1:11 AM ET Douglas Lima got his win — and his title — back. Plus, much more in one of the highest stakes bouts in Bellator history. Lima defeated Rory MacDonald by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-45, 50-45) in the main event of Bellator 232 on Saturday night at Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun. With the victory, Lima
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Image Credit: Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Jorge Masvidal hasn’t forgotten about his loss to Demian Maia and wouldn’t mind getting a chance to run it back. Earlier today (Oct. 26), Maia went one-on-one with former Bellator and ONE Championship titleholder Ben Askren. The bout headlined UFC Singapore. In the third round, Maia
The finals of the Bellator Welterweight Grand Prix took place on Saturday with familiar faces meeting in the Bellator 232 main event. Welterweight champion Rory MacDonald faced former titleholder Douglas Lima at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. in a rematch with the 170-pound championship on the line. MacDonald captured the Bellator MMA welterweight belt
Bellator 232 “MacDonald vs. Lima 2” took place Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The finals of the year long Welterweight Grand Prix saw champion Rory MacDonald (21-5-1) put his title on the line in a rematch with Douglas Lima (31-7). A close first round had very little action and
Jorge Masvidal wants a chance to run things back with Demian Maia following the Brazilians impressive submission victory over Ben Askren. Maia defeated Askren with a rear-naked choke submission (see that here) in the third round of today’s UFC Singapore event. The victory marked Maia’s third in a row, as the submission ace had previously
12:05 PM ET Demian Maia has still got it. He left no doubt about that Saturday. The Brazilian jiu-jitsu master beat Ben Askren by submission with a rear-naked choke at 3:54 of the third round in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Singapore. Somehow, quietly, at 41 years old, Maia has put together
One UFC bantamweight weighed in on Nate Diaz’s UFC 244 drug testing hoopla and he took the opportunity to rip USADA. Diaz will indeed meet Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244, but things were looking quite shaky momentarily. The Stockton native claimed to be off the card due to adverse findings in his drug test. Diaz
The mixed martial arts (MMA) community already knew Nate Diaz did nothing wrong when he failed a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug test earlier this week, but now they have final confirmation. Diaz has been exonerated by USADA for any wrongdoing after it was discovered that an organic, vegan, plant-based multivitamin had contained the
Former UFC champ Randy Couture leaves hospital after surgery for heart attack [embedded content] (Courtesy of TMZSports / Video may be limited by broadcast restrictions in certain areas.) Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Randy Couture suffered a heart attack earlier this week, but he has already had surgery and left the hospital under his
Image: @natediaz209 on Instagram Earlier this evening it was announced that USADA had cleared Nate Diaz of any wrongdoing and the Stockton native was now eligible to compete at UFC 244. Diaz had taken to Twitter earlier in the week claiming that he was no longer fighting in New York because he had been flagged
12:41 AM ET Brett Okamoto Close ESPN Staff Writer MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Marc Raimondi LAS VEGAS — Nate Diaz is eligible to compete against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 244 on Nov. 2 in New York. Period. “The fight is ON!!!,” UFC president Dana White
UFC Singapore goes down today (Sat. October 26, 2019) from the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy. It’s headlined by a meeting between Demian Maia and Ben Askren in a welterweight showdown. The former title contender beat Anthony
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to invade Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore, this morning (Sat., Oct. 26, 2019) to stage UFC Fight Night 162, which streams exclusively on ESPN+. Headlining the event will be a Welterweight match up between two of the best grapplers in the game, as Demian Maia takes on Ben
In a bazaar 24 hours, the UFC 244 main event between Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal has been turned on its head. Diaz tweeted on Thursday that he was out of the fight because of an adverse drug test result that indicated “elevated levels,” though he failed to identify the substance. He went on to
Image via @ufc on Instagram Nate Diaz and Jorge Masvidal were expected to battle for the UFC’s first and only BMF title at UFC 244, scheduled for November 2 in New York. Regrettably, Diaz has had a run-in with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which has cast doubt on this main event contest. While
1:25 PM ET The California State Athletic Commission has removed a temporary suspension on UFC bantamweight Aspen Ladd‘s licensure, which had barred her from competing at 135 pounds in the state of California. The commission has also removed a note of concern regarding Ladd’s weight in the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports database.
Fernando Quiles Jr., MMA News Rory MacDonald has learned a lot since the last time he fought Douglas Lima. The two have built a competitive rivalry in the welterweight Grand Prix where they both seemed to always know that they would be facing one another in the end. Now that Bellator 232 is here, MacDonald
Nate Diaz took it upon himself to tell the mixed martial arts (MMA) community that he was no longer competing in the UFC 244 pay-per-view (PPV) main event next month in New York City, thanks to a wonky drug test returned by United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). I’m sure even someone who cares as little