Credit: Jason Burgos Combate Global’s year-end tournament tradition is back and MixedMartialArts.com will be covering it live from inside “La Jaula” with the Copa Combate results. The card is built around a one-night, eight-man tournament featuring fighters from the US, Peru, Ireland, France, Chile, Spain, Mexico, and Argentina. The tourney will be contested in the
EARLY PRELIMS Middleweight Bout: Andre Muniz () vs Eryk Anders () Women’s Flyweight Bout: Miranda Maverick () vs Erin Blanchfield () Flyweight Bout: Alex Perez () vs Matt Schnell () UFC 269 COUNTDOWN: Oliveira vs Poirier | Nunes vs Peña | Full Episode Featherweight Bout: Ryan Hall () vs Darrick Minner () Bantamweight Bout: Randy Costa () vs Tony Kelley ()
Conor McGregor calls for Ireland vs. Brazil title fight with Charles Oliveira On any given day former UFC champ-champ, Conor McGregor, is calling out someone. On Monday morning he’s chosen to hype a fight with the newly defended UFC lightweight champion, Charles Oliveira. McGregor took to Instagram to call out the fighter, more politely than
Chael Sonnen and Conor McGregor – UFC Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen believes Conor McGregor’s title aspirations will be doomed if Dustin Poirier wins at UFC 269. Poirier (28-6 MMA) is set to challenge reigning UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira (31-8 MMA) in the headliner of tomorrow night’s pay-per-view event in Las Vegas. ‘The
Claressa Shields is willing to take the fight to Jake Paul beyond the boxing gym and into the court of law. This Saturday, Jake Paul returns to pay-per-view when he meets Tyron Woodley in a rematch of their August clash. However, the YouTuber may have another fight on his hands if he and his representatives
UFC 269 went down last Sat. night (Dec. 11, 2021) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring an action-packed night of dominant wins, epic knockouts and bookie-busting upsets to close out the promotion’s pay-per-view (PPV) slate for the year. Plenty of fighters were left feeling the post-fight blues, including championship co-headliner Amanda Nunes. “Lioness”
8:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Julianna Peña’s face was blank, and emotionless. She was on her knees and reached over to hug Amanda Nunes. A Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) inspector came over and pointed Peña to her corner, where a ringside physician tended to Peña’s bruised left eye. Peña had just beaten the
It’s one of the most cliché sayings in MMA that what makes the sport so great is that anything can happen, that even the most invulnerable seeming Goliaths can be have their careers upended by the lowliest of Davids. Well, on Saturday night at UFC 269, MMA fans were treated to a stark examples of
Elite MMA coach John Kavanagh sees the shocking Amanda Nunes loss at UFC 269 as just another example of what makes the sport so special and complicated. Julianna Pena (11-4) stunned the MMA world on Saturday night in Las Vegas when she was able to do what no woman has in over the last seven
With the vast amount of farmland in the state, “the real” Ohio sometimes gets overshadowed. Jordan explains that while there’s always going to be the rural muscle of Ohio represented in sports, it’s Garbrandt that carries the grit that carries more weight in inner-city Akron. “I can’t speak for other guys, but, for me, I
Dana White on Cody Garbrandt’s future: ‘He’s been clipped a few times now’ Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt suffered his fifth loss in his six outings to Kai Kara-France at UFC 269 on Saturday. It was Garbrandt’s debut in the flyweight division. Kara-France spoiled any hopes Garbrandt had about making a splash in the new
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Mehdi Dakaev KO at EFC 43 Mehdi Dakaev (13-2 MMA) scored an unbelievable knockout victory over Makkasharip Zaynukov (11-3 MMA) at today’s Eagle FC 43 event. EFC 43 took place in Moscow, Russia earlier today and the lightweight bout between Dakaev vs. Zaynukov served as the event headliner. As seen in the video clips below
Newly crowned UFC bantamweight champion Julianna Peña is ready and willing to fight whomever the UFC puts in front of her, but there are three names she specifically has in mind. At UFC 269, Julianna Peña pulled off the upset of the year and one of the biggest upsets in UFC history when she submitted
The 13th annual Fighters Only World MMA Awards went down Friday December 11th from the Worre Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada and based on the pictures we saw, a ton of MMA royalty were in attendance dressed to the nines. Some interesting choices won in a couple of categories — Herb Dean landed Best Ref
12:07 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Julianna Peña swore she’d do it. She swore she would take out the greatest of all time in double champion Amanda Nunes. Next to no one believed her. Then she went out and did exactly that. Peña (11-4) scored one of the biggest upsets in mixed martial arts history
LAS VEGAS — Flyweight Gillian Robertson speaks with reporters following her first-round submission win over Priscila Cachoeira at Saturday night’s UFC 269 event at the T-Mobile Arena and talks breaking the UFC women’s submission record, her opponent’s attempts to gouge her eye, when she wants to return, and more.