Conor McGregor Owns No. 1 Spot As Highest Endorsed Athlete

Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant might’ve made a mistake by not only getting a new tattoo but showing it off on social media. VanZant is getting ready to make her professional wrestling debut for All Elite Wrestling later this year. She’s also under contract with Bare Knuckle FC and is expected to return at a later date.

Jeka Saragih put an exclamation point on his interim lightweight title-winning performance at ONE Pride MMA Fight Night 58. Saragih fought Hatoropan Simbolon for the interim lightweight championship in ONE Pride MMA this weekend. In the second round, he put a suffocating amount of pressure on Simbolon with a flurry of punches and kicks.

UFC Vegas 55 took place tonight from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and MMA News has you covered with all the results and highlights!. The main event featured top-5 women’s bantamweights Holly Holm (#2) and Ketlen Vieira (#5). In the co-main event, Santiago Ponzinibbio took on Michel Pereira in what threatened to be a very combustible welterweight encounter.

UFC middleweight Chidi Njokuani earned his second straight post-fight bonus with an elbow strike knockout over Dusko Todorovic at UFC Vegas 55. Njokuani fought off a series of Todorovic takedown attempts to get the fight back to the feet. A well-renowned kickboxer, he was able to move Todorovic to the clinch before landing a right elbow strike that sent Todorovic unconscious.

UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman believes the road to his welterweight title runs through Colby Covington. Speaking with John Morgan of MMA Underground ahead of Usman’s commentary duties at Eagle FC 47, “The Nigerian Nightmare” was asked about fighting Khamzat Chimaev following the latter’s win over Gilbert Burns at UFC 273.

MMA fighter Shane Manley is currently in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound sustained while he was working at a brewery in Syracuse, NY. The 33-year old Manley was working as a bouncer at Orange Crate Brewing Co. in Syracuse on May 15. A GoFundMe page set up for him in the wake of the shooting details the incident and Manley’s injuries.

Heading into his fight with Felipe Corales at UFC Vegas 55, featherweight Chase Hooper knew that a submission victory was likely off the table. Following his third round TKO win against Corales, Hooper was asked during his UFC Vegas 55 post-fight scrum if there had been any submissions attempts where he felt close to finishing the fight.

Highlight-reel finishes are one of the most exciting parts of combat sports, but it’s not every day you see one in an amateur MMA fight. Competing in an amateur catch weight bout at 110lbs, Julieta Marquez only needed a few seconds to stop Brenda Oliva with a brutal head kick at Samurai House 4 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Gilbert Burns thinks UFC lightweight Charles Oliveira is doing something that we haven’t seen before in the UFC Octagon. Oliveira earned another win over Justin Gaethje in the UFC 274 headliner. Despite missing championship weight and being stripped of his title, he appeared undistracted and put on another impressive performance against another top lightweight contender.

Michael Bisping is adamant that he did not duck the top contenders during his UFC middleweight title reign. At UFC 199, Michael Bisping pulled off one of the biggest upsets in title-fight history when he knocked off Luke Rockhold on short notice to become the new UFC middleweight champion. This would mark the beginning of one of the most unusual championship reigns in company history.

Michel Pereira is now on a five-fight win streak after defeating Santiago Ponzinibbio at UFC Vegas 55 tonight. Pereira earned a razor-thin split decision victory in what was an absolute war with Ponzinibbio. Round one took place on the feet, with Pereira getting the best of the action. And the Brazilian continued to cause problems for Ponzinibbio in round two before the Argentine answered with some huge strikes and a late takedown.

Michel Pereira would like to know why Jorge Masvidal decided to go all “Street Jesus” with his wife. At UFC Vegas 55, Michel Pereira emerged the victor of a hotly contested co-main event against #14-ranked welterweight contender Santiago Ponzinibbio. The fight took home Fight of the Night honors, and Pereira will all but surely find himself in the UFC rankings come Tuesday.

Chael Sonnen has praised former referee John McCarthy’s decision to publicly walk back his comments on the first round of Aljamain Sterling‘s rematch with Petr Yan at UFC 273. In the co-main event of the April 9 pay-per-view, Sterling and Yan collided for the second time, with the...

UFC featherweight contender Josh Emmett thinks Alexander Volkanovski has cemented GOAT status ahead of his trilogy with Max Holloway. Volkanovski will face Holloway in a third title fight between arguably the two best all-time featherweights at UFC 276 on July 2. Just a few weeks before, Emmett will face rising contender Calvin Kattar in a UFC Fight Night headliner.

Jailton Almeida has spoken out in support of his teammate Carlos Felipe in the wake of the latter’s second USADA suspension. The Brazilian submission artist spoke to reporters after his first-round rear-naked choke win against Parker Porter at UFC Vegas 55. Almeida had given a shout-out to Felipe immediately after his win, prompting the interviewer to ask about Filipe’s importance to Almeida as a friend and teammate.

UFC light heavyweight contender Jiří Procházka has explained why he believes punching trees benefits his training and his body. We’ve seen some bizarre training techniques in mixed martial arts and combat sports as a whole. A few that come to mind include Joshua Fabia chasing his pupils, including Diego Sanchez, around a cage with a knife, Tony Ferguson’s strange exploits in the gym, and Fabia (perhaps the king when it comes to questionable training) hitting an upside-down Sanchez with a stick.

On Saturday night, MMA’s premier promotion returned to action and held its latest Fight Night card in the form of UFC Vegas 55. The ongoing rivalry between champion Julianna Peña and the recently dethroned Amanda Nunes has dominated the 135-pound discussion so far in 2022, but there are still some in-form contenders looking to remind the top two of their presence in the title conversation, and a couple of those women headlined UFC Vegas 55.

Beneil Dariush explains his interpretation of the “scale drama” that went down at UFC 274. The official weigh-ins for UFC 274 were filled with controversy. Lightweight champion Charles Oliveira came in heavy for his title defense against Justin Gaethje and was subsequently stripped of the title. Many fighters...

90 Day Fiancé star Biniyam Shibre has revealed that he wants to become a prize fighter to support his bride-to-be and two-year-old son. If you’re a fan of the popular TLC reality show, you’ll know that Biniyam — who recently migrated to the US from Ethiopia — is a man with lofty dreams. The 32-year-old is attempting to make it big as a professional dancer, having last year released his debut music video “Dancey Dancey.” And he’s also an aspiring fitness guru who offers a catalogue of dance-inspired workout videos through his subscriber-based Binifit website.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm has spoken out following her controversial loss to Ketlen Vieira at UFC Vegas 55. Holm was looking to win a third-straight fight following back-to-back victories over Irene Aldana and Raquel Pennington. A win over Vieira would’ve likely given her a title shot against the winner of the Julianna Peña/Amanda Nunes rematch.