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2+ hour ago (571+ words) Home " MMA News " Keith Jardine " Keith Jardine: Keanu Reeves is "100% action, Batista" When asked if there was any direct jiu jitsu training done with Keanu Reeves in terms of whether they ever got a roll in together on the mats, Jardine said [via Bowks Talking Bouts], "Yeah. No, no, not at all. I met Keanu [Reeves], he's always been a UFC fan. And I met him at, I forgot which fight, but I was watching a fight and he was watching a fight. I met him then and that was great. So he remembered me on set. But beforehand maybe for sure if I went to training. Because he trained so hard for this. For months before this film shot, he trained with the 87Eleven guys. "So, no [laughs], we weren't grappling. We weren't doing anything like that. But it was…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago (577+ words) Home " MMA News " Arman Tsarukyan " Arman Tsarukyan: "[Michael] Chandler is Nobody. UFC tried" Arman Tsarukyan does not rate Michael Chandler highly as a top-level MMA fighter and indicated as such when blasting the former multi-time Bellator MMA champion in a recent interview. The conversation in question took place on Daniel Cormier's YouTube channel as Tsarukyan fielded several subjects in the wake of his recent submission win over Dan Hooker at UFC Qatar. "No way; at all" Ok, how many people destroyed Michael Chandler? He is 40 years old. He has 6 losses, 2 wins in the UFC, and he had like a 4-[fight] losing streak. [Chandler] is nobody. UFC tried to make him Arturo Gatti. They wanted to do him like him a superstar, I don't know. But yeah, he showed good fights, but he isn't an elite fighter. There is levels, you…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago (451+ words) Home " Boxing News " Jake Paul " Jake Paul believes Anthony Joshua is in for a "long night" Jake Paul has full confidence he will shock the world. Paul is set to return to the boxing ring in Miami on December 19th when he takes on two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua. Its a massive step-up in competition for Paul, whos a huge underdog heading into the bout. Although Joshua has all the accolades, Paul has full confidence that he will get his hand raised in large part due to his speed. "Man, speed. You know, I beat him in laser tag when we first met in Dubai," Paul said to The Schmo. "He didnt see me coming. I was popping around the corners, shooting him nonstop, eliminated him multiple times. Thats because Im tricky. Im sneaky and Im fast. Its going to be…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago (378+ words) Former Bellator champion set to join UFC Yaroslav Amosov is making the leap to the octagon. On Wednesday, the UFC announced that Amosov will make his promotional debut against Neil Magny at UFC Vegas 112 on Dec. 13 at the UFC APEX. Amosov's potential signing was first reported by Andy Hickey MMA, who pointed out that Amosov has undergone a drug test according to the UFC's official drug-testing partner Drug Free Sport International. Magny (31-13) is one of the UFC's most experienced fighters, having compiled a 24-12 record inside the octagon. The onetime Ultimate Fighter competitor has been a mainstay in the welterweight rankings and is currently on a two-fight win streak with victories over Jake Matthews and Elizeu Zaleski. UFC Vegas 112 is the final UFC fight card of 2025, and is headlined by a flyweight fight between Brandon Royval and Manel Kape. Check out…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago (406+ words) Merab Sharikadze Interview (2:02) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with RKENA FC light heavyweight, Merab Sharikadze. After a superlative career in rugby, the Georgian legend has made the crossover into the world of MMA. After just four months of training, he'll make his debut on Saturday. He talks about the hardest [] The post TTP Ep. 508: Merab Sharikadze, Davit Lortkipanidze, and Giorgi Poladishvili appeared first on Cageside Press. Merab Sharikadze Interview (2:02) Kicking off this edition of TTP is our interview with RKENA FC light heavyweight, Merab Sharikadze. After a superlative career in rugby, the Georgian legend has made the crossover into the world of MMA. After just four months of training, he'll make his debut on Saturday. He talks about the hardest parts of the journey and discusses the aspects of his rugby past that helped with transitioning…...

7+ hour, 44+ min ago (394+ words) The UFC's welterweight division just got even more interesting. The organization has signed former Bellator MMA welterweight champion Yaroslav Amosov, who'll make his debut on Dec. 13 at the UFC's final event of 2025. The 32-year-old from Ukraine is set to face UFC stalwart Neil Magny in a featured bout on the upcoming Fight Night card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, the organization officially announced Wednesday. Amosov began his professional mixed martial arts career 27-0 before suffering his first loss in 2023 when he was knocked out by Jason Jackson and lost his title at Bellator 301. He has fought only three times since his 2021 title win and spent time in 2022 serving in Ukraine's military. He became Bellator's 170-pound champion when he defeated Logan Storley by split decision in 2020 before defending it against Douglas Lima in 2021 and against Starley again in early 2023. Amosov,…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago (251+ words) UFC hosts its final event of 2025 at UFC APEX with an all-action flyweight main event as No. 3 ranked contender'Brandon Royval goes toe-to-toe with No. 6'Manel Kape. Also on the card, No. 15 ranked featherweight contender'Giga Chikadze returns to the Octagon to take on rising prospect'Kevin Vallejos." UFC FIGHT NIGHT: ROYVAL vs KAPE'takes place Saturday, December 13 in Las Vegas. The prelims will be available on ESPN+ (English and Spanish) beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT and on ESPN2 which will join in progress at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT. The main card will be available on ESPN2, ESPN Desportes and ESPN+ beginning 10pm ET/7pm PT. UFC APEX VIP Experience packages are available via On Location, UFC's Official VIP Experience Provider. Enjoy exclusive access with an official ticket package that includes premium seating, all-inclusive hospitality, in-seat beverage service, meet-and-greets with UFC Octagon Girls and more. Visit'UFCVIP.com for more information. Additional…...

8+ hour, 15+ min ago (487+ words) 26-time UFC veteran Trinaldo won 3 straight since leaving the promotion Francisco Trinaldo won twice under the Dirty Boxing Championship banner and now wants to chase a big fight with the co-owner of the promotion Mike Perry. A 47-year-old veteran with 26 appearances under the UFC banner over more than a decade, "Massaranduba" won three straight since leaving the UFC in 2022, scoring a bareknuckle MMA win over Sasha Palatnikov in 2024 before back-to-back DBX victories earlier this year. With past wins over the likes of of Paul Felder, Jim Miller, King Green and John Makdessi in the UFC, Trinaldo has made it clear that his desire is to face "Platinum" for his "King of Violence" title in BKFC. "Bareknuckle boxing is also interesting because it's a promotion for MMA fighters," Trinaldo told MMA Fighting. "My goal is to fight Mike Perry down the…...

9+ hour, 19+ min ago (554+ words) Home " MMA News " UFC " Jon Jones wouldn't mind if he doesn't get top billing" If Jon Jones is a part of the UFC White House card but he doesn't get the main event spot, he won't complain about it. Jones has been pounding the table for a spot at the historic event. UFC CEO Dana White has expressed hesitancy in making that a reality. White has told reporters that he doesn't exactly trust Jones in big situations given his legal history. There was also the debacle surrounding "Bones" pulling out of a verbal agreement to fight reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion Tom Aspinall. Jones has taken a trip to Russia and he was recently asked some questions by fans. "Bones" responded when asked about a potential showdown with UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira at the UFC White House event (via…...

10+ hour, 15+ min ago (735+ words) Answer reader questions about the best bookings in the UFC, the welterweight title picture, and more. This past weekend, Arman Tsarukyan dominated Dan Hooker to firmly establish himself as the top contender at lightweight, and Ian Machado Garry tried his best to do the same for 170, taking a decision over Belal Muhammad at UFC Qatar. So let's talk about some of the fallout from Qatar, plus an MMA trade! This is a great question, because two of the three of them only recently became clear. The first one, and my most-wanted fight in all of MMA right now, is Islam Makhachev vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov. I won't go into whether that will happen or not here (read below), but if I were in charge of the UFC, it absolutely would. Second is Ilia Topuria vs. Arman Tsarukyan. Lastly, I'm doing one…...