Brian Shaw has recently announced that he will be making the switch to MMA after calling an end to his illustrious strongman career after been crowned “The Strongest Man on Earth” in his last ever contest.
Absent of any cancellations or postponements between now and Saturday, Cage Warriors 161 features a packed 11-fight card. Highlighting the night's activities is a battle at 155 lbs. in the Cage Warriors 161 main event.
The popularity of CFFC events in the area has forced president Rob Haydak to seek out a larger venue for their upcoming date in Tampa, CFFC 126. Rather than hold the show at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, they're taking their act to the Florida State Fairgrounds this Friday night.
As if that was not enough cause for concern for fans of competitive violence, reports began to circulate that Showtime would begin to wind down its boxing coverage and no longer offer a regular series of fights from Premier Boxing Champions after 2023 in anticipation of the expiry of the contract between the two parties in 2024. The network is committed to producing pay-per-view events next year to satisfy the remainder of its contract.
San Diego's Pechanga Arena plays host to the landmark Bellator 300, although officially, this card is the promotion's 306th lifetime show. As usual, Showtime is the place for the action inside the United States.
Singapore-based ONE Championship has placed the first two treats in the bag this Friday as the promotion returns to Amazon Prime Video for the second consecutive weekend for ONE on Prime Video 15. Live coverage of the card begins at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on the subscription-based streaming platform.
After being absent from our screens last weekend, the UFC will make its return this Saturday with Grant Dawson taking on Bobby Green in the main event of the evening. Several sections of fans online have been critical of the main event and the card as a whole, which perhaps lacks some of the big and well known names that are usually littered across almost every UFC event.
Incumbent titleholder Jonathan DiBella (11-0 kickboxing, 1-0 ONE Championship), a veteran of GLORY Kickboxing, defends his strap for the first time when he meets challenger Danial Williams (24-9 kickboxing, 0-2 ONE Championship). As with all kickboxing title fights, the ONE on Prime Video 15 co-main event is an advertised maximum of five rounds at three minutes per round.
