Dana White and Turki Alalshikh announced on Tuesday that the much-anticipated fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will stream on Netflix worldwide on Saturday, September 13th. While no location has been announced, it appears that White’s Zuffa Boxing may finally come to fruition as White, Alalshikh and Sela will be promoting the fight per […]
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UFC announces Mark Kerr to Pioneer Wing of UFC HOF
On Saturday night, the UFC announced that Mark Kerr would be inducted into the Pioneer Wing of the UFC Hall of Fame. Known as “The Smashing Machine” during his MMA career, his time fighting in MMA in Japan and his battles with addiction were documented in a 2002 HBO documentary. Notably, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson […]
UFC 316 Uniform Compliance Payouts
Ahead of the UFC 316 main card, here are the Uniform Complaince Payouts for the entire card. UFC 316 Payouts Fighter Uniform Pay Fighter Column 4 Merab Dvalishvili (14) $42,000 Sean O’Malley*(13) $32,000 Juliana Pena (12) $42,000 Kayla Harrison (2) $32,000 Kelvin Gastelum (23) $21,000 Joe Pyfer**(5) $4,500 Mario Bautista (11) $11,000 Patchy Mix (1) […]
UFC announces BJJ league
On Friday, the UFC announced a new venture, UFC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The first event will take place on Wednesday of International Fight week and will broadcast on UFC Fight Pass. The new venture will include shoulder programming starting on Monday June 16th. An 8 episode series, UFC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: Road to the Title will air […]
Another heel turn, John Laurinaitis agrees to turn on Vince McMahon
John Laurinaitis has been dismissed from the Janel Grant lawsuit in exchange for a settlement and providing evidence against Vince McMahon. This is the second time that Laurinaitis has flipped on McMahon although this one will stick since he’s been dismissed with prejudice (i.e., permanently) from the lawsuit. Laurinaitis was implicated in the Grant lawsuit […]