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Month: April 2024

Pantoja Was ‘Very Mad’ With Strickland: ‘Shut Your Mouth’

Photo by Buda Mendes/Zuffa LLC Sean Strickland can easily get underneath people’s skin. Would anyone have expected one of those people to be Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Flyweight champion, Alexandre Pantoja? Well, added him to the ever-growing list. The Flyweight…

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Jorge Masvidal reveals he made $5 million to save UFC 251 headliner vs. Kamaru Usman

Jorge Masvidal felt rewarded for stepping in on less than a week’s notice to fight Kamaru Usman. Masvidal faced then-UFC welterweight champion Usman on just six days’ notice at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UFC 251 main…

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UFC 301 Embedded, episode 2: ‘Let’s see who is going to get the belt first’

Steve Erceg training in the streets of Rio On the second episode of UFC 301 Embedded, Steve Erceg trains in the streets of Rio, Jonathan Martinez goes shopping, Jose Aldo hits pads, Michel Pereira arrives in Rio and runs into…

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Robert Whittaker hopes Jiri Prochazka steers clear of UFC middleweight move because ‘then we’re enemies’

Robert Whittaker won’t be thrilled if Jiri Prochazka makes an eventual move down to the UFC middleweight division. Former light heavyweight champion Prochazka (30-4-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) recently revealed one of the long-term career goals is to drop to 185…

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Welterweight ‘Do Bronx’?! ‘That Will Lead To Money, History, And Legacy’

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Charles Oliveira still has big goals after his recent defeat at UFC 300 earlier this month (April 13, 2024). Arman Tsarukyan was too much for the former Lightweight champion in their highly-anticipated collision. Ultimately, Tsarukyan…

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Watch stock car racing champ take UFC 301 prospect for 120 mph ride

Elves Brener and Felipe Fraga | Guilherme Cruz SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Elves Brener is on roll in the UFC, rattling off a 3-0 start with two performance bonuses in a span of nine months. Ahead of his #UFC301 return…

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Tom Aspinall says UFC 304 start time ‘just not fair’ for U.K. fans

UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall feels for the U.K. fans who will have to pull an all-nighter to attend UFC 304. The pay-per-view event will take place July 27 in the newly built Co-op Live arena in Manchester, England….

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