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Chael Sonnen’s gut is telling him that a big fight is about to fall through. UFC 298 is just around the corner and one of the most highly anticipated matchups on the card sees former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker taking on top contender Paulo Costa in the co-main event. Or at least that’s what it says on the schedule. Speaking on his Beyond the Fight show, Sonnen speculated that something strange is going on with the pairing and it’s a feeling that he’s had before with other high-profile fights. “Does Whittaker and Paulo Costa go off as planned?” Sonnen said.…
The majority of the MMA fanbase is looking for answers to two questions — what will headline UFC 300, and when is Conor McGregor making his UFC return? On Wednesday, UFC CEO Dana White says he hopes it happens in the fall, which doesn’t line up to what McGregor and potential opponent Michael Chandler have said recently. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel will discuss White’s update on McGregor, why it’s taking so long, and if Chandler should consider moving on since he’s approaching nearly two years out of the octagon. Additionally, topics may include Dustin…
UFC veterans Thiago Santos and Yoel Romero are set to collide at the PFL vs. Bellator pay-per-view on Feb. 24 in Saudi Arabia, and Santos is happy to be back after an unexpected doping suspension prematurely ended his debut season with PFL. Santos lost a decision to Rob Wilkinson this past April in his promotional debut, however both athletes ended up testing positive for banned substances. Wilkinson popped positive for an elevated testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio, while Santos’ drug-screening results came back positive for clomiphene, a selective estrogen receptor modulator. “It was a mistake I made for trusting the doctor,” Santos said…
UFC will begin negotiations on a new TV deal later this year just as the landscape of sports programming and streaming take a dramatic shift in 2024 and into 2025. On Tuesday, ESPN announced that the network will partner with FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery on a new sports specific streaming service that will combine channels from all three networks under one umbrella. The package will include all ESPN channels along with FOX, FS1, FS2, TNT, TBS, and other channels that carry sports programming from the three networks. The new streaming service will launch in fall 2024, ahead of the…
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…
Gilbert Burns isn’t sold on Colby Covington claiming injury in his last fight. Covington, 35, returned to the media light this week with an appearance to share an X-ray of what he claimed to be a fracture in his left foot. The injury happened as a result of the first kick thrown in his recent title tilt against UFC welterweight champion Leon Edwards, according to Covington. The one-time interim titleholder lost the bout via a lopsided unanimous decision, which was arguably his worst performance to date. Due to the injury, Covington said it hampered his ability and thought process to…
MMA Fighting has Lopez vs. Ortiz results and more for the junior welterweight fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jamaine Ortiz from the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on Thursday evening. In the main event, Teofimo Lopez (19-1) will put his WBO title on the line in the contest. He returns to the ring after capturing the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles against Josh Taylor this past June. Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1) is a former USBA and NABF lightweight champion. He outpointed Antonio Moran this past September to rebound from a loss to Vasily Lomachenko. Lightweights Keyshawn Davis and…
MMA Fighting has Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz live round-by-round updates for Thursday’s junior welterweight title bout at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas. The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on ESPN+. Check out our Lopez vs. Ortiz results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Teofimo Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) fights for the first time since capturing the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles with a decision win over Josh Taylor in June. A former lightweight champion, Lopez notably defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko in 2020. Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1, 8 KOs) strides…
After a lackluster UFC Vegas 85 card, MMA’s leading promotion returns with yet another middleweight main event in the world’s most famous Apex, this time between Jack Hermansson and Joe Pyfer. Conner Burks and Jed Meshew kick things off with a brief recap of last weekend’s card and a status check on Flyweight Understan, before diving into yet another Apex card. After all, if the UFC can’t deliver the most fun fights in the world every weekend, we can certainly make them more entertaining by recklessly putting money on them. Can Joe Pyfer break into the Top-10 and announce himself…
Max Holloway is helping kids from Hawaii to stay in shape. The former UFC featherweight champ recently donated $50,000 to help open a Boys and Girls Club in his native Waianae, Hawaii, per FOX affiliate KHON2. Holloway, the 2021 winner of the UFC’s Forrest Griffin Community Award, also was honored as the new health ambassador for Boys and Girls Club Hawaii; there are nine Boys and Girls clubhouses across the state. Holloway taught a fitness class to local youth after the ceremony, tutoring kids on their punching technique. “The championships, the fights, the glory, the money, that’s all cool,” he…