UFC CEO Dana White has seen his share of fights, so to label something as one of the best in history is no small thing. But that's what he called the 2016 featherweight fight at UFC 206 between Cub Swanson and Dooho Choi – a bout that was inducted into the UFC…
Mike Perry calls out retired ex-UFC champion Robbie Lawler for BKFC fight
Mike Perry is already name hunting for opponents for 2025. The former UFC fighter and BKFC's "King of Violence" champion took matchmaking into his own hands and called out former UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler to a bareknuckle boxing fight. Perry did so by…
Sydney Sweeney shares body-shaming comments that came during training to play boxer Christy Martin
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a saying that's a real thing. Quite simply, what you find appealing, I might not. It used to be a little easier to understand, but then internet trolls came around. But there's another saying that's a real thing, too: People are…
Oleksandr Usyk responds to Tyson Fury saying he was given ‘Christmas gift’ in decision win
Oleksandr Usyk doesn't seem to be bothered one bit by Tyson Fury's rhetoric following their massive heavyweight boxing championship rematch. Fury, who's now 0-2 against Usyk after losing a unanimous decision in their rematch on Saturday night, is convinced that he
Time for Tyson Fury to consider leaving the stage after Usyk defeat dims aura
The Briton stayed the distance against Oleksandr Usyk but after back-to-back defeats what is left for the 36-year-old to prove?
In the end everyone runs out of road. It was probably necessary for Tyson Fury to say he was robbed in the Kingdom Arena on Saturday night. Boxing demands this level of irrationality. Logical multimillionaires do not willingly schedule a brain-jarring, soul‑shredding half-hour beating from one of the most effective practitioners of controlled violence ever to walk the planet. A basic suspension of reason is required. Without it no one would ever step in the ring.
So Fury will maintain that all three judges were wrong to award a unanimous points decision in Oleksandr Usyk’s favour after 12 thrillingly intense rounds in Riyadh. Last time out Fury said he lost because of the war in Ukraine. This time he said it was because of Christmas. Nobody was robbed here. Fury, the challenger, needed to go out and actively take the heavyweight belts. In the event the champion always seemed to have his head above the water.
Continue reading...Sydney Sweeney and boxing Hall of Famer Christy Martin: Best photos
Check out these images of actor Sydney Sweeney and boxing Hall of Famer Christy Martin. Sweeney will play Martin in an upcoming motion picture.
BKFC president David Felman announces $25 million tournament for 2025
BKFC will host a $25 million tournament in 2025. BKFC president David Felman announced the news Saturday at the BKFC Hollywood post-fight press conference in Hollywood, Fla. "We're going to have the biggest, baddest fight tournament that ever took place, and it's…
With UFC 311 a month away, Grant Dawson has a take on training during the holidays
It's become a given that if fighters have to train over the holidays, they're of a particularly unfortunate lot. This time of season typically is rife with extra parties and celebrations and gatherings, and that means temptations at the buffet table, for starters. And…
Tyson Fury: Oleksandr Usyk ‘got a Christmas gift from them judges’ in title rematch
Tyson Fury is not happy with the way his championship rematch with Oleksandr Usyk was handled by the judges. The British boxing star felt short once again against Usyk, coming up short in a 116-112 decision on all three judges' scorecards in their heavyweight champ
UFC all-time rivalry marathon gift includes two Chuck Liddell beatdowns of Tito Ortiz
The holidays are here, and that means sitting across the dinner table from people you secretly kinda-sorta ... well, hate's a strong word. But let's just say we're not blind around here to the likelihood of holiday tension amongst families. So what better time than now…
Israel Adesanya: Preparing for first non-title UFC fight in six years ‘doesn’t feel any different’
Former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya is on the verge of competing in his first non-title fight in six years, but says everything still feels the same. After back-to-back losses in title fights with heated builds, Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) is relatively at…
USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings review: Biggest movers in 2024
The landscape of MMA changes rapidly.
Generation TikTok: how sportswomen set the bar higher than the men
Female athlete power on social media became ever more strident in 2024 – but the backlash also damaged careers and wellbeing
Lina Nielsen remembers the moment she had the idea. She was sitting around the Olympic Village in Paris with her sprinting teammates – and she was bored. “I said to Yemi Mary John: ‘I’m gonna make this TikTok’,” Nielsen recalls. She took herself to her bedroom, got out the flip phone each athlete had been given and typed into an Excel spreadsheet: “Where you at? Holla at me.”
Her five-second spoof of Kelly Rowland’s music-video texting fail took hardly longer than that to make. It also got 8m views. “It’s funny that the videos that do that best are the ones you don’t put any effort in,” says Nielsen with a laugh. She is still trying to make sense of the fact that her TikTok channel was the most popular of any British athlete at the Games, beating even the knit-tastic Tom Daley in second place. At the end of the Olympic fortnight her channels had been viewed by more than the Australian and German teams combined.
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Video: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury 2 boxing fight highlights
Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury battled it out a second time to determine who's the "Baddest Man" in boxing. The two heavyweight stars fought on Saturday night at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in a massive championship fight. After 12 rounds of fighting,…