For the past four years, Brody King has been one of AEW’s most intriguing characters, with his intimidating persona and consistent in-ring work making him a reliable performer on the brand. King’s efforts have continued to pay off, as he’s been enjoying a singles run this year, and during a recent interview with Denise Salcedo, he looked back fondly on his career with AEW thus far.

“I mean, my time in AEW has been amazing … from House Of Black to where we’re at now, it’s just been a huge upward trajectory, and yeah, I mean having a main event title match with MJF in Australia was incredible. Countless pay-per-views. Everything has been amazing. Being AEW Tag Team Champions with Bandido has been amazing. I can’t complain.”

King continued by speaking on his ability to stay relevant on AEW television, stating that it’s been easy to transition in every role that he’s been given.

“I feel like I’m able to adapt with what I have and use certain pieces of what was given to me with the House Of Black and use that going forward with the Hounds Of Hell and then going into what we’re doing with Brodido and now what I’m doing as a singles wrestler. I feel like it’s all very seamless and I didn’t have to take any time off. I didn’t have to think about what was next.” 

King also explained that fans haven’t seen the last of Brodido despite the success of his singles run, and expressed gratitude for being in the House Of Black, as it was the stepping stone that allowed him to gain more exposure in front of fans who were unfamiliar work in NJPW and ROH.

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit “Denise Salcedo” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

Jake Paul’s MVP promotion is gaining momentum in the world of MMA as the upcoming card that will be headlined by Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano will be the first all-MMA fight card the promotion has produced. However, one area of the fight world that MVP has already heavily invested in is women’s boxing, with MVP already helping develop a number of up-and-coming fighters. Paul’s business partner, former UFC employee Nakisa Bidarian, recently sat down with TalkSport to promote the upcoming Rousey/Carano card, to which he credits the success Rousey had in the UFC as one of Paul’s driving factors behind investing so heavily in women’s boxing.

“It was driven by Ronda Rousey. I used to work at the UFC, I was there when we introduced women’s MMA and signed Ronda Rousey. In 2015 she was the most popular athlete male or female, more popular than Conor McGregor. When we started Most Valuable Promotions, I saw a similar opportunity in women’s boxing. Women aren’t getting the opportunity and they aren’t getting the same opportunities, and if you are delivering the same numbers in terms of viewership, you should get the same amount of pay as the men.”

The heavy emphasis on female fighters in MVP has gotten to the point where both MVP events that have taken place in 2026 have been headlined by women, and all of the upcoming cards that have been booked are also set to be headlined by women. The WBO, WBA, IBF, and Ring Super Featherweight Championship fight between Alycia Baumgardner and Leila Beaudoin even acted as the co-main event for the card that was headlined by Paul’s last fight against Anthony Joshua.

At UFC Fight Night 271, Maycee Barber suffered one of the most terrifying losses in the history of Mixed Martial Arts. Halfway through the first round of her fight with Alexa Grasso, Barber was caught with a right hook that knocked her out, but on the way down, Grasso locked in a quick rear naked choke that left Barber unconscious on the mat for some time. Many fight fans have been worried about Barber’s condition since the loss, but the woman herself has taken to Instagram to give an update on her condition, and despite the brutality of the loss, Barber was in high spirits.

Barber thanked both Grasso and the UFC for the opportunity to be in the cage on that night, while also thanking her fans for all of the support she has received over the past week-and-a-half. She did admit that she doesn’t remember much of what happened on the night, and that she has tried to keep off of social media as her lifeless face has been plastered all over the internet since the fight. However, despite the fact that she jokingly admitted to looking dead in a lot of pictures, Barber is grateful for the chance to fight someone like Grasso, and is on the road to recovery that she hopes will lead to her getting back in the win column in her next fight.

With the loss, Barber remains the number five ranked fighter in the UFC women’s flyweight division while Grasso also keeps her number three ranking. With that said, Grasso does move up two places to number seven in the women’s pound-for-pound rankings, and will be hoping that such an impressive win will take her one step closer to once again fighting Valentina Shevchenko for the UFC Women’s Flyweight Championship.