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
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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
Pitbull Brothers vs. Straight Blast Gym Ireland turned into a hot rivalry outside the Bellator cage. But the company initially wasn’t able to match fighters from opposing teams. That changes on Nov. 12, when Patricio Freire puts his featherweight title on the line against Pedro Carvalho. His older brother Patricky Freire was expected to get
MMA Fighting has Bellator 249 results for the Cris Cyborg vs. Arlene Blencowe fight card in Las Vegas and live Bellator 249 Twitter updates. The scheduled main event features a featherweight showdown between champ Cyborg, who attempts the first defense of her belt against Blencowe, a former boxing champ on a three-fight winning streak in
It appears the UFC and Conor McGregor may be at a standstill. An offer has been made to book McGregor against Dustin Poirier in a rematch at lightweight on Jan. 23. Unfortunately, McGregor made it clear recently that while he’s more than happy to face Poirier again, he wants the fight booked in 2020 and
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If Jon Jones is ever going to fight Israel Adesanya, Daniel Cormier thinks that Jones may not want to wait too long. A war of words has erupted over the past few weeks between Adesanya, the UFC’s current middleweight champion, and Jones, a three-time light heavyweight champion, and a duel between the two stars somehow
ABU DHABI — Bantamweight Tony Kelley spoke with reporters backstage on Yas Island following his unanimous decision win over Ali AlQaisi at UFC Fight Island 5 and discussed why he was frustrated with his performance, concern over his opponent hitting the scales at the last minute during the weigh-ins, when he’d like to return, and
John Gotti III wants to create his own path as one of the top welterweight prospects in the sport, but he is proud of his last name and the attention that comes with it. Gotti III will look to improve to 6-0 when he faces Nick Alley in the main event of CES 61 on
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With UFC Fight Island 5 in the books, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Alexander K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon break down the top storylines from Saturday night’s event in Abu Dhabi, including Cory Sandhagen’s second-round finish of Marlon Moraes in the main event, and Joaquin Buckley’s “Knockout of the Year” candidate.
The Bellator Paris live stream online is for the Bellator Paris prelims Thursday afternoon. The Bellator Paris prelims are slated to begin at 1:45 p.m. ET. The portion of the card is as follows: Terry Brazier vs. Yves Landu Ilias Bulaid vs. Ivan Naccari Dominique Wooding vs. Fabacary Diatta Maguy Berchel vs. Lucie Bertaud Jean
MMA Fighting has UFC Fight Island 5 results fo the Moraes vs. Sandhagen event Saturday night, live blog of the main event, and live UFC Fight Island 5 Twitter updates. In the main event, Marlon Moraes and Cory Sandhagen will square off in a key bantamweight contest. Moraes and Sandhagen have both won four of
Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. Bienvenue! That’s right, you’re getting a bilingual greeting this week as we celebrate the arrival of
Tony Ferguson lashed out at Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor over a proposed fight with an extra charity purse, calling Poirier a “sellout” and McGregor “an international terrorist” on Twitter. Frustrated over inactivity, Poirier and McGregor agreed to a charity MMA match this past week, initially planning for a Dec. 12 date to be promoted
Eduardo Dantas is no longer a Bellator fighter. The two-time bantamweight champion told MMA Fighting that his contract expired after his past bout, a featherweight loss to Juan Archuleta in June 2019. “Dudu” wasn’t aware at the time that it was the final bout of his deal, and thinks it was for the better. “I
The UFC uses social media metrics to predict the buyrate of its pay-per-views. If YouTube views equal buys, the promotion is going to do pretty well when Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje unify the title at UFC 254. The full trailer for the Oct. 24 event on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi has already garnered