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There’s one last fight to be held before the page on the calendar turns from May to June this Friday night. On the eve of UFC 302 in Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center, the squared circle of boxing receives the primetime spotlight on DAZN. The 1,500-seat affair known as Red Owl Boxing is the host ven...
UFC 302 will serve as a full circle moment for Dustin Poirier, win or lose. The 35 year-old UFC showstopper gets his third opportunity at gold this weekend when he takes on UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev this weekend from Newark, New Jersey where Poirier hopes to finally hear the words,...
Douglas Lima won’t be joining his former foe Gegard Mousasi in free agency. The PFL’s acquisition of Bellator MMA hasn’t gone without some problems. The PFL purchased their rival promotion last year and are currently handling around 200 fighter contracts, plotting their next move. Several Bellato...
Rodtang Jitmuangnon will finally begin his 2024 campaign at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II. The Thai star was initially slated for a January superfight against Takeru Segawa but withdrew due to injury. Now fully healthy, “The Iron Man” is ready to get back to work on June 7 against Denis Puri...
Katsuki Kitano is ready for his breakout moment. He will get that opportunity in U.S. primetime when ONE Championship returns to Prime Video. On Friday, June 7, he meets one of the biggest names in the bantamweight Muay Thai division, Liam Harrison, at ONE 167: Tawanchai vs. Nattawut II. “Since h...
It’s not often that you get great MMA news on a Tuesday. This Tuesday after an extended weekend due to the Memorial Day holiday inside the United States brought with it a piece of news that MMA fans and fighters were most pleased to hear. Over the weekend, women’s MMA promotion Invicta Fighting C...
On a night that would have been game 6 in the NBA‘s Eastern Conference Finals, no 3-point buckets will be shot or made. Instead, thanks to the Boston Celtics sweeping the Indiana Pacers into the offseason with a narrow 105-102 victory on Monday, boxing takes center stage on the last night of the ...
Expect Elle Brooke vs. Paige VanZant to be ran back ASAP. The femme fatale would headline Misfits Boxing 15 last weekend in Houston, Texas and it did not disappoint. Brooke held her own throughout five rounds against the former UFC star, even dropping VanZant with a right hand in the first round....
We might have found Mike Perry‘s next opponent. The former UFC fighter has been making waves in combat sports and that’s thanks to a new promotional home inside the BKFC, where Perry has won five straight fights. Perry’s defeated the likes of former UFC Champions Luke Rockhold, Eddie Alvarez and ...
Your weekend of combat sports begins just a little early this week. There’s still a little bit of business to take care of in the world of competitive violence before the calendar turns to June. Karate is the focus on this Thursday night. Austin, TX is the host site for Karate Combat‘s latest sto...
Another Lee is set to step foot into ONE Championship at ONE 167. On Friday, June 7, Adrian Lee will make his MMA debut in a lightweight contest against Antonio Mammarella. With plenty of amateur experience, the talented teen is confident he will not succumb to any first-match jitters when he wal...
MMA fans the world over have had the chance now to calm down from the excitement that was Saturday’s Cage Warriors 172 from Newcastle, England. While it’s only late May, the card has the potential to be named the show of the year by the time the ball drops in Times Square in New York […]
It looks like Henry Cejudo has some options to choose from in his UFC return. In February, the former UFC Bantamweight Champion went back on his word when he said he was going to retire with one more loss in the Octagon. That came against #1 contender Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 298 by unanimous dec...
The 11th installment of Anthony Pettis Fighting Championships (APFC) comes your way on Saturday, May 25, with a jam-packed slate of fights taking place from the Baird Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The main event will see former Bellator title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez take on another wily vet...
The Misfits & DAZN X Series will remain active with a huge card marking the promotion’s return to the United States this weekend. MF & DAZN X Series 15 will take place from NRG Arena in Houston, Texas, and feature a headlining bout between former UFC star and OnlyFans model Paige VanZant, and Onl...
BRAVE Combat Federation, the self-proclaimed only “truly global” MMA promotion in the world, will put its claim to the test on Saturday, May 25 when it travel to Alkmaar, Netherlands for a huge welterweight main event. Former BRAVE CF champion and submission artist Marcin Bandel will look to get ...