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Alistair Overeem’s GLORY debut is set, and the decorated MMA and kickboxing vet is going straight for gold. On the Monday edition of The MMA Hour, Overeem announced his return to the kickboxing ring in a fall headliner against GLORY heavyweight champ Rico Verhoeven. The title bout headlines GLORY: …
Read More »Georges St-Pierre says Dustin Poirier has Conor McGregor’s ‘number,’ thinks McGregor ‘lost some of his ability’
Few fighters in history have navigated their MMA careers as deftly as Georges St-Pierre. So when the former two-division UFC champion looks at how Conor McGregor has handled the latest chapter of his own career, and the decisions McGregor has made, St-Pierre can’t help but hope McGregor changes course from …
Read More »BKFC star Taylor Starling says it would be ‘an honor’ to fight Paige VanZant, but she’s not pursuing that matchup
Taylor Starling has emerged as one of the Bare Knuckle Boxing Championship’s breakout stars and she’s confident that she can sell fights on the strength of her own name now. That means we shouldn’t expect her to face off with BKFC poster girl Paige VanZant anytime soon. While VanZant, a …
Read More »Jeff Molina set to face newcomer Daniel Lacerda at Oct. 23 UFC event
A flyweight bout between Jeff Molina and promotional newcomer Daniel Lacerda is set for the UFC Fight Night show on Oct. 23, multiple people with knowledge of the booking told MMA Fighting following a report from Combate. The UFC has yet to officially announce the card and its headlining attraction, …
Read More »Israel Adesanya’s Dietician Breaks Down Everything a UFC Fighter Eats on Fight Day
Once a fighter has gone through the weigh in, it’s usually a race against time to get them back up to their natural fighting weight. A lot of that of course comes down to rehydration, but diet and nutrition also have an important role to play, not just is getting …
Read More »Eric Nicksick explains why he’s been ‘blown away’ by Miesha Tate’s approach to octagon return at UFC Vegas 31
Eric Nicksick wasn’t surprised Miesha Tate walked away from MMA competition in November 2016, but he also wasn’t shocked that the former bantamweight champion was ready to give it another go a little over four years later. Tate will return to action this Saturday in the co-main event of UFC …
Read More »Conor McGregor’s leg might not have been 100 percent going into his trilogy bout with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264
On Saturday, McGregor suffered an ugly injury—later diagnosed as a broken tibia—that ended the main event in the first round when a doctor determined that McGregor could no longer continue after his left leg buckled following an exchange of strikes. The former two-division champion underwent surgery on Sunday and it’s …
Read More »Gilbert Burns interested in Jorge Masvidal next, but wants ‘extra check’ to fight him
Gilbert Burns is holding onto his spot in the contenders’ line. Currently the No. 3 welterweight in MMA Fighting’s Global Rankings, Burns kept himself on track for another shot at UFC gold with a unanimous decision win over No. 5-ranked Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson in the UFC 264 co-main event Saturday …
Read More »UFC 264 takeaways: Conor McGregor’s angry desperation was an ugly end to an ugly week
All of the trash talk meant nothing once the cage doors closed as Dustin Poirier defeated Conor McGregor via first-round doctor’s stoppage due to an grisly ankle injury in UFC 264’s main event, taking the lead 2-1 in the trilogy between the two bitter rivals. What mattered most from …
Read More »Dana White open to Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 4: ‘You can’t have a fight finish that way’
UFC President Dana White doesn’t consider the rivalry between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor to be over after UFC 264. But how and when a fourth fight materializes is up in the air. Initially, White indicated McGregor would get another shot at Poirier after the former interim champ …
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