Bryce Mitchell finished up 2022 suffering the first loss of his pro mixed martial arts (MMA) career. Mitchell was defeated by Ilia Topuria at UFC 282 via second round submission. It brought Mitchell’s perfect record down to 15-1. It was quite a disappointing loss for Mitchell, who had been on quite the hot streak in
Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, found himself on Justin Gaethje’s sh*tlist after the two men exchanged words on Twitter. Last year, Portnoy signed popular UK-based duo Molly McCann and Paddy Pimblett to exclusive deals, creating content for the Barstool Sports platform. At UFC 281, McCann came up short against Erin Blanchfield, but Pimblett
Magomed Ankalaev discusses his UFC 282 training camp which was filled with injuries. Title contender Magomed Ankalaev returned home to a hero’s welcome despite not winning the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 282. His bout against Jan Blachowicz was called a draw as the main event on Dec. 10. That night was the first
Bryce Mitchell considered retiring from MMA after losing against Ilia Topuria. ‘Thug Nasty’ suffered a major setback after losing his first professional MMA fight at UFC 282. He took on Topuria, a rising featherweight contender, who made a statement by submitting Mitchell in the second round. A recent video surfaced of the Arkansas native reacting
Sean O’Malley does not see any similarities between Paddy Pimblett’s win at UFC 282 and his win at UFC 280 in terms of controversy. At UFC 282 UFC lightweight rising star, Paddy “The Baddy” Pimblett won a unanimous decision victory over Jared Gordon. Immediately when the scores were read, fans began to post their disagreement
Jared Gordon is still flabbergasted by his loss to Paddy Pimblett. ‘Flash’ met ‘The Baddy’ in the UFC 282 co-main event last Saturday night. Pimblett entered the bout as both the favorite among the fans and on paper, but after three full rounds, Jared Gordon appeared to be on his way to a massive upset
Stemming from the two biggest fight events last weekend, one MMA judge Doug Crosby has fallen under fire, and former MMA referee John McCarthy weighs in. Last weekend two of the biggest fight promotions on the planet ran events. Bellator held the Bellator 289 event in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Friday
Everyone seems to have an opinion on Paddy Pimblett and his highly-controversial unanimous decision victory over Jared Gordon in the UFC 282 co-main event on Saturday night. After 15 minutes of action, fans, fighters, and media were seemingly in agreement that Gordon has bested ‘The Baddy’ in all facets. Unfortunately, the only three opinions that
Henry Cejudo is not happy with the judges who scored Paddy Pimblett’s fight at UFC 282. Pimblett marked his return to action against Jared Gordon in the co-main event last weekend. He managed to come out on top of the judges’ scorecards after a close-fought war that many believe should have gone Gordon’s way. Fans
Sean O’Malley was convinced Paddy Pimblett lost in his last outing at UFC 282. English star Pimblett faced Jared Gordon in the co-main event of the final pay-per-view of the year this past Saturday. Gordon connected with some huge left hooks early in the bout but Pimblett managed to recover quickly. Pimblett edged out Gordon
Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping doesn’t like to throw around the word “robbery,” but believes Jared Gordon was the true winner of Saturday night’s co-main event. At UFC 282, ‘Flash’ found himself shockingly on the wrong side of a 29-28 decision in favor of his opponent, Paddy Pimblett. The fallout from that decision is
Ben Askren thinks Paddy Pimblett managed to confuse fans that he beat Jared Gordon at UFC 282 “Funky” said “The Baddy” really is like Conor McGregor in terms of cockiness Paddy Pimblett walked away with a controversial unanimous decision win over Jared Gordon at UFC 282. Some say, including former UFC welterweight Ben Askren, there’s
The MMA community is boycotting judge Douglas Crosby after two controversial scorecards in one weekend. Crosby made appearances at Bellator 289 in Connecticut and UFC 282 in Las Vegas the next day. The longtime MMA judges contributed to two questionable decisions. He first turned in a 50-45 scorecard for Danny Sabatello, who lost to Raufeon
Bryce Mitchell believes the flu contributed to his loss against Ilia Topuria at UFC 282. Despite putting up a valiant effort, Mitchell had his championship aspirations halted after losing his first fight against Topuria. The Arkansas native reacted to his UFC 282 loss on Twitter by saying: “Hey, I just want to let ya’ll know
Ariel Helwani believes the unanimous decision for Paddy Pimblett over Jared Gordon at UFC 282 was one of the worst decisions in UFC history. There is certainly no love lost between ‘The MMA Hour’ host and Pimblett, but you can’t accuse Helwani of being biased considering the entire MMA community seemingly turned on ‘The Baddy’
Darren Till just can’t seem to put things together inside the Octagon. ‘The Gorilla’ dropped his third straight at UFC 282 on Saturday night, tapping out in the third round of a highly-entertaining bout with rising contender Dricus Du Plessis. Losing five of his last six, Till recognizes that a change needs to be made.