Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2023, 08:48 AM ET Patricio “Pitbull” Freire had just regained his Bellator featherweight title a few minutes earlier when he approached Scott Coker in the bowels of SAP Center in San Jose, California. “Pitbull,” Bellator’s franchise star, had a proposal for Coker, the promotion’s president, that night in April
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Underneath the crucial bantamweight headliner between former champion Holly Holm and the upstart Mayra Bueno Silva, featherweights Norma Dumont and Chelsea Chandler duke it out to settle their feud. In addition, heavyweight knockout artist Walt Harris returns to action as he takes on Jash Parisian. Flyweight knockout specialist Tyson Nam also returns against Azat Maksum
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Power Slap is now more popular than NHL. That’s according to UFC President Dana White, who created the cheek-checking league last fall. Unlike the decrepit old blowhards at NHL, who skated past the idea of using younger, hipper marketing partners like NELK, White and Co. embraced the next generation of social media influencers and put
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UFC Vegas 75: Vettori vs. Cannonier Face-Offs Video Following the official UFC Vegas 75 Weigh-in, the athletes faced off with their opponents ahead of stepping inside the octagon with them on Saturday at the UFC Apex. UFC Vegas 75 is headlined by a match between middleweight contenders Marvin Vettori (19-6-1) and Jared Cannonier (16-6). Both men are looking to
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MMA Fighting has Bellator 297 results for the Nemkov vs. Romero event and more from Friday’s action at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the main event, light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov goes for a fourth defense of his title when he faces Yoel Romero. In the co-main event, featherweight champion Patricio Freire looks to make
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Supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the weekend of events embodies the vibrancy of the country and showcases it as an exemplary destination for international sporting events. Singapore sits alongside other major international locations to regularly hold UFC events, including Abu Dhabi, London, Las Vegas, and New York City. “We can’t wait to put
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Welcome to Midnight Mania! “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz is a legend of the game. Of course, most fans know Ortiz for the dominating wrestling and punishing ground strikes that saw him capture the UFC Light Heavyweight title 23 years ago, but real fans are also well-aware of Ortiz’s status as a (former)
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Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, who also held gold at 145 pounds, was accused of “violent” sexual assault on Thurs. stemming from a post-game incident that allegedly took place after Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Kaseya Center in Miami. McGregor denied the allegations in a brief statement from his representatives. “The organization
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