UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor has been named one of the 50 most dominant athletes alive by Business Insider, checking in at No. 46. Women’s bantamweight champ Miesha Tate was 50th.
MMA UFC
In this video, multiple-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu champion Robert Drysdale demonstrates the rear-naked choke submission along with Marcelo Nunes.
Ohio native Stipe Miocic won the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title with a backpedaling knockout of Fabricio Werdum in Brazil, then hit a home run while taking batting practice with his beloved Indians in Cleveland.
Demetrious Johnson will defend the flyweight title against Wilson Reis at UFC 201 on July 30 at Philips Arena, UFC officials confirmed on Wednesday.
UFC president Dana White said during an ESPN appearance on Wednesday that McGregor’s next fight in the organization could be booked as soon as this evening after White and UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta meet with the Irish superstar.
Three Las Vegas-based fighters, who are competing on the UFC’s flagship reality show The Ultimate Fighter, recall some of the heated interactions between their coaches Claudia Gadelha and Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
Bisping will step in for an injured Weidman to challenge champion Luke Rockhold in the main event of UFC 199 in Inglewood, California. UFC president Dana White announced the fight Wednesday morning on Twitter.
Stipe Miocic is a big hit in Cleveland. After winning the UFC heavyweight title on Saturday, he spent Tuesday night on a tour of the city’s sports venues with his shiny new belt and displayed some impressive athleticism along the way.
Bellator welterweight Chidi “Bang Bang” Njokuani (14-4, 1 NC) is on a 4-fight win streak.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champ will put his belt on the line against Tyron Woodley at UFC 201 in Atlanta on July 30.
It’s the short and simple, yet very accurate answer to whether there is any merit to the ridiculous charade of a proposed boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor.
Former UFC middleweight champ Chris Weidman recently said he wakes up every day thinking about getting his belt back from Luke Rockhold when they rematch for the title on June 4. He will have to wait a bit longer for the opportunity.
Former UFC interim heavyweight champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira will be inducted in the organization’s Hall of Fame during the UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas on July 10.
After scoring a quick victory in her long-awaited Ultimate Fighting Championship debut on Saturday night in her hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, Cris “Cyborg” Justino had the eyes and ears of the entire mixed martial arts world squarely fixated on her post-fight interview.
Cleveland native Stipe Miocic ended one supposed curse on Saturday night. Now he has his sights set on putting a stop to another.