Former double world champion Conor McGregor lost to Max Holloway after only 69 seconds because of a right knee injury on Saturday, in his return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship after a five-year layoff. Referee Mike Beltran stopped the mixed martial arts welterweight contest at UFC 329 in Las Vegas after Ireland’s McGregor, 37, fell […]
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Arshad Nadeem shares moment with UFC great Khabib
Ace Javelin thrower and Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem shared a ‘golden moment’ after meeting former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov on the sidelines of the World Sports Summit. The two-day summit took place on December 29-30, bringing together over 1,500 athletes, sports leaders, and policymakers to discuss the future of the industry under the […]
Lobov makes bare-knuckle debut as combat sports go mainstream
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight Artem Lobov, a long-time friend and team mate of Conor McGregor, is set to make a lucrative debut in bare-knuckle boxing as combat sports bid to gain more mainstream acceptance. Nicknamed the “Russian Hammer”, Lobov told Reuters he had accepted a big payday from the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship […]
UFC to open ‘world’s largest MMA centre’ in Shanghai
UFC made a major play for the potentially huge Chinese market on Tuesday, saying it will invest $13 million to open the world´s largest MMA training and development base in Shanghai. Performance Institute Shanghai will open in mid-2019 and help nurture the next generation of Chinese mixed martial arts fighters, the United States-based UFC said. […]
AND NEW — Mehmosh Raza crowned Aspera featherweight king
Pakistan’s mixed martial arts (MMA) starlet Mehmosh ‘the Renegade‘ Raza finished opponent Adonis Sevilleno in the first round to claim Aspera FC featherweight title in Philippines on Sunday. With his sensational victory via a first-round RNC choke, Mehmosh bagged his first international championship after impressing audiences at several promotions abroad, most notably at China’s Rebel FC. Talking […]
GSP wants to fight winner of Khabib-McGregor
Former UFC Welterweight and Middleweight champion Georges Saint Pierre has said that he would be interested in fighting the winner of Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Conor McGregor. Saint Pierre said that while speaking to the media that he would fight in the Lightweight division and against the winner of the bout between defending champion Khabib and […]
5 reasons why Khabib beats McGregor
UFC sent shock-waves across the globe as it launched the promo of a mega-fight between Lightweight Champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champion Conor McGregor, ultimately announcing that the fight is going to take place on October 6 at T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas. The fight was announced after the end of UFC’s quarterly press […]
“10 million will be enough for the fight” says Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager
Money is the need of everyone and Conor is not the only one who spends more time on money than in the Octagon. Recently Khabib Nurmagomedov’s manager made their intentions clear that big fight should have big amount of money. The truth is that there is nothing wrong in it, especially coming from the front […]
Islam Makhachev — a champion in the making
Islam Makhachev overpowered Canada’s Kajan Johnson in the latter’s hometown via a sublime armbar in round 1 of a prelim bout at UFC Calgary, improving his impressive record to 16-1 overall and 4-1 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Makhachev’s latest win was his second consecutive first round finish. Earlier this year, he knocked Brazil’s […]
‘I will change his face’, Khabib reveals plans for McGregor fight
UFC Lightweight Champion Khabib the Eagle Nurgamomedov on Sunday said that he ‘will change’ ex-champ Conor McGregor’s face when the two face one another inside the octagon in a possible bout later this year. Speaking to a post-UFC Calgary conference in Canada, Khabib said that he is more than willing to fight McGregor because it has […]