Feb 29, 2020; Norfolk, Virginia, USA; Megan Anderson (red gloves) fights Norma Dumont (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Chartway Arena. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports Norma Dumont defeated Aspen Ladd by unanimous decision in their women’s featherweight bout Saturday night at UFC Vegas 40. Dumont earned her third consecutive win, 49-46, 49-46,
We just witnessed a pretty epic finale to a trilogy of heavyweight fights between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, all three of which were spectacular to watch. Trilogies like that don’t come along very often in boxing, but we feel like MMA fans are a bit more spoiled. We’re in the midst of our own
The Bellator MMA cages was in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday for Bellator 268 featuring a light heavyweight title bout between champion Vadim Nemkov and Julius Anglickas. Not only was the belt on the line, the match was a semifinal bout in the Bellator Light Heavyweight World Grand Prix. Nemkov and Anglickas wasted little time before
Image Credit: UFC Islam Makhachev is a “better version” of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, says his manager Ali Abdelaziz. Makhachev returns to the Octagon later this month at UFC 267 when he fights Dan Hooker in an important lightweight bout between two top-10 ranked fighters. Makhachev is 9-1 overall in the UFC and
After losing twice to Israel Adesanya, Marvin Vettorri is doing all he can to convince himself that he’s still the better fighter. Vettori had his five-fight win-streak and title hopes dashed by Adesanya when the duo met for the second time at UFC 263 in June. In the years between that outing and their first
UFC returns to UFC APEX with an exciting women’s featherweight bout that will see No. 3 ranked bantamweight contender Aspen Ladd step in for injured Holly Holm to face Norma Dumont. In the co-main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski will take on rising prospect Carlos Felipe. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: LADD vs DUMONT will
12:46 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The question of who is the best light heavyweight in Bellator MMA might have been answered on Saturday night. That answer might or might not have come in the headlining title bout. Vadim Nemkov successfully defended his championship with a fourth-round submission of Julius Anglickas in the main event of
Norma Dumont is committed to the featherweight division and she’s hoping the UFC follows suit. Following a unanimous decision win over Aspen Ladd in the UFC Vegas 40 main event, Dumont has now won two straight at 145 pounds. Afterwards, she called for a possible interim title fight against Holly Holm after they were originally
Credit: UFC UFC Vegas 41 will be the promotion’s final Las Vegas-based event before the organization hits the road for back-to-back pay-per-view events in Abu Dhabi and New York City. The Oct. 23 card is headlined by a middleweight main event pitting two elite-level talents, and defeated former title challengers, in Paulo Costa and Marvin
UFC Vegas 40 was objectively pretty bad. Fortunately, we knew with reasonable certainty that it was going to be. Case in point: the main event lived up to its hype perfectly, which is to say, there was no hype, and the fight was a miserable experience for everyone involved. The rest of the card was
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PhotoCred: Instagram – @mieshatate Tonight’s UFC Vegas 40 event was headlined by a key women’s featherweight bout featuring Aspen Ladd taking on Norma Dumont. Ladd (9-2 MMA) was slated to compete two weeks ago, but was ultimately removed from that card after missing weight for her fight against Macy Chiasson at 135lbs. The 26-year-old most
The UFC Vegas 40 bonuses have been released. The event took place in Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. Headlining the card was a clash between Aspen Ladd and Norma Dumont. This fight saw them both put on a lackluster performance as Ladd didn’t do anything until the late fourth round. Dumont used
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Nunes (7-2, 1 NC) and Carnelossi (14-2) battled it out on even terms in the first, Carnelossi aggressively putting her opponent on the back foot early on before Nunes found her range and rhythm in the second half of the frame. Carnelossi got the fight to the mat briefly with under three minutes left in
Oct 15, 2021 The UFC’s women’s featherweight division is in an interesting spot, in that one terrific performance at 145 pounds can catapult a fighter into title contention. That is the backdrop for Saturday’s main event, featuring Aspen Ladd (9-1) and Norma Dumont (6-1). Both Ladd and Dumont have competed in the UFC’s 135-pound division,
MMA Fighting has Bellator 268 results for the Nemkov vs. Anglickas fight card Saturday night at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. In the main event, Vadim Nemkov will put his light heavyweight title on the line against Julius Anglickus as part of the Bellator Light Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament. Ryan Bader and Corey Anderson
Credit: ESPN UFC Vegas 40 takes place tonight (Oct. 16) from inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev. The card kicks off at 4:30 pm ET with preliminary action and is then followed by the main card at 7 pm ET. The entire event will air exclusively on ESPN+. MixedMartialArts.com will be dropping results