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Two-time UFC title challenger Dominick Reyes has been forced out of his scheduled return at the upcoming UFC Atlantic City card. In his place steps Alonzo Menifield, who now faces Carlos Ulberg in the promotion’s return to New Jersey on March 30. UFC officials announced the pairing on Tuesday, although no details were announced about why Reyes had to drop out of his fight. Reyes was previously scheduled to return at UFC 297, however Ulberg suffered an injury that forced the fight to be delayed until March. Now it’s Reyes who is unable to compete for undisclosed reasons. As for…
Jon Jones didn’t have an easy time ahead of his 2011 title defense against Quinton Jackson. That’s according to Jones’ younger brother, Chandler Jones. The four-time NFL Pro Bowler appeared this past week on Jackson’s podcast, JAXXON PODCAST, and explained to “Rampage” just how difficult the lead-up to his brother’s first UFC title defense really was. “I’m Jon’s little brother, so I know who he fanboys over,” Jones said. “And before y’all’s fight, he couldn’t sleep. And I don’t give a f*** who — I’m looking you in your eyes, I’m not blinking — I don’t give a f*** who…
Israel Adesanya may not hold the UFC middleweight title anymore but he’s still favored to win in a potential showdown with new champion Dricus du Plessis. Following a razor-close win over Sean Strickland this past Saturday night at UFC 297, du Plessis claimed the 185-pound title for the first time in his career. Immediately afterwards, the South African called out Adesanya for a long awaited fight after they were originally expected to meet this past September. Despite du Plessis remaining undefeated in the UFC with his win over Strickland, Adesanya still commands a lot of respect as one of the…
TKO Group Holdings, the merged company with UFC and WWE, announced Tuesday that WWE’s Monday Night Raw, the flagship program for the professional wrestling outfit, will be moving to Netflix starting in 2025 in a deal reportedly worth $5 billion over 10 years. The new deal shifts Raw off linear television for the first time since the program launched 31 years ago. According to several reports, the deal is worth $500 million per year, with Netflix maintaining the right to exit the contract after five years or extend for another 10 years if the partnership is successful. The previous deal…
Neil Magny won’t hold a grudge against Ian Machado Garry, even after the heated trash talk between them was used as a weapon against him in his recent custody battle. Ahead of UFC 292 this past August, Magny got into a verbal exchange with Garry where he promised to hand him an “ass whooping,” adding “being a father, I’ve become quite accustomed to that kind of whooping now.” Garry erupted and in return effectively painted Magny as a child abuser. That led to Magny’s estranged wife using that as ammunition in court proceedings as they fought over custody of their…
Sean Strickland may have lost the fight and the UFC middleweight title this past weekend at UFC 297, but in Nate Diaz like fashion, he still came out of the event in the court of public opinion as a winner. If the UFC goes ahead and books a fight between new champ Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya at UFC 300, should Strickland vs. Khamzat Chimaev in a title eliminator also be added to the lineup? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck reacts to UFC 297, the razor close main event between du…
Dwayne Johnson can definitely smell what the UFC and WWE are cooking. The former professional wrestler turned Hollywood actor has joined the board of directors at TKO Group Holdings after maintaining a strong relationship with both WWE and UFC over the years. Johnson has also been a longtime client represented by the talent agency at Endeavor, the parent company to TKO Group Holdings. As part of the deal to join the board of directors, Johnson also gains full ownership over the name “The Rock,” which was a moniker he adopted during his rise to fame as one of the biggest…
According to Khamzat Chimaev, if he doesn’t get the first crack at Dricus du Plessis following the new champ’s title win at UFC 297 this past Saturday, the UFC CEO will have some explaining to so. “Who else is going to fight him,” Chimaev told ESPN. “Israel is out [he said] until 2027. All of these guys fought each other. It’s only me who is undefeated and undisputed, so I don’t know. They promised me after the Usman fight that [I] will for sure fight for the title, and I won that fight. I don’t know what’s going on. “I…
Raquel Pennington was crowned the new UFC women’s bantamweight champion with a grueling win over Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 287. Her first title defense is likely coming against Julianna Pena later this year. Pena, who holds a win over arguably the greatest women’s fighter of all-time in Amanda Nunes, hasn’t competed since 2022, she’s 3-2 in her last five fights, and she doesn’t actually own a victory over anybody on the current, active UFC roster. Meanwhile, based solely on the UFC rankings there are only two fighters competing at 135 pounds under the age of 30 — Karol Rosa…
Tom Aspinall appears to be out of luck when it comes to a potential matchup against Jon Jones. UFC 295 took place this past November and turned the page to the next chapter of the heavyweight division. Well, sort of. That was the intention going in anyway, and the promotion tentatively mapped things out to work as such, but then the landscape got messy… for almost no reason. The undisputed UFC heavyweight champion Jones was forced out of the event’s original main event opposite former two-time titlist Stipe Miocic after he tore his pectoral muscle in the weeks leading up…