Nick Baldwin Archives: 04/2018

Back in June of 2017, Dana White was happy to tease the idea that Conor McGregor told him he wanted to fight Khabib Nurmagomedov in…

Brendan Schaub is calling for more UFC and Bellator fighters to step up and help Leslie Smith out with her unionization effort, Project Spearhead. The…

In MMA, Derrick Lewis is on a different level than Greg Hardy. For one, Lewis is just outside the UFC heavyweight division’s top five, while…

Following in the footsteps of Justin Gaethje, Marlon Moraes, and David Branch, former WSOF heavyweight champion Blagoi Ivanov is headed to the UFC. Ivanov has…

Nick Newell has yet to receive a UFC contract, but he’s getting the closest thing to one. After a meeting with UFC president Dana White…

The Ultimate Fighter isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Tryouts for season 28 of the long-running, sports reality television series take place May 22 in Las…

According to champion Tyron Woodley, top UFC welterweight Rafael dos Anjos got “played.” With Woodley still sidelined due to a December shoulder surgery, dos Anjos…

Edson Barboza is too tough for his own good. The UFC lightweight contender was dominated by rising star Kevin Lee in the UFC Fight Night…

Frankie Edgar got the job done against Cub Swanson again at UFC Fight Night 128 — just in different fashion than the first time. The…

The UFC’s first trip to Chile has lost its main event. Santiago Ponzinibbio is out of the UFC Fight Night 129 headliner in which he…

It’s finally going down. A long-awaited heavyweight matchup between Francis Ngannou and Derrick Lewis has been scheduled for UFC 226, the pay-per-view card that caps…

Leslie Smith is no longer under UFC contract, according to the women’s bantamweight. Smith was expected to face Aspen Ladd on Saturday at UFC Fight…

EPISODE 159: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and guest co-host Jed Meshew, is back for your listening pleasure. Discussion Topics: UFC on FOX…

The competition for 2018’s “Fight of the Year” just got much, much steeper. In Saturday’s UFC on FOX 29 main event, Dustin Poirier handed Justin…

UFC 223 will proceed with nine bouts — down from an initial 13 — on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, but…

Dana White has confirmed that the UFC will take care of all the fighters not competing at UFC 223 after all. The company president said…

EPISODE 157: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and guest co-host Jed Meshew, is back for your listening pleasure. Discussion Topics: Conor McGregor incident…

Al Iaquinta might not actually get a gold belt placed around his waist should he pull off the unfathomable upset against Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC…

If you weren’t already a fan of Jim Miller, you are now. The veteran UFC lightweight uploaded a clip of him singing a semi-original song…

Nate Diaz offered his opinion on Conor McGregor’s Thursday rampage in Brooklyn, New York in a pair of tweets. Diaz, who submitted McGregor on short…