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Daily Update Sports Illustrated Latest News: Latest Audio: Latest Free YouTube Video: This Week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter: The new issue of the Observer is up on the site with these stories: The return of Vince McMahon, the sales talks, and the departure of Stephanie McMahon Who is in charge of running the company right now What Vince McMahon’s role is today How Vince McMahon got back in power A look at different entities who have expressed interest in WWE Can Tony Khan get control of… Source link

UFC president Dana White said Wednesday at media day for UFC Vegas 67 that he would not step down from his position or be punished after being caught on video slapping his wife, Anne, at a nightclub during a New Year’s Eve celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. He asked people not to defend him and said his punishment is the stain on his reputation that will follow him for the rest of his life. “I’m sure you guys have seen the TMZ video [of the slap] and have seen my interview,” White said in… Source link

Former UFC fighter Anthony “Rumble” Johnson died Sunday at 38. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, who went 13-6 in the UFC from 2007 through 2017 and compiled a 23-6 overall MMA record, died Sunday at age 38. The cause of death was organ failure due to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, which is a rare disorder of the immune system. Johnson competed in the UFC at welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight, and was… Source link

The UFC sent a letter on Monday to its athletes advising them that it updated its athlete code of conduct policy that will now prohibit them and their close associates from wagering on UFC events. In the letter, Hunter Campbell, the UFC’s chief business officer, writes “In order to assist our athletes in understanding their obligations under the laws of the majority of states in which sports betting is permitted, and in further support of these integrity measures, UFC has incorporated a… Source link

Elias Theodorou died Sunday of complications of liver cancer. He was 34. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Elias Theodorou, an outgoing and engaging man who reached a lifelong dream when he made it to the UFC, died Sunday at 34 of Stage 4 liver cancer. Reporter Aaron Bronsteter of TSN in Canada noted on social media that Theodorou had only shared his diagnosis with a few close friends. A black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Theodorou made it to the UFC on April 16, 2014, when he… Source link

LAS VEGAS — Nate Diaz put on a vintage performance Saturday in the main event of UFC 279 at T-Mobile Arena, submitting Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke at 2:52 of the fourth round in the new main event. Diaz left the door open for a return to the UFC, but said he planned to show fighters how to take over another sport. “I want to get out of the UFC for a minute and show all these UFC fighters how to take over and own up another sport how you’re supposed to do it,” Diaz said in the… Source link

LAS VEGAS — UFC president Dana White said he never thought he’d be challenged professionally the way he was as he tried to navigate the company through the COVD-19 crisis in 2020. The UFC was the first major sports franchise to return to competition after the pandemic began. Then, Thursday and Friday happened and, well, White had another story to add to his book. “This was kind of like COVID all over again all in one day,” White said, laughing, just moments before jumping on stage for… Source link

Nate Diaz once smoked a joint at a UFC news conference. He once left a broken down contract negotiation at company headquarters and relieved himself outside next to a garbage bin. He once brilliantly submitted an opponent with a triangle choke while shooting his middle fingers at the live broadcast cameras — “double fingers and a fully locked triangle,” shouted broadcaster Joe Rogan. He once, along with Jorge Masvidal, inspired the UFC to create the one-time “Baddest… Source link

UFC president Dana White said he helped set up a deal for Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski to join the Las Vegas Raiders during the 2020 free agency period, but then-Raiders head coach Jon Gruden “blew the deal up.” White told the story during the “UFC with the Gronks” broadcast for UFC 278 on Saturday night. He said he never planned to tell the story, until Gronkowski asked him about it on the broadcast. “I worked to put that deal together for Brady and Gronk to come to the Raiders,” White said…. Source link

Dana White did not appreciate his ‘fun’ interview with GQ being taken out of context. (Photo by Amy Kaplan/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) UFC president Dana White hadn’t had a great rant in a while, but that changed on Tuesday during a 23-minute interview with Yahoo Sports. White erupted when asked about comments he made about fighter pay during a video last week with GQ. For the interview, GQ gave White questions from Twitter and he answered them. Most were innocuous — one asked if he… Source link