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Suman Mohktarian

Sydney MMA event cancelled over fears of alleged gangland hit on former UFC fighter

A mixed martial arts event has been cancelled amid fears a coach and former UFC fighter could be the target of an alleged gangland hit.

  • Riley Walter

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Nathan Cleary greets fans at the NRL fan event at Fremont Street.

‘I like your chances’: UFC is backing the NRL to succeed in America. Here’s why

Dana White’s right-hand man believes the NRL is primed to make a big impression in the United States, for one simple reason.

  • Adrian Proszenko
NRL contests are considerably more physical than Americans are used to.

‘We don’t wear pads or helmets, brother’: Is the bloody biff the trick to finding NRL fans in the US?

Americans aren’t used to seeing their footballers take the heat without padding or helmets. They secretly like it.

  • Jordan Baker
Dana White speaks as speaksRepublican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump looks on at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

NRL defends invites to Trump, White after White Ribbon backlash

The anti-domestic violence organisation has ended its association with the NRL after the governing body invited Donald Trump and Dana White to its season-opener in Las Vegas.

  • Adrian Proszenko
North Sydney Olympic Pool in its heyday.

Pollies scrap over Olympic pool’s $122m hole in the ground

North Sydney councillors are set to debate a rate hike of 87 per cent.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Dana White speaks at a news conference for the UFC 244 mixed martial arts event, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, in New York. Jorge Masvidal is scheduled to fight Nate Diaz Saturday, November 2 at Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

Why the hell is the NSW taxpayer filling pockets of Dana White and his appalling ‘sport’?

The UFC – run by White, a bully recently filmed slapping his wife – is in Sydney this weekend. You and I are tipping in $16 million for the privilege.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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UFC president Dana White.

Watching our premier chat to UFC boss Dana White made me feel physically sick

If people want to go to UFC events in Sydney, good luck to them. But I do question the wisdom of spending taxpayer funding on the glorification of violence. 

  • Bevan Shields
Chris Minns shares a mic with UFC boss Dana White

Minns gets in the ring with UFC boss and Donald Trump ally

The NSW premier shared a podcast mic with Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive Dana White, a close ally of US President Donald Trump.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Besieged underworld figure Sam Abdulrahim has been filmed working as a security guard for MMA legend Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Melbourne’s most hunted man is working as bodyguard for an MMA legend

Russian mixed martial arts star Khabib Nurmagomedov has hired Melbourne’s most besieged underworld figure for protection.

  • Marta Pascual Juanola and Cameron Houston
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor outside the High Court in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

MMA fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted woman, civil jury finds

The Dublin jury awarded the woman nearly $400,000 for her lawsuit that claimed McGregor “brutally raped and battered” her in 2018.

  • Brian Melley

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