PhotoCred: Drake Riggs Kayla Harrison is as dominant of a force as anyone in MMA in 2021. But with great success comes great detractors – or at least several in abundance. Beginning her run in June 2018 and now 11-0 in her professional MMA career, the Judo master has found the fans to be a
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Between the two fighters, they combine for a 21 wins and a 100 percent finishing rate. Marquez, a graduate from season one of Dana White’s Contender Series, boasts six knockouts and three submissions on his record, and he is coming off back-to-back submission wins over Maki Pitolo and Sam Alvey. “The Cuban Missile Crisis” bounced
7:30 AM ET In the UFC’s light heavyweight division, 40 is the new 30. The current champion, Jan Blachowicz, turns 39 years old in February. No. 1 contender Glover Teixeira, who will challenge Blachowicz for the title at UFC 267 on Oct. 30, is 41. Blachowicz and Teixeira both have exhibited longevity and perseverance. Blachowicz
YouTube star Jake Paul is 4-0 in boxing, a short run that already includes wins over former MMA champions Tyron Woodley and Ben Askren. Yet, Thiago Santos doesn’t seem all that impressed. Speaking on a recent episode of MMA Fighting’s Portuguese-language podcast Trocação Franca, the former UFC light heavyweight title contender revealed his interest in
Credit: ONE Championship Mixed martial arts is a constantly churning cauldron of news, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship is usually the big spoon that often stirs the fight news cycle. So much news can come on a given day that it’s hard to catch up with it all. That’s what MixedMartialArts.com hopes to solve in
Dan Hooker is quickly becoming one of the biggest fan favorites in the sport of MMA today. After battling through visa issues for his eventual win over Nasrat Haqparast last weekend UFC 266 “The Hangman” has stepped up on short notice to fight lightweight phenom Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 on Oct. 30 in Abu
UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Santos Live Weigh-in Results and Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Fight Night event in at UFC Apex in Las Vegas will officially weigh in on Friday morning. The event is headlined by a bout between top 10 ranked light heavyweight contenders Johnny Walker and Thiago Santos. [embedded content]
Aljamain Sterling is getting tired of Petr Yan constantly talking trash about him. The backlash that Sterling has faced after withdrawing from his rematch with Yan has reach new heights, especially considering the circumstances of how Aljo won the title in the first place. Even after an interim title fight was booked between Petr and
Ok Rae Yoon can rest easy – he’ll remain the newly-crowned ONE Championship lightweight title holder after his win over Christian Lee was upheld. The Korean scored a unanimous decision win against Christian Lee at ONE Championship: ‘Revolution’ last weekend, but the result was called into question. Immediately after the fight, Lee said the decision
When it comes to how Chiasson plans to beat Ladd, she keeps the plan closer to the vest, but she does say it’s about being “a step ahead” of her opponent. Don’t Miss Any Of Saturday’s Action On ESPN+ “If she gets a takedown, I’m getting back up or I’m getting a reversal,” Chiasson said.
7:23 PM ET The UFC is finalizing a bantamweight fight between two exciting bantamweight prospects in Sean O’Malley and Raulian Paiva, multiple sources told ESPN. Once finalized, the 135-pound bout will take place at UFC 269 on Dec. 11. The UFC has not yet announced a location for that pay-per-view event, but it is expected
Watch the Bellator 267 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card on Friday in London. Watch the Bellator 267 live stream online on MMA Fighting for the preliminary card on at 12:30 p.m. ET on Friday. The fight card for this portion of the event is as follows and can be watched
Credit: Showtime Former UFC welterweight stars Dan Hardy and Tyron Woodley have begun an unexpected rivalry that’s led to a direct message confrontation from “T-Wood.” Former UFC 170-pound champion Tyron Woodley hasn’t had a great last two years in the combat sports realm. He lost four straight fights in the Octagon, including his title. He
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Dan Hooker earned a ton of points with fans and pundits around the world earlier today when he accepted a fight vs. Islam Makhachev at UFC 267 on October 30, 2021. The veteran scrapper just fought last Saturday, a victorious effort vs. Nasrat Haqparast and will have just about a month
UFC president Dana White is tired of hearing critics talk about UFC fighter pay, and thinks it’s frankly none of their f**king business. “People like to push the buttons and talk about fighter pay, and you don’t ever see us coming out and talking about it or doing whatever because I don’t give a shit.
“Suga” has drawn his next opponent. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto is reporting that Sean O’ Malley (14-1) will meet Raulian Paiva (21-3) at UFC 269. O’Malley comes into the bout riding a two-fight win streak. In his last outing, the colorful bantamweight was seen putting a clinic on a late notice replacement in Kris Mouthino. Though
Robbie Lawler evened the score with Nick Diaz at UFC 266 on Saturday night 17 years after their first bout. Daniel Cormier caught up with the former UFC welterweight champion after the bout. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the
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