Donald Trump Indictment Draws Fighter Ire UFC fighters and other mixed martial artists took to Twitter after the news broke about the Donald Trump indictment. The reactions ranged from supportive of Trump to skeptical of a political machine that appears to target him at all costs to the belief that news outlets are driving America’s
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2:11 PM ET Former Bellator MMA champion Phil Davis and Corey Anderson will meet for the first time in June, promotion officials told ESPN on Thursday. The two will square off on the Bellator 297 main card on June 16 inside Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The event, which airs on Showtime, will feature a light
MMA Fighting has Bellator 293 results for the Golm vs. James event and more from Friday’s action at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, Calif. In the main event, Bellator heavyweight contenders Marcelo Golm and Daniel James collide in a five-round battle with title implications. Cat Zingano and Leah McCourt compete in a women’s
When Rafael Dos Anjos lost his lightweight title to Eddie Alvarez on Thursday, Brazil was left without any undisputed UFC world champions. Two nights later, Bahia’s Amanda Nunes rectified that situation, submitting Miesha Tate in the first round of their UFC 200 main event Saturday at T-Mobile Arena to win the UFC women’s bantamweight championship.
Daniel James returns to the Bellator cage Friday night, taking on Marcelo Golm in the main event of Bellator 293 in Temecula, Calif. James (14-6-1 MMA, 2-0 Bellator) made an emphatic return to the big show in Nov. 2022, rallying to defeat top-10 heavyweight Tyrell Fortune in his home city of Chicago, Ill. While James
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The 15 pound jump between Lightweight and Welterweight is not an easy adjustment to make. One man who knows that better than most is Gilbert Burns, who struggled to find much momentum in the talent-rich Lightweight division while enduring a severe weight cut. “Durinho” eventually jumped up to Welterweight, where he
Having been a couple years since he picked up a win in MMA, having gotten a second round TKO of Salaiman Ahmadyar at UNF 4 this past January was a big thing for middleweight Curtis Millender. In particular, the win was a huge boom to Millender’s mental state going into what he’s labeled his final
9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN If you’ve ever watched an evening of PFL fights, you know the company runs its show differently from other mixed martial arts promotions. In a sport fueled by star power and talking a good game, the PFL’s season format shifts the focus to the nitty-gritty of fight results. Viral tweets
Thiago Santos had 24 octagon appearances before he parted ways with the UFC, but his final one taught him an important lesson. Santos met future UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill in a headlining bout this past August and lost via fourth-round stoppage. Despite being known as a ferocious striker, Santos changed his game plan
Ogden comes into the matchup having just secured his first UFC victory with a unanimous decision result over Daniel Zellhuber at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Song. He’ll try to end Bahamondes’ 2-fight winning streak during which the Chilean tallied consecutive 3rd-round finishes. UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 takes place on Saturday, April 8 from
Conor McGregor has responded to Justin Gaethje’s recent comments on the possibility of the “Notorious” one receiving a title shot with a win over Michael Chandler. McGregor and Chandler will be serving as opposing coaches on season 31 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” and the UFC plans to book them in a fight at some point
UFC welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal, when he’s not busy training for his upcoming Gilbert Burns fight at UFC 287 in Miami, is promoting his pay-per-view (PPV) lineup for the Gamebred Boxing 4 event, scheduled for this Sat. (April 1, 2023) at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Headlining the card will be aging boxing icon Roy Jones
Former UFC champ Tim “the Maine-iac” Sylvia is set to make his debut in SlapFIGHT Championship, America’s first regulated slap competition league, on April 22 in Oklahoma City, Okla. Though Sylvia hasn’t fought for the better part of a decade, this is a big moment for the sport and, more specifically, for SlapFIGHT. Sylvia is
Well, at least until Rose Namajunas did it in 2021. Before that, some of the greats of the sport, including Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm and Joanna Jedrzejczyk failed in their attempts to become two-time UFC champions. In fact, Namajunas herself kept Joanna from regaining the strawweight crown, but after that 2018 win that made it
Heavyweights Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes will battle in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout at UFC Vegas 71 on April 22, and now the poster for the event has been revealed. Considering the stakes in the fight, it’s no surprise that Pavlovich and Blaydes take center stage ahead of the card, which is scheduled
Josh Emmett will look to return to the win column in June. According to KoImenero, Emmett is set to headline a UFC Fight Night card against Ilia Topuria on Saturday, June 17. The location of the event was not reported. This will be Topuria’s first ever UFC main event, as he has been calling for someone
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ever since UFC was sold to Endeavor, the promotion’s focus has been on cutting costs and raising revenue above all else. Record profits are seen as more important than previously prioritized factors like growth or quality, which is why UFC Apex cards have remained in vogue long after the arenas and
Conor McGregor posts video of him sparring on TUF Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor coached the upcoming season of The Ultimate Fighter and released video of him sparring on the show. While coaching his team, McGregor regularly worked out with them, including sparring. On Wednesday, McGregor released video of him sparring with an unknown