The battle to determine the best grappler in MMA started off as a standup showdown, with both Demian Maia and Ben Askren having their moments. But, as expected, the fight really heated up once the two welterweights hit the canvas. Scrambles and submissions were a spectacle and much to the delight of the fight fans
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Rory MacDonald squared off with Douglas Lima for second time in tonight’s Bellator 232 looking to retain his Bellator welterweight world championship. MacDonald and Lima had first met at Bellator 192 in January of 2018, with ‘The Red King’ emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision. Tonight’s rematch served as the finals of Bellator welterweight
1:11 AM ET Douglas Lima got his win — and his title — back. Plus, much more in one of the highest stakes bouts in Bellator history. Lima defeated Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of Bellator 232 on Saturday night at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun. With the victory, Lima
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jorge Masvidal hasn’t forgotten about his loss to Demian Maia and wouldn’t mind getting a chance to run it back. Earlier today (Oct. 26), Maia went one-on-one with former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren. The bout headlined UFC Singapore. In the third round, Maia
Douglas Lima is once again the Bellator welterweight champion. Lima was near-perfect in a rematch with Rory MacDonald, shutting out the decorated vet on two of three judges scorecards to take home a unanimous decision and recapture the welterweight title. The final scores were 50-45 twice and 49-46 for Lima, who picked up a $1
The finals of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix took place on Saturday with familiar faces meeting in the Bellator 232 main event. Welterweight champion Rory MacDonald faced former titleholder Douglas Lima at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a rematch with the 170-pound championship on the line. MacDonald captured the Bellator MMA welterweight belt
Bellator 232 “MacDonald vs. Lima 2” took place Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The finals of the year long Welterweight Grand Prix saw champion Rory MacDonald (21-5-1) put his title on the line in a rematch with Douglas Lima (31-7). A close first round had very little action and
While attending a MMA event in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Dana White discovered lightweight talent Sage Northcutt. The UFC President initially dismissed the 19-year-old as a wannabe – but – after witnessing Northcutt’s blistering performance in the cage, offered him a fight on the UFC 192 FIGHT PASS Prelims.
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Jorge Masvidal wants a chance to run things back with Demian Maia following the Brazilians impressive submission victory over Ben Askren. Maia defeated Askren with a rear-naked choke submission (see that here) in the third round of today’s UFC Singapore event. The victory marked Maia’s third in a row, as the submission ace had previously
It wasn’t a groin shot, at least according to Jake Hager. The wrestling superstar turned pro MMA fighter denies having landed the illegal knee that turned his heavyweight bout with Anthony Garrett into a no-contest at Friday’s Bellator 231 in Uncasville, Conn. Hager believes the shot was clean, contrary to referee Dan Miragliotta’s call. “I’m
12:05 PM ET Demian Maia has still got it. He left no doubt about that Saturday. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu master beat Ben Askren by submission with a rear-naked choke at 3:54 of the third round in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Singapore. Somehow, quietly, at 41 years old, Maia has put together
One UFC bantamweight weighed in on Nate Diaz’s UFC 244 drug testing hoopla and he took the opportunity to rip USADA. Diaz will indeed meet Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244, but things were looking quite shaky momentarily. The Stockton native claimed to be off the card due to adverse findings in his drug test. Diaz
The mixed martial arts (MMA) community already knew Nate Diaz did nothing wrong when he failed a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug test earlier this week, but now they have final confirmation. Diaz has been exonerated by USADA for any wrongdoing after it was discovered that an organic, vegan, plant-based multivitamin had contained the
Former UFC champ Randy Couture leaves hospital after surgery for heart attack [embedded content] (Courtesy of TMZSports / Video may be limited by broadcast restrictions in certain areas.) Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Randy Couture suffered a heart attack earlier this week, but he has already had surgery and left the hospital under his