Category: Boxing / UFC / MMA

Colby Covington plans on diving into the entertainment business in the near future. The former three-time UFC welterweight title challenger is already thinking of life after fighting, and hopes he can crossover to professional wrestling and compete for the WWE. "I would…

LAS VEGAS – Jared Cannonier doesn't feel like he's the UFC's middleweight gatekeeper but understands why it may appear as such. In 2022, Cannonier (17-8 MMA, 10-8 UFC) came up short in a title shot against then-champion Israel Adesanya. He has since gone 2-2,…

Oleksandr Usyk is interested in fighting one of the UFC's biggest stars. Usyk retained his WBC, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles when he defeated Tyson Fury by unanimous decision this past December in Saudi Arabia. The 37-year-old plans on competing two more times b

Sean Strickland knows it will be declared as excuses, but he just wants to explain what happened prior to UFC 312. The first signs Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) might not be in peak condition for this past Saturday's middleweight title rematch with Dricus Du Ples

LAS VEGAS – Calvin Kattar may be in the midst of the worst stretch of his professional MMA career, but it makes no difference to him. Kattar (23-8 MMA, 7-6 UFC) returns to action in the featherweight co-feature of UFC Fight Night 251 at the UFC Apex in Las…

LAS VEGAS – Youssef Zalal appreciates where he's at. Just like many others, he's baffled by what he's been able to accomplish in the past 12 months. One year ago, Zalal (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3-1 UFC) wasn't on the UFC roster. Saturday, he co-headlines UFC Fight Night 251

LAS VEGAS – While many people in the MMA community trip over each other to get a negative word in about Sean Strickland following his title-fight loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 312, two prominent voices in the space are going the other way. During their…

LAS VEGAS – Aside from a few exceptions (Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler comes to mind), it's long been tradition that opposing coaches on "The Ultimate Fighter" fight each other at the end of their season. With retired UFC Hall of Famers Daniel Cormier and…

Sean Strickland was irked by coach Eric Nicksick's public criticism of his performance in this past Saturday's UFC 312 title-fight rematch with Dricus Du Plessis. Nicksick, the head coach at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, has been the chief cornerman to Strickland…

Curtis Blaydes will have to wait a few extra weeks for his attempt to rebound from an interim title fight loss to Tom Aspinall. The heavyweight matchup between Blaydes (18-5 MMA, 13-5 UFC) and octagon newcomer Rizvan Kuniev (13-2-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC), which was originally scheduled…

How's this for an "overreaction"? Sean Strickland should've never gotten a title rematch at UFC 312 in the first place. Heading into UFC 312, Strickland was adamant about being robbed in his first title fight with Dricus Du Plessis and vowed to "fight to the…

Josh Emmett has emerged after more than a year hiatus and is expected to face unbeaten featherweight contender Lerone Murphy in a UFC main event in April. Emmett (19-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC), who hasn't seen action since his all-time knockout of Bryce Mitchell in December

Henry Cejudo backs UFC middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis to take out two dominant fighters. Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) retained his middleweight title by defeating Sean Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) a second time in Saturday's UFC 312 main event at Qud

Eight flyweights and eight welterweights will compete on "The Ultimate Fighter 33" with the same goal in mind: to join the

Dominick Cruz believes criticism toward Sean Strickland's performance at UFC 312 is unfair. Strickland (29-7 MMA, 16-7 UFC) was heavily chastised for how he fought against middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis (23-2 MMA, 9-0 UFC) in this past Saturday's headliner…