UFC News

Tom Taylor - September 23, 2019

Ben Askren has always taken pride in being a clean fighter. Unfortunately, not every fighter on the UFC roster can say the same. Speaking on the new Hot Takes segment on of his podcast, Askren discussed the performance-enhancing drug problem that has been causing problems in the UFC, and pointed out that a significant percentage of the UFC roster has popped for banned substances in the last six months alone.

Tom Taylor - September 23, 2019

Over the weekend, Russian publication RT made a huge error, using a photo of UFC featherweight and bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes in a Twitter post titled “Transgender Athletes are DESTROYING Women’s Sports.” Unsurprisingly, this blunder did not go over well among fight fans, and the outlet promptly deleted the video and apologized to Nunes.

Natasha Hooper - September 23, 2019

Boxing champ Claressa Shields is ready to make her MMA debut, and is willing to do so against the best female mixed martial in the game today, two-division champ Amanda Nunes. The undisputed middleweight champion Shields has two gold medals and a multitude of world titles in two different weight classes. At just 24 years of age, Shields has a long list of athletic accomplishments. She has a scheduled boxing match against Ivana Habazin on October 5th in Michigan. If she wins, she could become a three-division champ in record time.

Tom Taylor - September 23, 2019

UFC Mexico was a solid card, but unfortunately, it ended on an ugly note. Seconds into the card’s main event, Mexico’s Yair Rodriguez inadvertently raked his opponent Jeremy Stephen’s eye. After taking the full, allotted five minutes to recover, Stephens was unable to continue and the fight was waved off.

Natasha Hooper - September 23, 2019

The Russian News platform RT made a significant blunder this week after using a photo of Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes to promote an video titled “Transgender athletes are DESTROYING women’s sport”. See the original image here:

Christopher Taylor - September 22, 2019

Yair Rodriguez was visibly upset after his bout with Jeremy Stephens was ruled a no-contest, and things only got worse when Michael Bisping attempted to calm him down. ‘El Pantera’ was taking on ‘Lil Heathen’ in the highly anticipated headliner of last night’s UFC Mexico event.

Adam Martin - September 22, 2019

UFC president Dana White says he planned on boxing Tito Ortiz and claims he would have “f*cked up” the former UFC light heavyweight champion if they fought. White was interviewed recently by Barstool Sports and was asked about the long-rumored boxing match between White and Ortiz. The UFC president gave his side of the story.

Thomas Taylor - September 22, 2019

Former UFC heavyweight champ Junior dos Santos thinks reigning UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is the best fighter in the world today. In fact, dos Santos believes Jones would do very well if he made the move up to the heavyweight division. “Jon Jones is the No. 1 baddest guy on the planet… actually, he’s the No. 1 pound-for-pound in the world, so I think he could do very well in the heavyweight division,” dos Santos told MMA Fighting.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

Top-ranked UFC lightweight contender Tony Ferguson wants to fight UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 245. The UFC’s year-end card takes place December 14 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. That’s the date “El Cucuy” is requesting to fight “The Eagle” in one of the most highly-anticipated battles in MMA history. Here’s what Ferguson said on Twitter.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

UFC women’s strawweight Carla Esparza says that fans showered her with beer following her majority decision win over Alexa Grasso at UFC Mexico City. MMAjunkie.com’s John Morgan tweeted out the unfortunate news after the event. Here’s what he said.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

UFC middleweight contender Paulo Costa put featherweight Jeremy Stephens on blast for not continuing to fight after getting accidentally poked in the eye by Yair Rodriguez in the main event of UFC Mexico City. Costa took to Twitter to criticize Stephens for not continuing to fight, insinuating that he doesn’t belong in the UFC. Here’s what “Borrachinha” said.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

The UFC has announced the post-fight bonus award winners for the Mexico City card, and a pair of women’s strawweights won “Fight of the Night.” The UFC announced after the event that Carla Esparza and Alexa Grasso won $50,000 each for “Fight of the Night” for their back-and-forth co-main event fight, which Esparza ended up winning by majority decision. Here’s what the UFC said.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

A video has circulated of UFC commentator Brendan Fitzgerald hiding under the announcers’ desk following the main event of UFC Mexico City. The main event was declared a No Contest after just 15 seconds when Jeremy Stephens was unable to see following an accidental eye poke by Yair Rodriguez. The unfortunate ending to the card left fans in the arena extremely upset, with many of them chucking beer and popcorn into the center of the Octagon and at the fighters.

Adam D Martin - September 22, 2019

Jeremy Stephens told Yair Rodriguez that he wants to run their fight back as soon as his eye is healed up following an eye poke at UFC Mexico City. The main event of UFC Mexico City came to a very unfortunate conclusion just 15 seconds into the fight after Rodriguez accidentally poked Stephens in the eye. Stephens was unable to see and the doctor was forced to stop the fight, forcing referee Herb Dean to declare it a No Contest. The outcome left fans in the arena very upset with the decision, and they threw beer and popcorn into the cage.

Natasha Hooper - September 22, 2019

A key women’s strawweight bout featuring former division champion Carla Esparza taking on Alexa Grasso co-headlined tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Esparza (14-6) entered the event looking to build off the momentum of her unanimous decision victory over Virna Jandiroba from back in April.

Cole Shelton - September 21, 2019

The main event of UFC Mexico City saw a pivotal featherweight clash. There, Yair Rodriguez was fighting in his home country taking on American Jeremy Stephens. The fight was expected to be the ‘Fight of the Night’ candidate, but regrettably that didn’t happen. Instead, just 15 seconds into the fight, Yair Rodriguez accidentally poked Jeremy Stephens in the eye. Referee Herb Dean did a phenomenal job giving the American fighter time to let the eye recover. He said it was spasming and should open soon. Yet, after five minutes that did not happen and the fight was ruled a no-contest.

Chris Taylor - September 21, 2019

A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlined tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was returning to action for the first time since November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. That shocking win had improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in mixed martial arts.

Chris Taylor - September 21, 2019

A key featherweight bout between perennial contenders Yair Rodriguez and Jeremy Stephens headlines tonight’s UFC Mexico event. Yair Rodriguez was last seen in action in November of 2018, where he scored a crazy last-second knockout victory over ‘The Korean Zombie’. The shocking win improved ‘El Pantera’s’ overall record to 11-2 in mixed martial arts.