Right now Enzo Amore is knee deeps in a feud with his former tag team partner, Big Cass but it looks like Vince McMahon may have big plans for “Smacktalker Skywalker” next year. Enzo tweeted Conor McGregor last month out of the blue making many WWE fans start to wonder if there was something brewing…
Ronda Rousey has been quiet about her future plans since losing to Amanda Nunes last December. Last month it was announced that the former UFC champ would be featured on the reboot of “Battle of the Network Stars” on ABC. The show ran the 70s and 80s and is being brought back later this year…
Going into Extreme Rules last night in Baltimore no one really knew which way the WWE was going to go in the main event featuring a five way main event featuring Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe. Reigns was never taken seriously as a contender since it was thought his…
Now that Roy Nelson has signed with Bellator their heavyweight roster got a lot more interesting. Outside of Cheick Kongo, Fedor Emelianenko, Matt Mitrione, Bobby Lashley and Joey Beltran there isn’t a lot of big names fans know about. Justin Wren and Oli Thompson are always in fun fights but they aren’t thought to be…
The UFC is trying to figure out what to do after Cody Garbrandt pulled out of the main event at UFC 213 in July against TJ Dillashaw. Dillashaw has been lobbying for a fight against flyweight champ Demetrious Johnson now that he can’t fight his old teammate, Garbrandt. Dana White seemed to be onboard and…
Anderson Silva will be in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for UFC 212 on June 3. But we aren’t exactly sure who the former UFC champ will be fighting at the event. “The Spider” was scheduled to face Kevin Gastelum but after the former TUF winner got popped by USADA it messed up the fight and…
Being a Nashville native I was pretty excited when I heard the UFC was coming to town when UFC Fight Night 108 was announced earlier this year. Then I looked at the card and wondered why they even bothered putting it together. It looks like the UFC had to fill a date on FS1 and…
Despite four straight losses BJ Penn is headed back to the octagon to face Dennis Siver in Oklahoma City on June 25th in the main event of a likely FS1 card. The UFC announced the fight last week. Penn returned to the UFC in January after a 2 1/2 year layoff only to get knocked…
Jimi Manuwa is starting to turn heads in the UFC light heavyweight division. After knocking out Ovince St. Preux last year Manuwa knocked out the #6 ranked Corey Anderson today in London at the UFC Fight Night event in London in the first round. It only takes one 😴 😴 😴@PosterboyJM gets it done on…
After getting smoked last weekend by Kelvin Gastelum in Brazil Vitor Belfort doesn’t have much left in the tank. At 39 years of age the former UFC champ has lost three straight by TKO and has talked openly about fighting in a “Legend’s Division”. It now appears that he wants one more fight and it’s…
Fresh off of a win over UFC legend Vitor Belfort over the weekend, Kelvin Gastelum will head back to Brazil to face another in June when he gets Anderson Silva in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 212. Gastelum looks to get his fourth straight win and could be in title contention should he defeat “The…
Conor McGregor has been talking about a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather for a year now and it still hasn’t happened. The fight is a longshot at best and UFC President Dana White is now saying that McGregor will face the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson at UFC 209 later in the year.…
For the past two years Georges St. Pierre has been teasing fans with a return to the UFC. After defending this title against Johny Hendricks at UFC 167 in 2013 GSP walked away from fighting. He gave up his title and did his own thing for a while. There have been rumblings that he wanted…
UFC 208 is upon us and there is a lot of intrigue surrounding some of the big stars on the card as to whether or not they can return to greatness. Anderson Silva and Holly Holm were on top of the world a few years ago but now they both find themselves needing a win…
It was a bad night for “The Bad Guy” at Bellator 170 last Saturday as Tito Ortiz submitted Chael Sonnen early in the first round to hand him his first loss in Bellator. Sonnen had talked a lot of trash leading up to the fight and made cracks about Ortiz’s finances and ex-wife that were…
Ronda Rousey hasn’t been heard from since losing to Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 last December. Rousey got smashed and lost the bout in 48 seconds and quickly went into hiding like she did when she lost to Holly Holm in 2015. The former champ told fans in an open letter that she wanted to…
Earlier this week it was announced that Tyron Woodley would defend his UFC welterweight title against Stephen Thompson at UFC 209 in March after their majority draw last November. Since the announcement offshore casinos have set the betting lines with ‘Wonderboy’ as a slight favorite at -120. A bet on Woodley would pay you even…
“The Bad Guy” is back! After a two year suspension Chael Sonnen will headline Bellator 170 tomorrow night against Tito Ortiz at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. Both men have engaged in a war of words leading up to the big event and Sonnen has done his best to get under the former UFC…
There is no doubt that Anderson Silva is one of the greatest fighters in UFC history. However, in the area of social media, what have you done for me lately is what fans are asking. Silva won 16 straight fights in a seven year run from 2006 to 2013 but since he defeated Stephan Bonnar…
There have been rumblings for several weeks that the next season of The Ultimate Fighter will feature an all-star cast with former cast members, winners of the show and current members of the UFC roster. Now we know who will be coaching them, Cody Garbrandt and TJ Dillashaw. Garbrandt won the UFC bantamweight title from…
Hardcore UFC fans knew that BJ Penn was in trouble heading into UFC Fight Night: RodrÃguez vs. Penn in Phoenix tonight. Yair Rodriguez was the tenth ranked fighter in the UFC and his unique striking style make him one of the top prospects in the division. Penn put up a good fight in the first…
Ronda Rousey has been keeping a low profile since getting knocked out at UFC 207 by Amanda Nunes. After a year off from fighting the world watched as the former champ returned to the octagon last month only to get KO’d in under a minute. Since then Rouey issued a statement about wanting to take…
Now that Mike Goldberg is out as the play by play announcer for UFC events rumors are swirling online that Jim Rome is headed to the UFC to cover events with color commentator Joe Rogan later this year. Former UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, who now hosts one of the top MMA podcasts, “You’re Welcome” has…
When you are in the Winnipeg Jets locker room you don’t step on the team’s logo in the middle of the room. Someone forgot to tell Brock Lesnar and he caught a lot of flack from players as he walked across the Jet’s logo. You can see Lesnar didn’t know he had did anything wrong…
Georges St. Pierre hasn’t fought since 2013 and even though he has been teasing a return for over a year we haven’t seen the former UFC welterweight champ in the octagon. St. Pierre has cited the Reebok sponsorship deal as the reason why he hasn’t agreed to fight in the UFC again. In 2013 when…
UFC 207 was the place to be last week as Ronda Rousey made her return to the octagon after a year hiatus. In addition to the return on the former champ we saw some great fights in the octagon and behind the scenes. UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley called out the middleweight champ Michael Bisping.…
Former UFC light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans recently gave his take on Ronda Rousey’s loss at UFC 207 in an interview with MMAAlpha. In the interview he talks in depth about Rousey’s arrogance heading into UFC 193 against Holly Holm. As well know “Rowdy” lost her title that night and was brutally knocked out by…
Following a 48 second knockout loss to UFC women’s bantamweight champ Amanda Nunes Ronda Rousey has been suspended for 45 days by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. A suspension happens in just about every KO loss in each state that has an athletic commission to keep an injured athlete from risking further injury in the…
UFC middleweight Tyron Woodley was wheeling and dealing backstage at UFC 207 trying to set up a fight with Michael Bisping in 2017. Bisping posted the two men verbally sparring on his Instagram and even agreed to fight the welterweight champ at a catchweight of 180 pounds. Welterweight champ @twooodley wants to throw down. Calling…
Now that he’s back from suspension Nick Diaz’s name is popping up everywhere when it comes to fights at 170 pounds in the UFC. He was linked to a fight with Tyron Woodley last year but Dana White never pulled the trigger and matched the welterweight champ up with Stephen Thompson instead. Diaz has called…
We have seen Ronda Rousey get knocked out before and from the reaction on social media many MMA fans didn’t think we’d see it again. However, Friday night at UFC 207 Rousey got knocked out again in the first round against Amanda Nunes in her bid to reclaim the UFC women’s bantamweight title. UFC President…
Lost in the shuffle after all the fallout from UFC 207 was the announcement that former Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez made on Chael Sonnen’s podcast. Melendez announced he is heading to 145 pounds after losing three straight fights and four of his last five including a loss in his last outing to Edson Barboza…
Ronda Rousey has been lying low leading up to UFC 207. Before getting knocked out last November Rousey would make the rounds and did anything and everything to hype her upcoming fights. Now against Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 she filmed a video showing her at her home and training in the gym. And that’s…
Donald Cerrone has been telling anyone who listen leading up to UFC 206 that he wanted to fight at UFC on FOX 23 in Denver next month. “Cowboy” beat Matt Brown in an exciting welterweight slugfest and now he can actually go about getting matched up for the show. UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal is…
Alexander Gustafsson and Ryan Bader were both winners at UFC Fight Night 93 over the weekend in Germany. Gustafsson played it safe and won a decision over Jan Blachowicz while Bader had a showstopping KO victory over Ilir Latifi earlier in the show. Since Joe Silva is on his way out I’ll go ahead and…
Dennis Bermudez was dominant en route to a unanimous decision win over Rony Jason last night in Salt Lake City, Utah at UFC Fight Night 92. In the post-fight interview “The Menace” wasted no time in looking towards his next fight calling out former lightweight champ Frankie Edgar. “Frankie Edgar, November 14th, Madison Square Garden!…
Chael Sonnen was reinstated by the Nevada State Athletic Commission after a two year suspension last month and there are rumblings that he isn’t done fighting. Last week we reported that “The Bad Guy” was being tested by USADA which fueled rumors he was thinking about a comeback to the octagon. Now with his buddy…
The Bad Guy is back, or is he? Chael Sonnen has been suspended in July 2014 for a failed drug test in which he was popped for anastrozole and clomiphene leading up to UFC 175. Since then Sonnen has been doing announcing for World Series of Fighting, promoting grappling events, analyst work for ESPN and…
Everyone is wondering when Ronda Rousey is coming back to the UFC. After an upset loss to Holly Holm last November in Australia Rousey has stepped away from the octagon to pursue other projects. Now that Amanda Nunes is the new UFC women’s bantamweight champ after UFC 200 there are rumblings that Rousey is ready…
Michael Bisping is scheduled to face Dan Henderson later this year in his first title defense as the new middleweight champ. The two men faced of at UFC 100 after being rival coaches on season nine of the Ultimate Fighter reality show. As we all know Henderson ended the fight with a legendary knockout that…