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Chris Weidman has a few things to scratch off his bucket list before he hangs up the gloves. ‘The All American’ is still up and at it fifteen years after he started his professional career in Atlantic City. This week, Weidman returns to the place where it all began for him as he makes the […]
It doesn’t happen in most MMA promotions based out of North America, but you’ll see it happen on Friday night if you’re a spectator with tickets for A1 Combat 19 in Wheatland, CA. Most often, when you think of fighters competing at strawweight, you’ll think of women competing at a championship ma...
Julian Erosa (29-11 MMA, 7-7 UFC) got back into the win column in emphatic fashion when he submitted Ricardo Ramos (16-6 MMA, 7-5 UFC) with a guillotine choke minutes into their back-and-forth featherweight affair at the UFC Apex on March 23. Erosa cinched a tight guillotine at 2:15 into the figh...
ONE Championship has unveiled two super-fights for its return to the United States on Friday, September 6, per the Denver Post. After a sterling debut in May 2023, ONE will make landfall back in Denver, Colorado, for ONE 168. The event will take place inside the Ball Arena and feature some of the...
Another fight, another promotional pit-stop for Luke Rockhold. You heard that right, the former UFC Middleweight Champion has booked his return outside of the Octagon. On Tuesday, it was announced that Rockhold had signed with Karate Combat and is slated to face fellow veteran Joe Schilling on Ap...
On Friday, April 5, Izaak Michell will have a shot to shake up the BJJ world when he makes his ONE Championship debut. The Aussie will meet Tye Ruotolo for the ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Championship at ONE Fight Night 21. Michell sees similarities between their styles ahead of t...
Corey Anderson is left in awe of what he accomplished. The third time was the charm for the light heavyweight fighter as he challenged for the vacant Bellator Light Heavyweight title last weekend in the main event of Bellator Belfast. Anderson went up against the streaking Karl Moore, who had no ...
Many fighters are chomping at the bit to get into the UFC, unfortunately for Igor Severino, he took that too literally. The 20 year-old prospect made history in his promotional debut at UFC Vegas 89 last weekend when he locked horns with fellow Brazilian Andre Lima. In the second round, Severino ...
Sometimes when you navigate through fight week, the scheduled card is by no means the final version of the event’s itinerary. The promotion encounters circumstances beyond its control and it’ll have to make adjustments to the night’s planned slate of contests. This has happened in the run-up to F...
The UFC’s featherweight division keeps moving forward. It’s a breath of fresh air at 145lbs as new champion Ilia Topuria took the throne from the reigning Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298. The best kept fighting the best afterwards as Brian Ortega submitted Yair Rodriguez to cement his place amon...
The UFC is going across the pond once more. On Tuesday, UFC CEO Dana White revealed that the promotion is planning on going to the U.K. later this year for a pay-per-view event. Nothing has been set in stone in terms of the location, date or even the fights at hand, with more details to […]
Top heavyweight contenders are set to collide this summer. It’s a battle between neighbors in the rankings as #6 Alexander Volkov takes on #7 Jailton Almeida at UFC 302 on June 1. The pay-per-view event is targeted to take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The heavyweight book...
California is going to be buzzing with activity in sports this week. Thursday night, The Oakland Almeida County Coliseum will welcome the Oakland Athletics back for Opening Day in Major League Baseball as the A’s play the Cleveland Guardians, now managed by Stephen Vogt, in the first of a four-ga...
MMA fans are left divided on who the greatest MMA fighter of all time is, but not Dana White. The UFC CEO has seen talent come and go in the Octagon, with few fighters leaving a legacy worthy of ‘GOAT’ status. Former champions Demetrious Johnson, Georges St-Pierre and Anderson Silva all fit that ...
Joe Rogan isn’t on the same boat as Conor McGregor. In his latest career move, the UFC superstar crossed over to the movie screen for his acting debut in ‘Road House’. McGregor starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in Doug Liman’s reimagining of the 1989 classic which had Patrick Swayze. McGregor’s b...
Stamp Fairtex vs. Denice Zamboanga has a new date. The Thai star’s first defense of the ONE Atomweight MMA World Championship will happen at ONE 167 on Prime Video. The match will emanate from the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 7. The title tilt was initially planned for ONE 1...