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…
17-year-old Malaysian-American teenage sensation ‘Jojo’ Johan Ghazali is one of the fastest-rising stars in the ONE Championship. In just a short period of time, the Rentap Muaythai Gym representative says fans have absolutely swarmed him whenever they see him out in the wild, to the point that there have been some pretty interesting interactions. In…
27-year-old atomweight rising star ‘Vick’ Victoria Souza of Brazil is looking to make her presence felt when she takes on ‘Lil’ Savage’ Alyse Anderson at ONE 168: Denver. The Ataque Duplo / Chute Boxe Floripa wants to showcase her punching power when she meets the 29-year-old American next weekend. Speaking to ONE Championship in a recent…
‘The Burmese Python’ Aung La N Sang is back in full throttle to continue where he left off. The KillCliff MMA star is on his way to fight his twentieth match in ONE Championship against undefeated Turkish finisher, Shamil Erdogan at ONE 168: Denver on Friday, Sept. 6. But while he prepares for one of…
