Alexander Behunin

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Alexander Behunin

Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC ‘The Fighting Nerds’ are dominating, but their leader, Caio Borralho, is struggling to secure his next fight. For the past week, the No. 6-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight has been actively calling out opponents on social media, but none have accepted his challenge.

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Alexander Behunin

Not again!Three weeks ago (Fri., March 28, 2025), at XFC 52: The Awakening, which took place inside Xtream Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Professional Fighters League (PFL) veteran Alex Nicholson was defeated by Darion Abbey via first-round technical knockout (TKO). The fight lasted less than two minutes and ended when Abbey landed a perfectly placed punch to Nicholson's eye. Afterward, Abbey pounced on him, forcing a doctor's stoppage.

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Alexander Behunin

In September 2018, former UFC Welterweight champion Tyron Woodley dropped his debut rap single, “I’ll Beat Yo Ass,” days after dominating Darren Till at UFC 228 (watch it). The track has since become infamous. Its notoriety stems from Woodley not beating anyone’s ass since he released the rap track. He is on a four-fight losing streak in mixed martial arts (MMA) and has lost his only two boxing matches, in which he was brutally knocked out by Jake Paul(watch highlights).

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Alexander Behunin

Welcome, Maniacs! “This Week in MMAmania.com” is BACK. As you know, MMAmania.com churns out a ridiculous amount of stories weekly. And if you don’t refresh this site constantly, you might just miss an amazing story. Or, if you don’t go read the comments section on each story, you might miss a wisecrack that will leave you LOL’ing. But, don’t trip — we’ve got you covered. This weekly article will recap the best of MMAmania.com, reviewing the most-read stories, comments, social media posts, etc.

1 week ago | mmamania.com | Alexander Behunin

Former 2022 Profesional Fighters League (PFL) champion Ante Delija crushed former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and PFL fighter Yorgan De Castro in under a minute at FNC 22: Fabjan vs. Kita, held at Arena Stozice in Ljubljana, Slovenia, this past weekend (Sat., April 12, 2025)The two Heavyweights were supposed to collide back at PFL 2 in April 2023, but an injury forced Delija to withdraw. De Castro started the fight, guns blazing, charging straight at Delija, throwing bombs.