To the Rizin all-nighters we salute and respect you. Rizin 12 was an action packed show and the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill is better for it. MMA is better when JMMA vibes flow through the sport’s bloodstream. This week MMA needed Japan more than ever. MMA needs ring ropes. The sport needs soccer kicks. The
Welcome to August 2018 in the world of MMA. We’re eight months into the year and the final four months of 2018 may break the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill in half. Stuck in an UFC 227 hangover, we still may not be over our Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov haze. Everyone thought the shadow of the UFC
Could it really be that simple? In MMA, is anything that simple? Maybe Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov is booked and we don’t even know it. The UFC traveling crew is currently in Los Angeles promoting UFC 227 this weekend but maybe we should all be focused on Oct. 6, 2018 in Las Vegas. The
For those that watched UFC Calgary and Rizin 11 back to back, we salute. You are the elite level of MMA fandom and the world needs more of you. You deserve all the blessings in life and maybe Poirier vs. Ferguson bloodbath later this year. The past week in MMA gave us new beefs, physical upgrades
This is peak Brendan Schaub. Peak as in we have no idea what Brendan Schaub is talking about here. It looks like Brendan played the rumor mill game and lost his hand in a horrible saw accident. Last week rumors were spreading about both the short and long-term health of Max Holloway. One of the
Hello from Hamburg. What a weird MMA week. The more things change, the more they stay the same and the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill is here to put it all (most….some) of it into perspective. Despite its self MMA will never die. One of the best skills of the sport is it’s ability to survive,
LOL poetic justice. There may be no better way for the (interim) title reign of Colby Covington to end. A new report from ESPN suggests that the UFC is thinking about stripping of Colby of the fake belt he just won last month. The UFC wanted to book Woodley vs. Covington in September. That doesn’t
Bless up Max Holloway. UFC 226 is long and gone but the shadow of Max remains. UFC 226 was such a great event that the MMA world got up and forgot that Holloway pulled out of his title fight with what amounts to undisclosed brain issues. Anytime an injury involves the brain, you know that
MMA still exists in a world where WWE champions freely rush the cage. Our sport may never be the same and the week that was proves it as fact. Thankfully, the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill exists to tether us back into our reality. Is this real life? Yes, this is the MMA reality we have
UFC 226 was orgasmic. All the bullshit aside, when MMA is done right, human cage fighting is the greatest sport on Earth. With a great event, come great rumors to super-charge the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill. UFC 226 lived up to the hype and we couldn’t be more happy for our sport. This is why we
Welcome to July. As the calendar turns over to the next 31 days of MMA, UFC 226 casts a huge shadow over the entire month. UFC 226 is real life, Fight God blessed pay-per-view attraction and the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill is ready for some vintage MMA summer fun. UFC 100, UFC 116, UFC 200 can
Summer is officially in full swing and the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill is now running at a rapid pace. Normally the summer months come with a big push for the sport. No NBA, no NHL, no NFL, allows for MMA to grab the brass ring. With temperatures rising, new MMA beefs will emerge, new fighters
Happy Father’s day. Usually the holiday of Brock-tober falls during the month of October but it may have come earlier in the year of our Fight Lord 2018. A early heavyweight holiday means six more weeks of summer or six more weeks of the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill. The fallout from UFC 225 rocked the MMA
We believe many of you would like to see Brock Lesnar in the octagon as soon as possible. But don’t be surprised – USADA’s position on returning fighters is more critical than before. There are big chances that Brock Lesnar will return until the end of 2018. He has been invited recently at UFC 226
UFC president Dana White recently drop a bombshell that he is actively pursuing a potential heavyweight showdown between former division champion Brock Lesnar and ex-Light Heavyweight kingpin, Jon ‘Bones’ Jones. Both fighters are still under USADA suspension, but that wouldn’t stop Promotion’s head White to get the wheels in motion for when the two former
That will put some butts in the seats. In news that will surely improve Dana White’s current shade of red, UFC 225 may have been a buston pay-per-view. Not the biggest shocker but it may be another sign of the UFC looking to get out of the pay-per-view game. In a story today from the