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Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington still share one thing in common despite no longer being the best of friends. From former brothers at American Top Team (ATT) to the most bitter of rivals, there appears to be no way to rekindle the connection between former two-time and three-time UFC welterweight title challengers Masvidal and Covington. The duo’s fallout occurred during their rise to contention in the late 2010s and things only went from bad to worse when they fought in March 2022. Covington got the last laugh inside the octagon at UFC 272 when he earned a drawn-out five-round unanimous…
Wow! UFC 298 is in the books and with it an impressive new champion in the featherweight division as Ilia Topuria slept Alexander Volkanovski to claim the crown. But the greatest sport in the world never sleeps and even coming off the best event of the year thus far, there’s still more to come as this weekend features a double header with the two premier promotions in MMA: UFC Mexico and PFL vs. Bellator. And of course the No Bets Barred boys are back with a full breakdown of this double-stuffed weekend. Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off…
Anderson Silva might need to clear some space in the family trophy case soon. The UFC legend’s son Gabriel Silva returns to the boxing ring on March 23 at Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., where he fights Misfits Boxing light heavyweight champion Anthony Taylor in the evening’s co-main event. Taylor and Silva had a heated in-ring confrontation this past November after Silva scored a decision win over OJ Rosé, which sewed the seeds for their upcoming matchup. See the announcement and video of their tense encounter below. Both fighters enter the bout on win streaks, with Silva 2-0 in Misfits…
Please excuse Michael Chandler if his voice is a little hoarse today. “I have to tell everybody, ‘Hey, I’m not sick. I literally injured my voice on Monday Night Raw,’” Chandler said with a laugh on Wednesday’s episode of The MMA Hour. “Before I went on, one of the producers was like, ‘Hey, this microphone is gated,’ and I’m like, ‘Hey, what’s gated mean?’ He’s like, ‘Gated means you have to speak up.’ And I’m like, ‘I don’t think that’ll be a problem.’ But the moment took over and a star was born.” Chandler, 37, surprised the combat sports world…
Johnny Eblen is living it up outside of the cage. The Bellator middleweight champion made headlines twice over the past couple weeks for reasons unrelated to his upcoming bout with PFL light heavyweight champion Impa Kasanganay, who he faces at the PFL vs. Bellator event this Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In one instance, Eblen raised eyebrows when it was reported that he spent $85,000 on a shopping spree with OnlyFans model Jessenia Rebecca. Then, this past weekend, Eblen was caught on camera nearly getting physical with a prankster after being set up by manager Brian Butler. Eblen was asked…
Corey Anderson did not see this coming. In 2022, Anderson had a pair of significant bouts bouts with Vadim Nemkov for the Bellator light heavyweight title. In the first, he dominated the bout before an inadvertent head butt stopped the bout and led to a no-contest. In a rematch seven months later, Nemkov out-pointed Anderson to retain the title. But when Anderson took a split decision win over Phil Davis last June, “Overtime” thought he’d punched his ticket to a trilogy bout. Instead, Nemkov officially vacated the Bellator light heavyweight title to move up to heavyweight, and Anderson was completely…
With a nickname like “Lefthand2God,” it’s no surprise that Danny Barlow packs a serious punch but even he couldn’t have imagined that he would score his first knockout in the UFC using a broken arm. This past Saturday night at UFC 298, Barlow battered Josh Quinlan with a barrage of punches and ended up with several knockdowns before the referee mercifully stopped the fight in the second round. Afterwards, Barlow noted that he likely broke his arm in the fight and an x-ray taken at a local hospital in Anaheim revealed that he had a clean break across his forearm.…
As Khabib Nurmagomedov waded through waves of Nevada Athletic Commission officials, Las Vegas police and UFC security to the back of T-Mobile Arena at UFC 229, a call was waiting. On the line was Vladimir Putin, who’d gone from TV to telephone to congratulate the Dagestani champ seconds after tapping out the biggest star in MMA, Conor McGregor, in a fight that had become a global sensation. The Russian president had to wait a bit – after the bedlam that ensued with Nurmagomedov jumping into the crowd to fight McGregor teammate Dillon Danis, a lot of bodies were required to…
Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou are just weeks away from trading punches, and now the price has been revealed for the highly anticipated pay-per-view bout. PPV.COM lists the cost for the March 8 boxing match in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, at $69.99. As of today, the “order now” button is active on the site. This cost is actually slightly less than that of Ngannou’s boxing debut against Tyson Fury, which took place in Riyadh this past October. That event was priced at $79.99 and aired on ESPN+ pay-per-view. In Ngannou’s first fight since parting ways with the UFC in January 2023,…
Jamahal Hill has a response for anyone disappointed in the UFC 300 main event announcement. Following the conclusion of UFC 298 this past Saturday, UFC CEO Dana White announced that the headlining bout for the historic UFC 300 event on April 13 will feature light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira defending against Hill. According to Hill, the booking came to fruition over the course of 48 hours, and he’s been paying attention to how the public has reacted to the news. White had been boasting for months that he had a huge matchup planned to close out UFC 300 and Hill…