UFC
President McGregor? Why Ireland dreads UFC champion’s flirtation with politics
“The Notorious” is dangling plans for a 2025 Irish presidential bid. Some say he could be the Trump the country needs.
- by Rob Harris
Latest
Adesanya choked in Perth UFC title loss to du Plessis
Dricus du Plessis has defended his middleweight crown after choking arch rival Israel Adesanya into submission during their gruelling contest at UFC 305 in Perth.
- by Justin Chadwick
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Perth
Aussies Erceg, Tuivasa suffer defeat at Perth’s UFC 305
Australian heavyweight Tai Tuivasa has sunk to his fifth straight defeat and hometown hero Steve Erceg suffered a first-round knockout at UFC 305 in Perth.
- by Justin Chadwick
African rivals set for huge clash at Perth UFC bout
Middleweight UFC champion Dricus du Plessis says he will employ a “win or die trying” attitude when he defends his crown against Israel Adesanya in Perth.
- by Justin Chadwick
‘When things scare me, I just run at them’: Uncaged Pedro shapes up for fight of his life
Fresh from completing a week of tough sparring, former UFC fighter Tyson Pedro reflects on what it takes mentally and physically to compete as a boxer.
- by Jonathan Drennan
Boxing has a blind spot when it comes to concussions
The recent Tim Tszyu-Sebastian Fundora fight, much hyped by the media, developed into a bloodbath, serving only to prove that professional boxing on which so many promoters, agents and other hangers-on sponge livings, is a decadent activity.
UFC returns for another Perth showdown
Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti announced UFC 305 will be held at RAC Arena in Perth on August 18.
- by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Donald Trump
Donald Trump gets hero’s welcome at UFC event in Las Vegas
UFC’s extraordinary popularity is why the NRL has fostered a partnership with the Mixed Martial Arts brand to promote its double-header in March next year.
- by Andrew Webster
Analysis
NRL 2024
Why UFC boss is all in on league’s Las Vegas venture
The UFC’s Lawrence Epstein believes next year’s season-opening NRL double-header in Sin City can “turbocharge” the sport’s entry into the US market.
- by Danny Weidler
NRL announces critical world-first partnership with UFC
If the NRL wants to make it big in Vegas, hitching its wagon to the star of the MMA juggernaut is a crucial step.
- by Andrew Webster
Trash talk and shoeys: UFC’s obnoxious press conference parody
If this week’s pre-fight events and controversies are anything to go by, Sunday’s UFC 293 promises to be one big fat, obnoxious production.
- by Emma Kemp
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