Author: Ayobam Abdul-Azeez

Eddie Alvarez was surprised that Dustin Poirier knocked out Conor McGregor at UFC 257, but says Dustin deserves all of his success. Poirier and McGregor met on Fight Island last January in a rematch fight. After their first fight in September 2014 ended with McGregor knocking Poirier out in the first round, many fans thought the Irishman would get the job done again in the rematch. Eddie Alvarez explains Poirier’s real key to beating McGregor However, Poirier pulled off the upset when he was able to knock McGregor out in the second round. The two will now square off at…

UFC lightweight fighter Luis Pena was arrested in Florida on Friday. He is charged with robbery, battery and criminal mischief, according to Coral Springs police records. Pena already had a warrant for his arrest, but was taken into custody after police received an anonymous call reporting his whereabouts. Christian Swinson, a spokesman for the police department, told MMA Fighting what happened. Luis Peña arrested for robbery, assault and criminal mischief “We actually got a call from another county police department to go look for him. From there, there was an independent person who told us exactly where he was. We…

Despite his best effort, Marvin Vettori came up short in his bid to become middleweight champion after falling to Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 263. While the Italian fighter definitely had his moments, he ultimately took too much damage on the feet in striking exchanges with Adesanya and failed to capitalize on the takedowns he landed during the fight. Vettori disagrees with judges but now calls for “drunken” Paulo Costa In the end, all three judges scored the fight 50-45 for Adesanya, and while Vettori acknowledges defeat in the fight, he doesn’t believe he lost all five…

While some of the MMA world seems to be thinking about trying their hand at boxing against YouTubers, Khabib Nurmagomedov has his sights set elsewhere. Khabib is enjoying his retirement from mixed martial arts, but admits he would like to try another sport. To the surprise of many, it wouldn’t be a combat sport, but soccer. During a recent Facebook Q&A session, Nurmagomedov talked about what he calls his “first love.” Khabib Nurmagomedov to accept offer to play soccer professionally “If some clubs offer me, if they make me an interesting (offer), I will accept it. Soccer for me is…

40-year-old veteran Matt Brown landed the most spectacular KO of UFC Vegas 29. Brown was facing Dhiego Lima and from the first moment he came out looking to be the aggressor. In the second round Matt would end the fight with a hard right hand at just the right time. Lima would fall completely to the canvas at 3:02 of the second round. Matt Brown puts out Dhiego Lima’s light with withering right hand Matt began by punishing the body with kicks while looking to be the aggressor, as he usually does in his fights. Lima responded in kind with…

Jorge ‘Gamebred’ Masvidal looks to return to the octagon at the end of the year against a top-5 contender. Masvidal is coming off two consecutive welterweight title losses to champion Kamaru Usman. Although both losses are disappointing, Masvidal says he is eager to return later this year, the Cuban-born fighter is targeting October or November. Jorge Masvidal plans his comeback and criticizes Leon Edwards In an interview, ‘Gambred’, spoke about when he wants to return to the octagon. “Whoever is available in October or November that’s when I’ll be back, that’s the head I’ll rip off, whoever it is.” One…

Former UFC strawweight champion Weili Zhang is already getting back to work planning her return to action. The Chinese-born Zhang suffered a loss to Rose Namajunas at UFC 261 in April. She recently took to Instagram to hint at a possible rematch on the horizon as she begins training for her next fight. Weili Zhang starts preparing for her next fight…against Namajunas? “After a period of rest. I started training for my next fight. Rose is very strong. She is a real ace. I need to work harder and I think our second fight will be a very good fight.…

Contender in the 185-pound division, Kelvin Gastelum, thinks Robert Whittaker has a real shot at winning back the middleweight title against champion Israel Adesanya. Kelvin has fought Whittaker and Adesanya, so he knows exactly what he’s talking about. Just a week ago, Adesanya defeated Marvin Vettori at UFC 263. With the win, Israel improved his UFC middleweight record to a perfect 10-0. His next fight seems inevitably to be a rematch against Whittaker. And if you ask Gastelum what he thinks about that potential title fight, he thinks there’s a good chance the current champ will lose. Kelvin Gastelum gives…

Israel Adesanya had the opportunity to be a coach on ‘The Ultimate Fighter’ reality show, but the champion said no. When Dana White and UFC announced that ‘TUF’ would be back many were anxious to know who the coaches would be. In the end, it ended up being Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega. However, according to Adesanya, he was offered to coach the show against Britain’s Darren Till, but, the champ said no for a couple of reasons. Israel Adesanya explains why he refused to do TUF 29 with Darren Till In a recent podcast appearance, Israel Adesanya, talked about…

Rory MacDonald wants an investigation into his controversial loss to Gleison Tibau at 2021 PFL 5. MacDonald appeared to have been cruising painlessly to a decision victory over Tibau on Thursday at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. When the judges’ scorecard was announced everything changed and Rory couldn’t hide his surprise. It was a split decision against the former Bellator champion and UFC contender, and he was shocked. Rory MacDonald wants investigation into his controversial defeat in PFL 5 After taking a few minutes to digest, MacDonald said he could not understand the decision. In fact,…