Belal Muhammad is weighing in on the options for the first defense of his freshly minted UFC welterweight championship. Muhammad toppled the reign of Leon Edwards at UFC 304 with a unanimous decision win and has been strongly linked with a fight either against Kamaru Usman or Shavkat Rakhmonov. Muhammad’s coach Louis Taylor weighed in…
Liam Harrison isn’t bothering with a game plan against Seksan. Two years removed from his devastating loss against Nong-O Hama at ONE on Prime Video 1, the ‘Hitman’ returns to the Circle on Friday, Sept. 6 for a massive Muay Thai clash with ‘The Man Who Yields To No One’ at ONE 168: Denver. Eager…
Teenage rising star Johan Ghazali believes Black Panther can give kickboxing legend Takeru Segawa a good run for his money when they clash at ONE Friday Fights 81. While many believe that Black Panther might not be on the same level as Takeru, ‘Jojo’ doesn’t want to count him out. Make no mistake, the Thai…
UFC star Israel Adesanya’s post-fight celebrations have a separate fan base of their own. Be it the NSFW gesture after his win against Paulo Costa or his theatric freestyle dance that involved mimicking gunfire following his knockout victory over Robert Whittaker, Adesanya has demonstrated a proven ability to penetrate pop culture. However, nothing quite compares…
Depending on how things play out in his upcoming world title clash with Superlek, two-sport king Jonathan Haggerty may be enticed to move down to flyweight for a trilogy bout with ‘The Kicking Machine’ on martial arts’ biggest global stage. Six years ago, Superlek scored a second-round TKO victory over ‘The General’ under the Yokkao…
The UFC returns to the Las Vegas APEX next weekend for its latest Fight Night event. This one features a pretty great main event by anyone’s standards. UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns vs. Sean Brady not only has a strong headliner but to be fair, it isn’t a bad card in general for the APEX. Will the action…
Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has doubled down on his accusations hurled at Sean O’Malley highlighting the nature of his rise in the organization. Sterling asserts that O’Malley, like YouTuber-turned-fighter Jake Paul, leveraged his popularity to fast-track his quest for the championship opportunity. During a recent episode of Verse Us with Eric Nicksick, Sterling painted a…
In the latest sports updates from the world of MMA, the Taliban regime, which regained control of Afghanistan in Aug. 2021, has banned the sport after an investigation into Islamic law compliance. According to a report by BBC, an official from the Taliban’s sports authority claimed that the sport is not compatible with Islamic traditions. He…
Tai Tuivasa fought Jairzinho Rozenstruik in a heavyweight clash at UFC 305 in Australia earlier this month. Rozenstruik dominated the three-round bout and was expected to outpoint Tuivasa on the judges’ scorecards. While two judges gave him scores of 30-27 and 29-18, third judge Howie Booth shockingly scored the fight 30-27 in Tuivasa’s favor, resulting…
Tom Aspinall recently fired back at Jon Jones for his latest comments dissing the Englishman amidst the UFC heavyweight title picture debacle. Aspinall seemingly wasn’t happy about Jones dismissing his callouts and slammed the reigning UFC heavyweight champion for his past PED violations. For context, Aspinall has turned up the heat on Jones over the…
