8:23 PM ET UFC flyweight Cynthia Calvillo has been forced to withdraw from a scheduled bout against Lauren Murphy at UFC 254 next week in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, and has been replaced by UFC newcomer Liliya Shakirova. Calvillo (9-1-1) was forced to pull out of the bout after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday,
Usually, Cris Cyborg makes opponents submit to her fists. This time, she did it with a choke. Cyborg battered Arlene Blencowe before securing a second-round submission to notch the first defense of her Bellator featherweight title and her first career submission in the headliner of Bellator 249, which took place Saturday at Mohegan Sun Arena
Bellator 249: “Cyborg vs. Blencowe” is set to air tonight (Thurs., Oct. 15, 2020) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg (22-2, 1 NC) makes her first title defense in the promotion against “Angerfist” Arlene Blencowe (13-7). Bellator 249’s main card will air on CBS Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET.
The Bellator MMA cage was at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut on Thursday for Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. Blencowe. Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg put her title on the line against Arlene Blencowe in the fight card’s main event. Cyborg captured the title by defeating former champion Julia Budd in January. On Thursday,
After Jim compares Zoom backgrounds and Matt tells a story about his crazy morning, “The Korean Zombie” Chan Sung Jung and coach Eddie Cha join the show! They discuss how Jung persevered through an eye injury for several months leading up to Jung’s bout against Frankie Edgar, getting a lot of money to be on
Joaquin Buckley’s viral KO over Impa Kasanganay is now breaking UFC records as Buckley heads into his next UFC bout. At UFC on ESPN+ 37, lots of major action took place, including Cory Sandhagen TKOing then-#1 bantamweight contender Marlon Moraes. But no happening from this past Saturday got people talking more than Joaquin Buckley’s knockout
There has been a lack of clarity around who is next for UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. “The Great” beat Max Holloway via Unanimous Decision for the title at UFC 245 on December 14, 2019. And then Volakanovski successfully defended it via Split Decision in the immediate rematch at UFC 251 on July 12, 2020. Since then, there
ONE Championship featherweight titleholder Martin Nguyen says he’ll be better than ever when he steps into the cage with streaking challenger Thanh Le on October 30. The bout will be Nguyen’s first since August, 2019, and the champion is unsurprisingly very excited to get back into the cage—particularly when so many athletes are unable to
6:58 PM ET Conor McGregor is in. McGregor revealed on Twitter that he has accepted a Jan. 23 fight against Dustin Poirier. However, he also said he wanted the fight to happen at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. “Jerry Jones is a friend and the stadium can hold our crowd,”
Pitbull Brothers vs. Straight Blast Gym Ireland turned into a hot rivalry outside the Bellator cage. But the company initially wasn’t able to match fighters from opposing teams. That changes on Nov. 12, when Patricio Freire puts his featherweight title on the line against Pedro Carvalho. His older brother Patricky Freire was expected to get
I know you’re not sick of hearing about UFC welterweight prospect Khamzat Chimaev just yet, so here’s another eight minutes of “Borz” talking about random fights that aren’t booked and probably won’t happen! The UFC flavor of the month was shipped to “Fight Island” in Abu Dhabi to serve as back up for the promotion’s
Though he was unable to pick up the finish for the first time in his career in his win this past February over Marco Hutch at Bellator 239, light-heavyweight Christian Edwards is nonetheless pleased with how the fight turned out. In particular, Edwards was happy he was able to feature parts of his game that
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Islam Makhachev’s team is not giving up on finding him an opponent for UFC 254, and now lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is offering a potential title shot to Michael Chandler if he defeats Makhachev. Earlier today it was revealed that Islam Makhachev has been officially removed from UFC 254 after the promotion failed to find
While best known for his grappling and submission prowess, UFC featherweight Brian Ortega can also mix it up while standing as he has shown in his career thus far. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To
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Image via @ufc on Instagram (photographer not listed) Undefeated UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya (20-0 MMA) continues to torment Paulo Costa following their clash at UFC 253. ‘Stylebender’ and ‘The Eraser’ collided in the headliner of last month’s UFC 253 pay-per-view event on Fight Island. While many were expecting the contest to result in a
7:30 PM ET UFC superstar Conor McGregor announced Wednesday that he will return to the Octagon and face Dustin Poirier as the main event of UFC 257 on Jan. 23, and he’s hoping the fight will be held at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Will the UFC, which hasn’t hosted an event