Day: 21. Mai 2025

Noche UFC: For Mexico, For All Time won the Sports Emmy for Graphic Design - Specialty.#UFCpic.twitter.com/RYyu6TLGQM

— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) May 21, 2025

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s memorable event at The Sphere has received some accolades from outside the MMA realm.

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Noche UFC, also known as UFC 306, received a pair of Sports Emmy awards on Tuesday night — one for Outstanding Graphic Design — Specialty and another for Outstanding Studio or Production Design/Art Direction. The 46th annual event was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York.

Noche UFC, UFC 306 at Noche UFC won the Sports Emmy for Studio or Production Design/Art Direction#UFC pic.twitter.com/uZrvLMAgbN

— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) May 21, 2025

The Outstanding Graphic Design honor was for the the film, "For Mexico, For All Time,” which ran in six, 90-second segments throughout …

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Mauricio Ruffy believes Belal Muhammad’s loss to Jack Della Maddalena is a sign of things to come.

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In an interview on Laerte Viana’s YouTube channel, Ruffy analyzed the UFC 315 main event. Muhammad, who has a close relationship with the likes of Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev, struggled to implement his preferred style against his Australian opponent.

“I've seen this fight three times. Maddalena fought very well, very intelligently, taking the angle and anticipating Belal's takedowns and imposing his own,” Ruffy said. “He did exactly what I would do. Maybe I would land few more counter strikes. The fact is that fighters are increasingly reading the ugly game of these Russians and falling less. A natural process of MMA evolution.”

While Muhammad isn’t Russian, his grinding approach isn’t unlike some of his Dagestani counterparts. Ruffy has plans on creating a shirt that answers one the Dagestanis made as a taunt to B…

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Jean Silva is taking his study of Ilia Topuria seriously.

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After Topuria recently dismissed Silva’s offer to help prepare Charles Oliveira for his lightweight title fight against “El Matador” at UFC 317, the Fighting Nerds product took to YouTube to show some mistakes the Georgian-Spaniard made in fights against Bryce Mitchell and Jai Herbert.

“Actually, I did better than you. Look at my fight against Bryce Mitchell and see how many punches he landed on me. You got hit and rocked,” Silva said.

Both Silva and Topuria submitted Mitchell in the second round of their respective fights.

Silva also highlighted a moment when Topuria was knocked down by Herbert in his fourth UFC fight. The Brazilian was quick to note that he hasn’t been dropped yet in five Octagon appearances.

“You got knocked down, I didn’t,” Silva said. “By the way, compare the dominant way I beat my first five oponents. It's not because they are bad. I…

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Nate Diaz won’t be coaching on a Russian reality show after things got tense before filming had even begun.

Diaz was in Thailand with Jon Jones for the show, which is called ALF Reality and is somewhat similar to “The Ultimate Fighter.” In a video posted on YouTube, Jake Shields, who was in Thailand to help Diaz, explained the circumstances that ultimately led to both he and Diaz leaving the show.

At one point, some fighters were coming out to meet the coaches. One particular fighter was friendly with Jones, but the tone changed when he encountered Diaz. According to Shields, the fighter began talking trash to Diaz, which led to him being slapped by the Stockton, California, native. Shortly thereafter, another member of Diaz’s team punches the fighter. As others stepped in to intervene, the fighter begins making threatening gestures.

“Now the guy is trying to spaz out and acting crazy as people circle him,” Shields said on the video. “I didn’t …

Chael Sonnen admits he was acting like a “maniac” when he encountered Chris and Julie Stellpflug at the Four Seasons Hotel in Las Vegas more than three years ago.

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In July 2023, Sonnen pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor breach of the peace in Las Vegas Justice Court and was fined $750. As a result, the case was close without further conditions or jail time. Sonnen initially faced multiple misdemeanor battery charges — including felony battery by strangulation — for allegedly attacking multiple people at the hotel on Dec. 18, 2021. The felony battery charge was dropped and the misdemeanor charges were dismissed without predjudice. The Stellpflugs also reportedly filed a lawsuit against Sonnen as a result of the incident.

The former UFC middleweight and light heavyweight title challenger recently took to social media to issue an apology for the incident.

“Dr. Chris and his wife Julie Stellpflug, Mr. and Mrs. Stellpflug, a number …

Editor’s note: The original version incorrectly stated the Miletich was arrested for his fourth drunk driving offense. The piece has been updated at approximately 9 p.m. ET to indicate that Miletich has begun a 30-day jail sentence for an arrest that occurred in 2023.

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UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich has begun a 30-day jail sentence for a 2023 arrest for drunking driving.

The former UFC champion was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) occurred in September 2023 in Bettendorf, Iowa, when Miletich allegedly drove his truck on the wrong side of the road and over the front embankment of a Shell gas station, where he fell asleep while parked. Miletich pled guilty to the charge this past April and received two years probation, according to WHBF. The 30-day term is the mandatory minimum for anyone found guilty of a third offense of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. Miletich was booked by Scott County (Iowa) police a…

⚡️Jon Jones comments on calling Islam Makhchev "still young to this sport":

"I feel like the comment that I made upset a lot of Islam's fans, but really what I was trying to do is to translate Nate for the Russians...

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But at the same time... I can say that. Not many people can… pic.twitter.com/LEkk7OqMEq — Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) May 20, 2025

Jon Jones isn’t changing his stance on Islam Makhachev. 

Jones is currently filming for a Russian MMA reality show opposite Nate Diaz in Thailand. During the show's filming, “Bones” referred to current UFC pound-for-pound king Islam Makhachev as someone who is still “young to the sport.” This didn’t go over well with Makhachev’s fans, leading to a clarification from Jones.

Jones claims he wasn’t trying to undermine Makhachev but was only trying to translate Diaz, whose accent is tough to understand for non-Americans. However, the heavyweight champ didn’t en…

Conor McGregor didn’t entirely shut down a potential fight against KSI.

The YouTube boxer’s manager, Mams Taylor, recently claimed to have nearly sealed the deal for a boxing match against McGregor. Top investor Turki Alalshikh was seemingly mediating the negotiations for a mega fight in Alcatraz Prison. 

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However, talks seemingly fell through with McGregor pulling out at the last minute. Taylor claims Alalshikh even told them that “Notorious” had agreed to the matchup. Taylor believes McGregor wanted a more lucrative deal, leading to a sudden change of heart. However, Taylor doesn’t harbor any ill feelings for anyone.

   “We were told it’s on and the deal is done,” Taylor told TalkSport. “We had our meetings with Turki Alalshikh and went back and forth on the negotiations from our side. We agreed a deal, it went great and then they said the deal with Conor was already agreed. I don’t know exactly how it happened, but it sounds …

Conor McGregor recently flexed about his win over Donald Cerrone, his only Ultimate Fighting Championship victory since 2016.

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In a post on social media, McGregor shared pictures of himself from what appears to be a recreational soccer league game. “Notorious” shared multiple photos of a particular shoulder tackle with which he floored the rival player. He then reminded fans that the same shoulders have even ended UFC fights. McGregor wrote in the caption: “Get up outta that I’ve broke noses and eye sockets with this shoulder.

The Irishman was specifically referring to the innovative shoulder strikes he used in his win over Cerrone at UFC 246 in 2020.  In that bout, McGregor was coming off his failed title bid in the UFC 229 grudge match against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The UFC's biggest star back then, McGregor was matched up at welterweight against Cerrone, who was coming off back-to-back stoppage losses. While McGregor finished Cerrone with a…

😅💰 Renato Moicano says that in his last fight with Islam Makhachev he could afford to lose because he was getting a flat purse.

But now he cannot afford to lose again because he needs to get this win bonus for Beneil Dariush fight at UFC 317.

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🎥 @Home_of_Fight pic.twitter.com/ORLxhpLA1f — Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) May 20, 2025

Renato "Money Moicano" Carneiro hasn’t lost any of his hunger even after fighting for the title. 

A fan favorite, Carneiro is loved for his precise one-liners and unabashedly honest opinions. Two of his iconic statements are that he wants easy fights and he cannot afford to lose, as he has a family to feed. 

However, that had slightly changed in his last fight, as he stepped up to 24 hours’ notice to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title at UFC 311 after Arman Tsarukyan was forced out with an injury. Carneiro suffered a first-round defeat, which he admits he could…