Ilima-Lei Macfarlane will be looking to return to the win column in a big way at Bellator 284. Macfarlane ended her nearly year-and-a-half layoff back in April in Hawaii and suffered a decision loss to Justine Kish. After the loss, Macfarlane told Bellator she wanted to return as soon as possible and got her wish
Former UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira did not want to fight top contender Islam Makhachev for the 155-pound strap, so “Do Bronx” instead asked for alternate fights against Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz and when that didn’t work, he tried to negotiate a bigger paycheck. That’s according to a conversation Makhachev had on the “DC
Uriah Hall ‘stepping away’ from MMA Uriah Hall, who shot to stardom while appearing on The Ultimate Fighter, has announced he is stepping away from the sport. He made the announcement via a lengthy post on Instagram on Wednesday morning. “It is with great sadness that I will be stepping away from the greatest sport
The UFC welterweight title is on the line when dominant champion Kamaru Usman defends his crown for the sixth time against British sensation Leon Edwards. Unbeaten in ten fights since their first meeting in 2015, Edwards now looks to even the score against “The Nigerian Nightmare” and make history as the first native of Jamaica
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UFC title contender Marvin Vettori could face six months medical suspension following UFC Vegas 41 bout with Paulo Costa, Dana White plans to put Marvin Vettori as UFC 271 backup fighter for Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker 2, Dana White on Mike Perry leaving the UFC and joining BKFC championship, Joanna Jedrzejczyk wants more money
12:28 AM ET Cris Cyborg‘s next fight won’t be inside an MMA cage — it’ll be in a boxing ring. Cyborg, one of the best women’s MMA fighters of all time, said on her “The Catchup” YouTube show Monday that she is in the process of finalizing a contract for her professional boxing debut. Cyborg
Like everyone else at the UFC APEX, former middleweight champion Michael Bisping was impressed by Bo Nickal’s second pro win in the DWCS headliner on Tuesday night. But the ex-champ and DWCS commentator included in his praise a healthy amount of skepticism in signing off on the three-time Division I champion as a future UFC
Karolina Wójcik had no issue with the size advantage Sandra Lavado possessed in Tuesday’s opener, as the diminutive Polish strawweight controlled the action throughout, earning a clean sweep of the scorecards in a 15-minute grind of a fight. The 27-year-old was the more active of the two in the opening stanza, got a little more
Former NCAA wrestling national champion Bo Nickal might’ve exceeded expectations in his quick win on Dana White‘s Contender Series. Nickal made quick work of Borrego in his DWCS headliner on Tuesday night. He was by far the most significant betting favorite on the card and one of the most hyped MMA prospects in recent memory.
The UFC has parted ways with another three fighters according to recent reports from @UFCRosterWatch on ‘Twitter’. It should also be noted that it has not been confirmed if all of these moves were outright releases or simply contracts which were not renewed. The three fighters recently removed from the UFC roster are listed below:
Bantamweight contention is on the line in San Diego, Calif., this Saturday (Aug. 13, 2022) when Marlon Vera puts his three-fight win streak on the line against division legend, Dominick Cruz, inside Pechanga Arena. The co-feature sees fast-rising Featherweight, David Onama, take on fellow brawling enthusiast, Nate Landwehr, while Devin Clark attempts to shut down
Dana White reacts to Donald Trump being raided by the FBI | Video On Monday, for the first time in American history, a former president’s residence was raided by the FBI. The FBI executed a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The search was reportedly part of an investigation into the
11:22 AM ET Bellator MMA has rebooked a featherweight matchup between Aaron Pico and Jeremy Kennedy in October, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. The 145-pound bout will take place at Bellator 286 on Oct. 1 in Long Beach, California. That event is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (33-5) and
UFC fighter Taila Santos has been accused by two former coaches and a manager of not paying them for her past three UFC bouts, including a 125-pound title fight with Valentina Shevchenko, but Santos denies the accusations. Local news outlet “O Município de Blumenau” first reported the situation. Santos’ former head coach and manager Marcelo
Hill, who resides in San Diego, enters on a three-fight skid and having dropped five of her last six. Now, three of those were close, split decision losses, and all of them came against ranked competition, but after getting close to cracking the Top 5 not too long ago, “Overkill” could really use a victory
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Jeff Monson has announced his upcoming retirement having fallen to defeat against a Russian Neo-Nazi in his most recent outing. Across a career spanning 25 years and over 100 professional combat sports fights, Monson has thrown hands with names like Daniel Cormier, Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Chuck Liddell, and Aleksei
(via Magomed Ankalaev & Anthony Smith’s Instagram pages) Anthony Smith suffered a critical loss at the hands of Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 277 on July 30. The former light heavyweight title challenger also endured a brutal injury in the form of a broken ankle. Smith, who burst on to the scene in 2018, has fought