Everyone has a fighting chance
Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight contender Kelvin Gastelum returns to the Octagon next weekend at UFC 236 to take on Israel Adesanya for the interim UFC middleweight title.
Cristiane Justino joins the list of fighters who believe the latest war-of-words between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor has crossed the line. “Cyborg” is calling for both fighters to be sanctioned for their involvement.
Outspoken Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight Colby Covington is set to become Kamaru Usman’s opponent in his first 170-pound title defense when the pair finally meet later this year.
Alexander Volkanovski faces the biggest test of his career so far when he faces off against former featherweight king Jose Aldo at UFC 237 on May 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and he’s making the argument that it should be for bigger stakes.
Former two-time light heavyweight title challenger Anthony Johnson was in attendance at this week’s Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship media event where things got heated between two of the promotion’s recent acquisitions in former UFC fighter Artem Lobov and former boxing world champion Paulie Malignaggi.
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has weighed in on the current Twitter war of words between reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champ Conor McGregor.
After the main event at UFC London last month, Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal were involved in an altercation backstage with both fighters exchanging words before Masvidal threw several punches, cutting the face of Edwards.
Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight Ruslan Magomedov has become the first fighter in MMA history to receive a lifetime ban from the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Conor McGregor, who just last week retired from the sport of MMA, has reignited his rivalry against the last man to beat him inside the Octagon, Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Eddie Alvarez made his much anticipated debut on Sunday for One Championship as he faced off against Timofey Nastyukhin as part of the One Lightweight Grand Prix quarterfinal round.