Julianna Pena: Amanda Nunes not a quitter, ‘had no choice but to tap’
Amanda Nunes is no quitter, says newly-crowned UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Pena. Nunes has been accused of quitting against Pena in their bantamweight title bout at UFC 269, but ‘The Venezuelan Vixen’ says ‘The Lioness’ had no choice but to tap otherwise she would have ‘broke her neck.’ “She had no choice but to […]
UFC 264 free fight: Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 1
UFC 178 went down on July 10, 2014. The stacked card was headlined by Demetrious Johnson defending his flyweight crown versus Chris Cariaso and the co-main saw Donald Cerrone throw down with Eddie Alvarez. Before those marque match-ups a certain WEC vet met with a brash rising star from the Emerald Isle. Heading into his […]
UFC Vegas 28 Reactions & UFC 263 Picks | Care/Don’t Care Podcast
It’s time for another one of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson of ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking” and host of the ‘Ozy Confidential’ Podcast, the ‘Eugene S. Robinson […]
UFC Vegas 27 Reactions & UFC Vegas 28 Picks | Care/Don’t Care Podcast
It’s time for another one of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson of ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking” and host of the ‘Ozy Confidential’ Podcast, the ‘Eugene S. Robinson […]
Burgos on bizarre KO loss to Barboza: ‘The weirdest part is I remember everything’
Shane Burgos has recalled the moment his body shut down after being knocked out by Edson Barboza at UFC 262 earlier this month. After a back and forth two rounds, Barboza knocked out Burgos in the third round of their fight. The Brazilian would get the finish by landing an overhand right that Burgos seemed […]
Crooklyn’s Corner 11: John Nash finance Q&A
Welcome to Crooklyn’s Corner, the podcast that’s basically a hodgepodge of topics focused on the combat sports and entertainment community. The show will feature special interviews, fantasy matchmaking/analysis and whatever else we can come up with to keep our listeners steeped in fresh and engaging content. The show is hosted by Stephie Haynes and airs […]
UFC 262 medical suspensions: Jacare and Burgos out indefinitely
UFC 262 was a little more violent than usual. Especially for Jacare Souza and Shane Burgos. Burgos was hit by a punch from Edson Barboza that resulted in the most delayed fuse of a KO you’ll ever see. For Souza, well, you’ve probably already seen and heard the broken arm. Following UFC 262, the Texas […]
UFC 262 technique breakdown: How Charles Oliveira knocked out Michael Chandler
We all know the jab is the boxer’s most foundational weapon. It does almost everything, and everything it doesn’t do it helps to set up. But if we had to pick which punch really embodies what it means to box, I might select the humble left hook instead. Boxing (including the boxing we see in […]
Dariush ‘fooled us’ by not throwing flying elbows – Freddie Roach says Ferguson had ‘wrong game plan’
A week ago UFC 262 showcased four of the best lightweights the promotion has to offer. But it was Charles Oliveira who rose above them all in Houston’s Toyota Center by putting away Michael Chandler to win the vacant UFC lightweight title. In the main event Beneil Dariush secured the biggest win of his career […]
‘The agony of defeat’ – Watch Chandler give honest frame-by-frame breakdown of UFC 262 title loss
Michael Chandler came very close to becoming a UFC champion in his back-and-forth instant classic against Charles Oliveira at UFC 262. Despite the heartbreaking loss, Chandler was still willing to do a pretty in-depth and honest breakdown of the fight just a few days after. Related UFC 262 Live Stream | Chandler vs. Oliveira | […]
Leg injury disrupted gameplan ahead of UFC 262, says Charles Oliveira’s coach
Charles Oliveira may have won in the vacant UFC lightweight belt in a thrilling comeback TKO victory, but from the sound of things, the Brazilian wasn’t exactly in the best shape of his career coming into the fight. According to the newly minted champion’s coach, Diego Lima, ‘Do Bronx’ had suffered a leg injury during […]
Report: UFC 262 generated at least 300,000 domestic PPV buys
The estimated pay-per-view numbers are in for UFC 262. Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand reported that the May 15th show, which featured Charles Oliveira’s dramatic knockout of Michael Chandler to become the new lightweight champion, drew at least 300,000 domestic (meaning US-only) pay-per-view buys. No international numbers were released. This is obviously not on the […]
Jacare Souza out of UFC contract following broken arm loss to Andre Muniz
Ronaldo Souza’s first ever submission loss in his MMA career may have doubled as the final fight of his UFC career. Souza was removed from the rankings on Wednesday and Sherdog has since reported that ‘Jacare’ has been cut from the UFC after his shock armbar defeat to Andre Muniz at UFC 262. ESPN has […]
Best of the C’Mon Now MMA Podcast – 56
Our compilation show is a deep dive with host, Trent Reinsmith, into the bigger news and goings on in MMA, both inside and outside the cage; presented with a critical, unbiased eye. Here is some detail on what’s going on here… the “regular” ‘C’mon Now MMA Podcast’ is a daily podcast of varying lengths, which […]
UFC fighter rankings: New champ, new contender at lightweight
UFC 262 delivered as expected, and while the biggest rankings changes came in the lightweight division, there was movement elsewhere too. Charles Oliveira now sits atop the 155-pound division and is on the pound-for-pound list now for the very first time. Beneil Dariush made a huge jump, as did Edson Barboza. And women’s flyweight was […]
Video: Jacare Souza had successful surgery to repair fractured humerus
Ronaldo ‘Jacare’ Souza has undergone successful surgery to repair the fractured right humerus he suffered against Andre Muniz in the featured preliminary fight of UFC 262. Souza was submitted in the first round by Muniz, who had the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace in an armbar that resulted in the fracture. He was immediately taken to a […]
Michael Chandler moving forward with ‘complete disregard to previous failures’
Michael Chandler is determined to move forward following his TKO loss to Charles Oliveira and still wakes up with a smile on his face despite coming up short of the UFC lightweight title this past weekend at UFC 262. The three-time Bellator lightweight champ still has the mindset of a champion and will not be […]
Darren Till inspired by Charles Oliveira’s performance at UFC 262: I will be champ one day too
If Charles Oliveira can rewrite the script of his UFC career and become champion, so too, can Darren Till. Oliveira wowed fans this past weekend when he TKO’d Michael Chandler in the UFC 262 main event to capture the vacant lightweight title, and Till has nothing but respect for what the Brazilian has accomplished after […]
Ferguson downplays retirement after UFC 262 loss: ‘Not on my watch, now I’m pissed’
Tony Ferguson has no plans to retire after his UFC 262 loss to Beneil Dariush this past weekend. In his last three UFC appearances, Ferguson has dropped fights to Justin Gaethje, Charles Oliveira and most recently Dariush. The former interim champion’s string of losses have raised doubts over his fighting future, with UFC president Dana […]
The Mookie & Crookie Show 122: UFC 262 recap, Eugene S. Robinson Q&A
Welcome to ‘The Mookie & Crookie Show’, a spinoff of ‘The Level Change Podcast’ that goes a little more in-depth on major combat sports news, as well as takes a humorous look at the crazy world of combat sports social media. The show is hosted by Mookie Alexander and Stephie Haynes and airs every Tuesday. […]
Video: Valentina Shevchenko was fired up in Antonina’s corner at UFC 262
UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is known for her cool and calm demeanour in the Octagon, one that often leads to either a devastating knockout or an assuredly dominant decision victory. However, now we know that this demeanour does not carry over to her corner work. At this weekend’s UFC 262 Antonina Shevchenko took on […]
Video: New champ Charles Oliveira gets hero’s welcome in São Paulo
At UFC 262 Charles Oliveira capped off an incredible career trajectory that, over the past ten years, has seen him transform from a middling and inconsistent featherweight to the UFC lightweight champion. To achieve that feat he outclassed and TKO’d fellow top contender Michael Chandler. The win was Do Bronx’s 9th win in a row […]
‘Give up? Retire?’ Tony Ferguson posts cryptic message after loss at UFC 262
Tony Ferguson took his third loss in a row on Saturday night at UFC 262. That was the first this had ever happened to the former interim UFC lightweight champ. The loss, to Beneil Dariush, followed losses to newly crowned champion Charles Oliveira and Justin Gaethje. The loss to Dariush was a lopsided one, with […]
Conor McGregor, Dustin Poirier both favored over Charles Oliveira in potential UFC title tilts
Charles Oliveira captured the UFC’s vacant lightweight belt this past Saturday at UFC 262 by knocking out Michael Chandler in the second round. On July 10th at UFC 264, there will be a likely title eliminator for “Do Bronx’s” new crown in the form of former champ-champ, Conor McGregor, in a trilogy bout with former […]
‘Where did I hit him?’ – Edson Barboza doesn’t understand how he knocked out Shane Burgos
It wasn’t just the fans who ended up confused by Edson Barboza’s knockout win over Shane Burgos at UFC 262. From the sound of things, Barboza himself isn’t too sure about quite what happened in the final seconds of their PPV bout. After Burgos’ six-second delayed reaction to the KO punch, the Brazilian had to […]
‘I like what I like’ – Katlyn Chookagian jokes about ‘hacked’ Twitter account
Ahead of her PPV main card bout against Viviane Araujo at UFC 262, former flyweight title contender Katlyn Chookagian found herself at the center of a salacious bit of controversy. No, she hadn’t become the latest fighter to open up an account on OnlyFans. Instead, MMA fans hoping to connect with the top ranked fighter […]
Editorial: More than becoming champion, Oliveira has taken the hero’s journey
The result may have been definitive, but it was hardly without suspense. After getting hurt by Michael Chandler in the first round with the same left hook (multiple times) that fatality-ed Dan Hooker, Charles Oliveira made a comeback for the ages—scoring a TKO victory just seconds into the second round at UFC 262 to win […]
Charles Oliveira tasks Conor McGregor to beat Dustin Poirier: Then ‘I’ll put you on your ass’
Charles Oliveira has no problem fighting Conor McGregor for the lightweight title. But the newly minted champion has set out at least one task for the SBG superstar. McGregor needs to get past Dustin Poirier before the he thinks about getting another chance to capture UFC gold. Related All About Conor McGregor Oliveira laid claim […]
UFC 262 Reactions & UFC Vegas 27 Picks | Care/Don’t Care Podcast
It’s time for another one of our infamous and patented Care/Don’t Care Podcasts, with your talent: the astounding Eugene S. Robinson of ozy.com and author of “Fight: Everything You Wanted to Know About Ass-Kicking but Were Afraid You’d Get Your Ass Kicked for Asking” and host of the ‘Ozy Confidential’ Podcast, the ‘Eugene S. Robinson […]
Shane Burgos on loss at UFC 262: ‘All I can do is learn and grow from it’
Shane Burgos is doing well after his stunning, yet bizarre knockout loss to Edson Barboza in the pay-per-view opener of UFC 262 last Saturday night. The featherweight contenders engaged in a fun, back-and-forth affair that made it to the third round before a right hand from Barboza brought about the end of the fight. Burgos […]