Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 17, 2023, 12:21 AM ET The story going into the fight was all about Patricio Freire. “Pitbull” is the best fighter in Bellator history, the only athlete on the roster to have four different championship reigns across two weight classes. On Friday night, Freire was trying to make history by
Roosevelt Roberts kicked off season 31 of The Ultimate Fighter with a highlight-reel nine-second finish. But before getting the call for a second chance with the UFC, Roberts contemplated calling it a career. Roberts, a member of Michael Chandler’s team as they battle it out against a squad coached by Conor McGregor throughout TUF 31,
It’s the kind of joy that comes on the heels of victory, and when Motta rebounded from a stoppage loss to Jim Miller in February of last year to halt Cameron VanCamp in a single round seven months later, he could finally breathe. He had his first UFC victory out of the way, and it
Tonight, the light heavyweight main event featured champion Vadim Nemkov taking on Yoel Romero at Bellator 297 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Ill. After a delay to begin the Bellator 297 preliminary portion, the card cruised through with five fights in a little over an hour, plus the highly-anticipated three-main card fights to lead into
Professional kickboxer Ulric Bokeme lost more than just a match Saturday afternoon (June 17, 2023) at GLORY Collision 5 from inside Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as the 32-year old middleweight had his front teeth knocked out in a TKO loss to Michael Boahpeah. After a few minutes of back-and-forth action the two middleweights had
Nobody in boxing wants to fight heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, but mixed martial artists from Jon Jones to Francis Ngannou keep beating down his door. Fury says that he has been in talks with both, including fielding a recent offer from the UFC. How the Tyson Fury, Jon Jones, Francis Ngannou fiasco started Talk about
Jun 17, 2023, 12:45 AM ET There’s plenty of action across MMA over the weekend with PFL Regular Season: Heavyweights and Women’s Featherweights and Bellator 297 in Chicago on Friday night and UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday. In Friday’s action, defending champions Ante Delija and Larissa Pacheco got wins, but only one
Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou finally came face-to-face at the PFL 5 card in Atlanta on Friday night. While an actual fight between them seems highly unlikely to ever happen — at least any time in the near future — the heavyweights still stared each other down while sharing a few words. At one point,
That’s why Silva didn’t blink when his manager informed him that he had the opportunity to step into a high-profile bout with ranked lightweight contender Arman Tsarukyan. Saturday’s Full Fight Card Preview | Main Event Preview “I check my phone and I see my message from my manager, and I look at the message and go ‘Oh
Current UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former title holder Francis Ngannou exchanged words during tonight’s PFL event in Atlanta. It was only a month ago today when news broke that ‘The Predator’ had found a new home under the PFL (Professional Fighters League) banner. Francis Ngannou had of course parted ways with the UFC
Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou finally came face-to-face Friday night (June 16, 2023) during a cageside encounter at PFL 5 from inside Overtime Elite Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Jones and Ngannou share a history that goes back years. While they never actually squared off inside of the Octagon, the two heavyweights were always on a
Video Emerges of Conor McGregor leading woman into bathroom Less than 24 hours after the news broke that a woman had accused former two-division UFC champion Conor McGregor ‘violently raped’ her, a video has emerged of the two entering the bathroom at Kaseya Center. The unnamed woman alleges that the Heat and NBA security separated
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
Kayla Harrison hasn’t fought since losing a decision to Larissa Pacheco in the 2022 PFL lightweight tournament final. Pacheco is open to another bout — under the right circumstances. Pacheco, who cut down to featherweight to compete in the 2023 season and beat Julia Budd this past April, said on this week’s episode of MMA
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
Tristar Gym head coach Firas Zahabi believes something was off with Beneil Dariush at UFC 289 last weekend. Last Saturday night at UFC 289, Beneil Dariush faced Charles Oliveira in the co-main event. While Dariush seemed to be faring pretty well in the first few minutes, it didn’t take long for Oliveira to take over.
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
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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