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While the UFC packed up and left Salt Lake City early Sunday in the aftermath of UFC 307, the combat sports world is by no means out of Utah just yet. Six days after MMA‘s top promotion staged a pay-per-view event from Delta Center, karate and submission-only grappling take center stage in Salt L...
Somewhere in South Florida, a lion sleeps tonight. Amanda Nunes, the Lioness, wasn’t fighting and is in retirement but she won big in Salt Lake City. The longtime UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion was surely in the minds of many this weekend. Nobody, however, was thinking about her more than now ...
The UFC is an ever expanding promotion who are constantly on the lookout for new and upcoming talent from all over the globe. As of late, Dana White and the UFC have begun to tap into the Asian market more often in recent years. With their ‘Road to the UFC’ tournament now an annual occurrence, […]
Last Tuesday, 185-lb. prospect Torrez Finney finally earned a coveted UFC contract after three separate appearances on Dana White’s Contender Series over the past year. In the process, “The Punisher” not only punched his ticket to the biggest MMA promotion on the planet, but he also became the fi...
The month of October is here in the UFC. It’ll be a big one with two pay-per-view events, including tonight’s card from Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UFC 307. All told, tonight’s event features 12 fights from MMA‘s top promotion inside the home of the NBA‘s Utah Jazz, beginning at 6:30 pm ET/ 3...
A New Dawn, A New Day The career resurgence of John Lineker in ONE Championship continued on Friday night as he picked up his second consecutive professional Muay Thai victory in dynamic fashion, knocking out Alexey Balyko inside the opening round. “Hands of Stone” came into this fight at ONE Fig...
UFC 307 is set to go down at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday. There will be two titles on the line. Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira is set to try and defend his belt against Khalil Rountree Jr. Before that, bantamweight queen Raquel Pennington will look to keep her t...
Usually, a Sunday night entails that people who work Monday through Friday winding down from the weekend in order to get ready for the 40-hour workweek that looms in slightly over 12 hours time. For a fleet of MMA fighters setting foot in the Hoosier State of Indiana, however, this isn’t the case...
While there’s no playoff baseball on the docket today in MLB, there’s still a barrage of big hits to be dished out on this Friday. Bangkok is the host city for ONE Championship‘s latest card, ONE on Prime Video 25 from Lumpinee Boxing Stadium (alternatively titled ONE Fight Night 25). Tonight’s c...
The King Of Rio Jose Aldo returns to action this weekend at UFC 307 as he takes on surging prospect Mario Bautista in Salt Lake City, UT. Aldo beat another up-and-comer in the 135-lb. division, Jonathan Martinez, by unanimous decision at UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro, and this fight at the Delta Cent...
ONE Championship returns to Lumpinee Stadium on Friday, October 4, with ONE Fight Night 25. The card continues ONE’s exciting blend of martial arts action with kickboxing, MMA, and Muay Thai contests. It is a great way to relax on a Friday fall evening. ONE Fight Night 25 airs for free on Prime V...
It’s a rare Sunday of MMA to cap off a packed first weekend of October in the world of competitive violence, so while the foliage begins to play its part, you can pull up a chair and pour yourself a nice glass of apple cider as you watch the fights. This Sunday features two UFC […]
On Sept. 28, 2001 at UFC 33 (appropriately titled Victory in Vegas) , Dave Menne stepped into the Octagon to face Gil Castillo for the vacant UFC Middleweight Championship. By then, he was a veteran of nearly 40 fights with a record of 30-7-2. He was also very well traveled, having fought in vari...
Everybody loves a doubleheader in sports. In the baseball parlance, a doubleheader means two for the price of one. What a better way to celebrate the first day of the League Division Series in MLB than to have a doubleheader… of MMA action. That’s just what the UFC‘s got planned for Saturday nigh...
It’s an exciting time to be a sports fan in the state of Utah right now. The NHL has set foot in Salt Lake City, bringing with it the remnants of the former Arizona Coyotes to comprise the new Utah Hockey Club, with an official moniker launching next season. In basketball, the Utah Jazz began […]
Bantamweight In A State Of Flux? An air of uncertainty looms over the women’s bantamweight division ahead of UFC 307 this coming weekend. Raquel Pennington is set to make the first defence of the belt she laid claim to by beating Mayra Bueno Silva last January, although the uninspiring nature of ...