MMA
# mma - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Uncaged: 5 must-see MMA documentaries
Brian Kirk picks out some top documentaries to get you through the weekend, fight fans.
# mma - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
‘If he wants his ass whooped, no problem’ – McGregor responds to challenge
Akira Corassani has invited the Irish UFC fighter to a match in Boston later this year.
# mma - Monday 6 May, 2013
9 alternative sports to try out this summer
With the sun shining, there’s no excuse not to get out and try something new.
# mma - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Uncaged: what we’ve learned after ‘Awesome April’ in the UFC
The Irish made their mark and there were plenty of dramatic KOs in a bumper month of action for fight fans, writes Brian Kirk.
# mma - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
Meet the teenage cage fighter that’s dreaming of UFC glory
The Northern Irish youngster has been training alongside Conor McGregor and Cathal Pendred for the past year.
# mma - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Uncaged: Jones on course to finally silence Sonnen
It’s time for Chael Sonnen to put up or shut up, writes Brian Kirk as he looks forward to all of the action at UFC 159.
# mma - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Uncaged: Irish hope Parke made to wait as Melendez looks to make mark in UFC
Parke’s opponent John Tuck was forced to pull out through injury.
# mma - Saturday 13 April, 2013
Uncaged: Hall looking to live up to the hype and join the elite
Ahead of the final night of “The Ultimate Fighter” 17, Brian Kirk previews the action in the ocatagon.
# mma - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
‘I felt like I was playing a video game’ – Conor McGregor recalls ‘surreal’ UFC debut
The mixed martial artist also claimed he was “bringing in a new era of Irish sport”.
# mma - Saturday 6 April, 2013
‘I feel like Stone Cold Steve Austin’ – McGregor believes it’s only the beginning
After stealing the show in Sweden, the Irish MMA fighter is hungry to make a name for himself at the top.
Uncaged: Conor McGregor to begin Irish assault on the UFC
It’s the big one for the Dubliner tonight in a fight that will air live on Facebook at around 6pm.
# mma - Thursday 4 April, 2013
VIDEO: Anderson Silva breaks our hearts with this emotional hospital visit
THE UFC star paid a visit to a wheelchair-bound fan and gave him some words of encouragement.
# mma - Saturday 30 March, 2013
Uncaged: Forget March Madness, it’s Awesome April in the UFC
We’ve got all the MMA news in an arm-lock. Tap, tap, tap!
# mma - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Uncaged: The cost of winning ugly
Has George St Pierre’s halo slipped a little? Brian Kirk reflects on last week’s UFC 158 in Montreal.
# mma - Friday 22 March, 2013
Cage Warriors champion Cathal Pendred to defend his title in Dublin
Welterweight holder Pendred has been pencilled in to take on Che Mills at The Helix in June.
# mma - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
WATCH: Cathal Pendred discusses his welterweight title fight win
The Irish MMA fighter defeated Frenchman Gael Grimaud over the weekend.
# mma - Sunday 10 March, 2013
MMA: Pendred ‘top of the world’ after claiming title
The Irishman headlined the the Cage Warriors 52 event in London yesterday, and came out on top.
# mma - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Uncaged: GSP and Diaz coming up to the boil nicely with war of words
One most anticipated fights of the year is just one week away.
# mma - Friday 8 March, 2013
Interview: Pendred certain that Irish fighters will shine in UFC
The Dubliner, who is aiming to claim the Cage Warriors welterweight title in London tomorrow night, believes it’s only a matter of time before he follows his team-mate Conor McGregor.
# mma - Saturday 2 March, 2013
Uncaged: Time for Brian to Stann and deliver in Japan
Will tonight be Wanderlei Silva’s swansong? Brian Kirk previews UFC on Fuel TV 8.
# mma - Friday 1 March, 2013
VIDEO: Watch the trailer to the MTV documentary on Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor
The programme will be shown next week ahead of the Dubliner’s debut fight in April.
# mma - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
‘I have to pinch myself every now and again’ – Ireland’s top MMA coach John Kavanagh
The founder of SBG Ireland has seen two of his figthers join the UFC in recent months.
# mma - Monday 25 February, 2013
Interview: Meet Ireland’s newest UFC fighter Conor McGregor
We visited one of the sport’s brightest prospects at his Dublin gym to discuss his upcoming debut in The Octagon.
Meet Ronda Rousey, the UFC’s first female champion
We have a new champion.
# mma - Saturday 23 February, 2013
Uncaged: Here come the girls
This weekend sees the UFC hold its first ever women’s fight with Ronda Rousey taking on Liz Carmouche.
# mma - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Uncaged: The UFC returns to London and offers up a title fight
Renan Barao and Michael McDonald do battle for the interim bantamweight championship cross channel tonight.
# mma - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
VIDEO: Inattentive round-card girl walks past unconscious fighter, doesn’t realise fight is over
He’s not gonna get back up.
Mr White goes to Trinity: UFC chief says young Irish fan can ‘wrap belt’ around new champ
The Ultimate Fighting supremo spoke at Trinity College last night.
# mma - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
In tribute to the day of pancakes, it’s the best sporting faceplants
Featuring an inebriated Finn and Denis Rodman leaping from a cliff-diving car.
# mma - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Uncaged: One Hall of a knockout from Urijah
Did you know Dana White is in Dublin next week?
# mma - Thursday 7 February, 2013
VIDEO: Dubliner Conor McGregor has signed with the UFC, so here are some of his career highlights so far
It is understood that he’ll make his debut in April.
# mma - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Uncaged: Frankie Edgar hopes the drop to featherweight is the answer
Edgar will face Jose Aldo in what will amazingly be his seventh championship fight in a row.
# mma - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# mma - Saturday 26 January, 2013
Uncaged: Jackson ready for one last UFC rampage
Brian Kirk looks ahead to tonight’s card at UFC on Fox 6.
# mma - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Uncaged: Bisping and Belfort to bash it out in Brazil
The pair have already come close to blows this week.
# mma - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Fighter Focus: Michael Bisping looking to finally earn his UFC title shot
Has the time finally come for ‘The Count’ to have his say at the top end of the middleweight division?
# mma - Saturday 5 January, 2013
Uncaged: What 2013 has in store
2012, with all its injuries and phantom events, has been consigned to the record books. What now?
# mma - Wednesday 2 January, 2013
VIDEO: 24-year-old Irishman making waves in mixed martial arts
Conor McGregor is rapidly becoming a star of the sport, and a recent fight in Dublin showed why.
# mma - Monday 31 December, 2012
UFC: 5 things we learned this year
Controversies inside the Octogon and outside it, big fights and missed chances. It’s been another big year for Dana White’s UFC.
# mma - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Uncaged: One last treat before Christmas for fight fans
Boom. Heavyweight Junior dos Santos takes on Cain Velasquez once more in the main event in Vegas tonight.






















































