Juliana Velasquez is the new Bellator flyweight champion after a tactical five-round fight against Ilima-Lei Macfarlane in the headliner of Bellator 254 on Thursday. Velasquez earned scores of 48-47 twice and 49-46 for largely shutting down Macfarlane’s takedown game and countering the champ’s charges with heavier, more accurate punches. The 34-year-old Brazilian is the second
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Bellator 254: “Macfarlane vs. Velasquez” is set to air TONIGHT (Thurs., Dec. 10, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., broadcasting via CBS Sports Network. The women’s Flyweight title is on the line as Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (11-0) faces another undefeated fighter named Juliana Velasquez (10-0). Bellator 254’s main card will air on CBS Sports
UFC 256 Countdown – Full Episode [embedded content] UFC 256 Countdown brings 2020 to a close with flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo battling Mexico’s Brandon Moreno after lightweights Tony Ferguson and Charles Oliveira go toe to toe. Plus, veteran Jacare Souza takes on up and comer Kevin Holland. (Courtesy of UFC) TRENDING > UFC planning ‘serious
ONE Championship’s Demetrious Johnson, the greatest flyweight MMA fighter of all time, says he will never fight at 125lbs again. Johnson is the undisputed GOAT of 125lbs. He was the long-time flyweight champion in the UFC and he’s carried his talents over to ONE Championship, where he hopes to fight out the rest of his
“You know what, everybody is talking about this fight,” he said. “And he looked impressive in his last fight, so I have a lot of pressure because I’m trying to change my life and trying to change the sport in my country. That’s a lot of pressure, but at the same time, everybody is saying
Scott Coker has stated his reasons for his current lack of interest in recently released UFC great Yoel Romero. When Yoel Romero’s UFC release was reported recently, the reasonable expectation would be for Romero to be fielding offers and having his pick of the litter. Surprisingly, this turned out not to be so, with both
8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Tony Ferguson believes he is a big reason the UFC resumed operations as quickly as it did in 2020, and he theorizes that everyone profited from that quick return — except for him. Ferguson (25-4) will face Charles Oliveira (29-8) at UFC 256 on Saturday, in his first appearance
RIZIN 26’s New Year’s Eve card now includes a total of 12 matchups with the addition of four fights officially announced by the company Thursday, including the return of Mikuru Asakura and the debut of former KSW titleholder Kleber Koike. The event goes down Dec. 31 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. Asakura (13-2,
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Deiveson Figueiredo last defended his title at UFC 255 on Nov. 21, 2020, and he’ll attempt to do so again this Saturday night at UFC 256. Perhaps a bit lost in all the chaos, however, is that Figueiredo was supposed to face Cody Garbrandt back in November. Complications from COVID-19 —
Having missed most of 2019, middleweight Romero Cotton was looking to have a better year in 2020 when the novel coronavirus ended up placing him on the shelf for most of the year again. Throughout it all Cotton remained as patient as he could, and finally following over a year since his last fight he’ll
Presented by Hyperice, Brandon Moreno introduces his “fighter house.” Lightweight Charles Oliveira arrives in Las Vegas. Moreno nearly crosses paths with his opponent, champion Deiveson Figueiredo, at the UFC PI, where Tony Ferguson improvises a workout. Visit https://hyperice.com/ Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the
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Former UFC champions Henry Cejudo and Cody Garbrandt got into a heated dispute after Deiveson Figueiredo suggested he wants ‘Triple C’ after UFC 256. During a recent interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the reigning flyweight champion in Figueiredo said that he wanted to fight Cejudo after UFC 256 because he has “talked a lot of
I was still in college, in my junior year, living out in Denver, Colorado,” said the 34-year-old. “I was a super fan, but not necessarily training or anything like that. It was like a different lifetime for me when I was 21.” In those ensuing 13 years, Barrett went through all sorts of twists and
Any horror movie buff knows that the slasher does not die the first time he’s knocked out. MMA’s answer to a horror slasher is El Cucuy, the UFC’s own Boogeyman, Tony Ferguson. Ferguson is known to spill more blood than Voorhees and dice up more victims than Krueger. And don’t even bother running. El Cucuy
10:00 AM ET Deiveson Figueiredo will make history Saturday when he puts his UFC men’s flyweight championship on the line for the second time in 21 days, the shortest span between title defenses ever in the promotion. But Figueiredo (20-1) has another fight in mind beyond this weekend’s UFC 256 main event against Brandon Moreno,
MMA Fighting has Bellator 254 results for the Macfarlane vs. Velasquez event Thursday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, Bellator flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will put her belt on the line against Julian Velasquez. Bantamweights Magomed Magomedov and Matheus Mattos will square off in the co-main event. Check
After Yoel Romero and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) parted ways, many felt that “Soldier of God” would have countless offers from major promotions to compete for them. After all, Romero is one of the scariest and intimidating fighters in the game and has the highlight reel to back it up. And while he has lost