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On week three of the latest season of Dana White’s Contender Series, standout NCAA wrestler Bo Nickal made his second professional mixed martial arts appearance against Zachary Borrego. With little resistance, Nickal took the fight down to the mat almost immediately and sunk in a rear naked choke, finishing Borrego in just over a minute.
UFC veteran Jim Miller has hit a roadblock in his quest to make UFC 300 the last fight of his long career in the Octagon. Miller lost to Alexander Hernandez last Saturday at UFC Vegas 69 after a back-and-forth three-round war. The loss snapped a three-fight winning streak and a career resurgence despite high mileage
Jon Jones has a reason as to why the Francis Ngannou fight didn’t happen. Ever since Ngannou became the heavyweight champ and Jones announced he was moving up to heavyweight, the hope was the fight would happen. But, after contract negotiations stalled, Ngannou was released from his deal and instead, Jones will now face Ciryl
The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxing Exhibition Tour™ returns to the ring for another “fight” this weekend, going head-to-head with former mixed martial arts (MMA) practitioner and Geordie Shore star, Aaron Chalmers. This is uncharted territory for the 46-year old Mayweather, who will fight his first-ever bout in the United Kingdom. And It’s all going down
UFC Vegas 70 Live Weigh-in Results The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 70 event at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas officially weighed in on Saturday to make their bouts official. The event is headlined by light heavyweight contenders, No. 6 ranked Nikita Krylov and No. 8 ranked Ryan Spann. Krylov is riding a
8:44 AM ET The UFC schedule is about to enter a monster stretch, with marquee pay-per-view events in Las Vegas and London within the next three weeks. UFC 285, March 4: Jon Jones at heavyweight, finally. UFC 286, March 18: Leon Edwards–Kamaru Usman trilogy bout — in London! There are other fantastic fights on those
Logan Storley isn’t interested in starting some UFC vs. Bellator debate. But in his mind, he’s about to battle for the top spot in the welterweight division across any promotion. Part of the reason he feels that way comes down to the admiration that Storley has for his upcoming opponent, Yaroslav Amosov, who is the
Along with the return of Jon Jones (as well as his heavyweight debut) against Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title, the Octagon pops back up in London a couple weeks afterward to host the grudge match between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Following each of those epic fights, eye-popping and crucial bantamweight matchups top
Drew Dober thinks that there’s a lot of UFC fans that would love to see him crack Paddy Pimblett with a few punches. The 34-year-old is coming off a Fight of the Night performance where he stopped Bobby Green in the second round last December. Dober had to overcome a difficult first round in order
Tyron Woodley doesn’t think Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury will be competitive. Paul and Fury are set to headline an ESPN Top Rank pay-per-view on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. It’s a fight both men have wanted and after it was booked twice previously but both times Fury pulled out but it will finally happen on
The highly-anticipated boxing match between Jake Paul and Tommy Fury is just a few more days away and both sides are champing at the bit. LIVE! Watch ‘Paul Vs. Fury’ On PPV THE TRUTH! International superstar and serial risk-taker, Jake “The Problem Child” Paul, will face the biggest challenge of his budding combat sports career when he takes on
UFC Vegas 70 weigh-in video: Nikita Krylov vs Ryan Spann The UFC Vegas 70 weighins video of main event fighters, Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann, officially as they weighed in on Friday. UFC Vegas 70 takes places at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday. [embedded content] UFC Vegas 70: Krylov vs Spann Weigh-in
11:53 AM ET Politicians in California are hoping to give back to retired fighters. A proposal in the California Legislature would set up a pension fund for former MMA fighters who have a certain number of fights in the state, bill sponsor Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) told ESPN. The legislation was introduced in state
John Lineker isn’t worrying about Fabricio Andrade’s outside-the-cage antics leading up to their rematch for the ONE Championship title Friday in Thailand. In fact, he’s amused by them. Andrade said on this week’s episode of the Trocação Franca podcast he was “surprised” his fellow Brazilian agreed to running it back right after their first bantamweight
Buzukja, a proud Albanian, brings a crew of passionate Albanian supporters to each of his fights, and is taking this as an opportunity to bring honor to his heritage from across the world. “I feel like a modern-day Alexander. I feel like a conqueror,” Buzukja said. “It’s kind of like a war-like mentality, but that’s
The UFC will feature a light heavyweight matchup between Nikita Krylov and Ryan Spann for UFC Fight Night 220 this Saturday. MMA News is here with the official weigh-in results and bout order! Krylov and Spann will fight to determine who will take the next step in the light heavyweight division in the main event.
Ryan Spann is set to headline UFC Vegas 70 against Nikita Krylov on Saturday but that was not always the plan. According to Spann, after he knocked out Dominick Reyes at UFC 281 in November, he was offered to fight Jan Blachowicz. However, when Jiri Prochazka got hurt and vacated the belt, the UFC was