17-year-old Malaysian teenage sensation ‘Jojo’ Johan Ghazali is one of the fastest-rising stars in ONE Championship today, and the bustling young star isn’t really scared of much, especially anything in the ring. However, Ghazali admits that one man terrifies him in the world’s largest martial arts organization—and it’s because of his nickname. Speaking to the…
British Muay Thai icon and former ONE bantamweight Muay Thai world title challenger ‘Hitman’ Liam Harrison is taking the direction of his career into his own hands — just the way he likes it. The United Kingdom legend is in the twilight of his time in the ring, and he wants to go out in…
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…
