Category: Sport

Bellator’s chief overseas regulator said there was no way Paul Daley could have fought Derek Anderson at Bellator 247 and criticized the veteran welterweight for saying otherwise. Mohegan Tribe Department of Athletic Regulation President Michael Mazzulli told MMA Fighting Daley “was not going to fight, period” despite a deleted message from the welterweight slugger claiming […]

Josh Barnett will embark on a new challenge on Oct. 23, when the former UFC heavyweight champion faces ex-KSW titleholder Marcin Rozalski in a bare-knuckle boxing match under the Genesis banner in Poland, the company announced. According to Genesis’ official YouTube channel, Barnett-Rozalski will be contested in three rounds of three minutes each, and elbow […]

Wearing a traditional papakha before all his fights, Muhammad Mokaev, 20, bears a striking resemblance to Khabib Nurmagomedov. But his journey to MMA traveled a much different path than the UFC lightweight champion. Originally born in Dagestan, Mokaev and his father fled their home following the death of his mother when he was just 12. […]

It wasn’t all that long ago that some fans were calling for Chris Weidman to hang up his gloves for good. Now, the former UFC middleweight champion is back in the win column and calling for another shot at the title. Earlier this week, Chael Sonnen improbably proffered that Weidman posed the biggest threat to […]

Floyd Mayweather isn’t looking to conquer anymore championships in boxing, but for a hefty nine-figure payday, he’ll consider a rematch with Conor McGregor. The 50-0 boxer, who re-retired after he finished McGregor by 10th-round TKO when they met in 2017, has flirted with several possible fights that could lure him back to the ring – […]

Israel Adesanya could only let Jon Jones’ Twitter fingers go unchecked for so long. Despite competing in different divisions, the two UFC stars have been feuding for months now, with Adesanya teasing a move up to light heavyweight—or even heavyweight should that be where Jones ends up—to someday fight Jones. Adesanya’s successful middleweight championship defense […]

UFC has decided to re-book a heavyweight fight between Marcos Rogerio de Lima and Alexander Romanov for Nov. 7 in Las Vegas, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting. The bout was originally set for Sept. 5, but was cancelled hours before the event after “Pezao” tested positive for COVID-19. De Lima […]