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Kade Ruotolo and Tommy Langaker will run their ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Championship match back. On Thursday, ONE Championship announced the rematch will be the co-main event of ONE 165 in Tokyo, Japan. The second encounter takes place inside Ariake Arena on Sunday, January 28. ...
ONE 165 has a new main event. Rodtang Jitmuangnon has withdrawn from his super-fight against Takeru Segawa. Instead of a super fight, fans inside the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, will get a title fight on Sunday, January 28, ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong announced on Friday...
Canada’s number one mixed martial arts promotion, Battlefield Fight League has reached a multi-year exclusive agreement with UFC Fight Pass. The promotion announced the deal on their official Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Battlefield Fight League (@bflmma) “We e...
2024 is now in full swing! The combat sports world wastes no time in getting the new year started with a full night of fights this week. The Sweet Science will take over Las Vegas on the first Saturday of 2024 when Oscar de la Hoya‘s Golden Boy Boxing sets up shop inside Virgin Hotels […]
ONE Championship will hit U.S. primetime for the first time in 2024 with ONE Fight Night 18. The action comes your way on Friday, January 12, and another exciting mixed martial arts bout has been added. On Wednesday, it was revealed Mark Abelardo will welcome Ibragim Dauev to the promotion.
It’s a brand new year of fights. After some MMA action occurred during the UFC’s annual winter break, the 2024 calendar of events started immediately this Saturday night. While the UFC and ONE Championship will not resume regular cards until next weekend, fans of competitive violence must wait on...
On Tuesday, January 2, ONE Championship announced the third title tilt for ONE 166: Qatar. ONE Featherweight MMA World Champion Tang Kai returns to unify the gold with ONE Interim Featherweight MMA World Champion Thanh Le. The bout marks a rematch of their August 2022 bout that made Tang China’s ...
Every time the tale of Sean O’Malley is recounted, a caveat need to be included: No matter how much you want to fight and despise school, don’t do what he did. It’s likely not going to work out. For O’Malley, who left high school midway through his sophomore year because he was fed up with […]
Conor Mcgregor recently posted a video announcing his next fight date, opponent, and weight. He claims to fight Michael Chandler in June at a whopping 185 pounds. This is a weight class that neither McGregor nor Chandler have fought at in any mixed martial arts organization. While this may be a ...
Seven days in solitary confinement? No thanks, says Sean O’Malley. Not everybody is up for such a task, but a certain YouTuber named Jimmy Donaldson was. Better known as MrBeast, the popular influencer has tackled all sorts of challenges on his channel, including being buried alive for a week. In...
It’s New Year’s Eve in Japan and you know what that means. It’s Rizin time! Rizin 45 will be live from the Saitama Super Arena. There will be 17 fights on the show and unlike MMA which goes by unified rules, knees and soccer kicks to grounded opponents will be allowed. The main event will […]
Once considered one of the more shallow divisions in the UFC, the Middleweight division has seen a dramatic rise of new talent and top contenders emerge in recent years. The next man to break into the rankings at 185 lbs and make a name for himself is a Dagestani fighter who has been touted for g...
Nico Carrillo set out to topple a Muay Thai legend at ONE Friday Fights 46. That is precisely what he did. The Scottish striker pasted Nong-O Hama in the second round of their bantamweight bout to prove he is among the elite in ONE Championship‘s bantamweight division. The result was even more sp...
It’s the end of the year so you know what that means. The last major show of the year in combat sports will once again be hosted by Rizin. Rizin 45 will be on New Year’s Eve from the famous Saitama Super Arena and feature 17 fights. There will be MMA fights, modified MMA rules […]
On Thursday, ONE Championship unveiled its main event for ONE 166: Qatar. A rematch between champions will cap off a massive night at the Lusail Sports Arena. ONE Middleweight World Champion Reinier De Ridder will try to redeem himself against ONE Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion ...
New Year’s weekend is just about here. Every year around this time, the closure of the old year is celebrated with parties, Hors D’oeuvres, champagne toasts, and the like, punctuated by a ball drop at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve to bring in the next 12 months of this journey called l...