“I invite you and your whole team and family to Dagestan.” Derry’s Paul Hughes suffered the second MMA defeat of his career in Dubai on Saturday. Usman Nurmagomedov’s Bellator Lightweight World Championship belt was on the line in what was the top-billed fight in the PFL Champions Series 1 event. Hughes was a big underdog […]

1 year ago

Scully fitness in Galway have taken down their mural of Conor McGregor Once the figurehead of Irish fighting, Conor McGregor’s brand and image is being eroded at an alarming rate – following Nikita Hand’s victory in her civil case over sexual assault charges against the MMA fighter. Tesco, SuperValu, Centa, Spar, Mace and Londis have […]

1 year ago

McGregor has also been dropped by a video game brand. Conor McGregor has released a statement after a jury ruled against him in a civil sexual assault case. Last Friday, a jury at the High Court ruled in favour of Nikita Hand and her sexual assault claim against the MMA fighter, with McGregor ordered to […]

1 year ago

The former world’s strongest man was quite the occasion Eddie Hall switched away from this strong man expertise and stepped into the octagon to make his MMA debut in an epic two-on-one clash. The 36-year-old retired strongman was in action at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall in the event held by the World Freak Fight League. […]

1 year ago

‘God bless brother.’ Conor McGregor has reached out to an Irish Mixed Martial Artist after he suffered a devastating injury that has left him with ‘no movement in his legs or his left arm’. On Thursday of this week, Ryan Curtis suffered ‘a life altering incident’ during a training session. Bellator fighter Leah McCourt took […]

2 years ago

“Let me see if I’m able to deal with the pressure, if I crumble or not.” Nathan Kelly grew up in Finglas with a mixed martial arts role model not far from his door-step. “When Neil Seery was doing well,” he tells Petesy Carroll, “swear to God, I used to idolise the fella… Working a […]

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