Beneil Dariush doesn’t think Michael Chandler should’ve gotten the lightweight title shot. When Chandler signed with the UFC, he was the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight at UFC 254. He then made his debut at UFC 257 and scored a first-round TKO win over Dan Hooker. After the win, it was revealed Chandler
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Michael Chandler still has much to prove heading into his lightweight title fight with Charles Oliveira at UFC 262 this coming May and the former Bellator champion is looking to put all doubt to rest with one single punch. Chandler, who made a huge Octagon debut at UFC 257 with a co-main event knockout finish
Las Vegas – For the first time in three years, a new UFC lightweight champion will be crowned as No. 3 ranked contender Charles Oliveira and No. 4 Michael Chandler vie for the vacant belt. Also, for the first time in UFC history, a non-title co-main event will be five rounds as No. 3 ranked welterweight contender Leon Edwards faces off with Nate Diaz.
MMA fighter Khetag Pliev has issued a statement after losing one of his fingers at a Cage Fury Fighting Championships fight on Thursday night. It almost seemed like it couldn’t be real when Pliev lost his finger during his fight against Devin Goodale at CFFC 94. But he in fact did lose his finger during
“That’s why you don’t leave it to the judges, I guess,” she said. “I do think I could’ve won that fight, for sure, and a lot of other people have told me the same, but it’s just par for the course. It’s just how things go. You have good judges, you have bad judges, you
7:37 AM ET HENRY CEJUDO WAS in front of his television on Aug. 26, 2016, watching a Bellator MMA card headlined by a bout between Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. It was four months after Cejudo’s first career loss, which came in a UFC title fight against flyweight champ Demetrious
From Mike Winkeljohn’s perspective, it’s Francis Ngannou who should be afraid of Jon Jones. Jones’ longtime coach spoke to Submission Radio and broke down why he feels “Bones” has a good chance of defeating Ngannou, who won the UFC heavyweight championship this past Saturday at UFC 260 with a stunning knockout of Stipe Miocic. “I
Jose Aldo is now hoping to fight Dominick Cruz after the UFC wasn’t interested in him fighting Cody Garbrandt. With TJ Dillashaw fighting Cory Sandhagen and Cody Garbrandt booked against Rob Font, Aldo is on the outside looking in. However, he believes a fight against Cruz makes sense given they are former champions and have
Former UFC champion and current cageside commentator Daniel Cormier doesn’t believe Francis Ngannou has the most power in the heavyweight division. And as it turns out, neither does reigning light heavyweight titleholder Jan Blachowicz. The Polish power puncher, who turned away Israel Adesanya in the UFC 259 main event last month in Las Vegas, is
The headliner of Bellator 255 features a featherweight championship rematch in the division’s grand prix semi-final between reigning double champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire against no. 2 ranked Bellator featherweight Emmanuel Sanchez. Speaking at virtual media day for Bellator 255, Pitbull looked back on his first fight with Sanchez that took place in 2018 when Sanchez
PhotoCred: Instagram – @laura_sanko Former Invicta FC atomweight prospect turned UFC broadcaster, Laura Sanko is a woman of many talents. To celebrate April Fool’s Day, the Kansas resident pranked her son with a surprise tattoo reveal. Not sure if this is a parental high point or low point but it’s definitely one or the other.
After finding himself front and center in the crowd with his fiancé and training partner to his right, reality set in, and depending on the mood Hunter was in, Perry was in for a long night. Despite being a professional in the art of comedic jabs, Hunter broke up his normal set a couple times
Stipe Miocic, the most decorated UFC heavyweight champion in history, has 20 wins in his professional career thus far with 15 of those wins coming via knockout. 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 UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC
12:21 AM ET MMA fighter Khetag Pliev had to have a finger surgically reattached after it was severed during the second round of a fight Thursday night in Philadelphia. The fight, which was part of an event put on by Cage Fury Fighting Championship and aired on UFC Fight Pass, was stopped when the referee
(Warning: Post contains video and images of graphic injury) One of the most bizarre injuries in combat sports history appeared to take place at CFFC 94 on Friday. Middleweight Khetag Pliev appeared to lose a finger in the middle of his co-main event bout with Devin Goodale. The injury was noticed in between the second
The Bellator 255 weigh-ins have wrapped up. Bellator 255 takes place Friday, April 2, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event will see the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in Bellator, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire defending his featherweight title in a rematch against Emmanuel Sanchez in the semi-finals of the grand prix tournament. Pitbull
UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov spoke with the media during Saturday’s UFC on FOX 30 event in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Bellator MMA is returning for the first time in 2021 to stage Bellator 255: “Pitbull vs. Sanchez 2” tomorrow night (Fri., April 2, 2021) inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., airing (for free) on Showtime. Headlining the event will be a 145-pound title bout between division kingpin, Patricio Freire defending his strap against Emmanuel