Revolutionary United Fight League on the Rise Ahead of UFL 5

UFL 5: PHOENIX vs VEGAS is set for AUG 30 Witness Phoenix coach Henry Cejudo and Vegas coach Frank Mir lead top-level talent in a battle for state supremacy Advertisement – https://t.co/PprrSI1czQ | CHANDLER AZ | Wild Horse Pass Casino pic.twitter.com/b0jhcwDpdb — United Fight League (@UnitedMMALeague) July 26, 2024 A year and a half after …

Miranda Maverick Suggests Tracy Cortez Leave Fake Eyelashes At Home for UFC Tampa

Miranda Maverick has issued a warning to Tracy Cortez ahead of their upcoming fight. Advertisement Maverick and Cortez will trade leather in a flyweight matchup on Dec. 14 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida at UFC on ESPN 63, which also marks the promotion’s return to the city for the first time since 2019. …

Shavkat Rakhmonov: It’s ‘Kind of a Shame’ for Kamaru Usman to Request Title Shot

Shavkat Rakhmonov considers himself the clear No. 1 contender for the next UFC welterweight title shot and believes Kamaru Usman should be ashamed to even compete in that race. Advertisement The welterweight title recently changed hands with Belal Muhammad dethroning Leon Edwards via unanimous decision at UFC 304 in Manchester in July. Rakhmonov, Usman, Jack …

Norma Dumont Calls Julianna Pena Title Shot ‘A Slap in the Face’ to Entire Division

Norma Dumont recently went off on Julianna Pena, who will receive the next UFC women’s bantamweight title shot. Advertisement Pena is set to challenge Raquel Pennington for the bantamweight title in the co-main event at UFC 307 on Oct. 5 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to Dumont, Pena getting the …

PFL MENA Semifinals Set for Sept. 20 with One New Lightweight Pairing

The PFL MENA semifinals have been finalized for Sept. 20 in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia. After regular season events on May 10 and July 12, the brackets at featherweight, welterweight, lightweight and bantamweight remain largely intact with the exception of one 155-pound matchup. According to a release from the PFL, Abdullah Saleem has failed an in-competition …

Bellator Champions Series San Diego Loses Stots vs. Breno, Neal vs. Murtazaliev

Bellator MMA’s upcoming card in San Diego is down two fights. Advertisement The promotion recently announced that Raufeon Stots vs. Marcos Breno and Grant Neal vs. Khalid Murtazaliev are now off the Sept. 7 card. As a result, a women’s flyweight clash pitting Sumiko Inaba against Mackenzie Stiller has been elevated to the main draw. …

Robert Whittaker: Dricus Du Plessis Not a Good Fight for Alex Pereira

Robert Whittaker advises Alex Pereira against moving down to middleweight to fight Dricus Du Plessis. Advertisement Du Plessis defended his middleweight strap for the first time with a fourth-round submission win in an absolute war against Israel Adesanya at UFC 305 in Perth on Aug. 17. Pereira was one of the many elite names who …

Randy Couture ‘Not Surprised’ by UFC’s Handling of Francis Ngannou Narrative

Randy Couture isn’t surprised about the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s spat with Francis Ngannou given his own history of the promotion. Ngannou exited the promotion as the heavyweight champion in January 2023 over a lengthy contract dispute. Couture, meanwhile, had a lengthy legal battle with the UFC in 2007, even publicly resigning for a brief period. …

MMA Veteran Andrew Osborne Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Manslaughter

Twenty-fight mixed martial arts veteran Andrew Osborne was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison for stabbing a man to death earlier this year. According to a statement from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office (via via MMAjunkie.com), Osborne pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated manslaughter this past Thursday. Osborne must serve at least 85 percent of …