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.
Nieky Holzken is returning to the global stage at ONE Fight Night 11. This time he will be back in kickboxing gloves, ready to embark on a path toward the top. After competing at ONE Championship’s tenth-anniversary event, ONE X, last year in Muay Thai, Holzken is ready to get back to his roots.
Cage Titans announced a major return for the promotion at Cage Titans 59 this past weekend. Jay "The Joker" Perrin will return to the promotion that saw his meteoric rise when he steps into the cage to face Lionel Young on July 22nd.
With the original bout inked for February falling through, and now both with a win under their resume since then, WBO super featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete will defend his title against Oscar Valdez on August 12th in Glendale, Arizona, at the Desert Diamond Arena, the same location their initial meeting was set to take place.