Be careful who you troll in online gaming because you might just end up getting choked out by a UFC fighter. Brian Ortega, a multiple-time UFC title challenger, flew all the way from California to North Carolina to put a fan in his place for talking smack online during a Fortnite session. The two made
Day: January 29, 2025
Are we sure Jake Paul still has a vested interest in the PFL? You might be hard-pressed to believe so after he shared some unflattering thoughts about mixed martial arts as a sport compared to boxing. In an interview with All the Smoke Fight released Wednesday, Paul, a YouTuber-turned-professional boxer, spelled out how boxing continues
Joe Rogan would like to see a major rule change in the UFC. Rogan, the longtime UFC commentator and popular podcast host, addressed weight cutting with former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka and the dangers it causes to fighters’ bodies. Rogan said that, like boxing, he’d prefer to see the UFC implement more weight classes
Sean Strickland will have a champion in his corner at UFC 312. Strickland (29-6 MMA, 16-6 UFC) rematches middleweight champ Dricus Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) in the Feb. 8 headliner at Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney. The main card streams on ESPN+ pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+. Xtreme Couture head coach Eric
Nassourdine Imavov doesn’t think Israel Adesanya has lost a step ahead of UFC Fight Night 250. Imavov (15-4 MMA, 7-2 UFC) takes on former middleweight champion Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) in Saturday’s main event (ESPN+) at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Adesanya will look to rebound from the first losing skid of his
Chase Hooper will look to knock off another legend. At UFC 314, Hooper (15-3-1 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will face Jim Miller (38-18 MMA, 27-17 UFC) in a lightweight bout, which takes place April 12 at Kaseya Center in Miami. Two people with knowledge of the matchup Tuesday informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked
Daniel Cormier can’t relate to Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker’s linkup. Adesanya and Whittaker turned from foes to friends after spending some time training together at City Kickboxing. The former middleweight champions fought each other twice, and Whittaker jokingly admitted he would have ran Adesanya over with a car if he could have during their
T.J. Dillashaw has an unpopular opinion on UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili’s hardest fight. Dvalishvili (19-4 MMA, 12-2 UFC) retained his bantamweight title when he outlasted Umar Nurmagomedov (18-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) by unanimous decision in the UFC 311 co-main event. Former champion Dillashaw sees Dvalishvili ruling over the 135-pound division for a while. However,
MIAMI – GFL’s Miami team features a lot of Cuban power, and Robelis Despaigne is over the moon that he forms part of it. GFL, the newly launched team-based MMA promotion that’s expected to begin in April 2025, had its official draft this past Friday. The Miami team landed decorated veterans Yoel Romero and Hector
With another action-packed month of MMA in the books, MMA Junkie looks at the best submissions from January 2025: Here are the five nominees, listed in chronological order, and winner of MMA Junkie’s Submission of the Month award for January. At the bottom of the post, let us know if we got it right by
The Global Fight League took its first step toward its MMA debut. The fledgling promotion held its draft on Friday to determine the six teams competing in 2025. These teams, which are divided by cities, drafted many notable names, including former UFC champions Holly Holm, Chris Weidman, Tyron Woodley, Junior Dos Santos, Andrei Arlovski, and
The UFC kicks off a stacked February schedule on Saturday with UFC Fight Night 250, which takes place at ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and streams on ESPN+. Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) returns to the octagon in the main event for his first non-title bout in nearly six