Welcome to another Year End review. 2020 has been a unique year and its clear that the biggest business news story of the year in MMA was the pandemic. Notwithstanding this, there were other news stories that happened in 2020. MPO will take a look at these as we wind down 2020. Lyman Good’s nutritional […]
Anthony Pettis joins PFL
Anthony “Showtime” Pettis has signed with the Professional Fighters League for its upcoming season starting this April 2021. Pettis announced that he was leaving the UFC after the last fight on contract which was this past Saturday. The Professional Fighters League cancelled its 2020 season due to the pandemic, but announced its 2021 season would […]
Jake Paul finds another opponent in Askren
Jake Paul is returning to the boxing ring as he is slated to take on former MMA fighter Ben Askren in a boxing match in Los Angeles this March. Although no actual official announcement, it appears that Askren made it known that he accepted Paul’s challenge. Paul is coming off a successful knockout of former […]
UFC to return to network television January 16th?
The UFC is returning to network as it plans to hold its January 16th event on Fight Island on ABC. The UFC has aired on ESPN since moving from Fox at the end of 2018. ABC and ESPN are under the same corporate umbrella. pic.twitter.com/1KLdjq1hmz — Jason Cruz (@dilletaunt) December 23, 2020 MMA Junkie confirms […]
Anthony Pettis announces he’s leaving the UFC
Anthony “Showtime” Pettis announced via social media that he was going to explore free agency options ending his 12 years with the WEC and Zuffa. 10 years to the month that Pettis showed up on the scene with the “Showtime” kick of Benson Henderson on the very last World Extreme Cagefighting show of the promotion, […]