MMA news

• The MMA Hour - 358 - Anthony Pettis

  29-11-2016 23:47
  
  Anthony Pettis talks about the UFC 206 main event.
  
  Read more

• The MMA Hour -358 - Max Holloway

  29-11-2016 23:43
  
  Max Holloway breaks down the UFC 160 main event.
  
  Read more

• The MMA Hour - 358 - Don Frye

  29-11-2016 23:38
  
  Don Frye gives an update on his health.
  
  Read more

• The MMA Hour - 358 - Lorenz Larkin

  29-11-2016 23:30
  
  Lorenz Larkin discusses his free agency.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The MMA Hour - 358 - Justin Wren

  29-11-2016 23:25
  
  Bellator fighter and humanitarian Justin Wren willjoin us in studio to talk about his Fight for the Forgotten charity andmuch more.
  
  Read more

• Fortunes changed for five at UFC Fight Night 101

  29-11-2016 22:00
  
  Robert Whittaker put an exclamation point main event finish on a show filled with question mark decisions on Sunday (Saturday night in North America). In doing so, Whittaker could be what every promotion hopes for, a national star fighter in a country that UFC clearly has a substantial fanbase.
  Australia has been one of the UFC's strongest international markets ever since Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira opened things up in 2010 with a show in Sydney. But, like New York and Toronto, M
  
  Read more

• Coach Says UFC ‘Very Shortsighted in Stripping McGregor of Featherweight Crown

  29-11-2016 21:49 via sherdog.com
  
  On Nov. 12, Conor McGregor become the first simultaneous two-division champion in UFC history when he defeated Eddie Alvarez at Madison Square Garden to capture lightweight gold. Two weeks later, the 155-pound belt officially became the only UFC championship hardware in McGregor’s possession.
  
  Read more

• After Sterling Injury, Raphael Assuncao Removed from UFC Fight Night 102 in Albany

  29-11-2016 21:40 via sherdog.com
  
  Raphael Assuncao will not remain on the UFC Fight Night Albany card in Albany, N.Y., after proposed opponent Aljamain Sterling withdrew from the contest last week due to injury.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Legacy Fighting Alliance Debuts with Bantamweight Title Bout on Jan. 13

  29-11-2016 21:35 via sherdog.com
  
  A matchup of champions Legacy Fighting Championship and Resurrection Fighting Alliance titlists will highlight the inaugural Legacy Fighting Alliance card on Jan. 13.
  
  Read more

• Bellator 165 medical suspensions: Michael Chandler, Benson Henderson both out 180 days

  29-11-2016 20:52
  
  Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler and former UFC titleholder Benson Henderson highlighted a lengthy list of 10 fighters to receive extended medical suspensions in the aftermath of Bellator 165. The California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) released the event's medical suspension list to MMA Fighting on Tuesday.
  Chandler and Henderson engaged in a grueling war or attrition in Bellator 165's main event, which ended with Chandler defending his lightweight title on the back of a narro
  
  Read more

• UFC 206 media conference call

  29-11-2016 20:00
  
  At the UFC 206 media conference call, former UFC champion Anthony Pettis and Max Holloway will discuss their upcoming interim featherweight title fight next week in Toronto. The video is expected to begin at 6 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• UFC 206 Media Call with Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway (6 p.m. ET)

  29-11-2016 18:11 via sherdog.com
  
  Listen to the UFC 206 media conference call wtih Anthony Pettis and Max Holloway at 6 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• UFC 206 Media Call with Anthony Pettis, Max Holloway

  29-11-2016 18:11 via sherdog.com
  
  Listen to the UFC 206 media conference call wtih Anthony Pettis and Max Holloway at 6 p.m. ET.
  
  Read more

• John Kavanagh ‘very disappointed’ with how UFC stripped Conor McGregor of featherweight belt

  29-11-2016 18:00
  
  The UFC announced on Saturday that Conor McGregor has relinquished his featherweight belt, and will only keep the lightweight title, but it seems like the Irishman’s team isn’t happy with the decision.
  McGregor hasn’t commented on the UFC’s decision yet, but his longtime coach John Kavanagh broke the silence in an interview to Red FM (h/t Severe MMA) on Tuesday morning. According to the SBG coach, the decision to take the 145-pound title away from McGregor came
  
  Read more

• Lucas Middlebrook, Leslie Smith cut ties to Professional Fighters Association after info leak

  29-11-2016 17:00
  
  Two of the biggest public names linked to the Professional Fighters Association (PFA) have cut ties with the organization.
  Lucas Middlebrook, the PFA's labor lawyer known by many in MMA circles as Nick Diaz's attorney, and UFC fighter Leslie Smith will no longer be involved with the PFA after information of a possible board of fighters was recently leaked to the media, they told MMA Fighting.
  Baseball superagent Jeff Borris and Middlebrook announced the formation of the PFA at a press conference
  
  Read more

• Special On Cat Zingano Airs This Evening On Audience Network

  29-11-2016 16:25
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53fWSpaFgbk[/embed]If you get the Audience Network, a special on former UFC title contender Cat Zingano is set to air this evening.The special "Religion of Sports" airs at 8 p.m. ET and chronicles the rise to challenger by "Alpha." Zingano lost her title fight to Ronda Rousey, but as she posted on social media, "We are handed only the things we can handle." Rise and grind! I'm here to fight on, this is my calling. We are handed only the things we can handle
  
  Read more

• Anthony Johnson On Proposed Gegard Mousasi Fight: “Didn’t Interest Me”

  29-11-2016 16:22
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95UeEo8y2lo[/embed]Anthony Johnson wants to be UFC light heavyweight champion.And he doesn't want to do it against anyone but Daniel Cormier - and he definitely doesn't want an interim tag attached to it."Rumble," who was set to meet Cormier for the belt next month at UFC 206, told "The MMA Hour" recently that he wasn't interested in a proposed interim title fight with Gegard Mousasi at the event."Not at all," he said. "When Gegard was presented to me, it w
  
  Read more

• Chris Weidman reflects on brutal Yoel Romero knockout: 'I just want to be done losing'

  29-11-2016 15:00
  
  All it took was one brutal moment for a lifelong dream to turn into a nightmare for Chris Weidman at UFC 205.
  Weidman suffered a bloody defeat at the hands of Yoel Romero at the UFC's historic entry into New York, succumbing to a flying knee knockout just 24 seconds into the third round on the event's pay-per-view card. Speaking on Monday for the first time since the loss, Weidman said his gameplan for the fight was to wrestle with Romero and gradually drain Romero's suspect gas tank.
  After comp
  
  Read more

• Morning Report: UFC looking to quadruple its TV broadcasting deal up to $450 million dollars

  29-11-2016 14:00
  
  The UFC is looking to quadruple the revenue it brings in from TV broadcasting when they sign a new deal starting in 2019. When Zuffa sold the UFC to WME-IMG earlier this year for $4 billion, one of the key talking points in the aftermath was the upcoming TV rights deal expiration and renegotiation. The UFC's current broadcasting deal with Fox Sports is a seven-year deal for $115 million annually, and by most accounts, FOX is getting a bargain for that price.
  Well, soon they won't be. On Monday,
  
  Read more

• UFC Unfiltered: Chuck Zito & Joe Benavidez

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Actor, author, stuntman, and former Hells Angel, Chuck Zito joins Jim and Matt in-studio to talk about the early days of UFC, Conor McGregor relinquishing the Featherweight title, Whittaker vs. Brunson, UFC 206, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and much more. Later, Joseph Benavidez calls in to discuss the TUF 24 Finale, his fight against Henry Cejudo, and Urijah Faber's upcoming retirement fight in Sacramento.Some of the highlights from Episode 47 of UFC Unfiltered include:Joe on the wait to fi
  
  Read more

• Reasons to watch Ultimate Fighter finale this Sat.

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Only one man has reigned in the UFC flyweight division since its inception back in 2012: No. 1-ranked pound-for-pound king Demetrious Johnson. For more than four years, “Mighty Mouse” has stood atop the 125-pound heap, beating every man put in front of him. He owns virtually every significant record in the division’s history and currently holds the longest active streak of title defenses (8) by any champion in the UFC. Johnson is determined to break Anderson Silva’s recor
  
  Read more

• Pettis and Holloway are all business in lead-up to UFC 206

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  While fans and media have been focused on the machinations that led to Max Holloway and Anthony Pettis colliding for the interim UFC featherweight title next weekend at UFC 206, Jose Aldo’s place in the division and the looming shadow of now former champion Conor McGregor, the two men that will share the Octagon on Dec. 10 at the Air Canada Centre remain exclusively focused on each other.Throughout Tuesday’s UFC 206 media conference call, Holloway and Pettis reiterated that the situa
  
  Read more

• On the Rise: The Ultimate Fighter Finale

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The final month of 2016 arrives later this week, and while that means Christmas and New Year’s resolutions are right around the corner, there are a number of fight cards still to enjoy between now and the day you promise that this is the year you’re going to do that thing you’ve said you were going to do starting on the opening day of January each of the last four years.Me too. I’m running a 5K this year. Hold me to it.The first of this month’s five events arrives o
  
  Read more

• Joseph Benavidez' Magnificent Obsessions

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  Many of the photos on Joseph Benavidez’ Instagram account aren’t what you would typically see on a pro athlete’s page. Brando. Pacino. De Niro. Scorcese. Stallone.Usually, there’s not even a comment by the flyweight contender. “I let the pictures speak for themselves and they can be interpreted in many ways,” he said. “If you go back through my timeline, there are hardly any training pictures, but there are random picture of Marlon Brando with the dog, R
  
  Read more

• Font chasing finishes by any means necessary

  29-11-2016 07:00 via ufc.com
  
  The knockout will always hold a special place in the heart of Rob Font, and considering that both of his UFC wins have ended courtesy of his fists, that’s understandable. But the week after his UFC 204 bout against Ian Entwistle was scrapped, Font wasn’t firing away his frustrations on the heavy bag. Instead, he was on the mat with and without his gi, competing in a NAGA tournament.Is the New England knockout artist turning into a grappler?“I’m trying,” he laughs. &
  
  Read more

• Bellator 166 “What To Watch For” On Marcos Galvo-L.C. Davis

  29-11-2016 06:08
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFR2sASLnw[/embed]This Friday night at Bellator 166, Marcos Galvao and L.C. Davis will square off on Spike in a key bout.Galvao, a former bantamweight champion, is looking to rebound from a June decision loss for the title to Eduardo Dantas. Prior to that, he had won four in a row, including a submission of Joe Warren.
  Davis had his three-fight win streak snapped by Warren in September when he lost a decision. Overall, he is 7-2 in his last nine fights, in
  
  Read more

• Bellator 166 “What To Watch For” On Marcos Galvao-L.C. Davis

  29-11-2016 06:08
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hFR2sASLnw[/embed]This Friday night at Bellator 166, Marcos Galvao and L.C. Davis will square off on Spike in a key bout.Galvao, a former bantamweight champion, is looking to rebound from a June decision loss for the title to Eduardo Dantas. Prior to that, he had won four in a row, including a submission of Joe Warren.
  Davis had his three-fight win streak snapped by Warren in September when he lost a decision. Overall, he is 7-2 in his last nine fights, in
  
  Read more

• Daniel Cormier Has Yet To Decide If Surgery Needed For Groin Injury

  29-11-2016 06:03
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V302bxMlpqc[/embed]UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is focusing on a return in early 2017 - but he has yet to decide if surgery will be needed for his injured groin.Cormier was forced to pull out of a championship rematch with Anthony Johnson set for next month at UFC 206 after suffering a torn right abductor muscle.
  During an appearance on The MMA Hour, "DC" revealed that he has options moving forward. He can undergo surgery, rest or have plat
  
  Read more

• Vitor Belfort Interested In Fight With Nick Diaz

  29-11-2016 05:56
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gKMHeEjYn8[/embed]Vitor Belfort has his sights set on "money" fights moving forward.The former UFC champion told the Brazilian television show Giro Combate (thanks to MMA Fighting for the quotes) that he would like to face someone of importance next.And one of those fighters is Nick Diaz."Nick Diaz is a good fight," Belfort said. "I would like this fight. He’s a guy with good boxing and good ground game, so it will be a good challenge."Diaz, though,
  
  Read more

• Raphael Assuncao Now Off UFC Fight Night 102 Card

  29-11-2016 05:51
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OME--DAtXp0[/embed]Raphael Assuncao has now been removed from UFC Fight Night 102 after his opponent, Alajamin Sterling, was forced out with an injury.MMA Fighting confirmed that the Brazilian will not compete next month when the Octagon sets up shop in Albany.
  Assuncao (23-5) suffered a decision loss to former division champion T.J. Dillashaw in July, snapping his seven-fight win streak.
  UFC Fight Night 102 - which airs entirely on UFC Fight Pass - feature
  
  Read more

• UFC Fight Night 103 Adds Heavyweights Walt Harris, Chase Sherman

  29-11-2016 05:47
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zizwsuq2Ew[/embed]A heavyweight encounter has been added to UFC Fight Night 103, as Walt Harris takes on Chase Sherman.Harris (8-5) has won just once in five Octagon appearances, but it came in convincing fashion when he finished Cody East. Harris is in his second stint with the promotion.Sherman (9-2) dropped his UFC debut to Justin Ledet. He had won four in a row outside the promotion prior to the setback.UFC Fight Night 103 takes place January 15 from P
  
  Read more

• Tim Kennedy-Kelvin Gastelum Not Official For UFC 206 Yet

  29-11-2016 05:41
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii0TBe6PWmw[/embed]There still appears to be a hold up involving the UFC 206 card, as the Ontatio Athletic Commission has yet to receive confirmation that will allow the Tim Kennedy-Kelvin Gastelum contest to take place.Gastelum was suspended six months by the New York Athletic Commission after failing to weigh-in. The former Ultimate Fighter winner remains hopeful that his management team will get the suspension lifted so he can compete.“The OAC hono
  
  Read more

• Max Holloway “Blessed” To Fight Anthony Pettis For UFC Gold

  29-11-2016 05:34
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDbSE8fdE98[/embed]Max Holloway doesn't care that an interim tag is attached to his UFC 206 main event bout with Anthony Pettis.The proud Hawaiian is just happy to be competing for UFC gold - something he has been dreaming about for years.“I’m just blessed to have the opportunity to be here,” Holloway told MMAjunkie. “I always wanted to fight for a title, and I always wanted to be the main event of a pay-per-view. I can knock two off
  
  Read more

• Notable MMA Manager On Bjorn Rebney-Union: If “He’s In, I’m Out”

  29-11-2016 05:20
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cU-uvsZEqk[/embed]Malki Kawa is one of the more notable managers in mixed martial arts.His ties run deep within Jackson-Winkeljohn MMA and other camps, including the likes of Jon Jones, Alistair Overeem and others under the First Round Management banner.With talk of a big fighter union being announced Wednesday, Kawa sounded off on one notable name attached to it all: former Bellator president Bjorn Rebney."Lol if Bjorn rebney is in, I'm out," Kawa posted
  
  Read more

• Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo promoted to Bellator 167 main event

  29-11-2016 04:00
  
  The two Bellator shows this weekend have undergone changes in their respective main card.
  Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo will now be the new main event of Bellator 167, replacing the original headliner between Patricky Freire and Derek Campos. The news was announced by the promotion via a press release. Freire suffered an injury which ultimately scrapped his bout with Campos, MMA Fighting's Guillerme Cruz reported the cancellation of the bout last week. Campos will be payed his show mon
  
  Read more

• Monday Morning Analyst: Robert Whittaker's win, Tyson Pedro's rear-naked choke

  29-11-2016 03:00
  
  On today's episode of the podcast, we look back at UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson from Melbourne, Australia. We'll talk about the fight card, generally, and Tyson Pedro's submission of Khalil Rountree.
  
  Read more

• Jose Aldo: “To Me, I Never Stopped Being The Champion”

  29-11-2016 01:06
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NffRaM_6LZA[/embed]Jose Aldo must still be suffering from the damage given to him by Conor McGregor.The new undisputed UFC featherweight champion told UFC Brazil that he never really stopped by featherweight champion despite suffering a 13-second knockout last year to McGregor.Recently, the UFC forced McGregor to relinquish the 145-pound title and remain at lightweight to defend that belt. He never defended the featherweight belt after beating Aldo, fightin
  
  Read more

• GSP, UFC Stars, Bjorn Rebney Promise ‘Industry Redefining’ Announcement on Wednesday Call

  29-11-2016 00:55 via sherdog.com
  
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholders Georges St. Pierre, T.J. Dillashaw and Cain Velasquez, as well as fighters “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone and Tim Kennedy will all be a part of what is being called an “industry re-defining” announcement this coming Wednesday, according to a press release sent out by PR firm O’Malley Hansen Communications on Monday.
  
  Read more

• GSP, UFC Stars and Bjorn Rebney Promise ‘Industry Redefining’ Announcement on Wednesday Call

  29-11-2016 00:55 via sherdog.com
  
  Former Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholders Georges St. Pierre, T.J. Dillashaw and Cain Velasquez, as well as fighters “Cowboy” Donald Cerrone and Tim Kennedy will all be a part of what is being called an “industry re-defining” announcement this coming Wednesday, according to a press release sent out by PR firm O’Malley Hansen Communications on Monday.
  
  Read more

• If Khabib Nurmagomedov Wants It, Tony Ferguson Is Ready

  29-11-2016 00:54
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ3B0okRgUM[/embed]Tony Ferguson has no issue fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov.In fact, the lightweight contender wants to settle unfinished business with "The Eagle" sooner rather than later."All (expletive) aside, the guy is a whiny (expletive)," Ferguson said during an appearance on The MMA Hour (thanks to MMA Fighting for the quotes). "He can whine as much as he wants to. Instead of people saying, ‘hey, you need to go for the belt,' or, ‘you nee
  
  Read more

• Report: Glover Teixeira-Jimi Manuwa To Collide At UFC 208

  29-11-2016 00:49
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7JUkt0Q0u0[/embed]A report by FloCombat's Jim Edwards has light heavyweight contenders Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa set for UFC 208 next year.Teixeira (25-5) suffered an August loss to Anthony Johnson via knockout, snapping his three-fight win streak. The former title contender is 8-3 with the UFC.Manuwa (16-2) has alternated wins and losses over his last four after starting out 14-0. In October, he knocked out Ovince Saint Preux for the biggest win of
  
  Read more

• Video: Preview Saturday’s TUF Finale 24 Co-Main Event

  29-11-2016 00:44
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT7qm90MFh0[/embed]In the co-main event of The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale, series coaches Joseph Benavidez and Henry Cejudo will square off.Both are former contenders to the UFC flyweight title, which will be defended Saturday night in the main event by Demetrious Johnson.Benavidez and Cejudo got under the skin of one another long before coaching on TUF, and that only continued on the season.In the video above, Kenny Florian and Gilbert Melendez preview the
  
  Read more

• Bellator 171 Headed To Kansas, David Rickels Featured

  29-11-2016 00:32
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt6vsPgWiHA[/embed]Bellator will return to Kansas this January with Bellator 171.In one of the featured bouts, Kansas' own David Rickels will square off against Aaron Derrow on Spike.
  Also, unbeaten Chris Harris meets unbeaten Jordan Young in a featured lightweight contest.
  Below is a complete press release from the promotion:A lightweight bout pitting Kansas’ most popular MMA fighter David Rickels (17-4, 2 NC) against Aaron Derrow (14-8) and a middle
  
  Read more

• Demetrious Johnson “On Point” Ahead Of The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale

  29-11-2016 00:26
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQe-0rv9xLg[/embed]Some call Demetrious Johnson the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.The current UFC flyweight champion will defend his title this Saturday night in the main event of The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale against the winner of the reality series.Here's a video promo highlighting "Mighty Mouse."
  
  Read more

• Upcoming Bellator Doubleheader Undergoes Handful Of Changes

  29-11-2016 00:24
  
  [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9mGbmcx-cw[/embed]Plans for this coming Friday and Saturday's Bellator doubleheader have hit a snag, as injuries have caused a handful of changes.Bellator 166 and 167 take place on Spike from Thackerville, Oklahoma, including a bantamweight title fight between champion Eduardo Dantas and Joe Warren.Emmanuel Sanchez has been forced out of a his planned co-main event bout, with Ray Wood replacing him vs. A.J. McKee. Also, the co-main for Bellator 167 is now
  
  Read more

• Bellator MMA Returns to Kansas, David Rickels-Aaron Derrow Features at Jan. 27 Bellator 171

  29-11-2016 00:01 via sherdog.com
  
  Bellator MMA has announced its return to Kansas, with Bellator 171 now officially scheduled to take place from the promotion’s familiar confines at the Kansas Star Arena in Mulvane on Jan. 27.
  
  Read more

• Tony Ferguson wants to settle ‘unfinished business' with ‘whiny b*tch' Khabib Nurmagomedov

  29-11-2016 00:00
  
  Somewhere between the excitement of UFC 205 and the drama surrounding Khabib Nurmagomedov, Tony Ferguson became the forgotten man of the lightweight division.
  Just one week before Conor McGregor's theatrics in New York, Ferguson capped off a record-breaking nine-fight win streak at lightweight with the most impressive victory of his UFC career, a five-round route over former champion Rafael dos Anjos. Ferguson sunk back into the shadows afterward while the fight world turned its gaze to the Iris
  
  Read more

Follow @NewsMMAUSA on Twitter!