MMA News and Rumors

In a parallel universe, Max Holloway defeated Conor McGregor in their first UFC undercard fight and the timeline of MMA is changed forever. In this new Sunday Morning Rumor Mill MMA universe, UFC 212 takes place on a Hawaiian island and Jose Aldo gets knocked out by Holloway in rematch of their UFC 194 war.

UFC Stockholm Syndrome is going on as we speak and the rare UFC Sunday morning European event is trying to counter-program your Sunday Morning Rumor Mill. Fear not as live UFC events are often the most active time for your Sunday Morning Rumor Mill to churn 100% organic MMA rumors. In the wake of what was

MMA rumors never travel by tape delay. With Bellator’s London card acting as the center of the MMA Universe for at least one weekend, debates over the merits of tape delayed MMA shows once again nearly tore our community apart. If a live sporting event happens several hours before it airs on Spike TV, did

Happy Mother’s Day. Great moms are cool but great moms who are in touch with the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill are even better. Fresh off the UFC’s most stacked event of the year, not only did the card live up to the hype but the rumors left in it’s wake may may make you go hug your momma.

Is boxing back? Wasn’t boxing dead? Did boxing ever leave? After boxing has grabbed the combat sports brass ring for the better part of 2017, the UFC is already planning their counter strike. In lieu of countering with MMA rumors, big UFC numbered events like 211 and 213 will look to give the promotion and

The MMA month of April is over and with it goes 30 more days of MMA rumors drowned in the spring rainfall. Looking ahead to the month of May both the UFC and Bellator have chosen quality over quantity. The UFC will hold only two events over the next 31 days while Bellator will counter

As you clear your head from the post-4/20 holiday and or UFC Nashville haze the only stable thing left in this MMA world is MMA rumors. With the UFC heading into a three week event free Spring Break the spinning MMA rumor will shift gear into overdrive as more begins the scenes action bubbles to

For those in the MMA community who started watching the UFC Fight Pass prelims in Kansas City and did not turn their retinas away from the glow of their screens until the final Rizin bell sounded, we salute you. This breed of MMA superfan needs their own custom Dream Super Hulk tournament belt made from

Escape from New York because New York MMA sucks. Deep down in their hearts the UFC knew once MMA was made legal in the state of New York the NY State Athletic Commission did not have the infrastructure to oversee UFC events on the regular. On the heels of UFC 210, it appears the NYSAC

Happy WrestleMania Sunday. In the ever-blurring lines of sports and entertainment let the Sunday Morning Rumor Mill be the totem that anchors you into this reality. MMA shaped rumors As Bellator and the UFC prepare for the their own version of The Monday Night Wars for the remainder of 2017, the MMA world will brace

With no UFC this weekend to wet your combat sport’s appetites, the MMA rumor mill has entered a cruise control mode. In week where boxing crossover fights and Bellator dominated the MMA news cycle, brace yourself for the Super Bowl of Mixed Martial Arts to make a big push the deeper the Northern hemisphere falls

As you emerge from the UFC Fight Night London fog make sure you don’t step on MMA rumors along the way. With MMA entering a period of free agency frenzy, it has not seen since maybe 2012, if ever, the rumor mill is pumping at an unforeseen pace. The money backing behind promotions like Bellator,

Daylight saving time nearly moved the MMA Universe off its axis. In the ever-changing climate of MMA rumors, the writers who come up with the sport’s storylines really cannot afford to lose an extra hour. As always these our rumors that have been talked about behind closed doors between MMA higher ups, so take them

209 what? Last at UFC 209 there was no Nick Diaz, there was no Nate Diaz, hell there wasn’t even a Russian off-brand Diaz brother on the card to entertain us. Save for some crazy comebacks on the free undercard and Alistair Overeem knee-ing Mark Hunt back to Japan circa 2008, UFC 209 largely fell