Bellator 244 took place tonight (Aug. 21) inside the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut airing on the Paramount Network and DAZN. You can view the full Bellator 244 results here. In the main event, Vadim Nemkov stunned Bellator MMA fans around the world when he TKO’d Ryan Bader in the second round. Nemkov unleashed a
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Image via @jonnybones on Instagram (photographer not listed) Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones reacted to Ryan Bader’s knockout loss to Vadim Nemkov at Friday night’s Bellator 244 event. Jones was all over the news this week after the surprise announcement that he was vacating the UFC light heavyweight title. In the wake of
Bellator 244 “Bader vs. Nemkov” took place Friday, August 21, 2020 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. In the headlining bout of the third card since Bellator MMA’s return, “champ-champ” Ryan Bader (27-5, 1 NC) put his Light Heavyweight title on the line against Russian juggernaut Vadim Nemkov (11-2). The first round was razor
The Bellator MMA cage was at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. on Friday for Bellator 244: Bader vs. Nemkov headlined by the light heavyweight title fight between duel-division champion Ryan Bader and Vadim Nemkov. Bader holds both the Bellator MMA heavyweight and light heavyweight titles. He captured the 205-pound championship in June 2017
8:35 AM ET It took more than 13 years, but Frankie Edgar has finally lost his battle with the people who want him to cut weight. My opinion: No one has fought the good fight against weight cutting as much (or as well) as Edgar. In a sport in which the majority of athletes cut
[embedded content] We are all set for Bellator 244. The card will take place tonight (Aug. 21) inside the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. There will be no fans in attendance. The main card will air live at 10 p.m. ET on Paramount Network and DAZN. Peep the Bellator 244 weigh-in results here. The
Image via @ufc on Instagram Fight fans now have the opportunity to relive Frankie Edgar’s dazzling knockout win over Chad Mendes. During The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale in Las Vegas in December, 2015, Edgar faced off against “Money” in the main event. The former lightweight champion was able to land a big left hook on
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from kicking off its UFC on ESPN 15 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, topped by a bantamweight headliner between Top 5 contender Pedro Munhoz and former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. The action gets underway this Sat. night (Aug. 22, 2020) inside UFC APEX in Las
UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar LIVE weigh-in video [embedded content] Watch the UFC on ESPN 15: Munhoz vs. Edgar weigh-ins live on Friday, Aug. 21, at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT on MMAWeekly.com. The weigh-in video will be available for on-demand viewing immediately following the live stream. UFC on ESPN 15
1:16 AM ET The two men fighting for the UFC middleweight title next month got into a heated verbal exchange Thursday night. Israel Adesanya, the division’s champion, and challenger Paulo Costa fired pointed barbs during a satellite interview with Michael Eaves on SportsCenter. At one point a fiery Costa even unbuttoned his shirt to show
The UFC rankings have been updated following UFC 252! Check out all the changes below! Men’s Pound for Pound: Daniel Cormier drops one spot to #7 following his loss to Stipe Miocic in the UFC 252 headliner, with Alexander Volkanovski moving up to the #6 spot. Meanwhile, Justin Gaethje rises to #8, and Max Holloway
Image Credit: Bellator Andrew Kapel is looking to go 2-0 in Bellator. On the main card of Bellator 244, Kapel is returning following his November knockout win over King Mo. It was King Mo’s retirement fight, and now Kapel is excited to get back in the cage and try and beat another big name in
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Welcome to the “Chito” show. Marlon Vera’s strategy ahead of UFC 252 may or may not have involved injuring Sean O’Malley’s leg with calf kicks and checks, but it certainly worked! When presented with a wounded foe, Vera pounced, absolutely smashing his opponent with an elbow from top position to secure
While the novel coronavirus impacted MMA fighters in various ways, some were more directly affected by it than others. Case in point: lightweight Joe Solecki. Originally slated to face Austin Hubbard at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov in June, Solecki was forced off the event after testing positive for Covid-19. “The only reason I
11:41 AM ET Frankie Edgar called Clint Wattenberg in late June with some questions. It was about two weeks before Edgar’s scheduled bantamweight debut. In more than a decade with the UFC, the former lightweight champion had never really cut weight before. He never needed to. Unlike most high-level MMA fighters, Edgar always walked around
Former Bellator lightweight champion Michael Chandler is testing free agency, but it looks like he has his eyes on a fight with Dustin Poirier in the UFC. Chandler is a three-time Bellator lightweight champion who is on a two-fight win streak at the moment since dropping the 155-pound strap to Patricio Freire in May of
Patricio Freire, who holds the Bellator featherweight and lightweight titles, expects his former foe Michael Chandler to sign with ONE Championship. Chandler, the former Bellator lightweight champ, recently concluded his current Bellator contract with a knockout win over former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. While he’s expressed interest in moving to the UFC for fights
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bantamweight contender Pedro Munhoz has done enough work at 135 pounds to secure himself a spot in the Top 5 of the division rankings, though it’s safe to say “The Young Punisher” doesn’t plan to rest on his laurels. The good news for Munhoz is that a victory over a “living