Sean Strickland had some choice words for Jon Jones and Conor McGregor. The former UFC middleweight champion was asked about heavyweight champion Jones’ interaction with interim champ Tom Aspinall, where Jones removed Aspinall’s hand from his shoulder. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) wants to fight Stipe Miocic upon his return, but Strickland thinks he should … Read more
Share this article share tweet text email link on Facebook on Twitter via text message on LinkedIn via email https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/03/ufc-video-jon-jones-wrecks-idiot-fan-leg-kicks Simon Samano, The Blue Corner March 11, 2024 10:00 pm ET Just like there are levels to mixed martial arts, there are also levels to being an idiot MMA fan. Don’t just take our word … Read more
This is it, right? Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou was the No. 1 fight on MMA Junkie’s wish list for 2023, and it is again for 2024. However, now more than ever it seems this one won’t happen. Ngannou is signed to PFL for MMA and it etching his name into boxing’s heavyweight division with … Read more
A new year brings new fights, but some of the proposed matchups ahead for 2024 don’t exactly make the most sense. Perhaps the shining example, for better or worse, is the UFC’s plan to stick to having the heavyweight champ Jon Jones’ next fight be against Stipe Miocic. The fight scheduled for UFC 295 was … Read more
In 2013, MMA Junkie, with the backing of the USA Today mothership, put out a specialty magazine. MMA Junkie’s “Power” issue was our look, in the middle of that year, at the most influential people in the sport. The Power list of influential people, not surprisingly, has shifted over the past 10 years. But another … Read more
If your capacity for following mixed martial arts begins and ends with the UFC calendar, then you have reached the end of the year. But even if you’re itching for that New Year’s Eve combat sports extravaganza from Japan-based Rizin, it’s at this point that we can pretty comfortably look back on 2023 in MMA … Read more
