Yves Edwards to Frankie Edgar: ‘Let your brain rest and recover’
On March 3rd, former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar suffered his first-ever knockout loss courtesy of Brian Ortega in the first round of their co-headliner…
Milan Ordoñez Archives: 03/2018
Tony Ferguson: Fighting Georges St-Pierre ‘was what I signed up for in the beginning’
Lightweight interim champion Tony Ferguson has had major success at 155-pounds in the UFC alone. But apparently, his intended career trajectory was supposed to be…
Kamaru Usman: I don’t regret ‘30 percent’ comment, ‘I spoke from the heart’
Top-ten welterweight Kamaru Usman made some controversial statements during his post-fight Octagon interview after fighting Emil Meek in St. Louis last January. “The Nigerian Nightmare”…
Ben Henderson on ‘anti-climactic’ Bellator run: ‘It’s on me’ to prove I am a big name
Former UFC lightweight champion Ben Henderson was one of the major signings by Bellator MMA in early 2016. But so far, he has not been…
Usman on welterweight division stagnancy: UFC is no longer ‘as real as it gets’
Except for Kamaru Usman, no one in the top ten of the UFC’s welterweight division has fought in 2018 so far. There have been reported…
Manager: You’ll see Khabib vs. Georges St-Pierre before Khabib vs. Conor McGregor
Apart from the Tony Ferguson matchup, another major fight that was presented to Khabib Nurmagomedov is against Conor McGregor. At one point, talks circulated about…
Dillon Danis on MMA debut: ‘When you’re this good, you don’t feel pressure’
Marcelo Garcia black belt and Conor McGregor’s teammate Dillon Danis has been under the MMA spotlight, but seemingly for the wrong reasons. The 25-year-old Brazilian…
Frankie Edgar on quick turnaround: ‘I know what I’m putting on the line here’
Early this month, former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar suffered the first-ever stoppage loss of his career when he was knocked out in the first…
Floyd Mayweather: I look forward to fighting MMA by the end of the year
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has managed to get himself into combat sports headlines a lot over the last month and a half when he teased about…
Al Iaquinta ‘happy’ with new UFC deal, but not letting go of past grievances
For the past couple of years, lightweight fighter Al Iaquinta has been at odds with the UFC. Like many of his contemporaries on the roster,…
UFC 223’s Artem Lobov: My MMA record ‘represents a real fighter’
Conor McGregor’s teammate from SBG Ireland Artem Lobov does not exactly have a very pleasing professional mixed martial arts record. He currently holds a win-loss…
Ludwig insists on Johnson vs Dillashaw: T.J. is ‘the best mixed martial artist that has ever walked Earth at 135’
Since winning the belt back last November at UFC 217, bantamweight champion T.J. Dillashaw has been angling for a flyweight super-fight against Demetrious Johnson. UFC…
Chael Sonnen: Sambo’s always sucked, but Khabib Nurmagmedov doesn’t
As a fighter born and raised in Dagestan, Russia, Khabib Nurmagomedov has embedded the art of Sambo into his fighting style. It is the art…
Report: Stephen Thompson vs. Darren Till ‘close’ to being finalized for UFC Liverpool
Since November of last year, the UFC has been looking to make a fight between Darren Till and former welterweight title contender Stephen Thompson. However,…
Max Holloway: ‘Me and Frankie Edgar still got unfinished business’
UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway was originally slated for his second title defense against former 155-pound champion Frankie Edgar. Nothing ever materialized, however, as the…
Anthony Pettis: I will be back on top, it’s just a matter of time
For a good four years since he came to prominence for the “Showtime kick” in 2010, Anthony Pettis was one of the elite names at…
Lyoto Machida: They want to retire me, but I don’t want to be retired
It is safe to say that the Lyoto Machida of today is a far cry from “The Dragon” that dominated the UFC’s light heavyweight division…
Alexander Gustafsson: Whoever the UFC puts in front of me next, it must be for the interim title
Even after two months since the finalization of the heavyweight super-fight between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier, Alexander Gustafsson admitted that he was still “a…
Dominick Cruz: If Floyd Mayweather can stop takedowns, he has a chance of winning an MMA Fight
Retired undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been teasing about a move to MMA for the past couple of months now. His most recent update…
Darren Till: Conor McGregor and I have the same fighting style, but I’m better
Number seven-ranked welterweight contender Darren Till apparently sees a lot of similarities between him and Irish superstar Conor McGregor. Apart from being both southpaw European…