Joe Rogan won’t make the trip to London, England, for UFC 286. Rogan tends to avoid long-distance traveling to commentate UFC events. With that said, there was a possibility that the legendary podcaster would switch things up to witness the highly-anticipated trilogy fight between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman for the welterweight championship. MMAFighting has
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is a popular martial art and combat sport. One of the most unique aspects of BJJ are the colored belts that identify practitioners’ level of achievement in the sport. This blog post will explore the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu belt system, offer an overview of each belt, explain how one goes about earning a
One of the UFC’s brightest young stars, Raul Rosas Jr. has lofty goals for his UFC career. Last year the UFC made a bold move to bring a 17-year-old fighter on to compete in the Dana White Contender Series. That fighter was Raul Rosas Jr. He quickly turned heads as he defeated Mando Gutierrez by
The UFC 287 main event and co-main event have been announced. Earlier today, the UFC released a statement that Dana White had a special announcement to make. Rumors started circulating about White potentially revealing the coaches for the next Ultimate Fighter season, which was offered to Conor McGregor and Tony Ferguson. After showing up nearly
Former UFC heavyweight Greg Hardy is ready to make his BKFC debut in February. When the UFC signed former NFL star Greg Hardy back in 2019 it was a bit controversial. Hardy has a history of domestic violence and at the time had little MMA experience. After two appearances on the Dana White Contender Series,
Six months after criticizing the UFC over fighter pay, Paddy Pimblett has quickly switched sides, defending Dana White and the promotion. Paddy Pimblett will make his highly-anticipated return to the Octagon this Saturday night in the co-main event of UFC 282. Emanating from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, ‘The Baddy’ will face his toughest
On Sunday Oct 09, the 2022 Legion Sports Fest Pro was held in Reno, NV. Seven divisions competed for a trip to the 2022 Olympia including Men’s Open, Classic Physique, Men’s Physique, Bikini, Fitness, Women’s Physique, and Wellness. Tonio Burton’s victory in the Men’s Open Bodybuilding highlighted the show. Justin Rodriguez is returning to the
Antonio Silva got knocked out in his recent outing in Russia. Former UFC title challenger Antonio Silva is going through a skid in his professional career that saw him drop seven in a row. A fortnight ago, Silva took on Oleg Popov in the headlining bout at MMA Series 53 in Moscow on June 24.
Sean Brady is gunning for a fight with Belal Muhammad this August. It has been challenging for the UFC’s No. 9 ranked welterweight to find a fight in the top 10. After getting turned down by numerous fighters, including Stephen ‘Wonderboy‘ Thompson, Brady is gunning for a fight with No. 5 ranked Belal Muhammad. The
Nothing has changed as far as the relationship between UFC president Dana White and Fedor Emelianenko. Leading up to his knockout win over Tim Johnson at Bellator 269 earlier this month, Emelianenko said the following about White: “Money means everything to him,” Emelianenko told Russian outlet TASS. “He has no respect towards fighters, no respect for
“Big” John McCarthy has gone off on UFC President Dana White over his recent comments about building new stars. The UFC has been praised for its Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series. The series gives fighters the opportunity to fight for a UFC contract if their performances are up to snuff. Recently, White told media
UFC lightweight fighter Luis Pena was arrested Friday by Florida police and was later charged with three felony counts. As per court records, Pena was charged with robbery by sudden snatching, battery and criminal mischief. He was picked up by the Coral Springs Police Department on a warrant issued by a police department in a
The UFC is back in the Apex Center this weekend, with a clash of flyweights atop of the bill. This is the complete weigh-in results for UFC Vegas 26: Marina Rodriguez vs Michelle Waterson. This weekend’s UFC event was originally supposed to be the return of former bantamweight champ TJ Dillashaw, as he was set
The UFC is back again this weekend, as the streak of weekly events continues. This is full results for the UFC Vegas 8 weigh-ins. UFC Vegas 8 features a main event in the light heavyweight division, between former title challenger Anthony Smith and prospect Aleksandar Rakic. In addition to that, there is a stellar co-main
The UFC rolls on with this weekend’s UFC on ESPN 10 card, live from the Apex Center in Las Vegas. This is the results of Friday’s early weigh-ins. UFC on ESPN 10 features a headlining bout between Cynthia Calvillo and Jessica Eye. This flyweight bout is a pivotal one in the rather shallow division, with
Adesanya: Jones Is Just The Fakest Motherf*cker Israel Adesanya unloaded on Jon Jones for his fakeness in the latest war of words between the two UFC champions. Jones took a subtle dig at Anthony Smith following the latter’s recent home invasion with the light heavyweight champion claiming he would have not let his home invader