8:51 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN Bo Nickal showed he belonged in the UFC seven weeks ago. Fighting on Dana White’s Contender Series on Aug. 9, he made quick work of an overmatched opponent, choking out Zachary Borrego in just 1 minute 2 seconds. For that stunning show of brutal efficiency, Nickal earned a stream of
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It’s been revealed that a former MMA fighter allegedly wrote a chilling note threatening violence against his girlfriend’s family a year before her mother was murdered. Coverage of the death of Debbie Collier has been widespread since the discovery of her body on September 11. A day before, the Athens, Georgia resident had sent daughter
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will return to the APEX facility on Oct. 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the UFC Vegas 62 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on ESPN+, headlined by the 125-pound showdown between Top 10 flyweights Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araujo. Now they have an official poster. UFC Vegas 62 will also feature
Scott Coker is unsure if Dillon Danis will fight again: ‘We had a lot of high hopes’ We may have seen the last of Dillon Danis in the Bellator cage and never even known it at the time. According to Bellator president Scott Coker, Danis’ future is a mystery. “Dillon is a kid we had
Sep 25, 2022 Cris Cyborg won her first boxing match Sunday night. The legendary women’s MMA fighter crossed over into the ring and beat boxing journeywoman Simone Silva via decision at Fight Music Show in Cyborg’s hometown of Curitiba, Brazil. The bout went all eight rounds. It remains unclear whether it will count as a
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev has hit back at Michael Chandler for recent comments the former Bellator champion made about his recent wins. Makhachev will face Charles Oliveira for the vacant lightweight title at UFC 280 next month. It’s the pinnacle of a long road to the belt for Makhachev, who has won 10 straight
Yoel Romero is back on a winning streak. This past weekend (Sept. 23, 2022) in Dublin, Ireland, “The Soldier of God” dominated his way to a third round knockout against Melvin Manhoef in the co-main event (watch highlights). The victory marked Romero’s second in a row, getting his momentum rolling for the first time since
Cris Cyborg wins professional boxing debut in Brazil For the first time in her storied combat sports career, Cris Cyborg made her walk to the boxing ring on Sunday in Curitiba, Brazil. Cyborg is without question the most decorated female mixed martial artist. She’s the current Bellator women’s featherweight champion, the former UFC women’s featherweight
7:58 AM ET As UFC nears the end of its calendar year, there are still so many unanswered questions, especially among two weight classes that some of the promotion’s top fighters call home. Leon Edwards‘ fifth-round KO vs. Kamaru Usman at UFC 278 in August was a major shake-up for the welterweight division. What direction
Edivan Santos picked up a slightly confusing finish in his bout with Alison Vicente on the MMA portion of Fight Music Show 2 in Brazil. The former Contender Series fighter began the sequence when he stomped on his opponent’s lead knee about a minute into the second round. Vicente nearly sat down from the impact
Bellator MMA featherweight champion Cris Cyborg made her boxing debut last weekend in Brazil, defeating Simone Silva by way of unanimous decision at the “Fight Music Show 2” event in Curitiba. “I’m very happy,” Cyborg told FMS broadcast partner Combate after the win (via MMA Fighting). “Simone is a very tough athlete, a boxing pioneer,
UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira official event poster released In a fight that’s shaping up to be one of the bigger grudge matches in recent UFC history, middleweight champion Israel Adesanya takes on Alex Pereira in the UFC 281 main event. Pereira holds two wins over Adesanya in kickboxing including a knockout win in their second
Women’s MMA pioneer Cris “Cyborg” Justino made history in her boxing debut against Simone Silva. Cyborg came into her boxing debut with a long list of accolades, including being the current Bellator featherweight champion, as well as former UFC, Invicta, and Strikeforce champion. However, she decided that she wanted to try her hand at a
Jake Paul and Floyd Mayweather both have pretty sweet rackets set up. Jake Paul is making millions fighting over-the-hill MMA fighters. Floyd Mayweather is making millions fighting random opponents in Japan and Dubai. Floyd hasn’t said too much about Jake’s game, but of course Jake couldn’t resist ripping Floyd after his latest $10+ million paycheck
Sean O’Malley releases UFC 280 fight camp footage Bantamweight star Sean O’Malley released training camp footage as he prepares to take on former champion Petr Yan at UFC 280 on Oct. 22. The match will be O’Malley’s toughest test thus far. O’Malley (15-1, 1 NC) will enter the bout ranked No. 12 in the 135-pound
MMA fighter Erick Sánchez earned one of the most brutal one-punch knockouts of 2022 at Cage Warriors 143. Sánchez faced James Lynch at Cage Warriors 143 on Friday in San Diego, CA. The lightweight matchup was the main event of an under-the-radar card that featured plenty of exciting back-and-forth battles. Sánchez didn’t take long to
Few people in combat sports are happy with the quality of judging being provided by commissions around the world, but few have allowed their dislike for a specific judge to generate a hundred million dollar lawsuit. Once again, Jake Paul is taking things to the next level by doing just that. This whole story revolves
Bikini wearing Mackenzie Dern hoses herself off in Instagram video No. 5-ranked women’s strawweight contender Mackenzie Dern headlines this weekend’s UFC Vegas 61 fight card against No. 6-ranked Xiaonan Yan. Dern (12-2) is one of the most accomplished submission grapplers to step inside the octagon. Seven of her 12 wins have come by way of