Scott Coker is absolutely interested in a cross over boxing match for Cris Cyborg against Katie Taylor. He and Match room Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn has had conversations about it but at the end of the day, Coker says it’s up to Cyborg to make it happen, although he does have one stipulation that may
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7:47 AM ET Angela Hill was sitting in the second row at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 7 as Joanna Jedrzejczyk was walking out to challenge women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili in the co-main event of UFC 248. Out of the corner of her eye, Hill saw UFC featherweight Brian Ortega coming toward
Junior dos Santos’ next challenge could be one of the heavyweight division’s hottest prospects. On Thursday, UFC President Dana White told the media at a scrum in Abu Dhabi that officials are working on a bout between Dos Santos (21-8) and the undefeated Ciryl Gane (6-0). Sources with knowledge of the potential matchup told MMA
Screenshot via MMA Junkie UFC president Dana White confirmed that The Ultimate Fighter will commence filming in November, but he says there are no coaches yet. White has been teasing a TUF comeback for several months now. The UFC’s infamous reality show from 2005 to 2018, TUF has been kicked to the can for two
Top-ranked 145-pound contenders Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung both weighed in without incident for their UFC Fight Island 6 featherweight main event this Sat. night (Oct. 17, 2020) inside Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. Get complete UFC Fight Island 6 weigh-in results and video right here. Ortega (14-1, 1 NC) and
For the second consecutive week on UFC Fight Island, all the athletes made weight for their bouts. Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) are set to headline Saturday’s UFC Fight Island 6 card in Abu Dhabi. Each of them stepped on the scale at 146 pounds, making their main
UFC: It’s been a long way since your return. What’s it like to finally be back on fight week? TA: This is something that I’ve been waiting for, for a long time. Fighting here on the island is amazing. It’s a beautiful place and the people treat me like a king. UFC: A layoff after a
Bellator 249 took place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event saw Cris Cyborg successfully defend her featherweight championship against Arlene Blencowe. In some of the evening’s highlights, Aviv Gozali extended his undefeated record to 5-0 with a sick kimura submission over Logan Neal in the first round: Also on
UFC on ESPN+ 38 (UFC on ESPN + Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie) takes place Saturday, October 17th from the Flash Forum on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Main Card (Live on ESPN+, 10:00 PM EST) -Brian Ortega vs. Chan Sung Jung vs-Jessica Andrade vs. Katlyn Chookagian-Modestas Bukauskas vs. Jimmy Crute-Thomas Almeida
Image: Cris Cyborg on Instagram Bellator women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg was looking to earn her first title defense at tonight’s Bellator 249 event when she squared off with Arlene Blencowe. Cyborg (23-2 MMA) had made her Bellator debut back in January, where she captured the promotions featherweight title by scoring a TKO victory over
8:23 PM ET UFC flyweight Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Lauren Murphy at UFC 254 next week in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, and has been replaced by UFC newcomer Liliya Shakirova. Calvillo (9-1-1) was forced to pull out of the bout after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday,
Usually, Cris Cyborg makes opponents submit to her fists. This time, she did it with a choke. Cyborg battered Arlene Blencowe before securing a second-round submission to notch the first defense of her Bellator featherweight title and her first career submission in the headliner of Bellator 249, which took place Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena
Bellator 249: “Cyborg vs. Blencowe” is set to air tonight (Thurs., Oct. 15, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (22-2, 1 NC) makes her first title defense in the promotion against “Angerfist” Arlene Blencowe (13-7). Bellator 249’s main card will air on CBS Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET.
The Bellator MMA cage was at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Thursday for Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg put her title on the line against Arlene Blencowe in the fight card’s main event. Cyborg captured the title by defeating former champion Julia Budd in January. On Thursday,
After Jim compares Zoom backgrounds and Matt tells a story about his crazy morning, “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and coach Eddie Cha join the show! They discuss how Jung persevered through an eye injury for several months leading up to Jung’s bout against Frankie Edgar, getting a lot of money to be on
Joaquin Buckley’s viral KO over Impa Kasanganay is now breaking UFC records as Buckley heads into his next UFC bout. At UFC on ESPN+ 37, lots of major action took place, including Cory Sandhagen TKOing then-#1 bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes. But no happening from this past Saturday got people talking more than Joaquin Buckley’s knockout
There has been a lack of clarity around who is next for UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. “The Great” beat Max Holloway via Unanimous Decision for the title at UFC 245 on December 14, 2019. And then Volakanovski successfully defended it via Split Decision in the immediate rematch at UFC 251 on July 12, 2020. Since then, there
ONE Championship featherweight titleholder Martin Nguyen says he’ll be better than ever when he steps into the cage with streaking challenger Thanh Le on October 30. The bout will be Nguyen’s first since August, 2019, and the champion is unsurprisingly very excited to get back into the cage—particularly when so many athletes are unable to