A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC on Fox 25 on Saturday at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
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UFC star Conor McGregor has completed the 25 hours of community service imposed by Nevada officials following a profanity-laced, bottle-throwing fracas with a rival during a pre-fight news conference last year in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas-based fighters Kyra Batara and Joey Ruquet will both compete on the card.
Sean O’Malley earns UFC contract with first-round knockout win on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.
MMA middleweight Gabriel Checco will compete on the third episode of Dana White’s Contender Series airing on UFC Fight Pass on July 25. If he impresses against Chase Waldon, he’ll be signed to the UFC and may be able to stop driving for Uber.
Review-Journal sports reporter Adam Hill and videographer Heidi Fang returned Tuesday, July 19, 2017, for their weekly UFC and MMA update on the Covering the Cage Facebook page.
The Westgate and CG Technology sports books each reported ticket ratios of 15-1 in favor of Conor McGregor and the ratio is almost 40-1 at MGM Resorts, which has taken more than 2,500 wagers on McGregor and only 65 on Floyd Mayweather.
Inspired by Conor McGregor’s recent prediction that he’ll knock out Floyd Mayweather Jr. “inside four rounds,” the Westgate sports book posted a prop on their Aug. 26 boxing match.
Conor McGregor still plans to fight in the UFC before end of 2017 despite massive payday.
Santiago Ponzinibbio extends UFC winning streak with early knockout of Gunnar Nelson at UFC Fight Night 113.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC Fight Night 113 on Sunday at Glasgow, Scotland, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
UFC star Conor McGregor made fun of boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s tax problems Wednesday during the second stop of their four-city tour to promote their boxing match Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena.
MGM officials announced Tuesday that they came to an agreement with the Big3 basketball league to move its championship game to the MGM Grand Garden on Aug. 26, clearing T-Mobile Arena for Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor.
Between the format and Conor McGregor’s microphone apparently being shut off during Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s rants, the cross-talk was limited. But the boxer’s father was willing to fill in for his son during McGregor’s individual session with reporters.
Conor McGregor was called onstage first and awkwardly left alone to pose and dance to Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s entrance music for several minutes. The undefeated boxer drew mostly boos from an overwhelmingly pro-McGregor crowd.