This was an accidental immediate rematch of sorts. After Holloway unified the featherweight title with a 3rd-round TKO over José Aldo, “Blessed” was set to defend the belt against former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. A month before the fight, though, Edgar was forced to withdraw, so The King of Rio got another chance at the
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Bellator President Scott Coker has given an update on Cris Cyborg’s future with the promotion. Cris Cyborg is the reigning Bellator Women’s Featherweight Champion, but she hasn’t been seen in pro MMA action since April 2022. While she’s recognized as a Bellator titleholder, Cyborg is a free agent. She has been inside the boxing ring
On the eve of the Wrestlemania 39 finale, reports are coming out that the WWE may be sold to the UFC’s parent company Endeavor. Endeavor bought the UFC for $4 billion in 2016 and spent an addition $1.6 billion in 2021 to buy out investment firms Silver Lake and KKR and hold complete control of
Anthony Pettis, a former UFC lightweight champion, went big for his professional boxing debut, challenging former four-division boxing champion Roy Jones Jr. The two squared off in the Gamebred Boxing 4 main event on Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. The Anthony Pettis vs. Roy Jones Jr. match-up Jones’s credentials would leave most people scratching
While Saturday featured several combat sports events, none were wilder on paper than the latest offering from Fight Circus, which delivered in many ways. Fight Circus 6 took place Saturday night on FITE, and in the main event, former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton Jackson teamed up with fellow PRIDE veteran Bob Sapp for a
12:06 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The first event of PFL’s 2023 regular season sure looked a lot similar to 2022, as far as Brendan Loughnane and Rob Wilkinson are concerned. Loughnane (27-4) and Wilkinson (18-2) each won PFL titles in 2022, at featherweight and light heavyweight, respectively. On Saturday, they kicked off their quests
(Watch All Of Pereira’s Fights On UFC Fight Pass) UFC 281 (11/12/22) Pereira stopped Israel Adesanya via strikes at 2:01 of the fifth round to win the UFC middleweight title UFC 276 (7/2/22) Pereira knocked out Sean Strickland at 2:36 of the first round UFC Fight Night (3/12/22) Pereira won a three round unanimous decision
MMA legend Jose Aldo believes former heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou “shot himself in the foot” by leaving the UFC. Aldo (31-8 MMA) is set to return to action this evening on the main card of Gamebred Boxing 4. The former UFC featherweight champion will be squaring off with Jeremy Stephens (29-21 MMA) in a rematch
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Marlon Moraes suffered his sixth stoppage loss in a row. 2022 PFL Featherweight champion Brendan Loughnane continued to roll tonight (Sat., Apr. 1, 2023) during the 2023 PFL regular season debut as he stopped former UFC Bantamweight title challenger Moraes with leg kicks in the second round inside The Theater at
Watch Israel Adesanya defeat Kelvin Gastelum to win the interim UFC middleweight title Israel Adesanya won the interim middleweight title by defeating Kelvin Gastelum in a war at UFC 236 in April 2019 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. He went on to unify the belts in his next outing with a second-round finish
MMA Fighting has Joshua vs. Franklin results for the Anthony Joshua vs. Jermaine Franklin event at The 02 in London, England, on Saturday afternoon. In the main event, Anthony Joshua will look to get back on track against Jermaine Franklin in a heavyweight contest. The Joshua vs. Franklin main event is expected to start at
Does this one really need explaining? Not only is the middleweight championship once again hanging in the balance as Pereira and Adesanya renew acquaintances for the second time in the UFC and fourth time in their shared combat sports careers, but this one also feels like a mini-referendum on whether one individual or team can
Daniel Pineda expected his fight at UFC San Antonio against Tucker Lutz to be his last. Pineda was fighting out his UFC contract last weekend and at 37 years old, he thought retirement was the likely move after the bout. Yet, in the fight, Pineda says it was the best he has felt in quite some
After two tough losses to Oleksandr Usyk, former unified Heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, looks to prove he still belongs among the elite when he battles Jermaine Franklin this afternoon (Sat., April 1, 2023) in London, England. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of today’s main event below. The DAZN broadcast kicks off at 2 p.m.
UFC commentator Joe Rogan, Eddie Bravo and former fighter Tait Fletcher were staying at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas back in the day and Fletcher got into a scuffle in the hall over a room dispute. Rogan recounted the incident that had deescalated until Eddie Bravo poured gasoline on the fire. “We’re we’re
MMA Fighting has PFL 1 results for the Loughnane vs. Moraes fight card from The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, Brendan Loughnane squares off against Marlon Moraes in a featherweight contest. Loughnane won the PFL featherweight tournament last year. Rob Wilkinson, who won last year’s PFL
Torres has remained a Top 10 fighter in the strawweight division since her time on the show, and while she struggled through a four-fight slide at one point — which included losses to three of the four women to hold the strawweight title — she’s won three of her last four fights. Right now,
Brendan Loughnane was excited when he found out he would be fighting Marlon Moraes in the 2023 PFL season opener. Loughnane is the reigning PFL featherweight champion and is back for season 2023 as he looks to repeat as champion. When Loughnane won the title last year, he said it was surreal as years of