‘We are born CHAMPIONS!’ Chelsea legend Didier Drogba tweets delight at the UFC’s three African champions… after Cameroonian fighter Francis Ngannou wins the heavyweight title following stunning victory against Stipe Miocic in Las Vegas Francis Ngannou became the UFC’s first African heavyweight champion The Cameroonian fighter beat Stipe Miocic with […]
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Francis Ngannou’s knockout of Stipe Miocic Saturday night to become the new UFC heavyweight champion sparked immediate speculation about when Ngannou may face Jon Jones in a big-money matchup. Big money is exactly what Jones is seeking, though, before he steps back into the octagon. The 33-year-old, who is moving […]
Francis Ngannou claimed the UFC heavyweight championship on Saturday night, stopping Stipe Miocic with ferocious punches early in the second round at UFC 260. Ngannou (11-2) avenged his blowout loss to Miocic in 2018 by demonstrating everything he has learned in the ensuing three years during a dominant victory. The […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov would be a ‘huge star’ within WWE, believes Drew McIntyre as wrestler backs retired UFC champion to switch over successfully as he’s ‘so talented’ By Luke Augustus for MailOnline Published: 10:04 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 10:07 GMT, 26 March 2021 Khabib Nurmagomedov made his name in […]
HBO Max is pulling out all the stops next month with a stellar lineup of new shows and movies. In April, the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service will be debuting yet another high-profile Warner Bros. movie, plus new HBO series — welcome back to television, Kate Winslet! — Saturday night movies, and […]
Meet the truthtellers Chen Mei was perhaps an unlikely hero of the coronavirus pandemic. Chen Mei Chen Mei What he did Archived and republished articles about the early days of the coronavirus on Terminus 2049, including interviews with Ai Fen and Li Wenliang, and a Caixin investigation into the early […]
By Mike Bohn, The Blue Corner | February 22, 2021 10:10 pm Since the early days when the sport was anything but a mainstream endeavor, the MMA industry has thrived and survived through various websites, forums, and – perhaps most importantly – social-media platforms. Fighters interact with fans, each other and many more through the likes…
T.J. Dillashaw will return to the UFC later this year after serving a two-year suspension due to a positive drug test for EPO, and the 35-year-old wants to reclaim what he feels is rightfully his: the bantamweight title. Although Dillashaw hasn’t fought since his first-round TKO loss to then-flyweight champion Henry Cejudo in 2019 —…