Caged Aggression, the Iowa-based MMA promotion known for its multi-night events, began rolling out its 25 scheduled fights this week for its upcoming March card, starting with both main events. The organization’s 20th two-night event has been touted as “historic”, with seven of its 25 fights having championship stakes.
On Thursday, Rizin held a press conference that announced their first fights for their final show of the year on New Year's Eve, Rizin 45. The promotion announced four fights which included two title fights. Here are the fights that have currently been announced.
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.
Badr Hari is set to make his GLORY return next month at GLORY 89. After an unprecedented turn of events which saw Hari withdraw from his main event clash against James McSweeney at GLORY 88 minutes before the bout was set to begin, GLORY have announced that the Moroccan kickboxing legend will be making his return to the ring against Uku Jurjendal at next month’s show in Bulgaria.
The long speculated next move for Jon Jones was finally revealed at the ceremonial weigh ins for UFC 290 with UFC president Dana White himself confirming that Jones will defend his UFC Heavyweight championship against a returning former champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in New York City.
After months of speculation and with talks of a potential matchup with the Gypsy King Tyson Fury appearing to stall, Aleksander Usyk’s next matchup has finally been confirmed. The Ukrainian will defend the WBA belt against young Briton Daniel Dubois on August 26th at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw Poland.
