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Today, Gilbert Melendez was dealt with a two-year suspension for a failed drug test. A hearing was held and the arbitrator found in favor of USADA. The failed drug test was part of an out of competition urine test back in October of 2019. The test showed a positive for GHRP-6 and its metabolites ...
The main event and co-main event at this weekend’s Who’s Number One event on FloGrappling.com have been forced to remove themselves. Arguably the two best no-gi grapplers on the planet, Gordon Ryan and Craig Jones have tested positive for COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Both men posted on their respectiv...
Lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov will once again put his championship on the line in a clash with Justin Gaethje on October 24, in a yet to be determined location. Dana White made the announcement to CNN. Dana White breaks news on CNN “It’s going to happen. I’m telling you right here, it’...
The UFC held its final card on Fight Island on Saturday with UFC on ESPN 14. The main event featured the return of former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. After a devastating knockout loss to Israel Adesanya resulting in the loss of his title, Whittaker returned to the cage about nine ...
Herb Dean (2-3) is the gold standard when it comes to refereeing Mixed Martial Arts. Many people within the MMA sphere have publicly complimented him for his skills, from Joe Rogan to Dana White. At UFC Fight Island 3, Dean caught some criticism for failing to stop Francisco Trinaldo (26-7) from ...
Speculations rose as to who would be promoting the return fight for Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Well, it seems that mystery has been solved. Classic Entertainment & Sports (CES), parent company to CES MMA is set to promote and be matchmaker for the comeback fight between two of the sports supers...
EA Sports UFC 4, the latest entry in the video game series produced by EA, has just had some of the fighters with the most impressive stats revealed. Instead of the four percentage scores common in the series before, the game now presents stats in the form of three five star ratings, one each for...
The final event at Fight Island did not come without some controversy. This was not a result of a terrible judging decision, but instead a confrontation between UFC commentator Dan Hardy and veteran referee Herb Dean at UFC on ESPN 14. Following a preliminary bout between Francisco Trinaldo and J...
UFC Fight Island holds it’s last event on Saturday with a total of fifteen fights and will provide UFC on ESPN 14 results throughout the night. In the night’s main event former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker returns to the octagon. He will be facing off against former UFC welterweight...
Since moving to Jackson-Wink Academy, Aaron Pico has been able to revamp his young career. After dropping bouts against Henry Corrales and Adam Borics, Pico has been victorious in back-to-back fights with Greg Jackson. Pico submitted Solo Hatley Jr. with a rear-naked choke in the first round last...
Raufeon Stots handed Cass Bell his first professional loss tonight at Bellator 242. The decorated collegiate wrestler submitted Bell in the third round by rear-naked choke at 1:24. Stots extends his winning streak to six and is now 14-1. The Fight The first round saw Stots lock in a guillotine ch...
Heavyweight Ras Hylton may not have had a full camp to prepare for his fight against Rudy Schaffroth but he still managed to do enough in the judges’ eyes to get the victory at Bellator 242. This is the first fight for both in their pro careers to go the distance. Hylton is now 6-4 in […]
Bellator is making it’s long-awaited return tonight. No fight island was needed as Bellator 242 will take place at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut. Though there are only seven matches, all seven have the potential to be great fights. The main event will see Sergio Pettis (19-5) take on Ricky...
Tonight’s the night ladies and gentlemen. Bare Knuckle FC 11 is back and they are in front of a live audience. For those of us who love BKFC, this has been a long time coming. The Covid pandemic shut down the events. The feature bout tonight is a lightweight championship match between Isaac Valli...
Believe it or not, it’s 2020 and we’re talking about Mike Tyson and PPV boxing. Yikes. Proving the age-old adage, that a fool and his money are soon parted, professional boxing is presenting us with the opportunity to spend our money on Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. Iron Mike Tyson is back! I. AM....
Edmen Shahbazyan dazzled the MMA world with a stunning head kick knock out of Brad Tavares at UFC 244. That’s the same fighter that current middleweight champion Israel Adesanya took five full rounds to beat. At the time Shahbazyan was 21 years old (since turned 22). He is already on the radar of...