“They obviously are both memorable, but one of which I would love to forget,” Askren said of his bouts against Masvidal and Robbie Lawler, which ended in a controversial stoppage win for the former Olympian, who has seen opinions of him shift from being a legitimate title threat to people pegging him as a bust
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Image Credit: UFC and ONE Championship On Oct. 27, 2018, the MMA world was shaken up as it was announced the UFC and ONE Championship made a trade. The Las Vegas-based promotion traded longtime flyweight champion, Demetrious Johnson, to the Singapore-based promotion for the former welterweight champion, Ben Askren. Right away, fans wondered who came
2:04 PM ET Carlo Pamintuan The bright lights of the Octagon never appeared to be an option for Loma Lookboonmee. But the Thai fighter, born Konklak Suphisara in 1996 in the town of Buriram, knew at an early age that combat sports were nevertheless her ticket out of poverty. On Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium,
Image Credit: Bellator Rory MacDonald was defeated by Douglas Lima in their rematch and he feels he knows what went wrong. MacDonald and Lima had their rematch last night (Oct. 26) in the main event of Bellator 232. Not only was the welterweight title on the line, but so was the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix
Undefeated kickboxing star Jorina Baars will make her debut inside the ONE Championship ring in 10-ounce gloves. Baars faces Christina Breuer in a kickboxing clash at ONE: Age of Dragons in Beijing, China, on Nov. 16. Netherlands native Baars, 31, has never lost in 49 kickboxing bouts. Her record stands at 46-0-3 with 16 knockouts.
Bellator 232 highlights: Paul Daley lands 33rd KO, Douglas Lima beats belt off of Rory MacDonald [embedded content] (Subscribe to MMAWeekly.com on YouTube) Check out the Bellator 232 fight highlights featuring Douglas Lima taking the Bellator welterweight belt back from Rory MacDonald and Paul Dailey landing the 33rd brutal knockout of his career. Lima lost the
After a week of extreme anxiety, we’re happy to report that UFC 244’s main event remains intact: Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal will meet at Madison Square Garden on November 2nd to determine who is the Baddest Motherf**ker (BMF). Of course, you never know what may happen in this final week, especially in New York
The UFC pays tribute to former MMA star Kimbo Slice, who passed away on June 6, 2016.
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The debated tap came in the second round of the fight. After Thomas, a UFC veteran by that point, controlled much of the action on the ground for the first minute, Stephens got loose before the end of the frame. The bout stayed standing for the first half of the second round, but soon after
The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) was back in the headlines this week after Nate Diaz announced an adverse drug test finding had forced him out of his UFC 244 fight with Jorge Masvidal. Thankfully, Diaz’s drug testing woes wound up amounting to nothing, and his fight with Masvidal will go ahead as planned. Yet
5:54 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim One day after announcing at a Moscow news conference that he will return to the Octagon in January, Conor McGregor had his rusty reflexes tested in the Russian capital. McGregor had to dodge a water bottle thrown in his direction during a heated verbal exchange on Friday with a man
Image Credit: Bellator Douglas Lima earned the biggest victory of his career at Bellator 232 and he has issued a statement. Last night (Oct. 26), Lima challenged Rory MacDonald for the Bellator welterweight championship. The bout also served as the final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix. Lima earned the unanimous decision victory
Tournaments are once again a trend in promotions like ONE, PFL, Bellator and Rizin. But ONE Championship bantamweight king Bibiano Fernandes isn’t interested in being part of one anymore. “The Flash”, who competed in that format for over a decade in jiu-jitsu, made the transition to MMA in 2004. He won a pair of tournaments
Conor McGregor recently announced his return to the UFC, but took some shots at lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and his fellow Dagestani countrymen. That didn’t sit well with one man who questioned McGregor on Friday. The man took McGregor to task over his derogatory remarks about Dagestan and then chucked a water bottle at him.
It’s been a rough four years for former middleweight champ Chris Weidman. He’s been sidelined with numerous painful and tedious injuries, and his results inside the cage during that time have been pretty awful, resulting in a 1-5 stretch with all losses coming via KO or TKO. The latest defeat came at UFC on ESPN