8:45 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he finally bought a house in South Florida. Horiguchi, the current Rizin bantamweight champion and former Bellator
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Jon Jones’ latest arrest came on September 24th in Las Vegas after a confrontation with his fiancé that prompted his kids to ask hotel security to call the police. Police reports included grisly details of the incident, including blood on his fiancé and on the bed of their hotel room. That led to a misdemeanor
Khabib Nurmagomedov takes a hilarious jab at Dana White Khabib Nurmagomedov and UFC president Dana White are good friends so when Nurmagomedov took a jab at White in a recent interview, we can assume it was all in good fun. Nurmagomedov, who has been slowly turning from fighter to coach in the last year has
PhotoCred: talkSport / Sportskeeda Khamzat Chimaev wants to prove that he fears no man. The undefeated “Borz” is fresh off of two strong performances following his battle with COVID-19. On Monday, Chimaev took to Twitter to let two former champions know that he’s interested – one particularly larger than the other. Let’s fight till one
Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions Friday, December 3 on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is eager for a fight. “Borz” is not all that far removed from throttling Li Jingliang at UFC 267 back around Halloween (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s already picked up another “W” in a wrestling match vs. UFC Middleweight Jack Hermansson. The Chechen athlete is still unsatiated, and he’s taken to
Conor McGregor has two fights left on his UFC contract, says trilogy with Nate Diaz will ‘1 billion percent’ happen Nate Diaz will always be the guy that handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss when they first fought at UFC 196 in March 2016. McGregor avenged the loss five months later at UFC 202,
PhotoCred: Sportskeeda Khabib Nurmagomedov won’t be changing his mind anytime soon when it comes to the UFC lightweight title picture. The former king of the division recently shared his thoughts on the matter when telling former challenger Justin Gaethje that he “fell asleep” in his lone undisputed opportunity. Despite a recent victory in an instant
Ciryl Gane might be trying to get into the head of his opponent Francis Nagnnou before their fight. Ciryl Gane is currently holding the UFC heavyweight interim belt. That means he has a one-way ticket to a championship bout with Francis Ngannou. The two will meet up in January to settle the debate about who
7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of
Frank Mir took a massive blow from opponent Kubrat Pulev in the Triad Combat main event last weekend in Texas, and according to the official ruleset, the former UFC champ had the opportunity to take a knee and make good use of a mandatory eight count. Didn’t happen. In fact, nothing happened, prompting play-by-play man
UFC Hall of Famer and winner of the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter Diego Sanchez has been battling COVID-19 for weeks. “The Nightmare first revealed his diagnosis on social media on Nov. 19 but had been suffering symptoms for several days before making the post. “Shitting, coughing, pukin, constant hot cold fevers, pain in
Image via@trailblaze2top on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former UFC middleweight contender Kevin Holland has announced that he will be dropping down to the welterweight division in 2022. Holland took to his social media this week to officially confirm that he is indeed dropping down to 170lbs next year. For Holland, he has competed in the
Michael Chandler is again standing up for the UFC amid constant criticisms of their fighter pay structure. One of the biggest topics of 2022 has been that of UFC fighter pay. The debates surrounding this issue have been a common one for many years now. However, this year has particularly been newsworthy after big names
Triller Fight Club returned on Saturday night with another oddball night of combat sports, this time with their new sub-promotion Triad Combat (watch the highlights here). The concept: a triangular boxing ring where fighters box with smaller gloves and clinch fighting is allowed. The apparent idea is to give MMA fighters more of a fair
Former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor continues to heal from a broken leg suffered in his UFC 264 trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier. In the closing moments of the opening round against “The Diamond,” McGregor’s leg broke immediately halting the fight. The Irishman underwent surgery the following day and has been on the mend since
Newly-crowned Bellator lightweight champion Patricky Pitbull pointed out the next challengers for his Bellator lightweight title. Pitbull recently won Bellator’s vacant 155lbs title when he knocked out Peter Queally. The belt was recently vacated by his brother Patricio Pitbull, who let go of his lightweight belt in order to focus on his rematch with AJ
The limbs of combat sports continue to branch out, and in the case of the TFC & PFC, it is going in two completely opposite directions. At this moment, you may be wondering what the heck TFC & PFC stand for. Team Fighting Championship (TFC) and Pillow Fight Championship (PFC) are two new forms of