RANKED: The 25 best fighters of 2019
Business Insider has merged the best in boxing and MMA to produce a breakdown of the 25 fighters who had the best year in combat sports.2019 has seen shock upsets, great comebacks, and thrilling...
View ArticleConor McGregor says LeBron James inspired him to invest more in taking care...
Conor McGregor will make his return to the UFC Saturday in a fight against Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone.In the lead up to the fight, McGregor said that he was inspired by LeBron James to invest more in his...
View ArticleHow to watch UFC pay-per-view events on ESPN+ — including UFC 246 with Conor...
ESPN+ is ESPN's new sports streaming service that provides unlimited streaming and original content, exclusive in-depth analysis, and more. It costs $5 a month, $50 annually, or $13 a month if bundled...
View ArticleThe 55 best-selling pay-per-view fight nights in history
The former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has long been heralded as the pay-per-view king.Mayweather hung up his boxing gloves after his 10th round win over Conor McGregor in 2017. Now, a new fighter...
View ArticleThe top 10 highest paid athletes in the world
The 10 highest earning athletes in the world took home a combined $941 million each year in wages and sponsorships between June 2018 to June 2019, according to Forbes.Lionel Messi, LeBron James, and...
View ArticleOne of the greatest women's fighters of all time completed a 'Grand Slam' of...
Cris Cyborg defeated Julia Budd at the Bellator 238 show in Inglewood, California, on Saturday.The win saw Cyborg capture the Bellator MMA women's featherweight championship, after winning belts in...
View ArticleOne of Britain's top fighters vows to punch Jorge Masvidal next time he sees...
Leon Edwards headlines the UFC Fight Night 171 event in London's 02 Arena on March 21. He takes on Tyron Woodley in a welterweight fight.Edwards told Business Insider this week that, should he win,...
View ArticleA popular 29-year-old is refusing to go Hollywood despite being a former...
Molly McCann has been called a trailblazer for women looking to get into professional fighting.But though she's a former champion in Cage Warriors, the organization which helped create Conor McGregor's...
View ArticleAn American fighter injured his opponent's arm so severely he looked like...
Pat Sabatini lost his Cage Fury Fighting Championships featherweight title in horrific circumstances.Title challenger James Gonzalez applied an arm lock that Sabatini did not tap to, instead, he tried...
View ArticleHow to watch UFC pay-per-view events on ESPN+ — including UFC 247 with Jon...
ESPN+ is ESPN's new sports streaming service that provides unlimited streaming and original content, exclusive in-depth analysis, and more. It costs $5 a month, $50 annually, or $13 a month if bundled...
View ArticleThe top 20 fights we want to see most in 2020
After UFC 246, which confirmed Conor McGregor's return with an emphatic victory over Donald Cerrone in Las Vegas, the fighting calendar is beginning to shape up.There are a mixture of confirmed events,...
View ArticleJorge Masvidal would be the ultimate bare-knuckle brawler and 'would take...
If money were no object for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship founder David Feldman, he would sign the UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal to compete in his BKFC ring.Feldman told Business Insider that...
View ArticleNate Diaz and Justin Gaethje are the 2 frontrunners to fight Conor McGregor...
Conor McGregor's next UFC fight could be against power-striker Justin Gaethje or old rival Nate Diaz, according to ESPN.McGregor ended a three-year winless run when he defeated Donald Cerrone in 40...
View ArticleKhabib Nurmagomedov's 24-year-old cousin Umar, another unbeaten Sambo expert,...
Umar Nurmagomedov has been signed by the UFC.Umar is the 24-year-old cousin of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.Like Khabib, Umar is an unbeaten mixed martial artist who possesses a solid...
View ArticleBritain can now compete with the best Americans in the UFC because its...
Tom Breese, a UFC athlete from Birmingham, believes the UK is increasingly able to compete with the best Americans mixed martial arts has to offer.Breese fights this weekend against a 24-year-old...
View ArticleHow to watch UFC pay-per-view events on ESPN+ — including UFC 248 with Israel...
ESPN+ is ESPN's new sports streaming service that provides unlimited streaming and original content, exclusive in-depth analysis, and more. It costs $5 a month, $50 annually, or $13 a month if bundled...
View ArticleHow to watch UFC pay-per-view events on ESPN+ — including UFC 249 with Khabib...
ESPN+ is ESPN's new sports streaming service that provides unlimited streaming and original content, exclusive in-depth analysis, and more. It costs $5 a month, $50 annually, or $13 a month if bundled...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night: Smith vs Teixeira is the UFC's second live event in less...
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs Teixeira will stream live through ESPN+ starting at 9 p.m. ET on May 13.With Anthony Smith ranked third in his weight class and Glover Teixeira ranked eighth, a win for...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns is bringing the UFC back to Las Vegas —...
UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Burns will be broadcast live on Saturday, May 30, through the ESPN cable channel and the ESPN+ streaming service.ESPN will air the prelims starting at 6 p.m. ET, and the...
View ArticleUFC Fight Night returns with Eye vs. Calvillo — here's how to watch
UFC Fight Night: Eye vs. Calvillo will be broadcast live on Saturday, June 13, through the ESPN cable channel and the ESPN+ streaming service.ESPN and ESPN+ will both air the prelims starting at 6...
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