Dustin Poirier stuns Conor McGregor in second round at UFC 257
Conor McGregor is the biggest star in mixed martial arts. But he's been busier being a star outside the cage than a fighter in it in recent years, and it caught up to him Saturday night at UFC 257. Dustin Poirier (27-6), meanwhile, has been ...
Conor McGregor is set to reverse his latest flirtation with retirement with a fight against Dustin Poirier in January, the Irish mixed martial arts star said Thursday. A statement on McGregor's news website, TheMacLife.com, said the 155-pound (70-kg) contest would take place on Jan. 23, ...
Victorious and undefeated, Khabib Nurmagomedov retires from UFC
Three days before headlining UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi, the main attraction, Khabib Nurmagomedov, told reporters he planned to retire as the undefeated, undisputed UFC lightweight champion. He seemed to mean he’d make that move eventually. It turns out he intended to do it immediately. He needed ...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will help train a range of Chinese Olympic athletes to get them in shape for next summer's delayed Tokyo Games and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics under a deal announced on Wednesday. Although UFC-style mixed martial arts is not an Olympic ...
After calling for an indefinite ban on combat sports events in April, the Association of Ringside Physicians (ARP) wants coronavirus precautions to be developed with an eye toward staging events. In a weekend statement on the group's website, the doctors who train and certify ringside ...
Dana White claims UFC close to securing private island for fights
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White has said the mixed martial arts promotion is close to securing a "private island" to stage bouts for international fighters during the COVID-19 pandemic. The flu-like virus has infected 1.27 million people around the world and caused over 70,000 ...
With first-ever MMA event, ONE CEO hopes to secure foothold in Japan
It was only one event. And there was no guarantee of continued success for a long time into the future. Even so, ONE Championship's first-ever event in Japan managed to instill confidence that the organization is on the right path for further success in the ...
ONE Championship's focus on fighting helped attract Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson
Eddie Alvarez is here to fight. That's it. "The Underground King" isn't interested in playing a character or engaging in over-the-top WWE-style promotion. The selling point of a fight should be the fight, according to the Philadelphia native. That's why he says he's felt so ...
Popular fighter Norifumi 'Kid' Yamamoto dies from cancer at age 41
Popular mixed martial arts fighter Norifumi “Kid” Yamamoto passed away from cancer, the Twitter account of his gym Krazy Bee announced on Tuesday. He was 41 years old.
One Championship makes big plans for Japan
No one will ever accuse Chatri Sityodtong, the chairman of martial arts organization ONE Championship, of shying away from a fight. The half-Japanese Sityodtong has a grand vision for his promotion, a vision that includes ONE spreading the gospel of Asian martial arts around the ...
ONE Championship making waves on martial arts scene
Atomweight champion Angela "Unstoppable" Lee and Japanese veteran Mei Yamaguchi fought another closely contested main event before a sellout crowd of 12,000 during a ONE Championship at Singapore Indoor Stadium. At the end of the fight, the winner was the same as two years previously, ...
UFC plots growing presence in Asia, beyond
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is returning to Japan after a two-year absence on Sept. 23, when it will host UFC Fight Night Japan at Saitama Super Arena. UFC events were held in Japan every year between 2012 and 2015 under the organization's previous ownership. Now, ...
