If Jake Paul needs a debut opponent in mixed martial arts, a familiar foe is willing to step up. Paul intends to make his MMA debut after partnering with PFL. CEO Peter Murray expects “The Problem Child” to enter the cage in 2025. Paul’s lone loss in boxing came by split decision to Tommy Fury
Day: September 19, 2024
In the weeks leading up to UFC 306, Dana White professed over and over that the event, also known as Noche UFC and taking place on Mexican Independence Day weekend, would be “a love letter to the Mexican people.” Nobody knew exactly what that meant until fight week, when White revealed that UFC 306 would
Watching Diego Lopes dominate Brian Ortega gave Dan Ige a better gauge of where he stands in the UFC featherweight division. Lopes (26-6 MMA, 5-1 UFC) battered former title challenger Ortega this past Saturday at UFC 306 to emerge as a title contender. Prior to that, Lopes was tested in a unanimous decision win over
Ben Askren didn’t hold back on Conor McGregor after his fight with Michael Chandler officially fell through. McGregor (22-6 MMA, 10-4 UFC) was scheduled to return from a three-year layoff to face Chandler (23-8 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 303 in June but withdrew after breaking his pinky toe. Chandler exercised plenty of patience waiting
Tatsuro Taira will look to cement himself as No. 1 contender at UFC Fight Night 244. Taira (16-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) takes on former title challenger Brandon Royval (16-7 MMA, 6-3 UFC) in the Oct. 12 main event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Another pivotal flyweight clash between former champion Brandon Moreno and
Paul Hughes plans to take A.J. McKee’s spot in the queue for Bellator lightweight champion Usman Nurmagomedov. Hughes (12-1) will face McKee (22-1) in a key 155-pound bout at PFL: Battle of the Giant on Oct. 19 at The Mayadeen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN+). Champ Nurmagomedov said after his recent title defense
Andreas Hale, ESPNSep 18, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aljamain Sterling has pulled out of his UFC 307 featherweight fight with Movsar Evloev due to an injury. The former bantamweight champion was slated to compete for a second time as a featherweight after dropping his 135-pound title to Sean O’Malley in August 2023.
Demetrious Johnson sees UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili having a major advantage over Umar Nurmagomedov. Dvalishvili (18-4 MMA, 11-2 UFC) defeated Sean O’Malley (18-2 MMA, 10-2 UFC) in a dominant decision win to claim the bantamweight title in Saturday’s UFC 306 main event at Sphere in Las Vegas. Umar Nurmagomedov (18-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) is
Kevin Lee is going back to his origins. The Detroit-born Lee (19-8) will make his MMA return Sept. 28 at Lights Out Championship 17 at Hype Athletics Wayne in Wayne, Mich., promotion officials told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. The event streams on Spectation Sports, which also confirmed the bout to MMA Junkie. This fight will
Max Holloway thinks the UFC purposely avoided matching him up with Ilia Topuria until now. Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC) challenges featherweight champion Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) in the UFC 308 main event Oct. 26 at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Topuria defeated Bryce Mitchell and Josh Emmett to earn his title shot against
Ali Abdelaziz thinks Sean O’Malley is still the biggest fight in the bantamweight division. O’Malley (18-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) lost his bantamweight title to Merab Dvalishvili by unanimous decision in Saturday’s UFC 306 main event. It was later revealed that he tore his labrum 10 weeks out from the fight and is set to undergo
UFC 306, also known as “Noche UFC,” lived up to the hype — production wise — last Saturday night (Sept. 16, 2024) inside The Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dana White’s “love letter to Mexican people” was a feast for the eyes, providing fight fans with a six-chapter story told by amazing visuals spread all
Paddy Pimblett is an animal both in and out of the cage. Apart from being able to crush his opposition in the UFC, the English star can also crush chicken wings outside the cage. Pimblett, who’s notorious for gaining lots of weight in between fights, recently posted a video of himself breaking the chicken win