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The Best Moments in UFC During 2020 With 2020 in the can, now is the perfect time to look back on the best moments and UFC bouts of the year. Legends returned to the octagon and cage fighting greats retired after competing in Dana White’s premier MMA promotion one more time. As with any sport, […]
Selecting the greatest Scandinavian UFC fighters is a harder task than it may sound because the majority of leading Nordic fighters come from Sweden. Instead, this list looks at the five best fighters from the most prominent Scandinavian countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Iceland. G...
UFC welterweight and BMF champion Jorge Masvidal has revealed that he is going to quit Twitter. The news comes after the social media platform banned Donald Trump “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”. Jorge Masvidal to Follow Trump Off Twitter In what could be his final tweet, Jorg...
Calvin Kattar and Max Holloway are set to throw down in the main event of UFC Fight Island 7 on Jan. 16. What’s on the line in the high-stakes featherweight main event? Kattar’s coach and manager, Tyson Chartier, believes a title shot. Tyson Chartier believes Calvin Kattar will get title shot wit...
UFC bantamweight Irwin Rivera has been arrested in Palm Beach, Florida, on two counts of attempted murder. He is currently being held without bond. Eric Kowal of MyMMANews.com was the first to report the news. Receiving information that #UFC fighter Irwin Rivera has been detained by police after ...
After former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov (29-0) retired and vacated his title in October last year, there have been discussions around who would be the future UFC lightweight champion. It seems that the UFC is gearing up for an unofficial lightweight tournament in order to crown ...
UFC president Dana White has reiterated his disdain for MMA open scoring. Open scoring reveals how each judge has scored a fight after each round. The idea has been supported by elite fighters such as Max Holloway and was even trialed by Invicta FC during 2020. Dana White Continues to Oppose MMA ...
The UFC has one of the best talent pools to nurture young mixed martial artists and UFC prospects are some of the most exciting fighters in the sport. 2021 brings with it new challenges and it is certainly a time for UFC prospects to grasp any opportunities with both hands. We look at five UFC pr...
UFC APEX a ‘state-of-the-art’ facility Constructing the new UFC APEX may have turned out to be one of the best things UFC has done as a company. Opened back in June 2019, who would have thought the facility would become the UFC’s savior during the COVID era. Well no one did because nobody in 201...
Last year we gave you 10 outlandish MMA predictions for the year 2020. Yes, not all of them came true and this was largely down to the COVID-19 pandemic (and also because some of them were ludicrous). We reviewed them here, but now, we will make 10 MMA predictions for 2021! MMA Predictions 1 – […]
On this day six years ago, UFC 182 kicked off 2015 with a bang. One of the organization’s most heated rivalries reached a boiling point in the main event, a light heavyweight championship fight between dominant champion Jon Jones and longtime contender Daniel Cormier. UFC 182 also featured breako...
It looks like the second scheduled bout between Brian Kelleher and Ricky Simon will have to wait. COVID-19 has forced Kelleher to withdraw from the January 16 bout in Abu Dhabi. Brian Kelleher Tests Positive for COVID-19 On Friday evening, MyMMANews.com was first to report that Kelleher vs. Simon...
This time last year we gave you 10 MMA predictions that could potentially have come to fruition in 2020. Now, disclaimer, some were outlandish but could very well have happened if COVID-19 didn’t play havoc with the entire world. Some we got partially correct and some were miles from being anythi...
We treated you to a review of the first six months of the UFC in 2020. In this edition, we look at July – December. These last six months of the year were like no other. All events happened behind closed doors. We got a host of brilliant title fights, late replacements, pull-outs and headline […]
TJ Dillashaw, the two-time bantamweight champion, will look to return to the Octagon in a big way in 2021. After being slapped with a 24-month drug suspension from the NYSAC, Dillashaw has been training hard, as evident by his Instagram posts. Dillashaw’s suspension will be officially lifted on J...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is often credited with being the greatest stage for mixed martial arts. The organization operates with a dragon-esque avarice, hoarding its gold content away from free viewership. If you are too broke or causal to buy Fight Pass, the UFC’s host for content, and ...