Welcome to Midnight Mania! Paulo Costa might just be the biggest Middleweight on the roster. The 29-year-old Brazilian is not small at six feet tall, and then there’s the added weight of all that muscle. In the off-season, Costa has even swelled up to 220 pounds! The bulky Brazilian isn’t quite that heavy currently, but
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Just hours away from her scheduled bout versus Jesse Miele at Bellator 241 in March, featherweight Leslie Smith became one of the first fighters to have her fight and entire card scrapped due to the onset of the novel coronavirus. For Smith, who had seen just about every circumstance surrounding a cancellation before in her
Cat Zingano is very happy with her decision to part ways with the UFC and sign with Bellator. In the co-main event of Bellator 246, Zingano will be taking on Gabrielle Holloway in her promotional debut. So far, the former UFC title challenger has had nothing but praise for her new promotion. “It was a
7:26 PM ET In 2014, UFC strawweight Angela Hill became the first Black American woman to sign with the promotion, and on Saturday, she’ll become the first to headline a card when she faces Michelle Waterson in a Fight Night main event. Hill’s fight was originally scheduled to be the co-main event until Glover Teixeira
Image Credit: UFC (photographer not listed) Tyson Nam expects to earn another knockout win when he faces Matt Schnell at UFC Vegas 10. Nam is coming off his first UFC win as he scored a 32-second knockout win over Zarrukh Adashev back in June. For the Hawaiian, after the win, he was looking to make
With Glover Teixeira sidelined by coronavirus, strawweight veterans Michelle Waterson and Angela Hill will take over headlining duties for the upcoming UFC Vegas 10 main event, scheduled for this Sat. night (Sept. 12, 2020) inside UFC APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both “Karate Hottie” and “Overkill” were on hand earlier today (Sept. 10) to
Coming off of losses in his first two UFC fights, flyweight Tyson Nam needed to deliver in his June UFC Fight Night bout versus Zarrukh Adashev should he hope to stay with the promotion. Thankfully for Nam, he was able to do just that. Just 32 seconds into the fight Nam was able to finish
Gerald Meerschaert isn’t too happy with the UFC double-booking Khamzat Chimaev. On September 19, Meerschaert is set to fight Chimaev, but the UFC has already announced he will be fighting Demian Maia on Fight Island if he wins. So, for Meerschaert he doesn’t like the fact the UFC has double-booked his opponent. He also isn’t
5:23 PM ET The UFC wants to book a highly anticipated fight between Dustin Poirier and Tony Ferguson on Oct. 24, but it isn’t a done deal just yet. “I’m in,” Poirier told ESPN on Wednesday. “… I just need to be compensated if they want this fight. Simple as that.” Ferguson has verbally agreed
UFC heavyweight contender Alistair Overeem says that he “still has a score to settle” with rival Jairzinho Rozenstruik and he wants a rematch. Overeem is coming off of an impressive fifth-round TKO victory over Augusto Sakai at UFC on ESPN+ 34. The veteran heavyweight has won four of his last five fights by knockout, with
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Just how long can a grudge match simmer? Per ESPN, UFC is once again attempting to book Magomed Ankalaev vs. Ion Cutelaba, this time for UFC 254 on October 24. The two have technically fought once already, but Cutelaba played such an effective possum that the referee believed him, calling off
Watch Michelle Waterson choke out Paige VanZant ahead of UFC Vegas 10 [embedded content] In her second UFC fight Michelle Waterson secured a first-round finish over Paige VanZant in Sacramento. Headlining once again, Waterson faces Angela Hill on Saturday, Sept. 12, at UFC Vegas 10 (aka UFC on ESPN+ 35). (Video courtesy of UFC) TRENDING
Khama Worthy got his wish. Following Worthy’s win over Luis Pena, he called out the undefeated Ottman Azaitar. They were booked to fight on the canceled UFC 249 card so he wanted to finish what he started and share the Octagon with him. “We already prepared for this and it is a fun fight. I
9:07 AM ET The recipe for making it to the top of the sport is no secret: Win your fights. But that doesn’t always get a fighter where he or she wants to be, because there can be a traffic jam ahead in the rankings. Sometimes you just have to wait for others to fall
Image via moneyinc.com UFC President Dana White has reacted after the lineups for several recent UFC cards have been walloped by coronavirus-related shakeups. Last weekend’s UFC Vegas 9 card was particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 induced lineup changes, and ultimately went down with far fewer fights on the bill than originally anticipated. This weekend’s UFC
Bellator 245: “Davis vs. Machida 2” and Bellator 246: “Archuleta vs. Mix” take place this weekend (Fri., Sept. 11 and Sat. Sept. 12, 2020, respectively) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Phil Davis (21-5, 1 NC) and Lyoto Machida (26-9) will rematch in Bellator 245’s main event, while Juan Archuleta (24-2) and Patchy Mix
Vitor Belfort believes his sister was brutally murdered [embedded content] Former UFC champion Vitor Belfort recently spoke with Fightful MMA. Now with ONE Championship, Belfort spoke at length about his fight career and wanting to rematch Anderson Silva, but what really stood out were his comments about his sister, who has long been missing. Though
Leon Edwards doesn’t agree with Chael Sonnnen’s criticism. Sonnen recently came out and said Edwards does everything right inside the Octagon but doesn’t do anything right outside the cage. “You want to have a title fight or a big fight, the first thing you have to be is interesting,” Sonnen said on Ariel and the