Looks like Alexander Volkov is not such a big underdog versus Fabricio Werdum! Betting odds on UFC Fight Night 127 are now telling a completely different story. (via bloodyelbow.com) The UFC is back on this weekend with a Fight Pass Card from London. The highlights will be the fights between Fabricio Werdum (-175), a current champion,
Conor McGregor’s lengthy hiatus from the Octagon is in part down to the UFC’s failure to give him a lucrative new contract. Negotiations between him and promotion are currently ongoing but an agreement has yet to be reached. McGregor hasn’t fought since claiming the lightweight title in the main event of UFC 205 against Eddie
UFC lightweight champion Conor Mcgregor claimed he offered to step in and save UFC 222 after Max Holloway was forced to pull out from his headline bout with Frankie Edgar due to injury. McGregor’s claim came as a huge shock to the MMA world, who haven’t seen the Notorious inside the Octagon since winning a
UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic may be getting ready to square off with light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in a super fight at UFC 226 on July 7. But he can’t avoid questions about Brock Lesnar. Stipe Miocic became the heavyweight champion after knocking out Fabricio Werdum at UFC 198 in Brazil back in May
Unbeaten Darren Till is unquestionably one of the most exciting prospects in the UFC. Freshly coming off his first-round knockout over Donald Cerrone, Till finally has his next fight scheduled. UFC has announced that it has moved its planned May 27 event from Dublin to Liverpool, with rising Liverpudlian star Darren Till set to headline
Interim lightweight champion Tony Ferguson is one of the most awkward fighters you’ll ever see compete in the Octagon. El Cucuy has amassed an impressive nine-fight win streak on the heels of confusing foes with unorthodox movement on the feet, pounding them with elbows and combinations from all angles, submitting them with his patented D’Arce
Looks like six months issued by USADA simply wasn’t enough to NAC (Nevada Athletic Commission), which suspended UFC Strawweight competitor, Cynthia Calvillo, for 9 months after testing positive for marijuana. You can say her USADA penalty was light compared to NSAC’s one. NAC stated she is suspended for 9 months, but it can be halved
Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather confirms MMA crossover and rates his skills. After beating UFC lightweight champion, Conor McGregor, in a boxing match last summer, Mayweather has teased a return to fighting after retiring at 50-0 as a pugilist. Mayweather posted a video on his Instagram page, which showed him entering an MMA cage and looking
The talk about a proposed super fight between UFC bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw and flyweight titleholder Demetrious Johnson has been discussed for quite a few months now. That’s the fight both men want; it seems to be stuck in a mire of unsuccessful negotiations. But former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping strongly believes that this
We are heading to “The Windy City”. Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero 2 is scheduled for UFC 225! Chicago will be the host of his great event, and we can also expect a title fight soon. (reported by mmafighting.com) Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero is definitively an interesting rivalry. In the first fight, Robert Whittaker
Women’s featherweight champion has to wait for a super fight with Amanda Nunes. Cris “Cyborg” Justino defended her featherweight title with a first-round stoppage of Yana Kunitskaya at UFC 222 on March 3 at Las Vegas. Immediately after the win, Cyborg mentioned the oft-discussed bout with Nunes that she called me out first and I
Earlier this year, the reigning flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson underwent shoulder surgery, not long after that he announced that the negotiations for his fight against bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw have commenced. Since then the super fight talks have stalled, but Mighty Mouse is adamant that that’s the fight he wants. Johnson said that the sticking
Demetrious Johnson successfully recovers from a shoulder injury. The current UFC Flyweight Champion claims he still wants the fight with TJ Dillashaw at UFC 226 against UFC Bantamweight Champion, TJ Dillashaw, if the payment is proper. (quoted by MMAMania.com) “That’s the fight I want, that’s the fight UFC believes should go down,” declared Johnson on
The UFC middleweight contender was handed a six-month suspension by USADA when he failed an out of competition drug test in early 2016. Romero tested positive for a substance called Ibutamoren, a growth hormone secretagogue. After the suspension, many fight fans and some notable fighters like Michael Bisping and Chris Weidman bury Yoel Romero for
Matt Mitrione long-standing friendship with fellow MMA heavyweight Roy Nelson is over after the pair’s Bellator 194 fight, where Mitrione defeated Roy Nelson by majority decision. That loss eliminated Nelson from the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament. Bellator 194 marked a rematch between them as the two men had previously faced each other in
Khabib Nurmagomedov has a new joke for Conor McGregor. He claims that The Mystic Mac cannot handle the real UFC fighters like him. Eagle also stated that Conor would have a better time selling burgers than returning to the UFC. Do you remember how Khabib Nurmagomedov was simultaneously telling Michael Johnson to give up because