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Mike Perry has options when it comes to his next fight. But ideally, he has a perfect opponent already in mind. After stopping ex-UFC champion Eddie Alvarez in two rounds at BKFC 56 on Saturday, Perry, the newly crowned “King of Violence,” offered Anthony Pettis as a potential opponent. Two days later, Perry has another idea for what could be the biggest bare-knuckle fight of all time. “I have the utmost respect for Jorge Masvidal,” Perry said on The MMA Hour. “That’s kind of why that callout, that name has never happened. I did see him at his promotion at…
Who’s next for Mike Perry? That’s the question after Perry’s bare-knuckle barnstorming tour continued with him savagely breaking Eddie Alvarez’s face in two places at BKFC 56. As the new “King of Violence,” Perry is undoubtedly the biggest draw in gloveless combat and the best asset BKFC has in its coffers, so MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti, Steven Marrocco, Alexander K. Lee, and Jed Meshew sidled back up to the roundtable to matchmake for the bare-knuckle king. Al-Shatti: If you watched BKFC 56’s post-fight press conference, you probably picked up on the dilemma BKFC is beginning to find itself in with…
Matt Brown always advocates for referees to give him every possible chance of coming back before stopping his fights, but even he was aghast at what happened at UFC Austin. In the co-main event, Jalin Turner blasted Bobby Green with a pair of right hands that sent the veteran lightweight down face-first to the canvas. Green appeared to already be out, however referee Kerry Hatley allowed the fight to continue as Turner jumped on top and began hammering away at Green with punches. More than a dozen unanswered blows connected before Hatley finally called the fight, with UFC CEO Dana…
Alexander Volkanovski is a champion on a mission. The legendary featherweight champion is set to return to his division in two months at UFC 298 on February 17 after failing on his second attempt at capturing lightweight gold this past October. “The Great” had made it a goal to rematch the current 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev after their thrilling matchup in February resulted in a unanimous decision for Makhachev. After an injury to Charles Oliveira 12 days out from UFC 294, Volkanovski stepped up to the plate and filled in, where he succumbed to a first-round knockout loss by head…
Conor McGregor is ensuring the McGregor clan stays alive and well in future generations. The former UFC two-division champion announced the birth of his fourth child — and third son — this past week. On Monday, McGregor revealed a name for his new baby boy: Mack McGregor. Mack joins siblings Conor Jr., Croia, and Rian in the growing family helmed by McGregor and the fighter’s long-time partner and fiancée Dee Devlin. McGregor, 35, has been tentatively linked to a UFC return bout against Michael Chandler since coaching against the American on The Ultimate Fighter 31 in early 2023. McGregor told…
Josh Emmett needs a new opponent after revealing that Giga Chikadze fell out of their scheduled fight at UFC 296 on Dec. 16 in Las Vegas. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Chikadze is no longer competing on the card, though the reason for his withdrawal is not clear. As for Emmett, he is calling for a replacement opponent to face him in the final UFC card of 2023. “Giga’s out,” Emmett wrote on Twitter. “Who’s ready Dec. 16?” It’s unfortunate news for the Georgian featherweight, who made his long-awaited return to action…
Jon Jones earned his spot among the all-time greats in MMA history, so he doesn’t want to hear from new interim champion Tom Aspinall. Jones, originally scheduled to face Stipe Miocic in the UFC 295 main event, was forced off the card after suffering a torn pectoral muscle that required surgery. The UFC moved forward with an interim title fight, Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich, and Aspinall knocked out Pavlovich to capture the belt in the co-main event. Afterward, Aspinall called for Jones to be stripped of the title that “Bones” won in March by making quick work of Ciryl…
Michael Chandler kicked off 2023 with the expectation that he’d fight Conor McGregor. Now he’s ending 2023 with the first inactive year of his professional MMA career and the hopes that the McGregor fight will still materialize at some point in 2024. “[Have I been] frustrated at times? Absolutely. Annoyed? Maybe a little bit here and there,” Chandler admitted Monday on The MMA Hour. “Because we get that rush, we love fighting, we love competing. I do train a lot so it is hard to train — even me, even being known as the guy who trains a lot and…
Arman Tsarukyan has no sympathy for Bobby Green. This past Saturday, Green got knocked out by Jalin Turner in the co-main event of UFC Austin, suffering several unnecessary extra punches after an egregiously bad stoppage by referee Kerry Hatley. The incident was widely lambasted by the MMA community, but Tsarukyan saw nothing wrong with it. “No. No, no — the referee let them punch more,” Tsarukyan told The MMA Hour when asked about the stoppage. “He should stop maybe five more minutes. Let him be. It was good. I was happy. You can see when fight was like that, I…
Sean Brady hopes he’ll fight Ian Machado Garry next following his big win at UFC Austin. Brady returned for the first time in more than a year and dominated Kelvin Gastelum en route to a third-round submission win this past Saturday. The 31-year-old called for a fight with Garry — who is scheduled to face Vicente Luque at UFC 296 later this month — and was asked why Garry is taking so much criticism from fellow fighters, such as current middleweight champion Sean Strickland and welterweight champ Leon Edwards. “I think he’s doing it to himself,” Brady said Monday on…