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Hu Yong is known as the “Wolf Warrior,” and he will howl again for ONE Championship at ONE Fight Night 22. The #5-ranked flyweight contender will battle #4-ranked Reece McLaren on Friday, May 3, in U.S. primetime. Known as a warrior, it’s unsurprising that he is gunning for a finish in Bangkok, T...
ONE Championship will see another American Muay Thai athlete trying to make an impact when Sean Climaco debuts at ONE Fight Night 22 against Josue Cruz. The flyweight striker won the Road To ONE tournament to secure a contract, and he gets his first bout on the global stage on Friday, May 3. The ...
Saturday is a huge day on the sports calendar. Where does one begin to talk about the smorgasbord of action? Aside from the third and final day of the NFL Draft in Detroit, Game 4s in the NBA Playoffs first round, the start of week five in the UFL on FOX, there’s a full day […]
As per a press release, the PFL Europe card taking place in Newcastle on June 8th is a certified banger. Headlining the card will be boxing world champion, Savannah Marshall, who will make her professional MMA debut having signed for the promotion last year. We now know that her opponent in Newca...
Billy Goff (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is looking to go 2-0 in the Octagon when he meets Trey Waters (8-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) for his sophomore UFC appearance at UFC St. Louis on Saturday, May 11. Goff finished Shimon Smotritsky on the Contender Series and rode that momentum into a TKO win over Yusaku Kinoshita...
Competitive violence is on the menu once again this weekend. Friday night, while gridiron football fans have their eyes fixated on the Motor City of Detroit for the second and third rounds of this year’s NFL Draft, MMA takes center stage south of the border (down Mexico way) for LUX Fight League’...
Ben Tynan will not have to wait long for his next chance to shine. After a dominant showing earlier in April, he will be right back in action for ONE Championship in June. The Canadian heavyweight will return to action at ONE 167: Stamp vs. Zamboanga at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Tyna...
Jamahal Hill took some time to reflect on what happened at UFC 300. UFC 300 Aftermath The return to the top didn’t go as expected for the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, who was coming off a nasty ruptured achilles injury last summer. In Hill’s first fight back, he was knocked out by curre...
One featherweight fighter has peaked Movsar Evloev’s interest. The Road To Gold The #5-ranked UFC contender isn’t far away from fighting for the world title. Russia’s Evloev stands at a perfect 18-0 record with six of those wins coming inside the Octagon. Still though, the championship pay-off ha...
The world’s most violent roadshow makes a few more stops this weekend. On this final weekend of April, not everybody will be paying attention to the NFL Draft in Detroit. MMA‘s 2024 world tour makes a few more stops on its itinerary later on this week, and one promotion’s got two championships to...
Another great spring afternoon is on tap, but not everybody’s going to be outside. MMA fans have good reason to stay indoors today because DAZN has some live fights on tap beginning at 12 noon ET/ 9 am PT with Oktagon MMA‘s Oktagon 56. Today’s card originates from Resorts World Arena in Birmingha...
Another weekend of MMA gets started later on tonight. While the UFC’s on a bye week this time around, there’s no shortage of competitive violence to be had. Wintrust Arena in Chicago is the host venue for PFL 3, the final card before the promotion takes more than a month off for a hiatus before […]
Smilla Sundell is getting ready for her next title defense. The astonishing talent of the teen sensation will return at ONE Fight Night 22 on Friday, May 3. As the Swedish superstar prepares for Natalia Diachkova, she leaves no stone unturned as she learns from other Muay Thai greats. As another ...
ONE 167 continues to get loaded with amazing action. On Wednesday, ONE Championship announced the addition of “The Iron Man.” Rodtang Jitmuangnon returns to battle Denis Puric in a flyweight kickboxing battle on Friday, June 7, from Bangkok, Thailand. Rodtang has not been back in action since his...
ONE 167: Stamp vs. Zamboanga will mark the professional debut of the next great Lee. After signing in December, 18-year-old Adrian Lee will step inside the Circle for his first bout in ONE Championship on June 7. He will try to make a splash in the lightweight division, where his brother, Christi...
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) began in the early 1990s. It was a brash experiment to see which of the many martial arts styles would prove most effective in real combat. What started as a one-event showcase has turned into a leading global professional mixed martial arts (MMA) organiza...