In victory or in defeat, Conor McGregor usually breaks down his fights shortly after they happen so that fans can pick his brain. After losing to Dustin Poirier at UFC 257, McGregor was disappointed with the result. But now, he’s able to look back at the fight and look at some things that went correctly
Fabricio Werdum believes that he would submit Jon Jones in a heavyweight matchup. Fabricio is one of the most decorated BJJ players to ever make his way into the UFC. After all, he is a 2nd degree BJJ blackbelt and a 4-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion. During Werdum’s last contest in the octagon, he was
With former bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw’s USADA suspension finally up, fans have been wondering if he will get an immediate title shot. Aljamain Sterling says that if the UFC does this, it would be bad for the sport. Sterling was not really close to the top of the bantamweight division when Dillashaw decided to make
Edson Barboza is still waiting for his next bout to be booked. Barboza last competed in October when he comfortably outpointed Makwan Amirkhani over three rounds in their featherweight bout. It snapped a three-fight losing streak for Barboza, though two of those prior losses were contested split decisions against Paul Felder and Dan Ige. The
There is a chance that Michael Chandler gets walked out by Ric Flair in his next UFC fight. Chandler enjoyed a dream promotional debut when he TKO’d Dan Hooker in the first round of their UFC 257 lightweight co-headliner last month. Following the win, Chandler delivered an epic promo calling out a number of fighters
Former middleweight champion Chris Weidman knows that he is closer to the end of his career than the beginning. Yet before he retires, he wants to get UFC gold once again, and he believes he will be able to do just that. Since losing his belt to Luke Rockhold back in 2015, Weidman has gone
There was some mixed opinions about Herb Dean’s decision to not stop the fight between Max Holloway and Calvin Kattar. Veteran ref Mark Smith explains why Herb made the right call in that instance. As one of the most used referees in the UFC, Smith is a familiar face inside the UFC Octagon. In 2020,
When Nate Diaz returns to fighting, he plans on competing in the UFC’s welterweight division. At least that’s what Diaz’s initial plans were. However, after hearing Dustin Poirier’s words against him, Nate made it clear that after those “fighting words,” a weight class doesn’t matter. UFC 257 Dustin Poirier flipped the MMA world upside down
James Vick is officially retiring from the sport of mixed martial arts. The former UFC competitor announced his retirement shortly after losing to Andre Fialho at XMMA during their main event fight, displacing his jaw in the process. Many fans thought that Vick planned on retiring shortly after his release from the UFC. At that
Sean O’Malley will return to the UFC octagon to face Thomas Almeida at UFC 260. UFC 260 will be headlined by Stipe Miocic vs Francis Ngannou in a rematch for the heavyweight title. The event takes place on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at a location that has yet to be determined. O’Malley Announces Fight vs
Justin Gaethje is more than open to a fight with Nate Diaz. UFC president Dana White recently revealed that he was working on a lightweight fight for Diaz and also added that it wasn’t against Tony Ferguson. “We’re working on a Nate Diaz fight right now and it’s not Tony,” White said. “But if we
Over the years, Dustin Poirier has been in more than his fair share of wars inside the Octagon. He recently explained which opponent left him hurt the most after the fight, and it might not be who you expect. For years, Poirier has been delivering violence inside the Octagon. Since moving to lightweight, he has
The UFC first introduced women to their roster in 2013, arguably long after they should have. However if Stephen A. Smith had his way, there would be no female fighters, even to this day. To put it mildly, Smith is not someone that MMA fans take seriously, in terms of his opinions on the sport.
Lightweight contender Justin Gaethje had to work his tail off to make it to a title shot. He knows that this is not the case for everyone, and he is not happy about it. By the time Gaethje faced off against lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, he was 8 fights into his UFC career and on
It seemed that the potential of a fight between lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-weight champ Georges St-Pierre were completely dead. However now it appears that things are heating up between the two again. All signs pointed to the fight between Khabib and GSP being completely off the table. Dana White said as much
Neil Magny and Khamzat Chimaev are still on a collision path, and both fighters will not back down. After Magny’s unanimous decision loss to Mike Chiesa last month, Khamzat Chimaev took to Twitter to criticize Magny for his performance. Magny didn’t hold back when he responded to Chimaev’s comments. Where was this energy a few