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Kick From Kingston: Leon Edwards Defeats UFC Welterweight Champ Kamaru Usman
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 2 mins ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first B...
Supply chain thwacking: VeChain’s $100M sponsorship deal with UFC
Blockchain logistics firm the VeChain Foundation has signed a multi-year marketing partnership with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) worth nearly $100 million, becoming the UFC’s first-ever Layer 1 blockchain partner. The UFC is the largest promoter and event organizer for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and VeChain’s marketing assets and brand will be integrated across the UFC in live events, in-arena promotion, social media and other areas. The deal is reportedly worth almost $100 million over a minimum five-year partnership according to an anonymous source quoted by Sports Business Journal. The UFC’s Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships Paul Asencio said the UFC’s sponsorship revenues are up 30% from an already record-breaking 2021 as a result of the deal. The partnership kicks...
The Nigerian Nightmare Kamaru Usman Beats MAGA Mouth Colby Covington A 2nd Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Bottari / Getty Kamaru Usman defended his welterweight championship title against the MAGA Mouth of the MMA Colby Covington by unanimous decision on Saturday (November 6) in a clash that some thought was closer than the results. The Nigerian Nightmare dropped Covington twice early in the fight but Chaos fought back and push the champion to the limits but it was not enough. Usman, 34, entered the fight with an impressive 18-fight win streak and previously fought Covington, one year his junior, back in 2019 in another five-round battle that Usman ended with his fists. For UFC 268 in New York City, Usman showed his massive punching power by flooring Covington, who managed to bring some of that same power back to Usman and fought a smarter fight than the...
MMA Fighter Luis Pena Accused Of Punching Romantic Partner, Twitter Brings Up Jon Jones & Others
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Handout / Getty A mixed martial arts fighter has been cut from the UFC promotion following accusations that he struck his romantic partner and another woman who tried to intervene. Luis Pena, known as the “Violent Bob Ross,” struck the woman repeatedly with a closed fist and then hit the other woman, adding to a number of other charges Pena has been slapped with over the year. According to a report from TMZ Sports, Pena, 28, was arrested last weekend in Florida due to a domestic violence incident that was explained in greater detail by MMA Fighting. As seen in MMA Fighting, Pena allegedly hit his romantic partner several times with his fist and continued his barrage of blows as she fell to the ground, injuring her left and wrist along with a bite ma...
Blueface Attacked By Fan After Giving The Fade To TikTok Star
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Hollywood To You/Star Max / Getty Blueface was once a standout high school athlete and appears to keep himself in good shape despite his big-time rapper lifestyle. In a recent bare-knuckle bout in which the rapper took on and bested a TikTok star, a fan tried to start some static with Blueface and caught a couple of crisp blows to the grill in the process. As reported by MMA Mania, the “Thotiana” star was a featured fighter for the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 19 event at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Fla. Blueface, who stands at 6-foot-3, took out Kane Trujillo in the bare-knuckle brawl and showed great sportsmanship after the match in congratulating his opponent. However, a 35-year-old spectator rushed the ring and got himself a residual...
Social Media Star Addison Rae Out As UFC Reporter After Dry Snitching On Herself
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Bottari / Getty Addison Rae might be one of the most popular social media personalities out today but that doesn’t mean she was ready for the bright lights of sideline sports reporting. After bragging to her millions of followers that she barely studied broadcast journalism before nabbing the cushy gig, Rae informed her fans that the chatter after her initial has led to her ouster at UFC as a reporter. As spotted on Deadline, Rae tweeted last week that she was going to be working the UFC 264, with the main event of the night being the third clash between the talented Dustin “The Diamond” Poirier and Conor “Notorious” McGregor with the brash Irishman losing the bout due to doctor’s stoppage. “I studied broadcast journalism in college for 3 whole month...
