At Bellator 290 on Feb. 4 in Inglewood, Calif., 16 of the 28 fighters on the card gained more than 10 percent of their weight back. Two of those 16 exceeded the 15 percent threshold. MMA Junkie obtained a list of fight-night weights Monday from California State Athletic Commission executive director Andy Foster. In California,
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Kenny Florian & Jake Ellenberger count down the Top 5 Nicest Fighters in the UFC. Watch the full episode now on UFC FIGHT PASS. http://www.ufc.tv/category/ufc-now
Jack Della Maddalena previews his #ufc284 fight against Randy Brown and discusses the plethora of talented up-and-comers at 170 pounds, why Leon Edwards is going to defeat Kamaru Usman again, plus more. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4f1JueVgo5t9HSmobCRPug/join Subscribe to MMA Fighting on YouTube: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Subscribe to The MMA Hour on iTunes:
Conor McGregor has a fan in NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal. O’Neal is no MMA expert, but he’s definitely a fan of the sport. He was asked about McGregor’s return, and the four-time NBA champion said he has no doubt the former UFC double champion will get back to the top. He thinks they’re both cut
PERTH, Australia – Alexander Volkanovski was more durable than Islam Makhachev expected. Lightweight champion Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) was confident that he could knock out featherweight champ Volkanovski (25-2 MMA, 12-1 UFC) in this past Saturday’s UFC 284 headliner at RAC Arena, but he wasn’t able to. Makhachev did retain his title, though, beating Volkanovski by
Jens Pulver lost all hope of ever being inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. For years, Pulver’s friends, family and peers have campaigned for his spot in the UFC Hall of Fame but to no avail. That is, until it finally came to fruition when it was announced Saturday during the UFC 284 broadcast
Dan Hooker claims Islam Makhachev is a ‘cheating dog’ for alleged IV use Dan Hooker is making some big accusations about UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev. According to Hooker, Makhachev used an IV leading up to his fight with UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. A fight that would go to the judges in favor of
Check out this week’s “Spinning Back Clique,” MMA Junkie’s weekly live show that takes a spin through the biggest topics in mixed martial arts. This week’s panel of Brian “Goze” Garcia, Nolan King and Dan Tom will join host “Gorgeous” George Garcia live at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) to discuss and debate: The UFC
BKFC flyweight champion Christine Ferea will no longer compete at the upcoming BKFC KnuckleMania 3 card on Feb. 17, but she already has her next assignment booked. After losing her original opponent Usanakorn Thawilsuhannawang at the last minute, Ferea will now face ex-bare knuckle champion Bec Rawlings at an upcoming BKFC card scheduled in April.
Few pro wrestlers have been as successful within a promotion over the past couple years as Alexander Hammerstone has been with Major League Wrestling. Since coming to MLW in 2019, Hammerstone has consistently been at the top of the promotion, holding multiple titles including the Openweight National Championship and currently the World Heavyweight Championship, a
The UFC made its return to Australia after more than four years Saturday with UFC 284, which took place at RAC Arena in Perth and marked an historic event. In the headlining act, Islam Makhachev (24-1 MMA, 13-1 UFC) successfully defended his lightweight title for the first time when he earned a unanimous decision win
PERTH, Australia – Jack Della Maddalena has some fun ideas. The UFC welterweight prospect pitched a potential matchup against veteran and fellow striking standout Vicente Luque following his most recent win in the octagon. Maddalena (14-2 MMA, 4-0 UFC) rocked and then submitted opponent Randy Brown with a rear-naked choke in the first round of
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After watching UFC 284 title fight, Alexander Volkanovski thinks that he won After watching his UFC 284 lightweight title bout against champion Islam Makhachev, Alexander Volkanovski believes that he won the fight. Volkanovski and Makhachev fought to a five-round decision at RAC Arena inPerth, Australia with Makhachev being declared the winner by unanimous decision. Once
PERTH, Australia – Israel Adesanya is in full support of Francis Ngannou’s decision to leave the UFC. The former UFC middleweight champion thinks Ngannou made the right call when he opted out of re-signing with the UFC and instead headed to free agency and left behind his UFC heavyweight title. Ngannou’s decision to leave the
Tom Aspinall is not interested in your complaints about UFC 284’s main event between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski. These days, it seems there is rarely a UFC event that takes place without generating at least a bit of judging controversy, and UFC 284 was no different. The main event was for the lightweight title
What mattered most at UFC 284 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia? Here are a few post-fight musings … 5. Loma Lookboonmee levels up [embedded content] Perhaps the most surprising outcome of the UFC 284 prelims came in the strawweight fight between Loma Lookboonmee and Elise Reed. Lookboonmee (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) is a noted