Usman Nurmagomedov wants to emulate the most famous victory of his cousin Khabib's legendary career on Saturday evening. When the legendary UFC champion defeated Conor McGregor in 2018, his cousin was only 20 years old and had just made his professional MMA debut. He watched as Khabib became embroiled in one of the most bitter […]
Misfits Boxing titleholder Anthony Taylor made his first comments after collapsing on his way out of the ring just minutes after a KO loss to Darren Till. Anthony Taylor, who fought Darren Till on short notice after Tommy Fury's withdrawal at MF & DAZN X Series 20, lost by sixth-round knockout to the former UFC
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Islam Makhachev will make UFC history this weekend with a successful lightweight title defense against Arman Tsarukyan at UFC 311. Breaking Khabib Nurmagomedov, BJ Penn and Benson Henderson's record of three lightweight defenses is one way Makhachev can step out of the shadow of 'The Eagle'. A little known fact, however, is that Makhachev began
Boxing fans received a belated Christmas present earlier today with Australian king Jai Opetaia retaining his cruiserweight titles thanks to a vicious fourth-round knockout. After Opetaia left his opponent unconscious on the canvas, promoter Eddie Hearn joined the fans in calling for a sensational undefeated versus undefeated showdown against Oleksandr Usyk. Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty
Antonio Silva scored a brutal knockout to earn his only UFC title in February 2013. The Brazilian heavyweight, affectionately known as 'Bigfoot', was a huge underdog when he took on Alistair Overeem two months after 'The Demolition Man' brutally stopped Brock Lesnar in his sensational promotional debut. Overeem was on an 11-fight winning streak and
Butterbean's MMA run ended with a 54-second defeat to a 40-year-old Taekwondo instructor. The boxing icon – real name Eric Esch – switched to MMA in 2003 and enjoyed some success when he scored a spectacular KO win over a 6ft 7in heavyweight known as 'The Colossus'. However, Butterbean also suffered some humiliating losses. The
Fans were not only surprised that Joel Alvarez had another big finish on Saturday night, but also that he made it into the preliminary rounds. The Spanish lightweight star has been on the scorecards once in his entire professional career, in a losing UFC debut, and has had knockouts or submissions in every fight for
At UFC Tampa on Saturday, 15-year veteran Michael Johnson scored one of the most vicious KOs of the year when he defeated Ottman Azaitar in the second round of their featured preliminary bout. Michael Johnson is one of the longest standing fighters still competing in the UFC, with victories over the likes of Edson Barboza
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While Khabib Nurmagomedov has undeniably left an incredible legacy in the sport, one UFC icon is adamant about not defining what it really means to be a 'fighter'. The fan favorite has targeted the Russian and launched verbal bombs in his direction. Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Nate Diaz claims Khabib
MMA fans believe a future star was featured in the opening bout of UFC 310. A heavyweight matchup between Kennedy Nzechukwu and Łukasz Brzeski kicked off the final UFC pay-per-view card of 2024, which took place on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. 'African Savage' closed the show with just nine seconds left
This Saturday, Ian Machado Garry takes on fellow undefeated phenom Shavkat Rakhmonov in a huge co-main event at UFC 310 and his words ahead of the fight have ruffled Khamzat Chimaev's feathers. Unfortunately for Shavkat Rakhmonov, his original UFC 310 main event bout against welterweight champion Belal Muhammad was canceled after 'Remember The Name' withdrew