Earlier in the week, Middle Easy reported that UFC Light Heavyweight Glover Teixeira wanted to fight Jan Blachowicz next. His reasoning was simple. Jan was on a winning streak and having the ability to snap that would virtually guarantee him a title shot. Glover also addressed Dominick Reyes and Thiago Santos. He said that both
Earlier in the day, Middle Easy reported on a UFC Middleweight matchup between Yoel Romero and Uriah Hall slated for an event this summer in August. Moreover, it’s been reported that heavyweights Derrick Lewis and Alexey Oleinik will also square off around the same time period. Both heavyweights are ranked #4 and #11 respectively. And
Fans of Yoel Romero will be excited to know that the “Soldier of God” is still a long way from retirement. Instead, news recently broke that Yoel will be facing Uriah Hall in a Middleweight clash this summer. The timetable for the matchup seems to be around August. News of the fight was reported via
Following her most recent victory, UFC champ-champ Amanda Nunes revealed that she was giving consideration to retiring. When Dana White found out about this, it is safe to say he was not very pleased. After her win over Felicia Spencer at UFC 250, Nunes essentially cleaned out two divisions. She holds 11 straight wins across
As fighters continue to share horror stories about former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva, former lightweight title challenger Gray Maynard was the latest to chip in with his own. Although Maynard didn’t share a particular story where he was directly affected, he did recount how prior to his fight with Roger Huerta back in 2009, he
The last several weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind of political opinions from Tito Ortiz. Most recently he pressed the ideas of racial privileges, claiming they do not apply to him. To be frank, Tito is not exactly a pillar of knowledge on any subject not related to combat sports. Even then it
Mike Perry and Darren Till’s beef is starting to affect more than just themselves. Perry and Till have been going back-and-forth with each other for a couple of years now dating back to their days in the welterweight division together. Although their feud cooled down and later became friendly banter, things have started to heat
Before he even won the interim lightweight title, Justin Gaethje was calling for a fight with Conor McGregor. Now he explains how he thinks this fight would play out. Gaethje had been quite vocal about trying to face off against McGregor. It even got to the point where he was throwing some deeply personal and
Several fighters have recently spoken out about former UFC matchmaker Joe Silva recently. Now former lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez joins in on these criticisms with a story of his own. Few fighters ever have the type of resume that Eddie Alvarez has had. The longtime veteran of the sport saw championship gold in several organizations,
Glover Teixeira is a long time staple in the UFC’s light heavyweight division. It seems as the more that time passes, the better he gets with age. Currently ranked #5 in the division, it’s hard to pinpoint which matchups make sense for the division contenders. Especially when the UFC Light Heavyweight champion Jon Jones’ future
Darren Till is slowly climbing the UFC’s Middleweight rankings. However, Till is also climbing the rankings of being the pound for pound best troll in all of mixed martial arts. While most people are at home on lockdown with nothing to do, Till has decided to take his beef with Mike Perry to new levels
Frankie Edgar has been on the journey to regain UFC gold for quite some time now. Unfortunately for Frankie, each time he has tried to cash in on the opportunity, he’s lost the fight. Now, Edgar will be making his way down in weight to the uncharted and ultra-competitive UFC bantamweight division. And while many
Coming out of retirement, Alexander Gustafsson decided that he would be moving to heavyweight. Now he has decided to share what his target weight will be, for this massive change. When Gustafsson retired a little over a year ago, many people felt that it was too soon. However no one expected that when he did
For the majority of the Zuffa era of the UFC, Joe Silva was referred to as “the greatest matchmaker on the planet.” However some recent allegations have emerged, that paint him in a slightly different light. From the perspective of the fans, it is not exactly wrong to think of Joe as the best matchmaker
UFC lightweight Paul Felder appears more than happy to continue commentating rather than fighting inside the Octagon. “The Irish Dragon” last competed in February when he suffered a split decision loss to Dan Hooker at UFC Auckland following a back-and-forth war. Felder would hint at retirement soon after but has since had a change of
It doesn’t look like Anderson Silva vs. Anthony Pettis will take place at all. Pettis recently campaigned for a middleweight super fight with Silva — an idea that the latter was receptive to. However, it’s also a fight that is out of left field with seemingly little interest even from hardcore mixed martial arts fans.