Paige VanZant Receives Good News About Her Arm, Reveals Expected Timeline to Return

Paige VanZant has anxiously been waiting for good news regarding her broken arm and she finally got some just recently. The 25-year old strawweight contender, who just recently signed on to do color commentary for M-1 Global in the United States, has b…

Paige VanZant has anxiously been waiting for good news regarding her broken arm and she finally got some just recently. The 25-year old strawweight contender, who just recently signed on to do color commentary for M-1 Global in the United States, has been keeping very busy since her submission win over Rachael Ostovich in January. […]

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Carla Esparza Draws Invicta FC Champ Virna Jandiroba as Late Notice Opponent

Current Invicta FC champion Virna Jandiroba has signed with the UFC and will face Carla Esparza on April 27 at UFC Fight Night from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sources close to the contest confirmed the news on Thursday after Esparza’s original opponent …

Current Invicta FC champion Virna Jandiroba has signed with the UFC and will face Carla Esparza on April 27 at UFC Fight Night from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sources close to the contest confirmed the news on Thursday after Esparza’s original opponent Livinha Souza was forced off the card due to injury. MMAFighting initially reported the […]

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Dana White Calls Recent Conor McGregor-Khabib Nurmagomedov Exchange ‘Unacceptable’

UFC president Dana White will typically chalk up trash talk as part of the fight business but the recent insults shared between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have apparently gone over the line. Over the past 24 hours, McGregor and Nurmagomedov…

UFC president Dana White will typically chalk up trash talk as part of the fight business but the recent insults shared between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov have apparently gone over the line. Over the past 24 hours, McGregor and Nurmagomedov have exchanged some rather nasty messages on Twitter. McGregor started his tirade by targeting […]

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Eddie Alvarez Releases First Statement Following TKO Loss, Shows Off Gruesome Eye Injury

Eddie Alvarez is making no excuses for his shocking first round loss to Timofey Nastyukhin in his ONE Championship debut this past weekend in Japan. Alvarez, who signed with the Singapore based promotion after entering free agency last year, was the fa…

Eddie Alvarez is making no excuses for his shocking first round loss to Timofey Nastyukhin in his ONE Championship debut this past weekend in Japan. Alvarez, who signed with the Singapore based promotion after entering free agency last year, was the favorite going into the ONE Lightweight World Grand Prix prior to the TKO loss […]

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Dana White Doesn’t Believe Conor McGregor is Really Retired, Hopes to Meet with Him Soon

Conor McGregor says he’s retired but UFC president Dana White isn’t buying it. Last week the former two-division UFC champion announced that he was calling it a career, which is the second time in three years that he’s made that same declaration. Back …

Conor McGregor says he’s retired but UFC president Dana White isn’t buying it. Last week the former two-division UFC champion announced that he was calling it a career, which is the second time in three years that he’s made that same declaration. Back in 2016, McGregor made a similar statement after a disagreement with the […]

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Justin Gaethje Knows He’s the ‘Toughest Matchup’ for Khabib Nurmagomedov

Justin Gaethje has always been one of the most exciting fighters on the UFC roster but lately he’s looked like a future title contender as well. On Saturday night, Gaethje secured his second consecutive first round knockout as he put Edson Barboza to s…

Justin Gaethje has always been one of the most exciting fighters on the UFC roster but lately he’s looked like a future title contender as well. On Saturday night, Gaethje secured his second consecutive first round knockout as he put Edson Barboza to sleep with a vicious right hook that put the Brazilian down and […]

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