UFC

For a couple of years now, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo has been looking to retire from MMA and pursue a career in boxing. Now down to two fights left in his UFC contract, these plans are becoming clearer for the 32-year-old Brazilian.

From talking smack to other fighters, to calling out Hollywood actors, Conor McGregor has been fighting more battles on Twitter than inside the Octagon these days. Khabib Nurmagomedov quickly pointed out that fact when McGregor responded to one of his tweets.

For the last few days, the Twitter feud between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov has gotten to an entirely different level. So much so that even UFC president Dana White, who never considered imposing behavioral guidelines on both fighters, admitted that things may have already gotten out of hand.

In the UFC Philadelphia main event, the promotion’s #8 ranked lightweight Justin Gaethje rocked the #6 ranked Edson Barboza early on, and then proceeded to knock him out with a single right hand at the midpoint of the opening round. Gaethje has now knocked out all three of his UFC victims, and has still yet to see some scorecards within the promotion. What will be next for ever-exciting and heavy handed Gaethje?

When it comes down to performances in the cage, the last year has not been particularly kind to Eddie Alvarez. The former Bellator and UFC champion ended 2017 with a bang; a highlight reel KO over current top ranked UFC lightweight Justin Gaethje. Months later, in the final fight of his UFC contract, he would lose via TKO in a rematch to Dustin Poirier to settle the score of their controversial first fight.

A heavyweight fight that was scheduled to happen two years ago is back on for 2019 International Fight Week.

Ben Askren is in demand. The new UFC welterweight already has a big, albeit controversial over a former champion and there are a few guys that want a shot at him. It looks like the next person across from him in the Octagon will be Jorge Masvidal, which Leon Edwards is not a fan of. After all, Edwards wanted some revenge on Masvidal for his ‘three-piece and a soda’ in front of the media in London.

Minneapolis will likely be the place that Robbie Lawler gets another crack at Tyron Woodley. According to ESPN, the former UFC welterweight champions will face off in a headlining bout on a Fight Night show on June 29th. Verbal agreements have been made for the bout, though no contracts have been signed as of yet.