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Zuffa LLC / Jeff Bottari When Kamaru Usman stepped into the Octagon with Colby Covington at UFC 245, he wasn’t just fighting to defend his welterweight title—it was personal. Leading up to their bout, Covington didn’t pull any stops when it came to the line-crossing trash talk he’s notorious...

@eddiehallwsm / @thorbjornsson / Instagram British strongman Eddie Hall and Icelandic giant Hafthor Björnsson have a history of bad blood. Thor famously said he was “robbed” when a judge didn’t count his last lift in the Viking press event at the 2017 World’s Strongest Man. As a result, Hall...

It’s been 15 months since Conor McGregor last stepped foot into the UFC's legendary Octagon, but you wouldn’t know that by looking at his Instagram. A little less than two weeks before his highly-anticipated fight against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 246 on January 18, the Irishman (no, not...

Kinda my nickname...man I got into a fight w a dude that's enforcer for a local MC and beat the fuck outta him hospital get the waaabulance. They don't like me and I don't like them matter fact we fucking hate each other and I feel like my days are numbered. I ain't taking no shit off nobody and...

Courtesy of PFL / Shutterstock New Year’s Eve is becoming an annual “Garden Party” for Lance Palmer, as the featherweight will throw down in his second straight Professional Fighters League tournament finals on Dec. 31 at Madison Square Garden. Winning a PFL tournament is no easy feat, as...

Courtesy of Combate Americas Like a scene out of an old western movie, Tito Ortiz and Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez will square off to prove who has the fastest hands at the Texas-Mexico border when the cage doors close this Saturday night at Combate Americas 51. This weekend’s battle—the...

Floyd “Money” Mayweather says he's coming out of retirement yet again, and he'll be putting a legendary undefeated streak on the line if he does. The 42-year-old boxer, who is 50-0, posted a pair of photos on Instagram to announce that he will once again fight in 2020. Mayweather’s last fight...

Andy Brownbill/AP/Shutterstock / Shutterstock Israel Adesanya, the UFC middleweight champion, is the modern blueprint for how MMA fame should be done. The Nigerian native and New Zealand resident took to fighting over a decade ago and has dabbled in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA. As a kickboxer...

After failing to become the baddest motherfucker in the game at UFC 244 last weekend, MMA legend Nate Diaz might be saying goodbye to the game altogether. The UFC veteran set alarms off in the MMA community when he posted a photo of him smoking something that didn’t look like a cigarette...

NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock As if he didn't have enough going on, The Rock has agreed to enter the octogon at UFC 244—well, sort of. The most electrifying man in sports entertainment will step into the cage on Saturday to put the baddest motherfucker belt, a strap created specifically for...

Олег Монгол / YouTube Kirill Tereshin has gone viral for being the proud owner of some of the most ridiculous arms in Russia, if not the world. Tereshin, also known as "Popeye" and "Bazooka Arms," has built cartoonishly large upper arms thanks to synthol injections, an oil that "bodybuilders"...

Courtesy of Bellator Their first battle was an instant epic, so this weekend’s rematch between Rory MacDonald and Douglas Lima was inevitable. When the brackets were announced in August 2018 for Bellator’s Welterweight Grand Prix, Lima—the former Bellator welterweight champion—realized he and...

Courtesy of Professional Fighters League “The Spartan” is a pretty apt nickname for Professional Fighters League star Alex Nicholson. Not only does the hulking heavyweight have a beard that would make King Leonidas proud, but he also trains with a regimen worthy of an ancient Greek warrior...

Lucas Noonan Antonio and A.J. McKee are more than just father and son. The fast-talking fight tandem are best friends who’ll always have the other’s back—even while occasionally getting under each other’s skin. The two should have plenty to talk about when they make MMA history Saturday at...

Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC “Easygoing” and “jovial” aren’t words you’d typically think of to describe someone who spends their days dominating other MMA fighters, but those are the first words that come to mind after talking to UFC star Urijah Faber. Although, that shouldn’t be too surprising—after...

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Mike Tyson took a chunk out of Evander Holyfield’s ear back in 1997, but it's never common to see professionals, who are paid to use their hands, resort to such measures in the boxing ring. On March 30, when boxer "Animal" Kash Ali entered the ring against David Price, biting ultimately became...

Spoiler alert if you haven’t seen Creed II, certain plot details will be discussed. The Micheal B. Jordan-led Creed II was already jam-packed with three full fights, but apparently a fourth fight was left on the cutting room floor. According to Sylvester Stallone, the extra fight between him...

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