Matthew Riddle has a new gig. And no, he hasn’t opened a marijuana dispensary. MMA’s most vocal pro-pro advocate this side of Nick Diaz has found a home in Bellator MMA. The company officially announced Monday that the welterweight standout will compete in their season nine tournament. Riddle (7-3, 2 no-contests) had his hand raised [...]
UFC contender Rory MacDonald will never, ever fight his Tri-Star Gym teammate, welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. Except when he would. MacDonald, who will meet Jake Ellenberger in a main-card bout at UFC on FOX 8 in Seattle on July 27, was asked the “will you or won’t you?” question on Monday’s edition of The MMA [...]
There was much to love about Saturday night’s UFC on FX 8 event from Jaragua do Sul, Brazil. Former Strikeforce champions made their MMA debuts, flyweights shined and there was a spinning heel kick that ended up on ESPN’s SportsCenter. Then again, the card wasn’t overly impressive and the main event featured a fighter, fairly [...]
UFC lightweight contender Gray Maynard hoped to return from injury to a high-profile bout. Two months after he signed a contract to fight T.J. Grant at UFC 160, he got his wish. In the closing moments of UFC on FOX 7′s post-fight press conference, UFC President Dana White announced the winner of Maynard vs. Grant [...]
As the sunny rays of Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil shined down on him, John Cholish had already made up his mind. So the morning of his UFC on FX 8 bout against Gleison Tibau, Cholish took to his Twitter account to announce it to the world. “Looking forward to my last fight today, Win, Lose, [...]
The MMA Hour is back in your life on Monday. Below is a rundown of who will be stopping by and when: 1:00 p.m. ET — Gray Maynard will preview this weekend’s UFC 160 title eliminator against T.J. Grant. 1:25 p.m. — John Cholish will talk about why he decided to retire before this weekend’s [...]
Mark Hunt will be fighting Junior dos Santos next Saturday night. The heavyweight fighter will “likely” fly out tonight after getting his visa, the UFC confirmed to MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani. Hunt’s travel nightmare began around two weeks ago when he was stopped twice going to the airport because of a 2002 arrest. The UFC [...]
It was a big night for Brazilians, who won 12 of 13 bouts before a hot partisan crowd at Arena Jaragua in Santa Catarina, Brazil on Saturday night. Vitor Belfort’s knockout of Luke Rockhold in the main event was both a thing of violent beauty, and of controversy, due to the elephant in the room [...]
It’s going to be difficult for fighters to have better UFC debuts than the one former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza had on Saturday night. The submission grappling ace easily dispatched with Chris Camozzi at 3:37 of the first round with an academic head and arm triangle at UFC on FX 8 in Jaragua [...]
UFC President Dana White confirmed Saturday night that there are issues with interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao that puts the scheduled UFC 161 main event in jeopardy. Barao (30-1, 1 no contest) was scheduled to defend his title against Eddie Wineland (20-8-1) in the main event of the promotion’s debut card in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, [...]