PhotoCred: CBS Sports / Forbes Kayla Harrison is attempting to lure Cris Cyborg into accepting a fight with a winner take all offer. Harrison, is hungry, hungry to fight Cris Cyborg and claim another PFL title this year. The two time champ is ready to fight reigning Bellator featherweight champ Cris Cyborg. Cyborg is currently
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s no secret that Charles Oliveira didn’t want to fight Islam Makhachev. The Dagestani wrestler has undoubtedly earned the next shot, but the Brazilian (sort of) champion instead chased the money fight vs. Conor McGregor. He also did not want to give Makhachev something of a home field advantage by fighting
UFC 277 Thrill and Agony Video: ‘Julianna was the challenge that I needed’ Go behind the scenes to experience the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat for fighters and their coaches on fight night at UFC 277: Peña vs Nunes 2 and Moreno vs Kara-France 2. UFC 277 took place at American Airlines
12:19 PM ET UFC flyweight Molly McCann will look to continue her breakout year in 2022, when she takes on Erin Blanchfield in November. The UFC has added a 125-pound contest between McCann (13-4) and Blanchfield (9-1) to its UFC 281 lineup on Nov. 12 in Madison Square Garden. Both flyweights announced the bout on
A lightweight title fight between Patricky “Pitbull” Freire and Usman Nurmagomedov is in the works. It has been nine months since Patricky Freire won the Bellator lightweight title. During that time, many have wondered who would be next for him and when would he return. It seems both answers have been revealed as the next
UFC bantamweight contender Marlon Vera has given his take on the fighter pay debate. Over the last few years, the debate around UFC athlete pay has skyrocketed. Thanks to figures such as Jake Paul, many have attacked the promotion for their lackluster pay. While many sporting leagues such as the NFL and NBA split profits
Event: UFC San Diego: “Vera vs. Cruz”Date: Sat., Aug. 13, 2022Location: Pechanga Arena in San Diego, CaliforniaBroadcast: ESPN+ (4 p.m. ET Prelims | 7 p.m. ET Main Card) UFC San Diego Main Event On ESPN+: 135 lbs.: Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz UFC San Diego Main Card, ‘Prelims’ On ESPN+: 125 lbs.: Viviane Araujo vs.
Kayla Harrison and Cris Cyborg go at it over PFL multi-million dollar fight offer Many wanted to see Cris Cyborg fight Ronda Rousey but that fight never came to fruition. Now the fans are asking to see Cyborg fight Kayla Harrison and .. so far … that hasn’t happened. But now, PFL co-founder Donn Davis
1:24 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has broken bones in both hands and will require surgery, he wrote Monday on Instagram. The injuries were sustained in a unanimous decision loss to Stevie Ray in the PFL lightweight semifinals last Friday. Pettis wrote that his left hand and his right thumb are broken.
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev feels his upcoming title fight against Charles Oliveira came to fruition for only one reason. Makhachev and Oliveira will square off in the UFC 280 headliner on Oct. 22. The two top lightweight contenders will battle for the now-vacant lightweight title after Oliveira was stripped of the belt earlier this
Image Credit: UFC UFC lightweight Christos Giagos is officially out of his return at UFC Paris. ‘The Spartan’ has been out of action since his submission loss to Thiago Moises in June. The California-native was set to face Benoît Saint-Denis in France next month. The event is set to be the first UFC card in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Francis Ngannou isn’t the only fighter bulking up in the off-season. Alex Pereira is also packing on the pounds, but unlike “The Predator,” Pereira has a fight on the horizon! “Poatan” is scheduled to face UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 281 on Nov. 12. That’s
Former two-time UFC women’s strawweight champion Rose Namajunas has been enjoying some downtime since losing the belt to Carla Esparza in early May. Unsure when she’ll return to the octagon, Namajunas plans to pack on some muscle in the meantime and take it from there. “Win or lose, going into the last fight, I knew
11:11 PM ET One of the best prospects in all of MMA is on the cusp of a UFC contract. Bo Nickal, a former three-time NCAA Division I wrestling national champion, finished Zack Borrego via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:02 of the first round Tuesday night on Dana White’s Contender Series at the UFC Apex
Retired FBI Agent George Piro is using skills he learned on the job to help him succeed in BJJ. After years of serving his country as an FBI agent out of the Miami field office, George Piro has found a new passion, Brazilian jiu-jitsu. While on the job, Piro was an interrogator and was tasked
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will be looking to return to the win column in a big way at Bellator 284. Macfarlane ended her nearly year-and-a-half layoff back in April in Hawaii and suffered a decision loss to Justine Kish. After the loss, Macfarlane told Bellator she wanted to return as soon as possible and got her wish
Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira did not want to fight top contender Islam Makhachev for the 155-pound strap, so “Do Bronx” instead asked for alternate fights against Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz and when that didn’t work, he tried to negotiate a bigger paycheck. That’s according to a conversation Makhachev had on the “DC
Uriah Hall ‘stepping away’ from MMA Uriah Hall, who shot to stardom while appearing on The Ultimate Fighter, has announced he is stepping away from the sport. He made the announcement via a lengthy post on Instagram on Wednesday morning. “It is with great sadness that I will be stepping away from the greatest sport