WWE and the owners of mixed martial arts franchise UFC are to form a new £17.3bn sports entertainment brand. The publicly traded company will see UFC owners Endeavor Group Holdings taking a 51% controlling interest, and existing WWE shareholders 49%.…
Another UFC win for ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’, Usman Kamarudeen
Usman Kamarudeen, whose only loss in his UFC career goes as far back as 2013, is the man dubbed ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’, a name which he inherited from a former Nigerian-American NFL star, Christian Okoye. Usman Kamaru, as he goes…
Usman gets six-month medical ban
Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, has been handed a six-month medical suspension after he broke the nose of Jorge Masvidal. Masvidal was also suspended for 30 days due to a forehead laceration in his defeat. Alex Volkanovski, Max…
UFC returns to Philadelphia with Barboza vs Gaethje
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Philadelphia for the first time since August 2011 when UFC: Barboza v Gaethje is held at the Wells Fargo Centre on Sunday, 31 March 2019 live on DStv’s SS6 at 12:00am. The event…
UFC heads to Nashville for Fight Night 148
The Ultimate Fighting Championship heads to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Sunday, March 24, 2019 live on DStv’s SS6 at 1am for UFC Fight Night 148. The event will be headlined by a Welterweight match between Stephen Thompson and…