Set Number: X163048 TK1 Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will face off on for the final time ahead of their boxing match this summer. Diaz and Masvidal will fight each other in a 10-round boxing match at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., in an event co-promoted by Fanmio and the fighters’ own promotions, Diaz’s Real Fight Inc. and Masvidal’s Gamebred Boxing Promotions. In advance of their showdown, the two fighters are giving it the full court promotional press, including a multi-stop press conference tour. This final press conference will take place at The NOVO at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Cali ..read more

Ryan Garcia | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images Ryan Garcia knows his limits. On Friday, Garcia made headlines when he missed weight for his fight with 140-pound champion Devin Haney, coming in 3.2 pounds over the limit. Due to the miss, Garcia is ineligible to win Haney’s WBC super lightweight title, though the bout is currently set to proceed as scheduled. Thanks to a wager the two made at a press conference this past Thursday, Garcia also owes Haney $1.5 million after they agreed that should one of them miss weight, the offending fighter would pay the other $500,000 per pound ov ..read more

DAZN NEW YORK — Ryan Garcia chugged a “nice ass beer” and promised to meet Devin Haney in the center of the ring after badly missing weight for Saturday’s bout in Brooklyn. Garcia missed weight by 3.2 pounds at Friday’s official weigh-ins, tipping the scales at 143.2 pounds and rendering him ineligible to win Haney’s super lightweight title. Garcia confirmed Friday afternoon that he gave Haney $1.5 million because of his weight miss. Watch the chaos of the final Haney vs. Garcia faceoff above. “I just said, meet me in the f****** center of the ring like you [promised],” Garcia said after the h ..read more

Goiti Yamauchi suffered a knee injury against Michael Page | Lucas Noonan, Bellator MMA Football star Ronaldo’s career was in jeopardy in 2002 after a series of devastating knee injuries kept him sidelined for months, but he dug deep to come back and score eight goals to lead Brazil to win its fifth World Cup title. Two decades later, Ronaldo’s comeback inspired Goiti Yamauchi’s return to MMA in 2024. Yamauchi, who was only 9 when Ronaldo scored twice in the 2002 World Cup final against Germany, suffered a gruesome knee injury in March 2023 when his patella tendon ruptured due to Michael Page ..read more

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Nate Diaz is the target of a newly filed lawsuit by Logan Paul lookalike Rodney Petersen for his role in a viral street fight in New Orleans in April 2023. Petersen, who also goes by the moniker Not Logan Paul, filed the suit this past week in civil district court in the state of Louisiana, alleging that he suffered “severe bodily injuries including but not limited to his head, neck, and brain, pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, psychological distress, medical expenses, lost income and earning capacity,” among other damages. Petersen ..read more

Ryan Garcia | Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Ryan Garcia has suffered a costly slip-up at the scale. Longtime boxing reporter Dan Rafael reported Friday that Garcia came in more than three pounds over the 140-pound limit for his championship bout against WBC titleholder Devin Haney, which takes place Saturday at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Garcia’s gaffe continues a string of erratic behavior exhibited by the boxer in recent months, to the point that concerns have grown over whether the bout would even proceed as scheduled. Ryan Garcia is indeed waaaay overweight for the fight. He scales ..read more

Ryan Garcia | Photo by Cris Esqueda/Golden Boy/Getty Images Ryan Garcia put his money where his mouth is and paid for it. Ahead of his fight with rival Devin Haney this Saturday, the boxing star missed weight by three pounds for what was to be a 140-pound title bout. As it stands, the bout is expected to proceed as scheduled, with Garcia ineligible to win Haney’s WBC belt. Most galling about Garcia’s weigh-in miss is that he had agreed to a costly wager with Haney at this past Thursday’s press conference to hype their bout. Garcia and Haney shook hands on a deal that would see the offending fi ..read more

Photo by Amin Mohammad Jamali/Getty Images David Taylor stands just days away from competing for a spot on the 2024 U.S. Olympic wrestling team after capturing gold in the 2020 Games. If all goes well and he secures his place on the USA Olympic team, Taylor draws nearer to becoming only the third American wrestler to ever win two gold medals alongside John Smith and Bruce Baumgartner. While that remains his primary focus, the now 33-year-old Penn State alum hasn’t forgotten about a potential move into MMA after first teasing the possibility back in 2022. “That door’s not closed,” Taylor told M ..read more

Vlad Gutu and Virgil Augen at a Ares FC show in Paris on April 18, 2024 | @UFCFightPass, Twitter Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. Somehow, despite the all-encompassing black hole that was UFC 300 absorbing everything in its path last weekend, there were other promotions capitalizing on fight fever. Then again, several of those events took place on UFC Fight Pass, so it really is just Dana White and company’s world, isn ..read more

Sergio Pettis and Kyoji Horiguchi first met for the Bellator title in 2021 | Bellator Sergio Pettis and Kyoji Horiguchi will meet again in a highly anticipated rematch at RIZIN 47 on June 9, the company announced Friday. The event will take place at the Yoyogi First Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. RIZIN also revealed a battle of former champions Kleber Koike and Juan Archuleta in a 145-pound showdown, plus a featherweight clash between Karshyga Dautbek and Tetsuya Seki. Horiguchi (32-5, 1 no-contest) had just won the RIZIN bantamweight title when he flew to Connecticut to challenge Pettis (23-6) fo ..read more