The Independent Voice of Mixed Martial Arts
I’m a huge football fan and for those of my fellow Americans who find it sacrilegious to call it that, we will say Soccer. I grew up loving to play the sport and was lucky enough to win a state select tournament on a team where I was the goalkeeper. I thought I was the … Read more
This news makes me very happy. Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold called it quits after getting knocked out in three of his last four fights. Luke’s last outing in the octagon was in July 2019 so for an MMA “retirement“ that’s actually pretty long. After Luke dethroned then middleweight champion Chris Weidman he subsequently … Read more
Besides the Tony Ferguson versus Khabib Nurmagomedov bout there is one other cursed matchup in the UFC and that is Tyron Woodley versus Colby Covington. Woodley and Covington have talked a lot of smack over the years and every time they seem about to fight something happens. We are getting yet another report that it … Read more
We have been big Michael Chandler fans for a long time. He was and still is one of Bellator’s go to guys and one of the best lightweights in the world not in the UFC. Reportedly, and we don’t want to jinx it, Michael may actually sign a contract to make the jump from Bellator … Read more
It didn’t take long for Conor McGregor to come out of the woodwork to criticize returning bitter rival Khabib Nurmagomedov. Khabib is the UFC lightweight champion and is set to throwdown with interim champ Justin Gaethje later this year. That is one heck of a first fight back for the Russian after dealing with the … Read more
The UFC’s August 29th main event has fallen apart sadly. Ariel Helwani posted on Instagram that Yair Rodriguez is reportedly injured and Zabit Magomedsharipov is without a dance partner on August 29th. Helwani claims Dana White has confirmed this and goes on to report that Calvin Kattar has offered to step in on short notice. … Read more
This is what happens when a fighter retires and then starts tweeting either accepting fights or turning them down. Khamzat Chimaev started the latest flurry of rumors by saying he wanted to fight Conor McGregor along with two others in the same night. Conor simply replied that he was good to go with it. Dana … Read more
What the… Despite Dana White reiterating that Connor McGregor is retired and also that he does not want rising megastar Khamzat Chimaev’s next opponent to be the Irishman – we are still getting social media posts from Conor McGregor accepting the fight and now he’s doing it in other languages. This was the latest in … Read more
If you can find a better representation of just how freakishly strong Francis Ngannou is I would like to see it. There is a running social media back-and-forth between ‘The Rock’ Dwayne Johnson and UFC heavyweight monster Francis Ngannou. Francis wants to work out with Johnson who occasionally pings him back to tell him that … Read more
In case you don’t know by now Holly Holm is a physical specimen. She is a true athlete. Strong, quick, and technical in everything and if you follow her on Instagram you already know these things. If you don’t you may only know her as the former bantamweight champion who dethroned the once thought unbeatable … Read more