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TJ Dillashaw's Bad Year Gets Worse
After defending his UFC bantamweight championship against Cody Garbrandt last year, T.J. Dillashaw sought to shut down the flyweight division by whooping on Henry Cejudo then possibly move up to 145 pounds and fight Max Holloway. But now, instead of having three title belts, he has zero....
UFC Fighter Leaves Post-Fight Interview To Fight Another Fighter Backstage
Jorge Masvidal showed out in Saturday’s fight against recent welterweight title challenger Darren Till in London, as he knocked out the Englishman with an overhand left in the second round. Masvidal apparently wasn’t content with smacking around just one fighter that night, because after the bout he...
Tony Ferguson's Wife Files Restraining Order Following Multiple Incidents With Police
Cristina Ferguson, wife of UFC lightweight fighter Tony Ferguson, filed a request for a temporary restraining order yesterday against her husband in Orange County Superior Court. Online court records didn’t provide many details about why Christina Ferguson requested the order, but police reports ob...
Here's Video Of Conor McGregor Stomping A Fan's Phone To Hell
Zero-time UFC title defender Conor McGregor was arrested in Miami Beach and charged with felony strong-armed robbery and misdemeanor criminal mischief on Monday, after allegedly turning down a fan’s request for a photo and then destroying the fan’s expensive phone by stomping on it. The fan, 22-year...
Report: Conor McGregor Charged With Felony After Stomping A Fan's Phone Into Oblivion
Full-time MMA fighter and part-time racist Conor McGregor was arrested on Monday night for breaking a fan’s phone into a bunch of tiny pieces with what we can probably assume was an expensive pair of shoes....
UFC Class Clown Johnny Walker Wrecked His Opponent Then Wrecked Himself Doing The Worm
The last time we saw UFC court jester Johnny Walker in the octagon a month ago, he pretended to strip while getting prepped for his fight, knocked out Justin Ledet in 15 seconds with an outlandish combo, and then celebrated with a solid minute of gyration. Thankfully, he sustained zero damage in tha...
UFC Class Clown Johnny Walker Wrecked His Opponent Then Wrecked Himself Doing The Worm
The last time we saw UFC court jester Johnny Walker in the octagon a month ago, he pretended to strip while getting prepped for his fight, knocked out Justin Ledet in 15 seconds with an outlandish combo, and then celebrated with a solid minute of gyration. Thankfully, he sustained zero damage in tha...
Family Members Of UFC Icon Matt Hughes Took Out Restraining Orders After He Allegedly Attacked His Wife And Nephew
Multiple relatives of UFC hall of famer Matt Hughes recently were granted restraining orders against the retired fighter, Montgomery County (Illinois) court records show. Hughes’s wife Audra asked the court in December for a protective order mandating Hughes to stay 500 feet away from her, and it wa...
Either Cain Velasquez Suffered A Freak Injury At The Worst Time Or Francis Ngannou Hits Like A Meteor
For whatever reason, the UFC has seen a real run on sudden, violent first-minute finishes in high-profile fights. Amanda Nunes led us into 2019 by ending Cris Cyborg’s 20-fight win streak in 51 seconds and, one month later, Henry Cejudo upended sweaty weirdo Dana White’s plan to kill the flyweight d...
Meet Johnny Walker, A Hilarious Weirdo Even By UFC Standards
This weekend’s UFC Fortaleza card was a tremendously entertaining event, with the five true main card fights all ending in finishes, old dogs Demian Maia and Jose Aldo picking up resounding wins in front of the home crowd, and Marlon Moraes launching himself towards title contention despite a case o...
Fighting Commission Punishes Fighters For Their Roles In Fight Outside The Designated Fighting Area<em></em>
The Nevada Athletic Commission has finally gotten around to handing out some punishments for the post-fight dustup that occurred at UFC 229....
Derek Carr Seeks Dana White's Help In Challenging Max Kellerman To An "Octagon Fight"
Let us now embark on a tortuous NFL offseason journey that includes all of our favorite dummies and involves a starting quarterback trying to challenge two-thirds of First Take to an “octagon fight.”...
Henry Cejudo Destroyed TJ Dillashaw In Seconds And Made Dana White So Mad
T.J. Dillashaw, ruthless two-time bantamweight king, was going to drop down to 125 pounds, give Henry Cejudo the business, become the company’s latest double champion, and clear the way for UFC czar Dana White to close the flyweight division once and for all. That plan didn’t work....
Greg Hardy’s UFC Debut Ends With Illegal Strike On Vulnerable Opponent<em></em>
Greg Hardy’s UFC debut ended quite unceremoniously on Saturday night. With just over two-and-a-half minutes left in the second round, Hardy had defended a takedown from Allen Crowder and then got up while his opponent was still on one knee. The ex-NFL player saw an opening and illegally smashed his ...
The New UFC Championship Belt Looks Like A Toy
Tomorrow night, the UFC will make its long-awaited debut on ESPN. The fight card is headlined by a flyweight title superfight between bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw and current flyweight belt-holder Henry Cejudo, a bout that will likely result in Dillashaw becoming the company’s latest double cha...
UFC Fighter Polyana Viana Whooped The Ass Of A Man Who Tried To Rob Her
UFC strawweight Polyana Viana was waiting for a cab in front of her apartment in Rio De Janeiro last weekend, when she says a man sat next to her and tried to steal her phone. According to Viana, the man asked her the time, then told her to give up the phone and threatened her with a gun. Viana real...
Cat Zingano's Eye Is Super Messed Up After Her Bizarre Loss At UFC 232
A few fights before Amanda Nunes annihilated Cris Cyborg, towering Australian striker Megan Anderson won her first fight in the UFC, with a first-minute TKO of Cat Zingano that was far stranger than Nunes’s knockout. As Zingano was circling away from Anderson’s probing punches, Anderson threw a head...
Amanda Nunes's Destruction Of MMA's Most Feared Woman Was Shockingly Easy
Before Amanda Nunes blitzed her last night at UFC 232, the closest fearsome Brazilian destroyer Cris Cyborg came to losing against top-level competition was a dominant decision win against Holly Holm last year. Aside from that bout and a career-starting kneebar loss—the sort most strikers have on th...
Jon Jones Throws A Hissy Fit After Reporter Asks About His Atypical Drug Test
Last night was the official pre-fight press conference for UFC 232, an event that was hastily moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after headliner Jon Jones was found to have a small trace of a banned substance in his blood. Jones, who has tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in the past, ...
Won't Someone Please Think Of Dana White?
UFC president Dana White was a bit of a shithead towards a reporter on Thursday during the press conference for the recently-relocated UFC 232. To make things easier for Jon Jones to participate in the headlining fight after an “atypical” drug test, the pay-per-view event was move from Las Vegas to ...