Alistair Overeem will look to continue his climb towards title contention in the heavyweight division when he faces Alexander Volkov in the main event at the upcoming UFC event on Feb. 6. UFC President Dana White announced the fight via ESPN on Thursday. The location for the card has not been revealed yet. With a
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MMA Fighting has Bellator 252 results for the Pitbull vs. Carvalho fight card Thursday at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Patricio Freire will defend his Bellator featherweight title against Pedro Carvalho in the main event that is also part of the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. Daniel Weichel and Emmanuel Sanchez will clash
No one needs to explain to Leon Edwards the stakes in his upcoming fight against undefeated prospect Khamzat Chimaev on Dec. 19. With eight wins in a row, the No. 3 ranked welterweight in the UFC should already be knocking on the door of title contention. But the coronavirus pandemic has largely wrecked his plans
This is The A-Side Live Chat. For this episode, José Youngs, Guilherme Cruz, and E. Casey Leydon react to some of the hottest topics in mixed martial arts. Some POSSIBLE topics include Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor’s rematch at UFC 257, Glover Teixeira’s future following his win over Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 13, and
A rare use of instant replay in MMA cost Killys Mota his second victory under the Bellator banner at Thursday’s event in Unscasville, Conn. Mota met Derek Anderson on the main card of Bellator 251 at the Mohegan Sun Arena and won the first round on all scorecards, but ate a kick to the head
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Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping has been tapped to star in an upcoming boxing film titled “The Journeyman,” based on a book from British author Mark Turley. Deadline initially reported the news on Monday. Bisping, who started acquiring acting roles prior to his retirement from fighting in 2018, has starred in television series such
A welterweight matchup has been added to the UFC’s Nov. 28 fight card. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a bout between Takashi Sato and Miguel Baeza has been added to the event, which is scheduled to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Sato has
UFC heavyweight legend Mark Coleman had a positive message for his fans following the news that he had been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack. The news was reported by MMA documentarian Will Harris, who shared an Instagram story from Coleman’s daughter Morgan in which she posted an image of herself with Coleman giving a
Raoni Barcelos and Khalid Taha stole the show on Saturday. The two bantamweights engaged in a thrilling three-rounder, with Barcelos pulling out a convincing decision victory despite Taha exhibiting plenty of heart and toughness. For their efforts, Barcelos and Taha won the UFC Vegas 13 Fight of the Night award and an extra $50,000 each.
One of the longest layoffs of Raoni Barcelos’ MMA career finally ends Saturday, when the Brazilian bantamweight prospect faces Khalid Taha in the main card of UFC Vegas 13 at the UFC APEX. Barcelos hasn’t competed since December 2019, when he handed Said Nurmagomedov his first octagon defeat to improve to 4-0 in the promotion.
MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 13 results for the Santos vs. Teixeira fight card on Saturday, live blog of the main event, and live UFC Vegas 13 Twitter updates. In the main event, Thiago Santos and Glover Teixeira will clash in a pivotal light heavyweight contest. Santos and Teixeira have won for four of their
NCAA wrestling champion. UFC middleweight contender. Action movie star? That’s the career progression that Mark Munoz hopes to follow ahead of the release of the film Lumpia with a Vengeance, in which he is featured in the leading role. Munoz, 42, has been on a movie sets before (including the Kevin James MMA comedy Here
There was no need for overtime in Corey Anderson’s Bellator debut as he manhandled Melvin Manhoef en route to a bloody, second-round TKO at Bellator 251. Aided by a noticeable size advantage, Anderson exploited longtime kickboxer Manhoef’s most obvious deficit with takedowns. Once on the canvas, he held half-guard and pounded away with vicious elbows
The UFC is keeping Electronic Arts in its corner for the long haul. Per a press release Thursday, EA Sports and the UFC have extended their partnership through 2030. For at least the next decade, the video game giant will continue publishing its EA SPORTS UFC franchise, which released its fourth iteration in August. EA
MMA Fighting has Bellator 251 results for the Manhoef vs. Anderson fight card Thursday night at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. In the main event, Melvin Manhoef will make Corey Anderson, who will make his Bellator debut, in a light heavyweight contest. Check out Bellator 251 results below. Main card (7 p.m. ET
Paulo Costa finally had his shot at the middleweight crown in September, but came up short against Israel Adesanya in Abu Dhabi, suffering his first MMA loss via second-round TKO at UFC 253. “Borrachinha” and his team were campaigning for an immediate rematch right after, but now have turned their focus to a title eliminator
After 101 or so fights in the kickboxing ring and cage, Melvin Manhoef was done fighting. A bid to capture the Bellator middleweight title and defend it in his native Holland went south – twice – and a first-round knockout this past October felt like a satisfying enough conclusion to his career. Then Bellator told