UFC News

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Georges St-Pierre is now retired. The Canadian legend announced the end of his mixed martial arts career at a Thursday morning press conference at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec Canada. “There’s no tears. I’m very happy to do it,” St-Pierre said in the English portion of his retirement message. “In combat sports you should retire on top, that’s what I’m going to do. I’m happy I have the discipline to do it.”

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

As expected, Georges St-Pierre has announced his retirement from mixed martial arts. The former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion made this announcement at a press conference inside the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec Canada. Georges St-Pierre officially announces his retirement.

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

UFC 237, scheduled for May 11, will no longer be occurring in Curitiba, per a report from Combate. Due to a scheduling issue with the Curitiba football team Club Athletico Paranaense, the card will now go down in Rio de Janeiro on the same night.

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Robert Whittaker was supposed to defend the UFC middleweight title against Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 234 earlier this month. Unfortunately, the champion was forced out of the fight on the very day of the card, and rushed into the hospital with a collapsed hernia. This issue could keep Whittaker on the shelf for quite some time. Given that it’s already been close to a year since his last fight, the promotion has decided to create an interim middleweight title to keep the division moving in his stead. The interim title fight will occur at UFC 236 on April 13, when Gastelum battles undefeated contender Israel Adesanya.

Tom Taylor - February 21, 2019

Reigning UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley has been chasing a fight with former welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre for years. Unfortunately for him, it now sounds as though St-Pierre is hanging up the gloves for good. The Canadian legend is expected to announce his retirement from mixed martial arts at a press conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this very morning. Tyron Woodley, of course, is disappointed that he’ll likely never have the chance to test his mettle against the man many fans consider the greatest fighter of all time. That being said, he’s got an interesting solution.

Drake Riggs - February 20, 2019

The UFC recently held their very first main card to air on ESPN with UFC Phoenix on February 17. In the main event, we witnessed the return of the former two-time heavyweight king Cain Velasquez as he took on the modern day terror, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou.

Cole Shelton - February 20, 2019

Anderson Silva has his next fight booked as he will return to Brazil to take on Jared Cannonier at UFC 237. “I never thought it was going to happen, I got the call today, but hell, the UFC has already announced it so I assume Silva has agreed to it as well,” Cannonier said to BJPENN.com. “Right now it is just verbally agreed to. I think Silva is going to take it.”

Drake Riggs - February 20, 2019

At UFC 234 earlier this month, we saw the return of the middleweight division’s all-time finest competitor, Anderson Silva (34-9). Having fought for the first time since February 2017 when he faced off with Israel Adesanya at UFC 234, ‘The Spider’ is ready to turn things right around and get back at it.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

UFC 226 could get a whole lot better in the coming days. According to a report from BJPenn.com’s Chris Taylor, an interim lightweight title fight between former interim champion Tony Ferguson and reigning featherweight champion Max Holloway is potentially headed to the card. I was just told from sources (the same that were involved in my pinned tweet) that an interim lightweight title fight between Max Holloway and Tony Ferguson is “being worked on” by officials for #UFC236 🔥

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

News of Georges St-Pierre’s planned retirement prompted UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov to make one final effort to goad him into a fight. While Nurmagomedov’s call for a fight with St-Pierre excited some fans, however, it didn’t go over well with the many UFC lightweight contenders awaiting a shot at the champ’s belt, such as Al Iaquinta and Dustin Poirier. Poirier was first to react to today’s GSP vs. Khabib talk, first expressing his frustration with an emoji, and ultimatately calling for the UFC to release him, evidently fed up with waiting for a title shot.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

Today, news surfaced that former UFC middleweight and welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre plans to formally announce his retirement from mixed martial arts at a Thursday morning press conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The reports on this topic suggest St-Pierre has elected to hang up the gloves because his desired fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has failed to come to fruition. Unsurprisingly, this massive Georges St-Pierre news generated some interesting reactions from his fellow fighters and a few other notable members of the MMA community.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

After an impressive win over Rachael Ostovich at UFC Brooklyn in January, fan favorite UFC flyweight contender Paige VanZant is already targeted to return to the cage. According to a report from Brazilian outlet Combate, VanZant will collide with Poliana Botelho at UFC 226, which goes down on April 13 at a yet undetermined location. With her January win over Rachael Ostovich, Paige VanZant bounced back from a pair of tough losses: a submission loss to Michelle Waterson, and a decision loss to Jessica-Rose Clark in her flyweight debut. This skid was preceded by a highlight reel, switch-kick knockout of current BKFC champ Bec Rawlings. VanZant is 8-4 overall.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

Darren Till and Israel Adesanya are two of the most impressive strikers in the UFC, and as luck would have it, they’re only separated by one weight class. As a matter of fact, they might soon reside in the same weight class, as the hulking welterweight Darren Til has long teased a move up to Adesanya’s middleweight turf. And should these two bright young striking specialists wind up in the same division, the UFC would be foolish not to pit them against each other.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

It seems that former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre is hanging up the gloves. According to a report from Benoit Beaudoin of RDS, the Canadian legend is holding a press conference at the Bell Centre in Montreal on Thursday morning, where he will announce his retirement from MMA. This retirement has allegedly been spurred on by failed negotiations for a fight with UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Tom Taylor - February 20, 2019

On May 4, the UFC will return to the capital city of Canada. The promotion officially announced this long rumored UFC Ottawa card on Wednesday. First 🇨🇦 event of 2019 goes down May 4! We return to the nation's capital for #UFCOttawa at the @CdnTireCtr!

James Lynch - February 20, 2019

UFC commentator Joe Rogan hasn’t been featured on either of the US-based UFC on ESPN broadcasts this year, and now we know why. The former “Fear Factor” host, who has been with the UFC for over 20-years, says that it was his decision to cut back on the amount of events he’d be working.

Drake Riggs - February 19, 2019

In the heavyweight division, seeing knockouts isn’t uncommon. The bigger the individuals, the stronger and more powerful they will be with their strikes. It’s simple, really. However, then we take a look at someone like this past weekend’s UFC Phoenix main event winner, Francis “The Predator” Ngannou who time and time again proves to have power levels that may very well just eclipse that of anything ever seen before on this planet. We’re talking over 9000.

Drake Riggs - February 19, 2019

If Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone could fight every weekend, he surely would. But when it comes to landing big fights, it’s a process that can take more time than just jumping right back into the mix when asked to.