themselves and have been following along with all of the drama. The drama continued when Cheyanne Vliasmas did an interview recently and revealed that she was overseas […]

Holly Holm has been part of some big things in her UFC career as she has managed to create history in two different divisions. Her career saw her fight in the first UFC women’s featherweight title fight and become the first person to beat Ronda Rousey. Holly Holm has been bouncing between the two divisions […]

Chael Sonnen is the latest person to give his opinion on a rumored boxing match between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. The UFC heavyweight has been putting on the boxing gloves and is hoping to take on some big names. Chael Sonnen got brutally honest as talked about Tyson Fury wanting to take on Francis […]

Alexander Gustafsson trains with Khamzat Chimaev and has seen firsthand just how good the UFC welterweight is. The Swedish light heavyweight sees him being one of the greatest fighters ever at welterweight. The greats at welterweight include legends like Georges St-Pierre and Khabib Nurmagomedov. The UFC light heavyweight thinks he could even surpass the two […]

Derrick Lewis last fought in Houston at UFC 265 where he lost by TKO to Ciryl Gane. Lewis was in front of his home crowd of Houston, Texas. It should have been a great experience but it ended up being exactly the opposite for the heavyweight. Derrick Lewis admits there was a ton of pressure […]

2022 started off with some rough news in the comedy world as TMZ reported that beloved Comedian, Bob Saget had passed away. He was good friends with UFC commentator, Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan reacted to the news with a sad post on Instagram. The UFC commentator acknowledged the sad news and said some kind words. […]

Many UFC fighters have been trying to cross over into boxing in order to earn a big payday. Sean O’Malley has expressed interest recently in boxing Gervonta Davis. Francis Ngannou is the most famous one so far as he wants to take on Tyson Fury. Francis Ngannou seems to have a small window of opportunity […]

SpongeBob is not a name you normally hear when talking about UFC fighters. Yet somehow, he ended up being Cub Swanson’s inspiration heading into his last fight against Darren Elkins. Cub Swanson won the fight by TKO in a dominant performance. He later spoke to MMAJunkie and explained how SpongeBob was the inspiration behind his […]

Kamaru Usman shocked his Snapchat followers when he posted a story where he told his haters to ‘kill’ themselves. The UFC welterweight champion soon came out and explained what exactly was going on. “Whomever you are watching my story please choke yourself. 2022 just started and your life is centered around others. Better yet, KILL […]

Alexander Gustafsson trains with Khamzat Chimaev and has seen just how good the Swedish-Russian UFC fighter is. He even believes the welterweight prospect would do serious damage to Kamaru Usman. Alexander Gustafsson has been in some of the biggest fights in the UFC. He knows talent and believes Khamzat Chimaev is the next great fighter […]