Aoife McGregor – the sister of UFC star Conor McGregor – has visited a gangster linked with the notorious Kinahan cartel. The 36-year-old, who is one of McGregor's two sisters, visited Graham “The Wig” Whelan at Portlaoise Prison on Wednesday. Mr Whelan, 39, was jailed for 18 months last November on charges of money laundering for a criminal gang. He […]

Tyson Fury wants fight against formidable UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou with ‘boxing rules and MMA gloves’, promising ‘Predator’ will be ‘knocked out for his highest purse’ Francis Ngannou says he wants the option to box in any new UFC contract  He wants to pursue fights against the likes of Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua  Fury responded by writing: ‘Who […]

The term “rematch” and “revenge” will be the theme of UFC 272 on March 5. UFC president Dana White informed ESPN’s Brett Okamoto on Wednesday that Alexander Volkanovski will defend the UFC featherweight title against former champion Max Holloway in a trilogy fight. Also announced: Aljamain Sterling and Petr Yan will fight in a UFC bantamweight unification bout. As of […]

Joanna Jedrzejczyk reveals she is ‘coming back to fight the No 1 contender’ after long lay-off as ex-strawweight champion eyes another epic battle with Zhang Weili Joanna Jedrzejczyk has not fought since losing to Zhang Weili in March 2020 Former UFC strawweight champion has taken plenty of time off to recuperate   She is targeting a scrap with the Chinese star, who […]

Nate Diaz casts doubt over a Dustin Poirier clash after claiming UFC star ‘doesn’t want it’… but lightweight contender insists he is ‘waiting’ on fan-favourite to agree to a bout Nate Diaz has cast doubt over a potential UFC match-up against Dustin Poirier  Diaz, 36, and Poirier, 32, have been engrossed in a war of words on Twitter  However, the […]

Jake Paul has made a three-minute video addressing Dana White's response to his retirement offer, which brands the UFC president a "b****" and "capitalistic". The YouTube star has been in a furious row with the UFC kingpin White ever since his emergence as a professional boxer winning his five fights. Paul recently made an offer to White that he will […]

‘If Conor’s gonna come in and ask for a title shot, I’m going to listen to him’: Chael Sonnen claims Dana White said he will at least consider ‘Notorious’ jumping the queue to take on Charles Oliveira next Conor McGregor is currently recovering from a broken leg earned in his last bout The Irishman has come out and called on […]

Former UFC fighter Yoshinori Horie has revealed he once performed a sex act on a man in order to raise money to fund his MMA career. Horie, 26, claimed he was "deceived" by a friend five years ago into participating for a fee of £130 – which at the time was the equivalent of two days of work in his […]

UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou thinks video footage of him sparring with Cyril Gane was intentionally released to make him look bad. Ngannou makes the first defence of his title against interim titleholder Gane at UFC 270 next month in California. The pair used to train at MMA Factory in Paris, France, but Ngannou left the gym after his 2018 […]

Conor McGregor has been warned against facing Dustin Poirier in a fourth meeting on his UFC return to avoid a third consecutive defeat. The Irish star returned to light training as he stepped up his recovery from a broken leg injury suffered in a previous loss to Poirier at UFC 264 in July. Several potential candidates have put themselves forward […]