From time to time in MMA, you will be witness to something that you would not ordinarily get to see on a fight night. Consider this Saturday night one of those times where you can witness one of those rare moments in our sport.
While Urijah Faber's A1 Combat will play host to its second "Night of Champions" event in A1 Combat 15, the rarity comes in the first title fight of the evening. This has the potential to be an exciting night and an exciting fight.
When you think of an MMA fight night, you generally think of three nights on the weekly calendar. Usually, a fight night will occur on Thursday or Friday in the case of the PFL, Friday in the case of Bellator, or Saturday in the case of Cage Warriors and/or the UFC.
Ordinarily, Sunday is a night off for the sport as the fighters recuperate and rest up to heal from an aggressive week in training camp and the fans get ready for a new week at work beginning the next morning. On this particular Sunday, however, around all of the NFL action and the CFL's Grey Cup Game, you've got fights to watch.
This weekend, the "Sunday Scaries" won't be there for you. Instead, Anthony Pettis' APFC heads to Milwaukee for APFC 9.
Between Friday night and Sunday afternoon, absent of any postponements throughout fight week, a total of eight championships will be awarded across three promotions. California's A1 Combat is giving out half of these available belts this Saturday night.
Don't look now, but the last weekend prior to the Thanksgiving holiday is one filled with championship fights across MMA. Between Bellator, A1 Combat,...
It's been a chaotic few months outside of the cage for Bellator MMA. Although reports exist regarding a sale of Bellator to the Professional Fighters League (PFL), nothing official has been confirmed.
Bellator 301 (Friday, 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT, Showtime) from Wintrust Arena in Chicago is the final show of the 2023 calendar of events for the promotion and also the final event from Bellator to air on the Paramount Global-owned cable network.
One of the most ferocious fighters to ever grace the Octagon, Anthony Johnson lives on in the memory MMA fans across the world as we approach the first anniversary of his untimely death last November.
It's a tradition as old as time. If you go to a wedding reception, regardless of the couple's background or the setting of the soiree, the evening will generally begin with a toast to the newlyweds and also a prayer from the assembled guests that the union will be a long and happy one.
