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The 28-year-old has applied for boxing licenses in other states as well and it would be safe to bet that Nevada, the cradle of showcase fights, is one of them. McGregor, on an indefinite hiatus for the birth of his first child, has found a way to grab the spotlight by the collar and swing it back to himself even when he’s not on stage. This move, to legitimise his long-sought venture into the world of professional boxing, only takes him one step closer to his much-ridiculed desire of fighting Floyd Mayweather....

Is McGregor moving to welterweight? The Notorious One has been sharing images and videos of him preparing at SBG Ireland for his UFC return and the images showing him looking ripped, chiseled and more muscular than usual have left the MMA community wondering if he is indeed moving up a weight class to face Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal at welterweight. (h/t Sport Bible) The Notorious One has a score to settle with Masvidal McGregor and Masvidal have gone back and forth on social media since the latter took on McGregor’s former opponent Nate Diaz at the main event of UFC 244....

Mousasi recently spoke to FOX Sports to discuss his upcoming rematch with Hall, to which the Dutchman confessed that this contest is more personal than anything, as he believes he could be contesting for the middleweight title right now if he wanted to: “I’ve got nothing against him. He’s probably a nice guy, but I want my revenge. It’s more personal but not against Uriah Hall. It’s against people that thought that he’s the better fighter,” he added....

Mike Perry’s last Octagon outing Earlier this year, at UFC on ESPN+ 14, Mike Perry faced Vicente Luque and lost the fight via split decision. Midway through the fight, Perry sustained several notable injuries, including a broken nose that kept him on the sidelines for the remainder of 2019 after undergoing surgery to correct facial injuries sustained during the fight. Prior to his brutal fight against Luque, Perry had competed at UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs Hermansson where he faced Alex Oliveira and defeated the latter in a back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision....

Per ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, UFC is considering putting up a combustible middleweight bout between Former champion Robert Whittaker and Jared Cannonier in the promotion’s upcoming UFC 248 pay-per-view. (h/t MMA Mania) On his comeback to the Octagon, Whittaker suffered a heavy defeat against current middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya at UFC 243. The knockout loss was Whittaker’s first in the past five years and he said that he is looking to bounce back immediately....

Saturday was a historic day for the UFC as the mixed martial arts leader teamed up with “The Worldwide Leader” for the first time, ushering in the UFC on ESPN era with a strong fight card from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York that offered a little bit of everything. For the hardcore set, there were underappreciated welterweights Belal Muhammad and Geoff Neal, “The Violence Queen” Ariane Lipski debuting against Joanne Calderwood and unbeaten lightweight Gregor Gillespie facing the toughest test of his career in Hawaiian Yancy Medeiros....

Having been matched up against Prachnio in the 4th fight on the Preliminary Card of UFC Fight Night 136, Ankalaev utterly dominated his foe in their Light-Heavyweight showdown. In case you didn’t know… The head kick has, beyond the shadow of a doubt, been a highly-effective technique in the MMA realm thus far–with several iconic stoppages in Mixed Martial Arts showdowns, including the one notched by Holly Holm against then-undefeated phenom Ronda Rousey, coming to fruition due to the head kick....

Main CARD (SONY SIX/HD. / Fox Sports 1) Mendes def. Lamas by TKO (punches) at 2:45 of Round 1 Two of the best Featherweight fighters on the planet, Chad Mendes and Ricardo Lamas, looked to get back in the No. 1 contender race and it just took 2.5 Minutes for Mendes to make a statement. It looked like lamas came with a game plan to keep Mendes at bay with his kicks & the plan even looked like working until Mendes exploded with a huge right hand that dropped Lamas along the cage and hurt him bad....

From the beginning of the fight, Miocic was the aggressor, picking his shots on the feet and when he felt danger was looming, he took Hunt down to the mat. MORE: Marijuana pipe, condoms found in Jon Jones’ car | Alvarez destroys Kirkland By the third round, it looked like the fight was going to end. Miocic took Hunt down and was throwing an enormous amount of shots to Hunt, but referee John Sharp, for some unknown reason, let Hunt continue taking unnecessary shots to the head....

The main event features Anderson Silva, former middleweight champion and perhaps the greatest fighter in MMA history, taking on England’s Michael Bisping. This is a fight Bisping wanted when Silva was on top of the middleweight division. MORE: How Vegas views the event | Dada 5000 fans cry foul over fowl comment Anderson “The Spider” Silva (Getty Images) Silva is coming off a no-contest against Nick Diaz at UFC 183 in January 2015....

Shields, a former two-time Olympic gold medallist in boxing, decided to opt for lighter gloves in November. She announced last month that she will be joining the world of mixed martial arts and had signed with PFL. She is expected to make her debut in 2021. In a recent video released by Shields, she can be seen training for MMA and practicing her kicks and knees along with her punches....

While speaking to Wrestling Inc, Randy Couture spoke about the recency bias involved in UFC and how the latest fight is what fans remember you by. The three-time UFC heavyweight champion continued, crediting CM Punk for attempting to venture into MMA but felt he took a bigger jump than he should have to start off. CM Punk went winless in UFC CM Punk fought twice inside the octagon once against Mickey Gall and then against Mike Jackson....

UFC 186 was slated to be one of the biggest PPVs of the year, with both the UFC Bantamweight title and the UFC Flyweight title being defended on the same card. The former UFC Light Heavyweight champion, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson was also set to make his return inside the Octagon, but the past few weeks have thrown water on UFC’s and Dana White’s plans for the PPV. With T. J....

There were quite a few really interesting fights on the card, including the fights between Alexa Grasso and Carla Esparza in the co-main event, and the undefeated Askar Askarov and returning Brandon Moreno, also on the main card. In this article, we are going to be talking about the UFC Mexico results for the entire card. The UFC live results were extremely interesting as the latest event in the UFC schedule saw the crowd at the Mexico City Arena on their feet....

So what’s next for the polarizing figure? Askren could be in for a fight against UFC veteran Damian Maia, as the ace grapplers planted the seeds of a potential clash on Twitter. In case you didn’t know… Askren tasted his first pro MMA loss at UFC 239 after Jorge Masvidal knocked him out with a brutal knee in just five seconds. The fastest knockout in UFC history was inarguably the biggest highlight of the card that was headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos....

In case you didn’t know… At UFC 228, Liverpool fighter Darren Till earned his first shot at the coveted UFC Welterweight Championship, which is currently being held by Tyron Woodley, who initially won the title belt way back in 2016 by defeating Robbie Lawler in the main event of UFC 201. Despite a very resilient effort from Till in Dallas, Texas, the 25-year-old wasn’t able to capture his first UFC Championship as he was defeated by Woodley via second-round submission, following a brutal set of combinations that eventually led to a d’arce choke....

According to Danis, the only way to put Bisping’s theory to the test is by squaring off in a no-holds-barred street fight. He even offered to pay Bisping $100,000 if the former UFC middleweight champ wins. On Twitter, the 28-year-old wrote: Check out the tweet below: This comes after Bisping reignited his feud with Danis by taking a shot at him during a recent live Q&A with fans. ‘The Count’ explained why Danis’ grappling-heavy style is essentially worthless in a street fight setting....

Israel Adesanya not worried about adversity from last fight The Australian Champion and the Kiwi Interim Champion will be unifying the Middleweight title in the biggest fight in Australian-New Zealand history. In a media call to promote the fight, MMAJunkie asked Adesanya about the fight against Whittaker and the Nigerian-born Kiwi superstar said that he can pick Whittaker apart easily: He emphasized that his reach will be a huge advantage in the fight....

One other thing that Jones addressed was him going off on journalist Izabelle Kostic prior to his win over Gustafsson at UFC 232. In case you didn’t know… In the Pre Fight UFC 232 Press Conference, Jon Jones blasted and went off on reporter Izabelle Kostic from the Swedish MMA website Kimura.se, who criticized Jones of being the centre of yet another drug test controversy prior to a big title fight....

In case you didn’t know… In the main event of UFC 232, Jon Jones made his return to the UFC for the first time since UFC 214 in 2017. Jones, who faced Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch from UFC 165 from 2013, comprehensively defeated ‘The Mauler’ via TKO in the third round of their fight to win the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship for the record third time in his career....