Demian Maia hopes for one more fight in UFC: ‘I’m not officially retired’

Paradigm Sports — a management company best known for its partnership with Conor McGregor — has released a blistering statement warning promoters against working with Manny Pacquiao, especially if it’s in the United States. Paradigm reportedly paid Pacquiao $3.3 million when the Filipino boxer signed with them...

Conor McGregor could be back for another season of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). The Irish sports star coached opposite then-top Bantamweight contender, Urijah Faber, on TUF 22, the long-running Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) reality fight tournament series. It was only the second season at the time to feature coaches who didn’t square off at the end of the season.

UFC 283 went down in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this past weekend (Sat., Jan. 21, 2023) and it featured the retirement of two mixed martial arts (MMA) legends: Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Glover Teixeira. Both of them laid their gloves down in the Octagon after suffering defeat inside Jeunesse Arena.

UFC heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall suffered a fight-ending knee injury against fellow 265-pound bruiser Curtis Blaydes in their UFC London headliner last year across the pond, calling a halt to the action after just 15 seconds and sending the 29 year-old Englishman to his first loss under the UFC banner.

I don’t have the data to back it up, but MMA fans seem to be tuning into the idea that boxing matches featuring MMA fighters vs. actual boxers do not usually go so well for the cage fighters. Maybe it started with the Conor McGregor vs. Floyd Mayweather robbery, but Jake Paul beating up champions and legends of the Octagon with relative ease has woken up many fans.

Guess who’s back? Back again. Slapping’s back ... tell a friend. No, seriously, if you like this stuff, tell someone, because there weren’t a lot of eyeballs on it last week, and they can use the help. The good news is that on any given weekday, MMA Maniacs here click more than 100,000 pages on our lovely site, so we know about a third of the viewership was our loyal members, because we all know every one of you tuned in, right? Right?

Derrick Lewis is set to return at UFC Vegas 68 on Feb. 4, 2023, and he’s certainly looking better than he ever has in recent training videos. But, will his performance inside the cage match his new physique?. “Black Beast” comes into his upcoming main event fight against Serghei...

Former UFC heavyweight Todd Duffee is making yet another MMA comeback when he returns to face fellow UFC export Philip de Fries as part of the KSW 79 fight card, recently made official for Sat., Feb. 25, 2023 at Home Credit Arena in Liberec, Czechia. Duffee (9-3, 1 NC) made...

Former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo, who also made a run as a top contender at 135 pounds, is scheduled to make his boxing debut against Argentinian pugilist Emmanuel Zambrano on Sat., Feb. 10, 2023 at Upper Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That’s according to a report from Combate....

Alexander Volkanovski has felt underestimated against Islam Makhachev since their fight was made official. The reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight champion’s shot at dual-division titleholder status has nearly arrived. At UFC 284 on Feb. 11, 2023, in Perth, Australia, Volkanovki collides with dominant Samboist and newly minted Lightweight champion, Islam Makhachev.

Randy Couture and Francis Ngannou now have more in common than just being former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight champions. Ngannou’s stance and belief in having certain contractual freedoms ultimately led to his departure from the promotion earlier this year. It wasn’t the first time the owner of the “World’s Baddest Man” label has done so, however.

With all the mishaps and misadventures plaguing Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events these days, the promotion has made the wise choice of often paying for a backup fighter to be ready in case anything happens to a pay-per-view (PPV) main event. Anthony Smith was set to be the backup fighter...

Bill Burr’s name is nowhere to be found on the list of celebrities endorsing Dana White’s new Power Slap League,. The premier slap-fighting promotion in North America has officially debuted on TBS as of Jan. 18, 2023. Backed by Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) akin product hasn’t been welcomed with open arms.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White gave reigning featherweight champion Alex Volkanovski permission to do “whatever he wants” after racking up a flawless record at 145 pounds, so “The Great” will jump up to the lightweight division and challenge Islam Makhachev for the 155-pound strap in the UFC 284 main event.

Former UFC Featherweight Felipe Colares found himself involved in an altercation on Wednesday (Jan. 25, 2023) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Allegedly, a man was attempting to steal a phone and assaulted a woman in the process, prompting Colares to intervene with his jiu-jitsu skills. There are photos and video...

If you plan to send your kids to Lyon MMA Center in France, be prepared to have them exposed to ... let’s call it unorthodox training techniques from Yidikes Yom, like getting smashed in the midsection with a giant tire. Maybe they’re training for the sequel to Rubber?

Former heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou may no longer be ruling the 265-pound roost after fighting out his UFC contract, but “The Predator” is still considered by many to be the finest heavyweight fighter in the world. Some of the top dogs in PFL could change that status. That’s...

Watching Power Slap President Frank Lamicella defend his new face-fapping league reminds me of that scene in Titanic when the stewards tell everyone the situation is under control — despite standing ankle-deep in icy sea water. Power Slap has been universally panned in the wake of last week’s debut...