UFC champ Charles Oliveira looking for featherweight division, Jake Paul says Kamaru Usman bout in works, Beneil Dariush gets surprise from Tesla, Elon Musk, Derrick Lewis caught thief trying to get into his SUV car, TJ Dillashaw vs Cory Sandhagen set for 24th July event, Michael Chandler praises UFC 262 winner Charles Oliveira and much
“It was very important,” Silva said of his statement TKO victory over Buys in March. “Now I have a new chapter of my life, I can restart again. Coming from no car to a bonus, a new contract and everything, I’ve been really happy.” Going 1-2 with a no contest was not the way Silva
Cris Cyborg, Bellator 259 Bellator 259 took place this evening at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, a thirteen-bout fight card headlined by Cris Cyborg vs. Leslie Smith 2. Cyborg (24-2 MMA) and Smith (12-9-1 MMA) had originally collided under the UFC banner in May of 2016, with the Brazilian emerging victorious by way of first
12:45 PM ET Juliana Velasquez has her first Bellator title defense booked. The new Bellator women’s flyweight champion will face top-tier kickboxer Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 262 on July 16 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, the promotion announced Friday. The undefeated Velasquez beat Ilima-Lei Macfarlane to win the title this past December. Bellator 262
Bellator 259 takes place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, live on Showtime! The main event will see the return of the legendary Cris Cyborg, who will be defending her featherweight championship against Leslie Smith. The closing odds have Smith listed as a +850 underdog, with Cyborg a monstrous -1450 favorite. A
Invicta FC has a new flyweight champion after Karina Rodriguez outpointed Daiana Torquato and atomweight champion Alesha Zappitella defended her belt despite a spirited effort from Jessica Delboni at Invicta FC 44. Rodriguez earned a unanimous decision with scores of 50-45, 49-46 and 48-47 for a superior striking attack at distance that nullified Torquato’s clinch
Bellator 259: “Cyborg vs Smith 2” is set to air TONIGHT (Fri., May 21, 2021) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., broadcasting via Showtime. Current women’s Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will rematch Leslie Smith in the headlining act, while Darrion Caldwell faces Leandro Higo in the co-main event. Bellator 259’s main card will air
UFC Vegas 27 live results: Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 27 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.
Strikeforce: Revenge was an extended card with heavy action in mind. Six prelims and six main card bouts were hand-picked for as much excitement as the matchmakers could find for the 10,000+ fans in San Jose. Per the usual for Strikeforce events, the fans in attendance and those at home were far from disappointed. 10
7:52 AM ET Four years ago, Cody Garbrandt delivered an all-time classic, five-round performance against Dominick Cruz to capture the UFC’s bantamweight championship. Garbrandt hasn’t looked the same since. Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Garbrandt (12-3) and Rob Font (18-4) at the Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET, prelims at
Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is ready to get back in the cage, and is eager to recapture his former glory. Recently, Rockhold dared to be great in an attempt to move up a weight class and carve out a new title run, but it turned out his light heavyweight debut performance would come against
Image Credit: UFC UFC Vegas 27 has lost one of its fights after flyweight Raulian Paiva fell ill during a tough weight cut and had to be hospitalized. MMAFighting.com’s Damon Martin first reported that Paiva got sick during his weight cut and was pulled from the card. His scheduled flyweight bout against fellow top-15 ranked
MMA Fighting has Invicta FC 44 results for the Rodriguez vs. Torquato fight card Friday night at the Police Athletic League in Kansas City, Kansas. In the main event, Karina Rodriguez will square off against Daiana Torquato for the vacant flyweight title. Rodriguez has won three of her past five fights, while Torquato is on
If former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman had masculine shins like longtime 185-pound rival Luke Rockhold, then perhaps the “All American” would not have broken his leg at the UFC 261 pay-per-view (PPV) event last month in Jacksonville. “I wish him all the best,” Rockhold told The Schmo (transcribed by Chris Taylor). “You know, that’s
Nielsen has released a report entitled ‘How the World’s Biggest Sports Properties Engaged Fans in 2020’ and it makes interesting reading for anyone who follows the MMA industry. Among the 20 market leaders featured in the report are the UFC, ONE Championship and Bellator. Using a combination of data sources the report analyzed the fan
Beneil Dariush is on a six-fight win streak heading into his UFC 262 co-main event fight with Tony Ferguson in Houston. Check out his rare spinning elbow finish and the rest of the finishes from his UFC career so far. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT
The Californian has consistently proven sports books wrong by avoiding complacency in her training. After her losses she went back to the drawing board and changed things such as her nutrition and worked heavily to change the way she thought about training. “I think a couple years ago, before I kind of got on my
6:12 PM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is no longer on the UFC roster. The perennial UFC middleweight contender broke his arm in a submission loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 262 last Saturday in Houston. It turns out that it was the final fight on Souza’s UFC contract and he is now a free agent,