Israel Adesanya is clean as can be. So clean, he’s offering a hefty paycheck to anybody who can find some dirt on him. The UFC Middleweight Champion was recognized during UFC 276 media day for passing 50 drug tests from U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Adesanya was awarded a special jacket by the UFC’s Jeff Novitsky
Max Holloway still believes he has some catching up to do when it comes to legacy in the featherweight division. The former UFC Featherweight Champion is regarded as one of the best to ever do it at 145. The same can be said for current king and Holloway’s next opponent, Alexander Volkanovski. Will the trilogy
Max Holloway believes a fight with Conor McGregor could be down the line for him. Holloway first met the Irish superstar in August 2013 when the two were in the early stages of their careers. They would go the distance with McGregor coming out on top by a unanimous decision. McGregor went on to achieve
A lightweight headliner between Arman Tsarukyan and Mateusz Gamrot is taking place now (Saturday, June 25, 2022) at UFC Vegas 57. Round 1 Gamrot blocks a head kick. Tsarukyan shoots but Gamrot defends. Now, Gamrot with a single leg but Tsarukyan shows great balance to stay up and separate. Gamrot tries to get another takedown
Jordan Leavitt doesn’t expect a first-round finish of Paddy Pimblett next month at UFC London. Instead, ‘The Monkey King’ expects 15 minutes of touch butt. According to Leavitt, if you expect a grappling fight between two legit ground specialists, you better change your expectations. In a recent exclusive interview with MiddleEasy, the 27-year-old fighter out
It looks like Cris Cyborg may be finally getting her wish to compete in boxing. The Bellator Featherweight Champion has expressed much interest in stepping into the ring and that just might be the case for her later this year. According to Sports Illustrated, Cyborg is in talks to debut against world champion Katie Taylor.
Michelle Waterson has backed Julianna Pena to beat Amanda Nunes. Waterson will return to action after a year against Amanda Lemos at UFC on ABC 3. The former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion made her way into the UFC after winning The Ultimate Fighter 21. ‘The Karate Hottie’ would beat Paige VanZant in her debut main
Israel Adesanya is looking forward to meeting Alex Pereira inside the Octagon. The UFC Middleweight Champion has quite the history with Pereira. Adesanya would fall short of beating Pereira twice in the kickboxing ring. He’d lose a decision before getting brutally knocked out by Pereira in 2017. With the former kickboxing king crossing over into
Donald Cerrone will not be fighting Joe Lauzon this weekend. ‘Cowboy’ was matched up with Lauzon for UFC 274 last month. The bout was called off after Cerrone reportedly got food poisoning from eating tacos at a local restaurant in Phoenix, AZ. It was also the first time Cerrone had ever pulled out of a
Rafael Fiziev and the rest of the lightweight division are left without a king. This would come as the cost for champ Charles Oliveira missing weight by 0.5lbs at UFC 274. After several attempts to make the weight, ‘Do Bronx’ would ultimately have his title stripped as a result. Conspiracy Of course, this wouldn’t be
A light heavyweight title headliner between Glover Teixeira and Jiri Prochazka is taking place now (Saturday, June 11, 2022) at UFC 275. Round 1 Teixeira sees his head kick blocked. He connects with a body kick soon after. Prochazka lands a leg kick. Prochazka partially blocks a body kick. Teixeira with a combination. Teixeira goes
The ship may have sailed on a fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, but perhaps we can see them in another competition altogether: ‘The Ultimate Fighter’. While the former UFC lightweight champion hung up the gloves back in 2020, Khabib hasn’t retired when it comes to his rivalry with Ferguson. The two have been
Charles Oliveira added another record to his name when he became the first champion to lose his belt on the scales. Taking on Justin Gaethje at UFC 274, Oliveira stepped in half a pound over the championship limit at 155.5 lbs. UFC stripped him of the title forcing him to vacate the moment he set
Paulo Costa had a few words to say after a criminal complaint was filed against him. The UFC Middleweight would make some headlines this week, following reports of him allegedly elbowing a nurse at a vaccination clinic. According to the nurse, they tried to prevent Costa from leaving with a filled out immunization card, even
Sean Strickland wouldn’t let Luke Rockhold get away with his latest trash talk. Rockhold Says Strickland Supports Pedophiles Just recently, the former UFC Middleweight Champion was very critical of Strickland. Rockhold would call his rival a ‘horrible human being’ who supports pedophiles. “[Strickland] is out there supporting pedophiles,” Rockhold said on The DC Check-In. “Piece
If it wasn’t obvious enough already, Luke Rockhold really, really, really doesn’t like Paulo Costa and Sean Strickland. The former UFC Middleweight Champion was booked against Strickland at UFC 268, but that fight fell through. Fast forward some months and Rockhold is now getting ready for Costa at UFC 278 in August. Rockhold Goes Off