Dana White, the UFC President, just declared that Nicco Montaño is no longer the UFC Women’s Flyweight Champion. Montaño (4-2-0) was scheduled to fight Peruvian-Kyrgyz Valentina Shevchenko (15-3-0) on Saturday at UFC 228 in Dallas, Texas. White announced the cancellation at the FS1 UFC 228 show on Friday. Montaño was cutting weight early Friday and […]
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Ronda Rousey Inducted Into UFC Hall of Fame
Ronda Rousey was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame last week, after an eight-year professional career. Rousey is the first woman to be inducted into the hall in the sport’s history. She has been arguably the most dominant UFC fighter and female athlete in the past few decades. “I am not the first person […]
UFC Will Issue Refunds for Mayweather vs. McGregor Fight
On Saturday night, UFC fans tuned in to watch Floyd Mayweather come out of retirement to fight Conor McGregor in his boxing debut. The fight received an inordinate amount of hype and with it plenty of viewers who were interested to see if the world’s number one boxer could defeat the best mixed martial artist in […]
Jon Jones Has Reclaimed His Pound for Pound Throne
The main event for this past Saturday’s UFC 214 featured two of the best mixed martial artists of all-time. Then-light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier squared off against his biggest rival Jon Jones in one of the biggest rematches in UFC history. The build up to the fight was entertaining, emotional, dramatic, and, most importantly, personal. […]
Junior Dos Santos Notified of Potential Doping Violation
Just weeks before his heavyweight matchup with Francis Ngannou, Junior Dos Santos was notified by USADA of a doping violation. Dos Santos was scheduled to fight Ngannou at UFC 215 in early September, however, due to the recent allegations, he has been pulled from the fight. UFC officials today revealed the news after being notified […]
Predicting Conor McGregor’s Next Fight After Mayweather
The matchup that once seemed foolish is now mere days away as on August 26th Conor McGregor will make his professional boxing debut against arguably the greatest boxer of all time in Floyd Mayweather. The fight has been analyzed and dissected in every which way since it was made official earlier this year, so I […]
News & Notes From Floyd Mayweather’s Open Media Workout
The showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor is just days away. The fight that many (though not all) fans wanted to see will finally take place later this month in the fight capital of the world, Las Vegas. In preparation for his upcoming fight, Floyd Mayweather held an open workout at his gym in […]
Previewing UFC 214
The rematch is finally here. Daniel Cormier versus Jon Jones for the light heavyweight title will be the headliner for perhaps the best overall card this year. UFC 214 will have three title fights among some other tremendous matchups. The site will be Anaheim, California for one of the most anticipated rematches in UFC history. […]
Previewing UFC Fight Night: Weidman vs. Gastelum
The UFC heads to Long Island for the first time ever on Saturday night for their upcoming Fight Night card. The card will be on live and free on FOX with the prelim fights kicking off at 6pm ET and the main card at 8pm ET. The headliner for this Fight Night features Long Island’s […]
Mayweather Publicly Apologizes to Dana White
It may seem a bit odd when a person who is in the middle of roasting another person, suddenly stops to offer a public apology to a third person. Well, that happened during the Mayweather-McGregor World Tour. During their second press conference in Toronto, Floyd Mayweather was in the middle of roasting Conor McGregor, calling […]
Mayweather-McGregor World Tour May Have Runs Its Course
When the Floyd Mayweather – Conor McGregor super fight was announced a few weeks ago, a lot of fans were more hyped about the build up to the fight rather than the fight itself. Many believe that Mayweather will run circles around McGregor in a boxing ring for obvious reasons, however, that has not slowed […]
Robert Whittaker Making a Strong Case for Fighter of the Year
Last year there were a lot of choices for the 2016 UFC fighter of the year. Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, two-division champ Conor McGregor, women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes. There were some good names that all were deserving of the honor. So far in 2017, there seems to be one clear favorite, new interim middleweight […]