UFC News
BREAKING | Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal to collide in London main event
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
Earlier this week, UFC welterweight stars Darren Till and Jorge Masvidal seemed to agree to a fight in London on March 16. According to UFC President Dana White, who spoke to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, this fight is now official for the UFC London main event.
TJ Dillashaw on Henry Cejudo: 'I'm going outwrestle him'
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
This Saturday, in the main event of the UFC’s first-ever card on ESPN+, UFC bantamweight champion TJ Dillashaw will take a trip south to the flyweight division, where he’ll battle local champ Henry Cejudo in a bid to become a two-division titleholder. Heading into this fight, both men would seem to have a clear list of advantages and disadvantages. While the wrestling advantage is widely believed to be in the corner of the Olympic wrestler Cejudo, however, TJ Dillashaw is confident he’ll be able to win the bout’s wrestling exchanges.
Cris Cyborg encourages UFC not to let her go
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
The UFC featherweight title reign of Cris Cyborg has come to an end — at least for now. Despite her recent loss to Amanda Nunes, however, Cyborg remains one of the most fearsome women on the planet, and a definite MMA star. As such, she believes it would unwise of the UFC to let her take her services elsewhere after her next fight, which is the final obligation on her current UFC contract. If Cris Cyborg does leave the UFC after her next fight, she believes her legions of fans will follow her.
Kelvin Gastelum and Ben Askren continue war of words on social media
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
Last night, top UFC middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum took a shot at UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley for plotting a move up to the middleweight division. Haha @TWooodley has never wanted this smoke after we fought the 1st time! He can’t compete at MW 🤷♂️ https://t.co/NxXkOawHlT
Conor McGregor ranked among fittest athletes of 2018 by Sports Illustrated
James Lynch - January 16, 2019
Conor McGregor didn’t win a fight in 2018 but did earn himself some recognition. Sports Illustrated released their 50-fittest athletes (25 fittest Men and 25 fittest Women) and the former UFC lightweight and featherweight champion found himself ranked ninth out of 25 other men.
Bellator champ Ryan Bader offers criticism of the UFC light heavyweight division
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
For many years, Ryan Bader stood out as one of the best light heavyweights in the UFC. In 2017, however, the long-time contender parted was with the UFC, and migrated to the ever-growing Bellator MMA roster. In a matter of months, he had defeated Phil Davis to become the Bellator MMA light heavyweight champ.
PHOTOS | Conor McGregor and other MMA stars do the 10 year challenge
Tom Taylor - January 16, 2019
By now, you’ve probably encountered the 10 year challenge dozens and dozens of times on your social media accounts. This craze, which encourages people to share a picture of themselves from 10 years ago and a picture of themselves from this year, side by side, has swept the Internet. Even MMA stars like Conor McGregor have gotten in on the fun. Here are some MMA fighters who have done the 10 year challenge over the last few days.
Matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Justin Willis on tap for UFC Nashville
Drake Riggs - January 15, 2019
As it was revealed today, the UFC looks to be returning to Nashville, Tennesse in March as the first fight for the event was reported to be the welterweight scrap pitting Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson vs Anthony “Showtime” Pettis. Now we’ve gotten word of the next potential matchup which is a clash at heavyweight.
Kelvin Gastelum rips Tyron Woodley, gets backlash from Ben Askren and others
Thomas Taylor - January 15, 2019
UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley recently announced that he plans to move up to the middleweight division in the near future. This news generated an interesting reaction from top middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum, who Woodley defeated in a catchweight bout in 2015. https://twitter.com/KelvinGastelum/status/1085252534401265664
Darren Till interested in eventual middleweight clash with Israel Adesanya
Drake Riggs - January 15, 2019
The last time we saw Darren Till competing inside the Octagon was for his first career UFC title shot. Unfortunately for Liverpool’s finest, Till would suffer his first career defeat when challenging the welterweight king Tyron Woodley.
VIDEO | Firas Zahabi hopes for 165-pound division where 'Georges St-Pierre vs Khabib Nurmagomedov makes a lot of sense'
Drake Riggs - January 15, 2019
“[Georges St-Pierre is] back in training as usual.” Tristar head coach Firas Zahabi told MMA Betz. “Hopefully, he’ll get back in the game in 2019… So keep an eye out for that.
Stephen Thompson vs Anthony Pettis targeted for March 23
Drake Riggs - January 15, 2019
The power of social media is real, people. Former WEC and UFC lightweight champion Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis has fought as low as 145-pounds in his career. Although it was a brief stint, Pettis did make the cut… At least for one fight.
EXCLUSIVE | Elias Theodorou willing to fight Derek Brunson after being called out
Cole Shelton - January 15, 2019
Elias Theodorou already has his next opponent in mind. Derek Brunson, who is currently ranked eighth in the middleweight division, recently called out the 14th ranked Theodorou. and Theodorou is all for it. “I think it is a good fight. Obviously, he is a tough competitor,” Theodorou said to BJPENN.com. “He has shown there are ways to beat him, obviously by being on a two-fight losing streak. I’m looking for, if all goes well, to make it three. It is a great fight and he presents challenges but I have shown time and time again that I’m one tough puzzle to solve and I look forward to getting my hand raised.”
Leon Edwards challenges Darren Till, rips Jorge Masvidal for attempting to get fight
Tom Taylor - January 15, 2019
Rising UFC welterweight contender Leon Edwards his hoping to fight his fellow Brit Darren Till in the main event of the UFC’s March 16 return to London, England. https://soundcloud.com/mmafighting/eurobash-w-leon-edwards-aleksandar-rakic-soren-bak-episode-19
Anthony Smith: 'I don't care' if Jon Jones is clean at UFC 235
Tom Taylor - January 15, 2019
Anthony Smith, who is expected to challenge Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 235 on March 2, has some questions about the champion’s recent drug tests, several of which of turned up traces of the banned substance ‘turinabol.’ “I think that the definition of a clean fighter has become mighty grey in the last six months,” Smith said on the latest episode of Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show (transcript via MMA Mania). “And it didn’t used to be like that, it was pretty black and white.”
Derrick Lewis explains why he turned down short-notice UFC Brooklyn fight with Stipe Miocic
James Lynch - January 15, 2019
Derrick Lewis isn’t set to step back into the cage until Mar. 9 but “The Black Beast” nearly fought on this Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+1 card in Brooklyn, NY. That’s according to Lewis who said he was asked to face former UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, however he turned down the matchup because he needed more time off.
VIDEO | Joe Rogan makes his pick for 'the best women's MMA KO ever'
Tom Taylor - January 15, 2019
Over the years, we’ve seen women produce some pretty jaw-dropping knockouts inside the cage. There were Holly Holm’s knockouts of Ronda Rousey and Bethe Correia. There was Jessica Andrade’s knockout of Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Most recently, there was Amanda Nunes’ first-round knockout of Cris Cyborg. Speaking on a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show, UFC commentator Joe Rogan made his pick for the best knockout in the history of women’s MMA.
Al Iaquinta explains why Justin Gaethje fight does't interest him right now
Tom Taylor - January 15, 2019
Al Iaquinta was recently called out by former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje, who he was briefly scheduled to fight this summer. For the moment, however, this is not a fight that Iaquinta is especially interested in. “I’m looking up in the rankings,” Iaquinta told MMAjunkie Radio. “I think Gaethje, he’s kind of had his opportunity, and he chose to fight Vick. He wanted to do what was best for him, so now I’m going to do what’s best for me. Fighting below me in the rankings is definitely not (it). It’s a good fight, but I think there’s guys that’ll put me right up there. Those are the guys I’m gunning for.