Image Credit: Bellator Emmanuel Sanchez is eager to show how much he improved since November 15, 2018. On that date, Sanchez lost a decision to Patricio Pitbull for the featherweight title. It was a back-and-forth fight with both men hurting the other. Since the fight, both men have gone undefeated with Pitbull winning the lightweight
Month: March 2021
The Champ is here! UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling joins Jim and Matt to kick off the show (2:15). He talks all things related to his controversial DQ win against Petr Yan to win the bantamweight belt, including what went through his mind immediately after the illegal knee that ended the bout and the smack
9:05 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou said he would like to fight twice more this year, and while he’s not sure what’s going on between the UFC and Jon Jones, he said he wants Jones first and then a rematch with Derrick Lewis. Ngannou dethroned Stipe Miocic, who’s considered the greatest heavyweight in
Francis Ngannou will be the first one to admit that he wasn’t ready to be UFC champion when he fought Stipe Miocic in their initial meeting back in 2018. In his mind, after tearing through every opponent the UFC threw in front of him, Ngannou expected to do the same to Miocic despite the champion’s
On the brink of returning to the UFC, Luke Rockhold spoke about Dana White and his hold over the fighter’s pay. Luke Rockhold is getting prepared to return to the UFC after some time away. When Rockhold walked away from the UFC back in 2019 it was never an official retirement, but with so many
Longtime welterweight contender Leon Edwards will continue to stay busy in the 170-pound division when he collides with mouthy fan favorite Nate Diaz in the upcoming UFC 262 pay-per-view (PPV) co-main event, scheduled for May 15 in Houston, Texas. And he’ll do it as the -350 betting favorite. That’s according to our fiscal friends over
Darren Till out of UFC on ABC 2 headliner No. 5 ranked UFC middleweight Darren Till has pulled out of his bout on April 10 against no. 6 ranked middleweight Marvin Vettori. The main event, which is scheduled to take place UFC on ABC 2, is still up in the air as a result of
Nate Diaz vs Leon Edwards UFC 262 via ESPN As expected, Nate Diaz has opened as the betting underdog for his five-round welterweight fight with Leon Edwards on May 15 at UFC 262. Earlier this evening Diaz (20-12 MMA) thrilled fight fans when he announced that his return to the Octagon was set to take
The second came against Gilbert Burns, who’s victory catapulted him into a championship fight against Usman, where he tagged the champion in the early moments of the contest before the Nigerian-born titleholder gathered himself, regrouped, and garnered a third-round stoppage win. And his most recent setback came opposite Colby Covington, the polarizing perennial contender who
Champ Stipe Miocic customizes his training room. Co-main stars Vicente Luque and Tyron Woodley land in Las Vegas, as does Sean O’Malley. Francis Ngannou wrestles with Jake Shields, and Miocic has an interview interrupted. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of
Ben Askren talks to MMA Junkie’s John Morgan about his boxing match with Jake Paul on April 17 under the Triller Fight Club banner, the shove to conclude their press conference faceoff, trash talk and more. #BenAskren #JakePaul #Triller For more MMA news: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Connect with MMA Junkie:
11:26 PM ET Nate Diaz is back. Diaz, one of the most popular fighters in MMA, will meet Leon Edwards at UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston, sources told ESPN. Both fighters have verbally agreed to the fight, though the contract is not signed yet. The fight will serve as a five-round co-main event
Nate Diaz makes his long awaited return to action at UFC 262 when he faces off with Leon Edwards in a five-round, non-title co-main event in Houston on May 15. Multiple sources confirmed the matchup to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN. This is expected to be the first time a
Bellator MMA has released its inaugural fighter rankings. The rankings include every men’s and women’s division as well as a pound-for-pound rankings list for both genders. Here are the full inaugural fighter rankings for Bellator MMA: MEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Patricio Pitbull (31-4) 2. Vadim Nemkov (12-2) 3. Gegard Mousasi (47-7-2) 4. Ryan Bader (27-6) 5.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) has been aggressive in its efforts to bolster up it’s roster. After signing former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) “it” girl, Paige VanZant, the promotion expressed interest in signing Junior dos Santos and Alistair Overeem. Now it seems BKFC is in the process of landing another former UFC veteran in the
While there’s no denying 2020 was a low point for many fighters, for some the year turned out to provide enough opportunities to qualify as an up year. For Bellator lightweight Chris Gonzalez, 2020 ended up being one of those up years. After capping off his 2019 with three wins in a row, Gonzalez would
Middleweight contender Darren Till is out of his fight with Marvin Vettori, which was set to headline next Saturday’s UFC Vegas 23 event. Till announced this unfortunate news on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon. “I’ve been sat here for a good few hours debating how to say this & put into words what I’m feeling &
Everybody is talking about the heavyweight division this morning, and that’s the way it should be. Throughout combat sports history, whether in boxing or MMA, there’s something about a big heavyweight title fight, and Francis Ngannou and Stipe Miocic had everyone glued to the television, computer monitor or smart phone on Saturday night. That’s great
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 28
- Next Page »