Bellator 238 fight highlights: Cris Cyborg knocks out Julia Budd to claim featherweight title [embedded content] See the highlights and recap from Bellator 238: Budd vs. Cyborg from Saturday’s event in Inglewood, Calif. TRENDING > Cris Cyborg wins Bellator debut in devastating fashion becoming a four-promotion champion One of the most feared fighters on the
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1:09 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The shots came fast and with ferocity from Cris Cyborg. A knee. A left hand to the head, a right to the body. A hard right kick to the legs. Over and over. Before long, it was over. It was that kind of long combination, thrown with maximum force,
Image Credit: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Michael Chiesa insists his callout of Colby Covington isn’t personal. Chiesa emerged victorious in his bout with Rafael dos Anjos last night (Jan. 25). After the bout, Chiesa made his post-fight speech short and sweet. He simply called out Covington, who is coming off a fifth-round
UFC featherweight Nik Lentz showed a video of a brutal eye injury he sustained after being poked in the eye by Arnold Allen at UFC Raleigh. Lentz lost a unanimous decision to Allen on the undercard of UFC Raleigh. He took a ton of damage in the fight but was able to tough it out
Today we got the horrible news that retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter accident that claimed the lives of all nine people on board. Details are still trickling in regarding the incident but thus far it has been confirmed that his 13 year old daughter Gianna was also on board during the
Whether a basketball fan or not, there is hardly anyone on the planet that doesn’t know the name Kobe Bryant as synonymous with the burning desire for excellence in sports. Bryant’s flame was extinguished on Sunday. He and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, along with three other individuals, died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif.,
3:49 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. – The last time Cris Cyborg fought at The Forum, it was Dec. 29, 2018. That night, Amanda Nunes knocked her out to win the UFC women’s featherweight title. It was Cyborg’s first loss in more than 13 years. On Saturday, back within the same walls, Cyborg stopped Julia Budd
Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC Raleigh is in the books, and now it’s time for Reebok to pay the fighters their sponsorship money. UFC Raleigh (also known as UFC on ESPN+ 24) took place on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. The main card aired
Stephen A Smith has come under fire for his recent comments on the Conor McGregor vs Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone bout at UFC 246. The ESPN sports commentator recently criticised Cowboy’s performance after he was finished by the Irishman via TKO in 40 seconds of the first round. Members of the MMA community including podcast host
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was back at it again last night (Sat., Jan. 25, 2020) as UFC Fight Night 166 went down from inside PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. In the headlining act, Curtis Blaydes defeated Junior dos Santos via technical knockout in the second round to help him make a case for a
LOS ANGELES – On Saturday, May 9, SAP Center at San Jose will host Bellator with an event headlined by a light heavyweight world championship bout featuring two-division Bellator champion Ryan Bader (27-5, 1 NC) defending his 205-pound title against Russia’s Vadim Nemkov (11-2). Bellator San Jose: Bader vs. Nemkov airs on Paramount Network and
6:27 PM ET Former light heavyweight title challengers Anthony Smith and Glover Teixeira will headline UFC Fight Night on April 25, it was announced Friday. The event will take place in Smith’s home state of Nebraska, inside Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena. The 31-year-old Smith (32-14) hasn’t fought since he submitted Alexander Gustafsson in the fourth
Brett Johns tapped Tony Gravely at UFC Raleigh. The two fighters met in a bantamweight bout at the UFC Raleigh event on Saturday night (January 25, 2020) from the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on ESPN+. After a back and forth fight, Johns finally got his back where he landed a series of strikes
Bellator MMA is in Inglewood, California tonight for Bellator 238 which features the women’s featherweight title on the line as Julia Budd battles Cris Cyborg in the main event. Budd (13-2) is looking to defend her belt for the fourth time and extend her winning streak to 12. She won the inaugural featherweight title back
Bellator 238: “Budd vs. Cyborg” airs TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 25, 2020) from The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., streaming exclusively online via DAZN. Undefeated in her Bellator tenure, “The Jewel” Julia Budd (13-2) faces her most fearsome opponent to date in Cris Cyborg (21-2, 1 NC) with the women’s Featherweight title on the line. Bellator 238’s
Cris Cyborg happy with divorce from UFC and Dana White, excited for Bellator debut [embedded content] Cris Cyborg spent three years under fighting in the Octagon under the UFC banner, but by the end of her tenure, it was clear that her time with the UFC and Dana White had run its course. The relationship
5:51 PM ET The agent for Stipe Miocic said Friday there is still no firm time frame for the UFC heavyweight champion’s return to competition and that he could need additional surgery on his eye. “Mr. Miocic’s health is his top priority,” agent Jim Walter told ESPN. “Until we are 100 percent confident — or
Image Credit: Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Paige VanZant has to deal with yet another setback. VanZant was scheduled to meet Amanda Ribas on the UFC Brasilia card on March 14. It would’ve been “12 Gauge’s” first bout since Jan. 2019. Reports surfaced that VanZant is being replaced by Randa Markos. Paige VanZant Reveals