6:41 PM ET The Australian MMA scene continues to go from strength to strength. From the record-breaking UFC 243 at Marvel Stadium to Alexander Volkanovski’s rise to featherweight world champion, 2019 was indeed a year to remember. And 2020 promises to be no different. Here is our pick of five Australian fighters to watch across
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11:00 AM ET Behold the 2019 Helwani Nose Awards. This is the seventh year in a row that I’ve done this and I have to say that this might have been the toughest year yet. I agonized over a bunch of these categories for weeks (in particular male and female fighter of the year, coach
11:32 AM ET It didn’t take UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman long to respond to Conor McGregor saying he’s coming after the lightweight and welterweight belts. Usman, known as The Nigerian Nightmare, tweeted early Saturday morning that McGregor shouldn’t even dream of his welterweight belt “because that dream can turn into a Nightmare fast.” My
8:12 AM ET Predictions, like resolutions, are an essential part of looking ahead toward a new year. Also like resolutions, most predictions are doomed to fail. So why not take a swing at them as hard as a Justin Gaethje right cross? With a big UFC pay-per-view slate already set up to start the first
11:46 PM ET NEW YORK — Kayla Harrison entered the 2019 Professional Fighters League season as the face of the organization, and ended the year with $1 million and the PFL women’s lightweight championship in hand on New Year’s Eve. Harrison, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was one of six fighters to win titles and
7:45 AM ET When I put together a “Fights I want to see” list going into 2019, the No. 1 matchup was Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson. Well, it didn’t happen, and — spoiler alert — Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson is still the No. 1 fight I want to see. The good news is, as we
10:12 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim NEW YORK — IT is minutes before midnight on Christmas, and David Michaud is standing in the middle of 42nd Street, taking pictures of the bustling neon cathedral that is Times Square. The “walk/don’t walk” sign is telling him he has another 12, 11, 10 seconds to remain planted there
9:04 PM ET As the year and the decade come to a close, the UFC is in the midst of perhaps its most successful run ever. And that momentum looks like it will continue in 2020 with Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone headlining UFC 246 on Jan. 18 in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White
1:28 AM ET Fedor Emelianenko‘s farewell tour is off to an outstanding start. Emelianenko landed a big right hand to knock out Quinton Jackson at 2:40 of the first round Saturday night in the main event of Bellator Japan at Saitama Super Arena. It was the first time Jackson had been stopped since 2005 and
6:26 PM ET After a busy first year in the UFC, Greg Hardy will step back in the Octagon in early 2020. Hardy will meet Yorgan De Castro in a key heavyweight bout at UFC Columbus on March 28 in Ohio, the promotion announced Friday. The former NFL standout fought five times in 2019, making