Michael Chandler fought the last fight on his contract at Bellator 243 when he picked up a first round victory against Benson Henderson. With the talk of entering free agency, the former lightweight champion had to entertain questions about potential lightweight match ups with others in his class, including Conor McGregor. Even outside of the
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Image: Valerie Loureda Instagram Valerie Loureda improved her mixed martial arts record to a perfect 3-0 this evening by scoring a spectacular finish at Bellator 243. The 22-year-old Florida native, Loureda, squared off against Tara Graff on tonight’s main card and the contest did not last long. Valerie Loureda was able to floor Graff with
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to kick off an entire month of events in Las Vegas, Nevada, this Saturday night (Aug. 8, 2020), as UFC Vegas 6 is set to go down inside the promotion’s APEX facility. Headlining the event is a crucial Heavyweight bout between Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik. In the co-headlining
The Bellator MMA cage was in Uncasville, Conn. on Friday at the Mohegan Sun Arena for Bellator 243: Chandler vs. Henderson 2. The event was originally scheduled to take place on June 6 in Chicago, but COVID-19 forced the event to be postponed and relocated. The fight card’s main event featured a rematch between former
1:27 PM ET One week before the UFC’s heavyweight title trilogy will be decided, a new divisional contender will emerge. And that fight is now official. Derrick Lewis (265 pounds) and Aleksei Oleinik (227) both weighed in successfully Friday morning in Las Vegas. The two men will meet in the UFC Fight Night headliner Saturday
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 6 results for the Lewis vs. Oleinik event Saturday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, live blogs of the top two fights, and live UFC Vegas 6 Twitter updates. In the main event, Derrick Lewis and Aleksei Oleinik will clash in a heavyweight tilt. Former UFC champion Chris
Michael Chandler accomplished a rare feat against Benson Henderson. Chandler and Henderson shared the cage a second time at Bellator 243. Back in 2016, Chandler defeated “Bendo” via split decision. The judges weren’t needed this go-around. That’s because Chandler knocked out Henderson with punches in the rematch within the opening frame. Chandler had been saying
It’s a process that began following his loss to Dos Santos, when Lewis opted to finally have surgery to repair the mangled knee ligaments he’d been fighting with for several years. Moving around the cage on a bad knee contributed to the chronic back issues that plagued him during that time as well, and with
Image Credit: Bellator MMA Former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson squared off with Michael Chandler for a second time in tonight’s Bellator 243 main event. The pair of lightweight standouts first met at Bellator 165 in November of 2016 with Chandler emerging victorious by way of split decision. Since their first fight, Benson Henderson had
Bellator 243: “Chandler vs. Henderson 2” is set to air tonight (Fri., Aug. 7, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. In a rematch that has been LONG anticipated, Michael Chandler (20-5) and Benson Henderson (28-8) will look to settle a war that started with a split decision title defense in 2016. This time
Daniel Cormier training for UFC 252 in a bubble to protect pregnant wife [embedded content] Daniel Cormier may be stepping into the Octagon for the final time when he squares off with Stipe Miocic for a third time in the UFC 252 main event on Aug. 15. But as much weight as that could put
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7:08 AM ET It is not uncommon for a UFC Fight Night’s main event to eclipse all that is scheduled to come before on that evening, at least in the anticipation for the fights. That is not the case for Saturday’s UFC Fight Night headliner inside the promotion’s Apex facility in Las Vegas. Now, that’s
MMA Fighting has Bellator 243 results for the Chandler vs. Henderson 2 fight card Friday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, Michael Chandler and Benson Henderson will clash in a lightweight contest. Chandler defeated Henderson via split decision at Bellator 165 on Nov. 19, 2016. Get Bellator 243
As fighters like Chase Hooper and Kay Hansen continue to emerge, it’s becoming more and more common for revisiting the “Diaz vs McGregor Era” to be considered “going way back.” Week two of Dana White’s Contender Series will feature a rare breed in Daniel Swain. Since his introduction to the sport at UFC 34, his
Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic will face each other soon at UFC 252. They are 1-1 against one another and both men, while holding UFC gold have already made history in their time as champions. With this likely being Cormier’s last fight, he is putting himself through one of the most grueling training camps of
Image: @dillondanis on Instagram Bellator star Dillon Danis called out long-time social media rival Ben Askren in a fight that would pit two elite grapplers against one another. Danis and Askren have gone after each other on social media and in interviews for the last few years, but when Askren retired from MMA last year,
An important bantamweight showdown between Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen is expected to headline the upcoming UFC event on Oct. 10, according to Combate, though a location and venue have yet to be announced. At this point the two (and perhaps only) leading candidates are UFC APEX in Las Vegas and Flash Arena on Yas