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
Matchmaking in the UFC has so many variables nowadays. Of course, the timing always factors into the process but so does the entertainment side of things. UFC President Dana White always says he is in the fight business, and he always tries to put on the best fight possible. The best fighter against the best
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
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
Rafael Fiziev has backed Islam Makhachev to beat Charles Oliveira in a title match Fiziev believes Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s decision to retire couldn’t have been easy for her Rafael Fiziev is slated to take on Rafael Dos Anjos at UFC on ESPN 39. The number tenth-ranked contender at lightweight, Fiziev believes he’s one more fight away
UFC light heavyweight Jamahal Hill has expressed his desire to train with Jon Jones. Hill is slated to compete against the veteran Thiago Santos this August 6 at UFC Apex. The pair will step across the cage from each other in the main event of the night. Jamahal Hill wants to train with Jones One
Jamahal Hill has a lot of questions for his next opponent Thiago Santos. Does Santos have the power to sleep someone? Will ‘Marreta’ come out guns blazing for their fight? Well, the UFC Light Heavyweight’s expectations are not too high for Santos. Hill Doesn’t Think Santos Has Knockout Power When talking about Santos’ KO Power,
Last week during the build-up to UFC 274, UFC president Dana White said boxers are all overpaid in an interview on The Pivot podcast, causing a stir in the combat sports world. Given the widespread allegations UFC fighters aren’t paid enough, this statement was pretty controversial. “Everybody wants more money. And one of the big
Curtis Blaydes isn’t getting his hopes up when it comes to cutting the line at heavyweight. The heavyweight throne remains at a standstill with the champ Francis Ngannou on the sidelines. Ngannou’s return will have to wait as he is recovering from injuries. It may be a while until see Ngannou back in action, but
Maycee Barber shared her thoughts on a possible match between Kamaru Usman and Canelo Alvarez in an interview with Middle Easy Barber backed Justin Gaethje to defeat champion Charles Oliveira Maycee Barber is interested in seeing a super fight between UFC welterweight Kamaru Usman and undisputed superweight boxing champion Canelo Alvarez. “Superfights are where the
Aleksandar Rakic gave his thoughts on the upcoming light heavyweight title fight. Rakic will look to become the next title challenger with a potential win over former champion Jan Blachowicz who he meets in a light heavyweight headliner on May 14. Of course, the person currently in line is Jiri Prochazka who challenges current champion
AJ McKee thinks Alexander Volkanovski is a ‘great champion’ but an ‘easy fight’. The undefeated Bellator Featherweight Champion is headed into his title rematch with Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 277 on April 15th.. He once again wants to prove he’s the best featherweight on the planet. However, it is often hard to dispute that with
Rob Font didn’t expect to get Marlon Vera as his next opponent. Font Wanted Cory Sandhagen After Font was defeated by former featherweight champion Jose Aldo last December, everyone was expecting his next matchup to be against former title challenger and No. 4 ranked Cory Sandhagen. Instead, the Boston fighter will headline his third straight
Rob Font plans on making a statement against Marlon Vera. Font will look to return to the win column when he faces Vera in a bantamweight headliner taking place April 30 at UFC Vegas 53. Font’s last outing saw him suffer a unanimous decision defeat to featherweight legend Jose Aldo as he was comfortably outpointed
Kevin Lee thinks Francis Ngannou will re-sign with the UFC. Resolutions The UFC has been at a nasty standstill with their heavyweight champion, Ngannou, for a minute now. With no end in sight, questions have arisen. Will he leave? Will he sit out? Will the UFC play ball? Will the UFC pay him like a superstar? Will
Kevin Lee is the latest fighter to speak on Joe Rogan’s recent controversies. The popular podcaster and UFC commentator would receive a lot of heat for his past podcast episodes. Rogan would get shunned by ‘cancel culture’ for spreading COVID-19 ‘misinformation’. This wouldn’t be all. Sound bytes of him saying the N-word multiple times would