Apr 25, 2023 Song Yadong meets Ricky Simon in the bantamweight main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The main card at the UFC Apex is on ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET, preceded by prelims on ESPN2 and ESPN+ at 4 p.m. Song (19-7-1, 1 NC) is coming off a fourth-round
Watch the pre-fight press conference for the BKFC 41 event on Thursday in Denver. The press conference features headliners Mike Perry and Luke Rockhold and other fighters as they answer questions for the media in advance of their clash on Saturday at 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. The press conference is open to the public
The highly anticipated bout was done in the blink of an eye. Dillashaw threw some punches, Cejudo responded, and the rest was history. Once the Olympian dropped Dillashaw, he swarmed without hesitation. As of January 2019, it would be the fifth-fastest knockout in any title fight at 32 seconds and that would be the bantamweight’s
Jack Hermansson will no longer be headlining the June 3 UFC fight card. According to MMA Mania’s Alex Behunin, Hermansson has suffered an injury and was forced to pull out of his main event scrap against Brendan Allen. At this time, it’s uncertain if the fight will be rebooked or if the UFC will be
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is just a couple of days in front of its highly-anticipated BKFC 41 event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (April 29, 2023) at 1STBANK Center in Broomfield, Colo., featuring former UFC sluggers “Platinum” Mike Perry and Luke Rockhold. In the BKFC 41 co-headliner, ex-UFC contender Chad “Money” Mendes
BKFC 41 Pre-Fight Press Conference Video The BKFC 41 press conference is coming to you live from Denver, CO on Thursday, April 27th at 5PM EST! BKFC 41: Perry vs. Rockhold takes place live on Sat. April 29th. The biggest BKFC event in history is taking over the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, April 29th, 2023!
The UFC keeps right on rolling this Saturday with another return to the Apex, headlined by a bantamweight prospect matchup between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon, so the No Bets Barred boys are back to break down their best bets. Co-hosts Conner Burks and Jed Meshew begin the show by recapping UFC Vegas 71 as
UFC FIGHT NIGHT: SONG vs SIMON Updates Due to injury, Brian Kelleher has been removed from his bantamweight bout with Journey Newsom. Replacing Kelleher will be UFC newcomer Marcus McGhee, who is 6-1 with all victories coming by way of knockout. This bout will be contested at a catchweight of 140 lbs. Due to injury, Ange Loosa has been removed from his welterweight
MMA analyst Michael Bisping has given his thoughts on Nate Diaz’s recent street fight incident in New Orleans. One thing we know to be true about Nate Diaz is that he’s unpredictable. From leaving the UFC to boxing Jake Paul and beyond, he always seems to be in the spotlight. In addition to that, he
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The Flyweight division simply cannot have nice things. Earlier this month, an absolute banger of an 125-pound match up was announced, pitting former UFC champion Deiveson Figueiredo vs. former RIZIN kingpin Manel Kape at UFC 290 in July. Figueiredo was finally moving forward from his Brandon Moreno quadrilogy, and Kape was
Israel Adesanya ‘grateful’ for rivalry with Alex Pereira UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya cleared out the middleweight division until an old rival, Alex Pereira, showed up in the fight promotion. Heading into their UFC 281 title bout, Pereira had beaten Adesanya twice in kickboxing, once by decision and once by knockout. In dramatic fashion, Pereira
12:38 PM ET Brendan Loughnane and Rob Wilkinson will look to continue their quests for back-to-back PFL championships on June 8, in the second round of the promotion’s regular-season matchups. Loughnane (27-4) will face Jesus Pinedo (20-6-1) in a featherweight main event of PFL 4. Wilkinson (18-2) will take on Will Fleury (12-3) in a
For Luke Rockhold and Mike Perry, the tension is palpable just days out from BKFC 41. The two UFC veterans are slated to headline BKFC 41 in a five-round affair this Saturday at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo. The bout serves as Rockhold’s bare-knuckle boxing debut following a successful 10-year run in the UFC,
In so many ways, Simon isn’t the same fighter he was when he was stopped by the UFC Hall of Famer. The Pacific Northwest standout lost a Fight of the Night scrap to Rob Font in his next bout, but since then, it’s been all Ws, with his five-fight win streak including three finishes and
UFC star Paddy Pimblett has given his thoughts on Bellator and PFL as fighters continue to sign deals with both promotions. While he may be a big star, Paddy Pimblett has had some troubles lately. In addition to some fans turning against him, the Liverpudlian is also currently on the shelf following ankle surgery. It
WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis stopped former national amateur titleholder Ryan Garcia in a 136-pound headliner last Sat. night (April 22, 2023) on Showtime pay-per-view (PPV) from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, a wildly successful boxing event and possibly the fifth best gate in Nevada fighting history. That’s according to Sports Business Journal. The
It might be an understatement to say the UFC has some questionable rankings. You would expect rankings to be questionable as they are subjective; however, in this column, I will point out rankings that I think are glaring mistakes. I will also analyze significant movement in the rankings that I agree with. Editorial Commentary by
UFC Vegas 72 is down to 11 fights after the rebooking of Pete Rodriguez vs. Natan Levy for a later fight card. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that Rodriguez vs. Levy will now take place at UFC Charlotte on May 13. Rodriguez suffered an illness that forced the