MMA RUMORS & GOSSIP

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the ultimate villain, and Conor McGregor has a large following across the globe, getting support from a very passionate and committed fan base.That’s why what happened outside the SSE Arena in London when Mayweather was leaving his most recent press conference wasn’t much of a surprise.Mayweather was leaving in a Rolls-Royce, while McGregor fans confronted...

Four years ago to the month, Chris Weidman shocked the MMA world by putting Anderson Silva to sleep to capture the UFC middleweight crown. Weidman followed up the “fluke” victory by snapping Silva’s shin in two in their immediate rematch five months later. Weidman had bumped his professional record to a perfect 11-0, with his last two wins coming against the man most considered�...

Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov is known as a dictator, strongman, and an ally of Russia’s Vladmir Putin. Kadyrov is also a big fan of mixed martial arts. Kadyrov is the subject of a profile in the latest edition of HBO’s "Real Sports," during which he discussed own fight league, Akhmat MMA, boasting that he “wants to show the world that we have the best fighters.”He rarely...

This might have finally been settled in the Octagon if Yoel Romero had managed a victory at UFC 213. However, after falling to Robert Whittaker in a interim title bout, he’s on the outside looking in. The long-standing feud between he and middleweight champion Michael Bisping doesn’t appear to be slowing down, despite the fact they might not actually fight. Bisping was sitting...

With UFC Glasgow now officially in the books, it’s time to turn our focus to Long Island where a former champion and hometown hero will be looking to get off the schneid against a former TUF winner who is looking to make a name for himself in his new weight class. Former 3-time defending middleweight champion Chris Weidman (13-3) is another example of how quickly a fighter can...

Main Card (FS1) Welterweight Main Event Santiago Ponzinibbio (25-3) defeats Gunnar Nelson (16-3-1) via KO (punches) – Round 1, 1:22 Catchweight Bout (118 lbs) Cynthia Cavillo (6-0) defeats Joanne Calderwood (11-3) via UD (30-27 x 2, 29-28) Lightweight Bout Paul Felder (14-3) defeats Stevie Ray (21-7) via KO (elbows) – Round 1, 3:57 Middleweight Bout Jack Marshman (22-6) defeats...

Floyd Mayweather Jr crossed the line during a joint media event with Conor McGregor on Thursday when he hurled a gay slur at the Irishman, but Mayweather says he was acting out in anger after McGregor used a racist term.Mayweather and McGregor visited four cities in three different countries over a four-day span to hype their upcoming Aug. 26 fight, and they created plenty of controversy...

The UFC is back this weekend to bring you another batch of free Sunday afternoon fights from Glasgow, Scotland. UFC Fight Night 113 starts at 3 p.m. EST and there are a few fights that will shake up the rankings in their respective divisions. Although it is not the main event of the night, the fight that could have the biggest title implications to its respective division has to...

Adam calls Phil Baroni, Stephan Bonnar, Hector Lombard, and Angela Magana.

The UFC and MMA journalist Ariel Helwani have a frosty relationship (to put it mildly). In 2016, UFC president Dana White called Helwani’s reporting “full of shit,” which eventually led to Helwani leaving his role covering the UFC for Fox. Months later, Helwani and a pair of colleagues were “banned for life” by the UFC, which led to pushback by plenty MMA reporters and...

After losing the first two rounds, Whittaker began to find his rhythm on his feet. Connecting on a few strikes seemed to make his leg feel a little better. It also helped that despite Romero’s freakish muscular figure, the Cuban-born fighter tired out as the fight went on, getting clipped more and more often. Whittaker also displayed great takedown defense, a staple of Romero�...

Amanda Nunes made headlines Saturday for reasons nobody expected when she pulled out of UFC 213 with an undisclosed illness. In conjunction with that news, UFC 213 ticket prices plummeted, and MMA Today reports UFC must offer refunds to people who purchased tickets for the event.To illustrate just how much the UFC 213 ticket prices fell, here’s a comparison of the NBA Summer League...

kevin Lee, Din Thomas, and Colby Covington join Adam in Las Vegas to break down the upcoming fights. 

UFC 213 is a little less than a week away, and that means mixed-martial arts fans are anxiously awaiting the women’s bantamweight title fight between champion Amanda Nunes and challenger Valentina Shevchenko. The two squared off at UFC 196 a little over a year ago and Nunes got the better of Shevchenko in a tightly contested match that went the distance. Nunes dominated early on...

Adam is joined in studio by BJJ legend Renato Laranja, Alan Jouban, and CB Gold to discuss the recent fights that took place over the weekend. 

It takes major guts to be an MMA fighter. And you have to give your all to try and overpower your opponent. For Jusine Kish, she was giving her all, and then some, at a UFC fight in Oklahoma City.Kish was fighting Felice Herrig in Oklahoma City for UFC Fight Night 112. Herrig had Kish in a rear-naked choke hold and that’s when things really seemed to turn crappy. It sure looked...