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Dana White might not be available for any podcast bookings anytime soon. The UFC CEO shocked host Howie Mandel on the popular television personality’s podcast, abruptly walking out of the show before the interview had even started. Watch a clip of White’s sudden exit below. The podcast started innocuously with the longtime America’s Got Talent judge praising White’s business acumen and thanking him for being on the show. “Dana White, you are an amazing guy,” Mandel said. “I can’t thank you enough for being here. … You are not only an amazing businessman, you are an inspiration, you are a…
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time. 1 p.m. ET: All your questions answered in the latest edition of On The Nose. 1:30 p.m.: UFC Vegas 86 winner Jack Hermansson reflects on his upset of Joe Pyfer. 2 p.m.: Longtime MMA coach Eric Albarracin talks about UFC 298 and his work with Henry Cejudo. 2:30 p.m.: UFC welterweight Oban Elliott previews his UFC 298 meeting with Val Woodburn. 3 p.m.: Bill Haney, father of boxing…
The return date for Conor McGregor remains a mystery. “The Notorious” former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion has coached twice on The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) without fighting either of his opposing coaches Urijah Faber or Michael Chandler. While the former of the two was never meant to result in a fight despite the show’s nature, a McGregor vs. Chandler collision has always been the expectation. As time goes on, however, it feels less and less likely. McGregor, 35, came out early into 2024 with a video on social media that said he’d be returning at middleweight for his bout with…
One-time UFC heavyweight title challenger Antonio Silva continues to fight on despite an 11-fight losing streak. Silva on Tuesday announced a fight with fellow UFC vet Juan Espino for March 23 at an event dubbed, “The Farewell.” The event takes place at Gran Canaria Arena in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The bout’s rule set and details were not included. “I am very happy to fight against [someone I look up to] in my career, someone who motivates me to be a better fighter and I admire, a fight full of respect where victory or defeat is not sought, but…
UFC 300 is expected to deliver a loaded lineup for the promotion’s historic April event. Following one of the most chaotic years in recent memory, the UFC will bring UFC 300 to its home base of Las Vegas on April 13. UFC CEO Dana White has promised one of the most stacked, and perhaps, unpredictable lineups in company history. With four title fights already on the books for the first quarter of the year, including Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title, and Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Raquel Pennington for the vacant women’s bantamweight title at UFC…
It looks like Henry Cejudo didn’t actually fire his longtime coach, Eric Albarracin, before UFC 298. The former two-division champ on Tuesday appeared to confirm what many suspected all along – his public firing of Albarracin was just a prank before a pivotal fight with Merab Dvalishvili on Saturday. “Bill Bellicheck, Tom Brady, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, c’mon, you think they would ever break up? C’mon, man,” Albarracin told a crowd on an Instagram video posted by Cejudo. On the UFC 298 Countdown show, Cejudo had fans and MMA observers cringing as he appeared to can Albarracin before his fight…
Wanderlei Silva is down to share the ring again with his “archenemy” Quinton Jackson. “The Axe Murderer” took to social media to respond to “Rampage,” who said on a recent appearance on The MMA Hour that he’s interested in rematching former MMA rivals Rashad Evans and Silva in boxing matches after making his professional debut against ex-WBO heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs in an eight-round boxing match on June 1 in Qatar. “I couldn’t wake up to better news,” Silva said on a video posted by Brazilian journalist Ana Hissa. “My archenemy Quinton Jackson will make his boring debut and already…
Randy Brown ran into UFC commentator and top 15 welterweight Michael Chiesa in the halls of UFC APEX this past Saturday at UFC Vegas 85. Chiesa was working the desk for the ESPN+ event, while Brown was fighting on it – and fighting very well, if a blistering first-round knockout of Muslim Salikhov was any indication. Brown’s respect for Chiesa reached back to his days as an amateur MMA fighter watching The Ultimate Fighter 15, which Chiesa won decisively. But those warm feelings had cooled as he’d sought to climb the welterweight rankings with a fight. “I was just like,…
UFC 298 has lost a fight just days before the event is scheduled to take place. Middleweight Tresean Gore suffered an injury that will prevent him from competing on Saturday and so his fight with A.J. Dobson has been pulled from the card. UFC officials announced the change on Tuesday. Gore was expected to return to action for the first time since 2022 when he scored a win over Josh Fremd. He was also scheduled to face rising middleweight star Bo Nickal this past July but a different injury prevented him from competing in that fight as well. With Gore…
Ray Longo is withholding full judgment when it comes to the video of Henry Cejudo parting ways with longtime coach Eric Albarracin ahead of UFC 298 and the former champ’s bout with Merab Dvalishvili, but the opposing head coach certainly believes Cejudo is doing it for attention. Longo, the head coach of Dvalishvili, brought up the situation during his weekly segment on the Anik & Florian Podcast, mentioning the scene during UFC 298 Countdown where Cejudo informed Albarracin he will not be in the corner this Saturday in Anaheim, Calif. Longo also would guess that the moment looks as phony…