Featured News Despite having two fights left on his contract, former lightweight champion Brent Primus and Bellator have come to terms on a new six-fight deal. The 36-year-old broke the news to MixedMartialArts.com and explained that while eventually testing his value on the open market did cross his mind, the promotion simply put forth an
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Robert Whittaker is not overlooking Kelvin Gastelum in the slightest. In the main event of UFC Vegas 24 on Saturday, Whittaker and Gastelum will finally meet. The two were supposed to fight at UFC 234 but on the day of the fight, the champ was forced out of the bout. Now, two years later they
Rich Chou is departing as Bellator’s full-time matchmaker for a job “outside the sport,” the ViacomCBS-owned promotion announced today. Per a separate press release, Chou has been named the vice president of Wimp 2 Warrior, a martial arts training program co-founded by famed MMA coach John Kavanagh. Chou will Chou run the program’s North American
MMA Community react Conor McGregor not wanting Dustin Poirier trilogy after latest claims, Khabib Nurmagomedov reacts and throws verbal jab to Conor McGregor, Daniel Cormier and Ariel Helwani on UFC 264 McGregor vs. Poirier situation, Michael Chandler, Tony Ferguson and Kevin Lee want to replace the Diamond, Mackenzie Dern predicts Weili Zhang vs. Rose Namajunas
New UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling is no stranger to taking heat from combat sports fans. He was hardly a favorite leading up to his UFC 259 title fight with Petr Yan, and he gained a whole new crowd of rabid haters after Yan illegally kneed him in the head, resulting in a DQ loss
Bellator 257 weigh-in results & video: Nemkov vs. Davis green lighted [embedded content] (Video courtesy of BellatorMMA) UNCASVILLE, Conn. – BELLATOR 257: Nemkov vs. Davis 2 will be broadcast Friday, April 16 on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, while preliminary bouts will stream on the BELLATOR MMA YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Sports YouTube Channel,
Jake Paul believes he will fight Conor McGregor within the next two years. After Paul had a highlight-reel KO over Nate Robinson he called out several MMA fighters including McGregor. He began taking shots at the Irishman and on Saturday night, he will face Ben Askren, and many believe if he wins, he will call
First, Jim, Matt, and Josh discuss the differences between casual and hardcore MMA fans and make their predictions for the boxing match between Jake Paul and retired UFC fighter Ben Askren. Then, former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker joins the show ahead of his main event bout against Kelvin Gastelum this weekend at UFC Fight
7:54 AM ET UFC lightweight contender Dustin Poirier says he made a mistake in publicly criticizing Conor McGregor for not following through on a pledge to donate $500,000 to Poirier’s charity foundation. It was announced Wednesday morning that McGregor and Poirier — who are 1-1 against each other — would finish their trilogy at UFC
Editorial Featured News Credit: ONE Championship It seems that Saturday’s Triller Fight Club event that features a couple of boxers versus mixed martial artist matchups may be just scratching the surface of the promotions cross-over fight plans. During a recent guest appearance on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, ONE Championship lightweight Eddie Alvarez announced that
Randy Costa and Adrian Yanez have found themselves on one of the more respectful collision courses in recent memory. What started as a simple piece of fantasy matchmaking on social media in late March exploded into potential bantamweight matchup that became universally praised. With Costa being a big fan of Reese’s Pieces and Yanez being
Michael Page will be making his 2021 debut when he faces Derek Anderson next month at Bellator 258. Michael Venom Page (MVP) has developed a reputation for being one of the most exciting fighters in mixed martial arts. Now recognized as the #1-ranked fighter in the welterweight division, Page may find himself one highlight reel
After spending more than a year behind closed doors, thanks to the outbreak of coronavirus, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will once again pack the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the “Poirier vs. McGregor 3” pay-per-view (PPV) event on Sat., July 10, 2021. And it looks like UFC is trying to recoup its lost
Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz to face Glover Teixeira at UFC 266 Light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will put his title on the line for the second time at UFC 266 on Sept. 4 against top contender Glover Teixeira. UFC president Dana White broke the news on Wednesday to ESPN. Blachowicz (28-8) won the vacant
This Saturday’s UFC Vegas 24 card has lost a fight due to COVID-19 protocols as featherweights Bill Algeo and Ricardo Ramos are off the card. Algeo vs. Ramos was expected to take place on the preliminary card for Saturday’s event, which is headlined by middleweights Robert Whittaker and Kelvin Gastelum. Unfortunately, the fight is now
Las Vegas – UFC welcomes fans back to the fight capital of the world at full capacity as T-Mobile Arena opens its doors on Saturday, July 10 for one of the biggest fights in UFC history. Headlining the event will be the rubber match of the trilogy between former interim UFC lightweight champion and current No. 1
9:28 AM ET A capacity crowd will be present at UFC 264 on July 10 in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White announced on Wednesday. The pay-per-view card will be held at T-Mobile Arena and headlined by the trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. “I signed bout agreement this morning,” McGregor told ESPN’s
Christian Lee called himself the best lightweight fighter in the world prior to ONE on TNT 2, and he did everything possible to back up that statement with a stunning performance to defend his lightweight title on Wednesday night. The 22-year-old phenom needed less than two minutes to dispatch Timofey Nastyukhin with a brutal counter