“Jake Paul could really use Nate Diaz right now.” Chael Sonnen has warned Jake Paul that Nate Diaz needs to re-establish himself as a pay-per-view star if they are to earn a bumper purse from fighting each other. Paul (5-0-0 boxing record) took part in a rematch against Tyron Woodley in December, after Tommy Fury […]

4 years ago

“I don’t know man. Don’t ask me anything about the future, right now.” Suddenly, and despite not fighting since January, Conor McGregor is holding a very strong hand again. For UFC president Dana White, the shock retirement of lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was another gut-punch in a year of gut-punches, for him and his promotion. […]

5 years ago

UFC welterweight contender Ben Askren has noted that the power dynamic between Conor McGregor and Jeremy Stephens was way too big when the Dubliner silenced the American at a UFC 205 pre-fight press conference in 2016. McGregor was asked at the press conference who would give him the hardest fight out of anyone on the […]

7 years ago

“It’s factually incorrect.”

8 years ago

He was outfought, outclassed and outmanoeuvred, but don’t rule out Conor McGregor if he secures a rematch against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Those were the sentiments shared by MMA expert Chael Sonnen nearly two days after UFC 229. Sonnen predicted Khabib before Saturday’s event claiming that he would wear McGregor down before getting his back and submitting […]

8 years ago

Former UFC Middleweight contender Chael Sonnen has said that he was okay with Conor McGregor swinging at Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin Abubakar during the post-fight melee at UFC 229 on Saturday. McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu coach Dillon Danis was at the centre of a heated brawl after Khabib Nurmagomedov’s fourth-round submission win over the Dubliner in Las Vegas […]

8 years ago