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
MMA and kickboxing legend Mirko Cro Cop would meet fellow former UFC fighter Roy Nelson at Bellator 200 in London on May 25. The contest serves as a rematch of the pair’s October 2011 showdown at UFC 137, which Roy Nelson won via third-round TKO. Ahead of their bout Roy Nelson ‘Big Country’ told MMAJunkie,
Brian Ortega is full of self-confidence after his victory over Frankie Edgar. Looking into the future, he has something to say about his match with a current Featherweight Champion, Max Holloway. In the co-main event of UFC 222, despite being an underdog, Brian Ortega demonstrated the brutality of an uppercut. A former Lightweight champ, and
Former women’s Bantamweight champion Holly Holm, as she has now dropped four of her last five fights since 2016 (three of those title fights), with her lone victory coming against Bethe Correia. In her last fight, Holm lost the bout via unanimous decision to current champion Cris Cyborg after five hard-fought rounds at UFC 219.
Rose Namajunas handed Joanna Jedrzejczyk the first loss of her career at UFC 217 this past November to take the strawweight title in a big upset. And despite that loss, Joanna Jedrzejczyk is the betting favorite for her rematch with Rose Namajunas at UFC 223. Following her loss to Rose Namajunas, Jedrzejczyk expressed her disappointment
UFC 223, the biggest MMA contest of the year, is approaching quickly and it’s worth getting excited about. This will be the fourth time we’ve looked forward to Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fight with Tony Ferguson. UFC 223 is set to take place in Brooklyn on April 7 live on pay-per-view (PPV), to witness two of the
UFC Featherweight champion of the world Max Holloway previously expressed interest in a future showdown with undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov to cement his UFC legacy. Max is coming off back-to-back knockout victories over the once-dominate 145-pound king, Jose Aldo, most recently taking him out at UFC 218. His recent injury prevents him from defending his title
Former welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre made a spectacular return to UFC back in November after a four-year of hiatus scoring gold by submitting then-middleweight champion Michael Bisping at UFC 217. However, GSP relinquished the belt shortly, after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. He admitted he wasn’t sure if he would ever fight again.
Yoel Romero finishes former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold at UFC 221 with a hellacious third-round knockout. After the win celebration, Romero ran over to console Rockhold and kisses him on the cheek and telling him he ‘loves him’ while Rockhold was dazed, disorientated and didn’t know exactly where he was after being knocked out. The
Cynthia Calvillo who was beaten by Carla Esparza via unanimous decision on 30 December, failed an in-competition drug test for Carboxy-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – a marijuana metabolite in relation to the UFC 219 contest last December in Las Vegas. In a recent press release, USADA announced that UFC strawweight Cynthia Calvillo would be suspended for a
Luke Rockhold has opened up about moving up from middleweight to light heavyweight for his next showdown. Even before he suffered a brutal knockout loss to Yoel Romero at UFC 221, Rockhold had designs on moving up as he doesn’t see much left at 185 pounds. Luke claimed that his cut to middleweight isn’t getting
Undefeated Brian Ortega became the first fighter to finish Frankie Edgar in an MMA contest, knocking him out with a right uppercut at 4:44 of the opening round. with that win, Ortega will now face featherweight champ Max Holloway (19-3) for the undisputed title. “T-City,” says if he manages to beat Holloway, he has grand
On Friday, March 9, Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) held its 35th event at the Arena Theatre in Houston. Over two years since his last fight, a former World Series of Fighting star (WSOF) and lightweight Nick Newell made his return to MMA against local fighter Sonny Luque. Newell, a congenital amputee, scored an impressive victory
Amanda Nunes vs Raquel Pennington will be the main event of the evening at UFC 224. In the Bantamweight division, the current champion, Amanda Nunes, will be defending the title against Raquel Pennington. The event will be held on May 12 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Amanda Nunes didn’t compete since September 2017, when she
Conor McGregor is still a subject of headlines, despite he hadn’t competed for a long period of time. His Max Holloway showdown and Burger King commercial are definitively hot topics. A few days ago, a famous rapper 50-Cent posted some Conor McGregor-inspired racism speech, which is about how white people had to create Rocky because