Charles Oliveira is on a quest for UFC gold and has no interest in fighting Nate Diaz. Although a fight against Nate has the potential for a large payday, Oliveira rather take fights that get him closer to the UFC’s lightweight championship. UFC President Dana White believes that Justin Gaethje vs Charles Oliveira could be
Future UFC Hall of Famer, Frankie Edgar, recently suffered a brutal KO loss to Cory Sandhagen. The knockout came by way of a flying knee, leaving ‘The Answer’ out cold. It was Edgar’s first loss at bantamweight, with the former lightweight having moved down to 135lbs in 2020. An initial win over Pedro Munhoz initially
Maycee Barber plans on returning with a bang. The women’s flyweight prospect hasn’t competed since UFC 246 in January last year where she tore her ACL during her unanimous decision defeat to Roxanne Modafferi. It was her first professional defeat and along with surgery and the COVID-19 pandemic, it made 2020 a very challenging year
Former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley will be cornering Ben Askren for his upcoming fight. Askren returns to action when he collides with YouTuber Jake Paul in an eight-round boxing match set to take place April 17. No location has been disclosed for the fight as of now. And the former Bellator and ONE champion
Former Bellator champ Michael Chandler is just one fight into his UFC career, but he has already made quite the splash. He thinks that if he keeps up the big wins, it will set him up for an even more massive fight. Heading into his UFC debut, there was a lot of intrigue about how
UFC welterweight contender Colby Covington recently made headlines for criticizing Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Cuban recently started a media storm when he announced that the Dallas Mavericks weren’t going to be playing the national anthem before their home games. Covington (16-2) is a notorious Trump supporter and considers himself a patriot. He felt that
Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev’s long-awaited matchup is now only weeks away. With a title shot the likely reward for the victor, interest has never been higher in the 170lb division. However, perennial welterweight contender Leon Edwards seems calmy confident ahead of their fight. In a recent interview with Submission Radio, Edwards detailed his mindset,
Some fans have been calling for Khabib Nurmagomedov to vacate the lightweight title if he is not planning on fighting again. He recently addressed these concerns, as well as a potential fight with Georges St-Pierre. It has been four months since Khabib beat Justin Gaethje and announced his retirement. However he is still being listed
Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is moving up to light heavyweight to face champ Jan Blachowicz. However Tyron Woodley thinks it is a little odd that Izzy did not try to go up and fight Jon Jones. Like the rest of us, Woodley has been watching the beef between Jones and Adesanya unfold on social media.
Some have argued that Glover Teixeira should be the one fighting Jan Blachowicz next, instead of Israel Adesanya. He may get that chance, as he is serving as the backup for that contest. At 41 years of age, Teixeira has done the unthinkable. He has put together a five fight winning streak in the UFC’s
Despite the recent criticisms of Joe Rogan’s commentary work, Jon Anik is backing his broadcast partner. Social media has been critical of Rogan and his recent commentary performance, however, Anik believes that Rogan will be around delivering high-quality work for a long time. Anik on Joe Rogan Commentary Work Anik recently appeared on “What the
Gilbert Burns newly admitted that preparing for Karmaru Usman is the first time that he’s had a full training camp for a welterweight fight. During a recent interview, Burns explained the advantages of having a full camp to prepare for his title fight. Plus, he spoke about the weight cut preparing for the fight. Gilbert
MMA fans love to play matchmaker and speculate how fantasy matchups between fighters who have never fought would go. Khabib Nurmagomedov is no different. The (seemingly) former UFC lightweight champion was recently asked which fantasy matchup he would have made if he got to play matchmaker. His pick? A heavyweight collision between Brock Lesnar and
Nate Diaz maintains he has never been finished in mixed martial arts. Diaz has been known for his delusions over the years with one example being his belief that he has already defeated Khabib Nurmagomedov after allegedly slapping him during a WSOF event. His latest is that he’s one of the last real martial artists
While he still says that he will not be fighting again, Khabib Nurmagomedov will be meeting with Dana White one more time. He explained what is to be expected from this meeting, and what he hopes will happen with the lightweight division. Since he beat Justin Gaethje and retired, Khabib has been constantly bombarded with
Over the weekend, Cory Sandhagen had one of the best knockouts you will ever see, over Frankie Edgar. While this puts him in prime position for a big fight next, he does not seem to think that opponent will be TJ Dillashaw. Heading into his fight at UFC Vegas 18, Sandhagen knew he had a