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Challenged extended and challenge accepted. ONE Championship and AEW will cross paths at AEW WrestleDream, it seems. ONE Flyweight MMA World Champion Demetrious Johnson challenged AEW’s Kenny Omega to a Street Fighter competition. Mighty Mouse’s Challenge Johnson extended the offer to Omega on th...
This Saturday, MMA’s top promotion, the UFC, heads to the Southern Hemisphere for another pay-per-view spectacular. Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney is the site for UFC 293. Main card action begins at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT on ESPN+ pay-per-view inside the United States. For international audiences, UFC 293...
After taking the entire month of August off, Cage Warriors brings their show back to San Diego to host Cage Warriors 159 at Sycuan Casino Resort. Tonight’s main event will feature a bantamweight clash between two former UFC fighters in Wilson Reis (27-12) and Trevin Jones (13-10). Cage Warriors 1...
ONE Championship has a slate of upcoming events that will bring several of its striking stars to the forefront of the martial arts world. It is the latest elevation for kickboxing and Muay Thai on a global scale. The commitment to promoting these athletes has paid off in a big way as these stars ...
In a first for the Japanese promotion Rizin, a fighter has tested positive for PEDs and is suspended. At a press conference Saturday, it was announced Minoru “Philip” Kimura (0-1 MMA, 37-10-1 Kickboxing) has failed a voluntary drug test that was taken before his fight at Rizin 43. Kimura and Rizi...
Jessa Khan has had a tremendous 2023 to date. However, she is hoping to add ONE Championship‘s first-ever ONE Women’s Atomweight Submission Grappling World Champion to that list on Friday, September 29. Khan will take on Danielle Kelly at ONE Fight Night 14 on Prime Video to determine the inaugur...
The Muay Thai dream match that many have waited for is upon us. At ONE Friday Fights 34 on Friday, September 22, Superlek Kiatmoo9 will challenge Rodtang Jitmuangnon for the ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Championship. The reigning ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion is ready to put on a show ...
It’s the last pay-per-view of the summer. Although the leaves are about to turn, MMA’s top promotion has one last batch of fireworks ready to go before the autumnal equinox takes place. This Saturday night, the UFC heads down under to Australia where it’ll be the last pay-per-view of the winter i...
UFC 293 is set for Saturday at the Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney, Australia. New Zealand’s Israel Adesanya will take on American challenger Sean Strickland for the middleweight title in a fight that has been on fans’ radars since Strickland and Adesanya traded verbal barbs at the UFC 276 press confe...
Demetrious Johnson is one of the best fighters in the history of mixed martial arts, and he’s shown it in the past few years as he continues to tear up his competition in a number of ways at the ripe old age of 37. Fresh off two more world championship wins, here’s a look at […]
Even though the days of summer have started to fade, the action inside the MMA cage is just starting to heat up. Friday, on the eve of UFC 293 in Sydney, Australia, UK-based Cage Warriors returns stateside for another visit to San Diego and Sycuan Casino and Resort and Cage Warriors 159.
We have reached the halfway point of this season of Dana White’s Contender Series, with the show set to return for the fifth time this year and for the first time in September. This week, Bruno Lopes will battle Brendson Ribeiro in the main event, while eight other fighters join this week’s main ...
This Sunday the biggest stage in all of sumo returns with the September Basho. Held in the Kokugikan Arena in Sumida City, Japan, Grand Sumo jumps back into action for its fifth tournament this year.
Former ONE Championship strawweight king Joshua Pacio is back on Friday, October 6th. The Filipino star will make his return at ONE Fight Night 15 on Prime Video against Mansur Malachiev. The strawweight collision will have massive stakes as both men eye a future date with ONE Strawweight MMA Wor...
Billy Goff (9-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) capitalized on his UFC debut when he TKO’d Yusaku Kinoshita (6-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) with a body punch and ground strikes at UFC Singapore on Aug. 26. It took a few days for the win to sink in for Goff, who returned home soon after his victorious debut to […]
Anthony “Showtime” Pettis brings MMA action back to the Midwest today with APFC 7. With more than 15 fights scheduled, the night promises to be one of fireworks.