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Smilla Sundell had an eventful week prior to ONE Fight Night 22. The ONE Championship star lost her ONE Women’s Strawweight Muay Thai World Championship on the scale but still main-evented with Natalia Diachkova. After an early storm, Sundell rallied to win by TKO in the second round.
The city of St. Louis is buzzing this time of year. In the world of gridiron football, the UFL‘s BattleHawks enter week seven of the 10-week regular season having gone 5-1 overall over the first six weekends of play ahead of an anticipated road game Saturday afternoon against the league’s last re...
On this Mother’s Day weekend inside the United States, MMA fans all over, as well as everyone else, are struggling to figure out what to get Mom for the holiday. If your mom is a fan of competitive violence, here’s a helpful hint: Forget the roses and the expensive brunch at a banquet hall. This […]
This weekend the 24th annual US Sumo Open makes its way back to the Walter Pyramid at California State University Long Beach in Long Beach, California. The biggest sumo event of the Western Hemisphere will usher in the May Grand Sumo Tournament at the Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.
Akbar Abdullaev made a statement that he should be considered the top-ranked featherweight contender in ONE Championship. At ONE Fight Night 22, he maintained his perfect professional record with a crushing KO over Halil Amir. The bonus-winning performance meant a lot to the ascending contender.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz’s recent resurgence took a hit in Rio. Following a five-fight losing skid, the former UFC title challenger started anew and strung together four wins in a row at strawweight. Kowalkiewicz, 38, had that momentum going for her in her return at UFC 301 where she’d face the much...
Highway robbery or right decision? Everybody’s got an opinion on who won the UFC 301 main event between Alexandre Pantoja and Steve Erceg. Many thought the flyweight champion would be way too much for the green #10 contender Erceg to handle, but the Western Australian was as game as they come in ...
In MMA, just like in all of sports, everybody loves a champion. We like seeing the champion defend their title and we like seeing a new champion win the title away from the former champ. After all the training sessions and media obligations get finished, it all comes down to the fight itself. Onc...
It’s a monthly happening across many American homes: Before at least one Saturday night every three to four weeks, fans go on ESPN+‘s website, pay the $69.99 (USD) fee (if they choose to take advantage of the $10 discount for preordering ahead of the Tuesday 3 am ET deadline on fight week) or $79...
After 15 years of fighting in the UFC Welterweight division, Matt Brown has decided the time has finally come to step away from it all. On Saturday, Brown took to social media to announce his retirement from MMA.
Before UFC 301 and Canelo vs. Munguia get underway this evening, some daytime MMA comes your way this afternoon (US time) from Festhalle in Frankfurt, Germany. Czech Republic-based Oktagon MMA sets up shop in the city for its only live event in the month of May, Oktagon 57. Live coverage begins a...
More action from ONE Championship is on the way later tonight with ONE on Prime Video 22. Tonight’s card will be shown on Amazon Prime Video inside the United States and Canada only, with the fights getting underway at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT from Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, where it’l...
The final act of a huge Saturday in sports sees the MMA world tour make a stop in Rio de Janeiro. While fight fans are torn between boxing and the UFC, Dana White‘s promotion offers up a flyweight championship as the capper of UFC 301. For the first time in more than a full year, […]
It’s finally here. On Saturday night, if you’re not a Star Wars fan marathoning the original trilogy, you might be watching combat sports. While UFC 301 is in progress in Brazil, one of boxing‘s biggest events so far this year will be taking place. We’ve already outlined the fact that fans have a...
After an electric start to her ONE Championship career, Bianca Basilio suffered a minor setback in her last outing. The talented BJJ ace dropped a decision to Tammi Musumeci in May 2023. The Brazilian talent returns at ONE Fight Night 22 on Prime Video on Friday, May 3, to get back in the win col...
The ONE Fight Night 22: Sundell vs. Diachkova weigh-ins take place on Thursday, May 2, from Bangkok. ONE Fight Night 22 Weigh-Ins & Hydration You can catch all the action from the weigh-ins & hydration tests live, right here on MMASucka.com beginning at 6 a.m. EST/3 a.m. PST. Watch the ONE Champi...