The Fights Page 46 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
UFC Fighter To Opponent: "Did Your Mom Have Sex With Her Brother To Have You?"
Michael Johnson and Justin Gaethje will fight in Las Vegas in a week to close up this season of The Ultimate Fighter. The two exchanged barbs at the UFC’s summer press conference, and Gaethje revealed himself to be perhaps not the best shit-talker. Thursday, Johnson went at Gaethje and called him th...
Oh No, Conor McGregor
Here’s video of UFC champion Conor McGregor, who will soon be stepping into a boxing ring to take on one of the best fighters in history, preparing for that match:...
Conor McGregor Is In Big Trouble, Man!
Here’s Floyd Mayweather getting in some work....
Everyone Is Hopping Mad After Early Stoppage In UFC Main Event<em></em>
Sunday’s UFC Fight Night 112 in Oklahoma City was a suitably silly affair, with Justine Kish getting decisioned after a rear naked choke plus an ensuing emergency defecation, hall-of-famer B.J. Penn getting embarrassed by an elderly German, and Johny Hendricks, the man who once stood toe-to-toe with...
UFC Fighter Appears To Shit Herself While Getting Choked Out
Russian-American kickboxing specialist Justine Kish squared up with UFC veteran Felice Herrig in Oklahoma City during tonight’s UFC Fight Night event. Herrig won in a unanimous decision, although the previously undefeated Kish did an admirable job of wriggling out of a rear naked choke late in the t...
Krushing The Krusher's Nuts
The first thing I did when I got to Vegas was put a bet on Sergey Kovalev. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. You might say, “How could you bet against Andre Ward? One of the most polished pound-for-pound fighters in the world? An Olympic gold medalist? A world champion at two differe...
Ex-UFC Fighter Tim Hague Dead At 34 After Getting Knocked Out In Boxing Match
Canadian heavyweight fighter Tim Hague was knocked out in the second round of his boxing match with Adam Braidwood this weekend. It was just the fourth professional boxing bout for the MMA veteran, and he suffered a brain hemorrhage during the fight. His family announced yesterday that he died as a ...
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UFC Icon Matt Hughes Airlifted To Hospital After Crash With Moving Train [Update]
Matt Hughes hasn’t fought in the UFC since 2011, but he held the welterweight championship for two stints during the mid-2000's and is considered one of the greatest fighters of all-time in the 170-pound division. He beat MMA legend Royce Gracie and is one of two people ever to defeat Georges St-Pie...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Fighting Conor McGregor. What The Fucking Fuck?
It’s really happening....
The McGregor-Mayweather Fight Will Be Dumb As Dogshit
After what feels like years of chest-puffing and across-the-aisle shit talking, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather have finally agreed to fight each other for what will undoubtedly be a huge pile of money. The fight will take place in Las Vegas on August 26. It will be a 12-round bout at 154 pounds...
Floyd Mayweather And Conor McGregor Announce Fight For Aug. 26
After months of jawing, sniping, and preening, retired boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and MMA fighter Conor McGregor have agreed to a set date for a fight in Las Vegas on Aug. 26....
Champion Boxer And UFC Vet Among Those Arrested By FBI In Organized Crime Sting
Georgian boxer Avtandil Khurtsidze was supposed to fight Englishman Billy Joe Saunders next month for the WBO middleweight title, but he can’t make the fight anymore. He just got arrested in connection with an FBI sting on an alleged Russian/Georgian organized crime syndicate. ...
War Machine Gets Life In Prison For Sexually Assaulting And Kidnapping Christy Mack
Former professional MMA fighter War Machine (born Jon Koppenhaver) was found guilty by a Las Vegas jury in March of 29 charges, including sexual assault and battery with a deadly weapon, after he attacked his ex-girlfriend Christy Mack and her friend Corey Thomas in 2014. He was charged with 34 coun...
UFC All-Timer Demetrious Johnson Mocks Bald Clown Dana White<em></em>
Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson is perhaps the greatest MMA fighter of all time, and yet he’s not a star....
The End Of José Aldo
In championship-level combat sports, as with generations of inbred European royalty, there’s never really an interregnum. The end of one reign is simultaneously the beginning of another. The moment the new champion’s hand is raised and the belt fitted around his waist, we’re officially living in a n...
At UFC 212, Can José Aldo Hang Onto Greatness One More Time?<em></em>
Every once in a while, a fight comes along that offers the promise not just of sheer bloody violence, but of it being delivered with the utmost technical skill....
Boxer Leaves Ring Ass First After Wild Knockout
Rick Ogden, seen exiting stage right straight through the ropes in the following video, hasn’t had much a professional career. The poor dude has lost all eight of his professional fights by knockout and seems to have been fed to a number of debutantes around the Midwest. One of those dudes is Mikey ...
Russian MMA Fighter Knocked Out In The Cage, Slapped Silly By His Mom
The Kichigin family is full of MMA devotees. Brothers Georgy, Grigoriy, and Viktor are all professional fighters, and their mother Anna Azovskaya is responsible for their training. The three fighters have nicknames like “Crusader,” “Knight,” and “The Lion of Pyatigorsk,” and their father apparently ...
12-Year-Old Fighter Chokes Out 24-Year-Old Opponent At Japanese MMA Event
Remember Momo, the 12-year-old who got booked for an MMA fight in Japan against an opponent twice her age? She choked out the 24-year-old in question in the first round....
Deadspin Signs Historic Deal To Promote Floyd Mayweather Vs. Conor McGregor Bout
Deadspin says it has signed a record-setting deal to promote a fight between boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor....