MixedMartialArts.com had the unique chance of speaking with not one, but two members of ONE Championship’s mixed martial arts royal family in lightweight champion Christian Lee and fast-rising 17-year-old prospect Victoria Lee. Before both returns to action at ONE: Revolution on September 24, the pair of talented fighters spoke to us on a wide range
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! Evander Holyfield’s return to the ring this Saturday (Sept. 11, 2021) was not exactly planned. However, when Oscar De La Hoya was taken out by COVID-19, Vitor Belfort was left without a dance partner for his Triller boxing crossover. Holyfield jumped on the opportunity, and the Florida Athletic Commission didn’t have
Jorge Masvidal says potential fight with Nick Diaz would ‘be a blessing’ It’s been a while since we’ve seen BMF champion, Jorge Masvidal, in the Octagon. Even though he’s coming off back-to-back losses over UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman, Masvidal is still a big draw and his fights are always big crowd pleasers. That’s why
PhotoCred: CNN Philippines Seo Hee Ham remains a winner inside the ONE Championship circle despite a post-fight review. ONE: Empower took place last Friday and featured the highly anticipated eight-woman world atomweight Grand Prix. Among the contestants was promotional newcomer, UFC veteran and former RIZIN super atomweight champion, Seo Hee Ham (24-8). The seasoned 32-fight
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Vitor Belfort‘s trainer admits he’s a bit skeptical of Oscar De La Hoya‘s recent COVID-19 diagnosis. Belfort and De La Hoya were supposed to collide on Sept. 11 in a pro boxing match. That plan went awry when De La Hoya tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, Belfort will now take on Evander Holyfield.
8:09 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Two UFC weight classes have champions who are not the consensus top fighters within their own divisions. Another is headed by a champion whom some would argue is second to the standard-bearer in a second-fiddle fight promotion. Whatever happened to champions reigning supreme? Sure, there are a few dominant champs
The rules for Evander Holyfield vs. Vitor Belfort have been set for the Triller Fight Club event in Hollywood, Fla. on Saturday. The professional boxing match between Belfort and Holyfield will be contested over eight two-minute rounds in the heavyweight division, which is over 200 pounds. Triller’s Ryan Kavanaugh told MMA Fighting that all professional
Current ONE Championship atomweight queen Angela Lee may still be on the sidelines following the birth of her first child, but during a recent digital media press conference, the champion was defending her thrown against the challenge of a media member. On Tuesday night, ONE Championship’s fighting royal family of Angela, Christian, and Victoria Lee
Derek Brunson captured his fifth straight victory by submitting Top 10 middleweight Darren Till in the UFC Vegas 36 headliner last weekend in “Sin City,” a third-round finish (highlights here) that might send the longtime veteran into his first division title shot. Then again, it might not. That’s because Brunson (23-7) has some stiff competition
Carla Esparza reacts to not getting the title shot against Rose Namajunas Carla Esparza thought she had fought her way back into a title fight, but UFC matchmakers opted to do a rematch between champion Rose Namajuanas and former titleholder Zhang Weili instead. Namajunas became the first female fighter in UFC history to win back
PhotoCred: Drake Riggs UFC president Dana White shared his take on the current state of America, saying “I believe that this country is a f*cking mess right now.” White’s good friend Donald Trump finished up his stint as the president of the United States earlier this year and he was replaced in office by Joe
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC Vegas 36! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Women’s Pound for Pound: No Changes Strawweight: No Changes Women’s Flyweight: No Changes Women’s Bantamweight: No Changes Women’s Featherweight: N/A Flyweight: No Changes Bantamweight: No Changes Featherweight: No Changes Lightweight: No Changes
11:00 PM ET The UFC awarded another five contracts on Dana White’s Contender Series on Tuesday, a night highlighted by two sub-minute knockouts. Welterweight Josh Quinlan (6-0) and flyweight C.J. Vergara (9-2) stole the show at the Apex in Las Vegas in the second consecutive week that the UFC elected to award contacts to five
With the first punch he threw, Josh Quinlan set the end in motion against Logan Urban in the headliner of Week 2 of DWCS Season 5. Quinlan’s right hand put short-notice replacement Urban on roller skates before a series of follow-ups finished the job just 47 seconds into the first round, bringing Tuesday’s show to
[embedded content] UFC 266 will be the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s pay-per-view venture in the month of September. The event takes place inside Las Vegas, Nevada’s T-Mobile Arena, and will feature a championship doubleheader for your viewing pleasure. In the co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko will return to defend her flyweight championship against surging division stalwart Lauren
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Jon Jones has a complicated legacy, undeniable greatness intermixed with a complicated drug test history and bad behavior outside of the Octagon. However, even Jones himself would likely admit to being a proponent of fighting mean: this is a man who has been admonished by referees for chin-butting an opponent and