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Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis | Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Sean Strickland doesn’t want Dricus du Plessis to mix the martial arts when they fight again at UFC 312. The former titleholder issued a challenge to the current middleweight king on social media, telling du Plessis he wants to strictly meet in the […]
Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Merab Dvalishvili didn’t just successfully defend his title at UFC 311, he proved he’s as good as any fighter on the planet. Oddsmakers had Dvalishvili dropping the bantamweight belt to the undefeated Umar Nurmagomedov on Saturday, but “The Machine” flipped the script in impressive fashion, outlasting the favored Nurmagomedov to […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Belal Muhammad couldn’t help but laugh at Kamaru Usman’s hypocrisy after he called for Islam Makhachev to go after the UFC welterweight title for his next fight. It’s been well-documented that Muhammad spent a lot of time in recent years training alongside Makhachev and UFC Hall of […]
Merab Dvalishvili and Henry Cejudo | Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Henry Cejudo has held titles at flyweight and bantamweight in the UFC, and he knows who his choice is as the best of all-time in the latter: Merab Dvalishvili. “The Machine” outclassed Umar Nurmagomedov in this past Saturday’s […]
Think you can figure out which UFC fighter we’re talking about? You’ll get five clues to figure him out. We’re back for another day of the SB Nation UFC in-5 daily trivia game. We’ve made an adjustment to showing the games. We’ve linked back to previous days rather than embedding them so as to create […]
Evan Tanner | Photo by: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images The exact circumstances surrounding Evan Tanner’s final days remain a mystery, one that is tackled in the latest episode of VICE’s Dark Side of the Cage series. Tanner, a former UFC middleweight champion, died in September 2008 and was found in the California desert. […]
Photo by Dai Sugano/Pool Photo/MediaNews Group/Bay Area News Group via Getty Images Cain Velasquez won’t find out his fate until March after a sentencing hearing for the former UFC heavyweight champion was pushed back from January to March. The 42-year-old retired fighter plead no-contest to a variety of charges including attempted murder after he was […]
Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney are one step away from throwing down again. The rivals make their return to the ring this May in separate bouts according to an announcement by Saudi Arabian official and boxing promoter Turki Alalshikh. Garcia (24-1, 1 NC) […]
Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The PFL’s loss could soon become the UFC’s gain. Just days after former Bellator featherweight champion Patricio Pitbull received his release from the PFL along with top contender Aaron Pico hitting free agency following the conclusion of his contract, both fighters could potentially end up on the […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Renato Moicano may have accepted a title fight at UFC 311 on just 24 hours’ notice, but he actually ended up weighing more than lightweight champion Islam Makhachev by the time they set foot in the octagon to go to battle. On Tuesday, the California State Athletic Commission shared the […]