Anthony Smith has showered high praise on the UFC’s top prospect, Khamzat Chimaev. The Chechen is scheduled to face former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker in the toughest fight of his career at UFC Saudi Arabia in June. Many fans and experts think the Aussie will pull off the upset since it’s a five-round fight and ‘Borz’ is known to have cardio issues going into the latter round. In a recent episode of the ‘Believe You Me’ podcast with Michael Bisping, Anthony Smith stated that no one in the MMA world can defeat Khamzat Chimaev in the first round of a fight. “I’m a real big believer i ..read more

UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has given his thoughts on a potential fight with former champ-champ, Conor McGregor. Makhachev is scheduled to defend his lightweight title against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302 in June, where McGregor will make his return to the Octagon against Michael Chandler a month later at UFC 303. If both men win their fights, the Russian said that he’d love to lock horns with the Irishman given the history between the two camps. “Everybody can finish Conor 10 times,” Makhachev said on Pound 4 Pound with Henry Cejudo and Kamaru Usman. “I don’t think he will cut weig ..read more

Sean Strickland has brutally slammed Paulo Costa for not having signed the contract for their UFC 302 co-main event bout. ‘Tarzan’ and ‘Borrachinha’ are set to face off in a five-round co-main event on June 1st in Newark, New Jersey. The victor could potentially secure a middleweight title opportunity. However, Costa hasn’t signed the contract yet, which worries Strickland, who is uncertain about the Brazilian’s willingness to fight him. In a recent social media update, Strickland strongly criticized Costa. “Well god damn, Costa, I’ve heard you have yet to sign that contract,” Strickland said ..read more

Daniel Cormier has had enough of Joaquin Buckley’s shenanigans. Following his victory over Nursulton Ruziboev at UFC St. Louis, ‘New Mansa’ called out Conor McGregor in a volatile post-fight interview, in which the American went off on the Irishman’s ancestors. Cormier and Chael Sonnen weren’t impressed with the call out and they criticized Buckley for going over the top with his rant. “That was horrible, how do you do that? I just don’t know what he was doing. Then he goes and he calls Conor McGregor’s mom a bad name. It couldn’t have gotten worse. It was bad,” Cormier said on ESPN’s Good Gu ..read more

Daniel Cormier has offered his insights regarding the recent criticism directed towards former UFC bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey. Widely regarded as the woman who paved the way for other women in mixed martial arts, Rousey’s legendary MMA career is defined by record-breaking victories inside the cage as well as global stardom. However, her defeats to Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes have raised questions about her standing as the greatest of all time. The ‘Rowdy’ one suffered back-to-back knockout defeats at the hands of Holm and Nunes, before retiring from the sport for good. Recently, the ..read more

Former UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is confident that he will defeat reigning champ Sean O’Malley in a potential rematch. O’Malley secured the UFC bantamweight title with a knockout victory over Sterling at UFC 292, stamping his authority as the best 135-pound fighter in the world. It was a total blow out, but ‘Aljo’ believes that the outcome was more due to his own below-average performance rather than his opponent’s exceptional skills. “O’Malley showed up that night,” Sterling told Kanpai Media while speaking about the fight. “It was an off night for myself, and the better ma ..read more

Daniel Cormier isn’t a fan of a potential heavyweight clash between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. The two legends will likely battle at UFC 309, where Jones will put his heavyweight title on the line against the former champion. The two were originally scheduled to battle at UFC 295, but the fight was cancelled after ‘Bones’ had to withdraw due to injury. UFC 295 was then headlined by the interim heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich, which the Brit won by first round knockout. Cormier believes Aspinall deserves a shot at Jones more than other heavyweights in the UFC ..read more

Khabib Nurmagomedov is reportedly under investigation for underpayment of taxes related to his business affairs. Since his retirement from MMA in 2020, the former UFC lightweight champion has been investing in businesses in Russia as well as overseas. Recently, Russian government authorities discovered discrepancies in his financial documentation, resulting in the freezing of specific business bank accounts. Reports from Mash.ru and RT suggest that Khabib is under investigation for possible tax underpayment amounting to approximately $3 million or 300 million Rubles related to his business ve ..read more

Joaquin Buckley wants that red panty night. The UFC welterweight improved to 4-0 after securing a hard-fought decision victory against Nursultan Ruziboev. In the post-fight Octagon interview, he called out McGregor, who is scheduled to fight at UFC 303. The fight will likely take place at 170-pounds instead of Chandler’s regular 155-pound division, because the Irishman isn’t willing to cut down a lot weight and muscle after having bulked up to over 200 pounds during the last three years. If McGregor wants to compete at welterweight in the future, he knows who he needs to call. “Conor McGregor ..read more

Ben Askren believes he knows why Jon Jones wants to fight Alex Pereira over interim UFC heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall. Jones, who won the heavyweight belt by annihilating Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, is recovering from a torn pectoral, but he is hoping to make his return to the cage against Stipe Miocic. However, MMA fans and pundits want the GOAT to face interim champ Aspinall in a title unification bout. In a recent tweet, Jon Jones stated that he has no interest in fighting Aspinall. However, he did not dismiss the possibility of facing Pereira. Askren believes Jones is running scared of a ..read more