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Chael Sonnen slams Floyd Mayweather following Jake Paul altercation: ‘This is a crime’

Former UFC light heavyweight and middleweight title challenger, Chael Sonnen has hit out at former boxing world champion, Floyd Mayweather following his altercation with professional boxer, Jake Paul during a Miami Heat basketball game earlier this year – claiming the Michigan native’s attempt to jump the latter could be viewed as a crime. Earlier this […]

Earlier this week, footage was released detailing a heated altercation between Paul and Mayweather – as well as a slew of the Michigan native’s entourage during a Miami Heat game, in which Paul is threatened with physical violence.

During the run-in, Mayweather and members of his reported 50-deep entourage confront Paul, who backs away and eventually turns and runs from the situation, while the former shouts and taunts at the former unbeaten puncher.

Chael Sonnen slams Floyd Mayweather for Jake Paul altercation

Sharing his thoughts on the incident, Sonnen, claimed that the perpertrators were “cowardly” and “disgusting”.

“I watch the video and there’s all sorts of problems with this,” Chael Sonnen said on his YouTube channel. “First off, it is Floyd (Mayweather) and it is people with him. When you start to count them on camera, you come out to about four, but when you hear there was six, there was eight, 20, 50 … It makes it sound like there was more, maybe we didn’t see them, alright. All the rest of the story was true, I guess we should believe that.”

“You come out and this is a crime,” Chael Sonnen explained. “This is disgusting and this is cowardly what they did, but it’s a crime. Now you have one of Floyd’s people filmed the crime. That’s your real story. You’ve got to be a special kind of stupid. He films a crime and they intidimate Jake and the one guy says, “Hey, ya’ll. Should we rough him up?’ That right there becomes illegal. Then the guy answers his own question, ‘Yeah, let’s rough him up.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)

Off the back of the altercation, Paul lambasted Mayweather on social media, offering to fight the former multiple-time and weight boxing world champion.

Jon Jones walks back UFC 290 return against Stipe Miocic in July: ‘That was kinda just sprung on me’

Recently minted undisputed UFC heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has claimed that a return date at International Fight Week in July to face off with former division titleholder, Stipe MIocic was “kinda sprung” on him, and admits he needs to first talk to his team regarding a comeback. Snapping a three-year plus hiatus from the Octagon […]

Snapping a three-year plus hiatus from the Octagon last weekend atop a UFC 285 pay-per-view card, Jones managed to clinch the vacant heavyweight championship with a stunning opening round guillotine choke win over former interim champion, Ciryl Gane.

In the immediate aftermath of his victory, Jones, who declared himself as the greatest of all time – called out the consensus greatest heavyweight of all time in the form of Miocic – who was sitting front and center at the T-Mobile Arena in attendance.

Urging the Ohio native to take time from his job as a fireman to focus on a July return against him, Jones was targeted initially to feature atop UFC 290 this summer in the first week of July, however, took to Twitter to walk back a quickfire turnaround.

“More than likely,” Jon Jones tweeted of an International Fight Week comeback. “Felt like that was kind of sprung on me. Need to talk with my team/UFC and come up with a plan.”

More than likely, felt like that was kind of sprung on me. Need to talk with my team/UFC and come up with a plan. https://t.co/BgRhTBYjNg

— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 10, 2023

Denying former two-time heavyweight champion, Miocic has regressed since dropping the undisputed title to former gold holder, Francis Ngannou back in early 2021, Jones claims the Euclid veteran is “better than he’s ever been”.

Jon Jones believes Stipe Miocic is “better than he’s ever been”

“In my head he’s (Stipe Miocic) better than he’s ever been,” Jon Jones tweeted. “He’s definitely a lot more experienced and well-rounded then (sic) (Ciryl) Gane. This is an extremely important fight for both of our legacies, I must treat it as such.”

In my head he’s better than he’s ever been. He’s definitely a lot more Experienced and well-rounded then Gane. This is an extremely important fight for both of our legacies, I must treat it as such. https://t.co/RqlXq16osw

— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 10, 2023

Dana White unsure on when Conor McGregor fights Michael Chandler in UFC return: ‘When isn’t guaranteed’

UFC president, Dana White has claimed that he is still unsure as to when a long-anticipated grudge match between former two-weight champion, Conor McGregor, and lightweight contender, Michael Chandler will take place – pointing to the Dubliner leg fracture potentially holding up his 2023 return to active competition. McGregor, 34, most recently competed back in […]

McGregor, 34, most recently competed back in July 2021 in the main event of UFC 264, suffering a fractured left tibia and fibula en route to a doctor’s stoppage loss to Dustin Poirier.

As for Chandler, the one-time vacant lightweight title challenger featured most recently at UFC 281 back in November of last yeat against Poirier at Madison Square Garden, suffering a third round rear-naked choke submission loss to the Lafayette favorite.

Selected to feature as opposing coaches on The Ultimate Fighter 31 this year, Conor McGregor and Chandler recently began filming for the reality television show on location in Las Vegas, Nevada – with an alleged altercation taking place between the two at the UFC Apex facility just last week.

Dana White remains coy on Conor McGregor’s UFC comeback

And despite fans clamoring for more information on McGregor’s return against Chandler, White claims it’s far from a straightforward matchup to put together.

“They’re (Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler) going to fight,” Dana White told on The Pat McAfee show. “‘When’ isn’t guaranteed – when, what weight class, what are these guys doing. Conor’s filming this season of The Ultimate Fighter with Chandler. But Conor’s still coming back from that shin break.”

“There’s still a lot of questions and ifs, and we don’t have answers yet,” Dana White continued.

At the time of publication, McGregor has yet to return to the USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) testing pool ahead of his Octagon return. And in order to compete, the Dubliner would require to feature in the pool for a period of six months, or acquire an exemption to compete from the promotion.

Tyson Fury hopes Francis Ngannou ‘Chins’ Deontay Wilder: ‘He’s a piece of sh*t’

Tyson Fury is very eager to see Francis Ngannou knock out Deontay Wilder. When asked about the potential matchup, Fury responded very eloquently. ‘The Gypsy King’ didn’t hesitate to call Wilder a “piece of sh*t” and state vehemently that he’d like to see Ngannou shut his lights out. Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is […]

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is now a free agent, and rumors have been rampant that his first post-UFC fight may be against boxing superstar Deontay Wilder. Wilder has said that talks have been going on with Ngannou’s team to secure a fight, and after some more negotiating, we may see Ngannou vs. Wilder come to fruition.

When asked about this matchup, Tyson Fury didn’t hesitate for a second to delve into the interworkings of it. While he did say it probably wouldn’t happen, what ‘The Gypsy King’ would love to see is a Ngannou knockout of Wilder.

Tyson Fury speaks on Ngannou vs. Wilder matchup, hopes to see ‘Piece of sh*t’ Wilder knocked out

“He’s (Ngannou is) big enough to knock anybody out, but I don’t think he does because I think Wilder knocks him out first,” Tyson Fury began, speaking to Fight Hub.

“Wilder is the type of guy who’s like a piece of s**t kinda guy, so I’d like to see Ngannou chin him, knock his spark out. But I don’t think he would.”

When asked about the animosity towards Deontay Wilder, Fury just shrugged and said: “I don’t think I gave him a good enough beating in that third fight… That was a beating for the ages, I gave him some rattling punches. But, he obviously didn’t take enough punishment. So, don’t rule out a fourth fight.”

Obviously, not all is well and good between the two boxing phenoms that is Wilder and Fury. The presence of beef is still very strong and it appears Fury has a bone to pick with the american powerhouse that is Wilder.

Would you like to see a fourth fight between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury?

Jon Jones huge betting favorite to defeat Stipe Miocic in expected UFC 290 championship battle

Off the back of his spectacular vacant heavyweight championship victory at UFC 285 last weekend, former light heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones has opened as quite the massive betting favorite to defeat former two-time heavyweight best, Stipe Miocic, ahead of a targeted UFC 290 clash in July. Jones, the newly-minted undisputed heavyweight champion, headlined UFC 285 […]

Jones, the newly-minted undisputed heavyweight champion, headlined UFC 285 last Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada against former interim division champion, Ciryl Gane – clinching the crown in a stunning opening round guillotine choke victory.

Rallying after suffering an inadvertent groin strike in the opening exchanges against the Frenchman, Jones would then take Gane to the Octagon canvas successfully, before working his way to the fence.

Hand-fighting briefly, Jones then locked up a taut guillotine choke on the MMA Factory Paris staple – forcing a rather timely submission from the former interim gold holder.

And in the immediate aftermath of the triumph, Jones, now a two-time undisputed champion during his tenure with the UFC, was floated for an International Fight Week with the above-mentioned, Miocic in July atop a UFC 290 pay-per-view card by organization leader, Dana White.

Whilst predicting a victory of his own over Jones, opening markets have placed the new champion as quite the sizeable betting favorite over Miocic, with the Endicott native placed as high as a -355 favorite. As for the former titleholder, he has opened as a notable betting underdog at +290. Picking Jones – even as part of a 1xBet, could likely see you land some notable returns on the consensus greatest fighter of all time.

Sidelined since UFC 260 back in 2021, Miocic headlined a UFC Apex facility card against Cameroonian knockout artist and former division kingpin, Francis Ngannou in the pair’s title rematch – dropping his place atop the division in a spectacular one-punch second round KO loss.

First striking gold back in 2016 in Brazil, Miocic stopped Fabricio Werdum on enemy territory, before defeating Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos, and the aforenoted, Ngannou during his first reign as champion. Despite his knockout loss to Ngannou, Miocic has since retained his rank as the #1 division challenger – now seated below just Jones.

A former two-time light heavyweight gold holder to boot, Jones, a former Jackson-Wink MMA staple, clinched the title for a second time with a rematch win over Alexander Gustafsson.

And in three successful title defenses before his heavyweight division leap, Jones would defeat the trio of Anthony Smith, Thiago Santos, and Dominick Reyes in decision wins. Following his February 2020 debated judging win over Reyes, Jones vacated his light heavyweight crown in August of that year.

Once more opening as a betting favorite in a potential fight with Miocic, Jones, in fact, opened as quite the significant betting underdog ahead of his fight with Gane last weekend – before comfortably closing as a betting favorite en route to his submission win to land undisputed heavyweight spoils. Jones had not opened as a betting underdog since his sophomore Octagon appearance against the late, Stephan Bonner back in 2009.

Leon Edwards heavy betting favorite to beat Jorge Masvidal ahead of potential future UFC title fight

Four years removed from their hectic backstage altercation at UFC Fight Night London back in 2019, undisputed welterweight champion, Leon Edwards remains a strong betting favorite to defeat two-time title challenger, Jorge Masvidal, ahead of a long-awaited grudge match between the duo. Edwards, the current undisputed welterweight champion, is slated to return to the Octagon […]

Edwards, the current undisputed welterweight champion, is slated to return to the Octagon next weekend at The O2 Arena – meeting with common-foe, Kamaru Usman in a title trilogy rubber match against the Auchi native atop a UFC 286 pay-per-view card.

As for Masvidal, the Miami native is slated to co-headline UFC 287 in the ‘Sunshine State’ next month beneath a middleweight title rematch between Alex Pereira, and Israel Adesanya – taking on one-time title chaser, Gilbert Burns at the Miami-Dade Center.

First locking horns, albeit in an unsanctioned setting back in March 2019, Masvidal opened a laceration on the face of Birmingham favorite, Edwards during a post-fight interview – after the latter had offered to fight him later that year.

Yet to share the Octagon in a bid to settle their rivalry since, Edwards and Masvidal were slated to fight at UFC 269 back in December 2021, however, the bout was shelved due to an undisclosed injury suffered by the latter.

Expressing his willingness to fight Masvidal in the future in a potential title defense, Edwards currently sits as an impressive -305 betting favorite to defeat the American Top Team staple, who would open as a +255 underdog. If you’re willing to part with some cash on a potential showdown, mrbet can help offer odds and opening lines for a slew of markets and sports.

“I don’t like him (Jorge Masvidal) that much, but I’m rooting for him to win so I can fight him,” Leon Edwards said. “He just keeps losing so it’s hard to make the fight make sense. I even said if he went out there and fought in like December, January – (fight) Gilbert (Burns) or somebody, beat one of them, then I’ll fight you in March.”

“Then (Kamaru) Usman in the summer or something, let him rest his hands a bit I’ll fight you in March, but he didn’t even do that,” Leon Edwards explained. “We’ll see. Skillset-wise, it’s two different levels. His career is doing that, mine’s doing this. It’s hard to make the fight make sense right now. But that’s a fight I need to happen and want to happen.”

Himself clinching the undisputed welterweight title back in August of last year in Salt Lake City in a stunning, Comeback of the Year shoo-in – Edwards landed a stunning fifth round, high kick iknockout over former champion, Usman, in the pair’s title rematch.

Avenging a 2015 decision loss to the Nigerian, Edwards was down on all three judges scorecards ahead of his final round with Usman – before capturing the welterweight crown with his spectacular KO victory.

As for Masvidal, the Floridian, who has twice dropped title challenge losses to Usman, dropped a grudge match against former friend and past teammate, Colby Covington back in March of last year at UFC 272 – in a headliner which earned both Fight of the Night honors.