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FRANCIS NGANNOU FUMBLED THE BAG
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is in the news this week after ONE Championship founder and CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced that his organization would be pulling out of negotiations to sign the knockout artist. While Ngannou sent out a tweet insinuating Chatri is two-faced, and his number one public supporter, Ariel Helwani, is furiously…
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MMA WRAP UP 5/1
With important fights in two different promotions coming up this weekend, I thought it would be good to take a step back, and breakdown some of the upcoming events. UFC 288 Reigning champion Aljamain Sterling is set to defend his 135lb belt against former two division champion and Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo this weekend…
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THE BODYGUARD PROBLEM
With Max Holloway’s unanimous decision win over British contender Arnold Allen on April 15, we lost another potential opponent for featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. With Holloway having dropped all three of his previous contests against the champ, and the last being a complete domination, he is unable to fight for a title any time soon.…
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RUSSIAN NGANNOU? GIVE SERGEI PAVLOVICH THE TITLE SHOT
Wow. Another win, another first round knockout. After dropping his first (very short notice) bout in the UFC to combat sports legend Allistair Overeem at the age of 25, surging Russian contender Sergei Pavlovich has gone on to take the UFC’s heavyweight division by storm, winning every fight since via first round KO. With his…