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MMA analyst Michael Bisping has reacted to the news that Dan Hardy will face Diego Sanchez in an exhibition boxing match. When it was announced that Ricky Hatton would be returning to the ring for an exhibition bout, many fans were equally intrigued and a bit put off by the idea. Still, at the very

Jessica Andrade delivered the goods last night (Sat., April 23, 2022) at UFC Vegas 52 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the former UFC women’s strawweight champion made a big return to the division with a first-round submission finish over Amanda Lemos. It was the first-ever standing arm-triangle stoppage

UFC Vegas 52 Bonuses: Jessica Andrade earns an extra $50,000 for rare submission finish Following Saturday’s UFC Vegas 52 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, UFC officials announced the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from the event. Fight Of The Night: Dwight Grant vs Sergey Khandozhko This was the sort of battle that

11:19 PM ET Welcome back to the strawweight division, Jessica Andrade. Andrade (23-9) submitted Amanda Lemos (11-2-1) via standing arm-triangle choke just 3:13 into their UFC Fight Night main event Saturday in Las Vegas. The early finish marked the first by standing arm-triangle choke in UFC history. It was also Andrade’s first appearance at 115

Jéssica Andrade showed that she’s still a strawweight title contender by defeating Amanda Lemos with the first standing arm triangle submission in UFC history. Andrade secured the win just over three minutes into the main event bout, marking a successful return to the strawweight division. The former champ is now riding a two-fight win streak,

The Octagon remains in Nevada for tonight’s UFC Vegas 52 event, a twelve-bout fight card headlined by Amanda Lemos vs. Jessica Andrade. Lemos (11-1-1 MMA) will enter tonight’s headliner sporting a five-fight winning streak, her latest being a split decision victory over Angela Hill. Prior to defeating ‘Overkill‘, the Brazilian was coming off back-to-back first

Bellator MMA will stage its second event in as many nights later TONIGHT (Sat., April 23, 2022) as Bellator 279 goes down from inside Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. Headlining the event is a women’s Featherweight title fight as Cris Cyborg defends her belt against Arlene Blencowe for the second time. Also, the

UFC Vegas 52 Results: Jessica Andrade taps out Amanda Lemos and makes history A women’s strawweight bout between No. 10 ranked Amanda Lemos and former champion Jessica Andrade headlined Saturday’s UFC Vegas 52 fight card. Lemos entered the fight riding a five-fight winning streak, but didn’t get out of the first round at the UFC

1:08 AM ET Liz Carmouche fought twice for a UFC title. In Strikeforce, she challenged for gold once. In each of those three opportunities, the women’s MMA pioneer came away emptyhanded. Carmouche was finally able to exorcise her championship demons Friday night. She rallied for a come-from-behind TKO victory at 4:47 of the fourth round

UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling says his beef with Petr Yan is strictly based on competitiveness inside the Octagon. Sterling edged out Yan via split decision in their rematch at UFC 273. Their rematch took more than a year after their first fight ended in disqualification after Yan landed an illegal knee late in the

Scott Coker has revealed that fans will likely see a Patricio Pitbull and A.J. McKee trilogy bout in the future. The two featherweights are coming off back to back clashes with one another. Their first encounter at Bellator 263 in July 2021 saw McKee win the Bellator Grand Prix by submission. Their follow-up bout at

Seconds after the women’s Flyweight title fight between Juliana Velasquez and Liz Carmouche concluded last night (Fri., April 22, 2022) at Bellator 278 was stopped in the fourth round by referee Mike Beltran, protests and criticism ensued. Beltran called an end to the fight in the closing seconds of the fourth round after Velasquez —

Liz Carmouche stops Juliana Velasquez with elbows to capture Bellator women’s flyweight title Liz Carmouche became the Bellator MMA women’s flyweight champion on Friday by defeating Juliana Velasquez in the Bellator 278 main event. Carmouche had fought for a UFC championship twice, once in two different weight classes. She came up short at bantamweight against Ronda

11:31 AM ET The UFC has announced it will stage an eight-man tournament across four men’s weight classes later this year, in the hope of signing new Asian talent. The “Road to the UFC” initiative will start on June 9 and June 10, and will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium. The UFC is hosting

It wasn’t looking good early for Bellator welterweight Blake Perry’s professional debut, but he ended up earning a finish at Bellator 278. Perry faced Makoa Cooper on the Bellator 278 prelims on Friday night. He signed with Bellator after a 5-3 record on the amateur MMA scene. Cooper had his way on the feet in

Ike Villanueva knows it’s likely do-or-die for his UFC career on Saturday. Villanueva is 1-4 in the UFC and coming off back-to-back knockout losses but in his last fight, he thought most of those shots were to the back of the head. With that, he says he appealed the loss but the commission didn’t overturn

Bellator 278 is set to go down later TONIGHT (Fri. April 22, 2022) from inside Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring a women’s Flyweight title fight between champion, Juliana Velasquez, and No. 1-ranked contender, Liz Carmouche. Bellator 278’s main card will air on Showtime at 10:30 p.m. ET, with “Prelims” undercard action beginning

Michael Chandler adopts second child just two weeks before UFC 274 Former Bellator champ turned instant UFC fan favorite, Michael Chandler has announced the birth of his adopted son, Ace. “So blessed to add another son to the Chandler family. Ace Chandler was born April 19th. The blessings of adoption have enriched our lives more