Author: Ayobam Abdul-Azeez
Edson Barboza suggests that a fight between him and Hawaii’s Max Holloway would be an absolute war. Last week at UFC 262, Barboza scored an incredible KO win over Shane Burgos. He finished his opponent in the third round with a terrific right hand, which took a while, but sent him to the canvas. He also won the ‘Fight of the Night’ bonus. Edson Barboza seeks “incredible war” with Max Holloway This is his second win at 145 pounds. Barboza decided to move down a weight class after his two-fight losing streak at 155 pounds. In his featherweight debut, he…
Diego Sanchez recently stated that he feared for his life because he thought the UFC would retaliate after revealing the “truth” about this “perverted” company. He believes there is an agenda pushed by the UFC to silence Joshua Fabia. Sanchez’s controversial trainer/manager/nutritionist/guru has now fired back, with Fabia hurling serious allegations against the UFC’s top management at President Dana White and matchmaker Sean Shelby. “It’s the truth” – Josh Fabia accuses Dana White and Sean Shelby of sleeping with female fighters “Why isn’t anyone talking, that the calculation took place, and that Dana White is somehow getting to f-k fighters?…
UFC Hall of Famer Diego Sanchez is no longer working with Joshua Fabia as his manager, coach and guru, he told MMA Fighting on Thursday. Sanchez declined to comment further on the situation, saying he would issue a statement next week and needed to gather his thoughts before speaking to the media. Diego Sanchez ends his professional relationship with Joshua Fabia Sanchez’s attorney, Charles Lakins, said the decision to leave Fabia was made Thursday. He added that Sanchez had removed his business ties to the coach. “Any power of attorney for Fabia has been canceled/terminated,” Lakins said. Fabia did not…
After his victory over Kevin Holland, Marvin Vettori earned the right to challenge middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. After five consecutive victories, the Italian is aiming for revenge against the Nigerian, who defeated him in 2018. Next month, the two fighters will meet at UFC 263 and will star in a close fight. The main event will feature Israel Adesanya in the 185-pound class after a stint at light heavyweight. The African moved up with the goal of challenging Jan Blachowicz for the vacant light heavyweight title, however “Polish Power” stopped him. “RESIGNED”: MARTIN VETTORI SURPRISED EVERYONE WITH HIS MESSAGE BEFORE…
UFC 262 was an amazing event that lived up to its hype, with the two thrilling fights that went down in the Octagon; Tony Ferguson taking on Beneil Dariush and suffering a loss, while, Michael Chandler fought with Charles Oliveira for the UFC lightweight division title. An interesting aspect of the fight beyond the Octagon was the financial benefit gained by each of the main eventers. With all four of them taking lump sums home as rewards for their bouts. Cash rain: Here is how much the UFC 262 main eventers earned from their fights UFC 262 brought with it…
The UFC legend is not intimidated by the power of Francis Ngannou, on the contrary!
Tony Ferguson suffered his third straight defeat at UFC 262 to Beneil Dariush in a hardly fought match that was drawn out and had the victor decided by unanimous decision of the judges. This loss led to questions being raised about Ferguson’s future in the UFC. Ferguson was quite confident prior to the bout, having promised to knock Dariush out during the pre-match press conference. Tony Ferguson who boasts of an impressive 25 – 6 – 0 record in the UFC lightweight decision would definitely be embittered by this loss as he would have hoped to end his bad run…
It’s a fight that’s likely to be the talk of the town. While UFC champion Francis Ngannou claims everywhere he can that he wants to face Tyson Fury in a boxing match, the Gypsy King has accepted the challenge. https://twitter.com/Tyson_Fury/status/1382002613286285312?s=20 Mike Tyson, after I crush Joshua, I’ll beat the crap out of that guy too. Francis Ngannou, that’s an easy task. Francis Ngannou then immediately responded on his networks with a photo of Fury bloodied during his fight against Swedish Otto Wallin in September 2019. https://twitter.com/francis_ngannou/status/1382019806807744512?s=20 If this guy did this to you, what do you think I’m going to…
Joanna Jedrzejczyk wants to make sure that her next contract with the biggest MMA organization in the world will be lucrative. The former strawweight champion of the organization is preparing to travel to the U.S. to once again prepare for her appearances in the MMA cage. The fighter hasn’t fought in the octagon since her spectacular clash with Weili Zhang, which she lost by judges’ decision. In an interview with MMA Fighting the Pole spoke about her current relationship with the organization and her expectations for her next contract. “It’s not about the money, but it’s always about the money”…
Munich – UFC icon Conor McGregor is fueling the rumors of a commitment to a top soccer club – and irritates with a statement about the purchase of Manchester United. It was merely a tweet with which Conor McGregor caused attention at the end of April, when in world soccer just the topic of a Super League took on a life of its own. McGregor: What’s going on with United? The vision that the richest top clubs would form their own pool with even more capital and profit-maximization plans turned into a fiasco shortly thereafter – but McGregor’s Twitter statement…