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This month, ESPN released the highly anticipated 30 for 30 documentary, “Be Water”, which analyzes the incredible life and career of Bruce Lee. A philosopher, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist, Lee was born in San Francisco, California in November of 1940. Named by Tim...
JMMA fans can rejoice! Japan looks to soon be reopening which means Japanese sports can come back. It looks like RIZIN might start having shows as early as June. RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara even hinted at a “martial arts mega event” that would be announced. Most of 2020 was tough on the promoti...
A marquee match-up has been set for Submission Underground 16 (SUG 16). Longtime SUG competitor Micah Brakefield will make the trek down the I-5 to take on UFC veteran Jake Ellenberger. You can check out SUG 15 results, right here. MMASucka.com learned of the match on Monday afternoon. Michah Bra...
For the first time since ONE: King of the Jungle in late February, ONE Championship returned to action this past weekend in Shanghai, China, with its ONE Hero Series. The closed-door events on June 20 and 21 were staged without an audience, which has become customary for sporting events around th...
Submission Underground 15 is taking place today and by all indications, it should be another great grappling event. You can see the results of their last event right here. In the feature bout of the evening champion, Craig Jones will be facing off with Gabriel Checco, winner of three straight SU...
Live from the Apex again in Las Vegas, UFC on ESPN 11 features a heavyweight matchup in the main event. Since the beginning of 2017, Curtis Blaydes has only been defeated once, holding a record of 7-1, 1NC. That one loss came to Francis Ngannou during their rematch at UFC Fight Night 141. Since t...
Amanda Nunes, the consensus women’s MMA GOAT. UFC 250 was just the latest example of how good a fighter she is. A dominant five-round victory was put in with ease by the Lioness against Felicia Spencer. Now, it is often frustrating to ask ‘what’s next?’ straight away after a fighter has just comp...
Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA) just announced its return to action. It joins the UFC as the second mixed martial arts promotion to return to action. While major sporting entities continue to remain out of action, a few of them are making tentative returns (such as the English premier league). Th...
KSW 53, which was scheduled for March 2020, was postponed and will finally make its appearance on July 22, 2020. The first KSW event of 2020 will take place in Warsaw, Poland at an undisclosed studio location. With four lightweight bouts announced, KSW recently produced a lightweight clash betwee...
There is a lengthy history of pro wrestlers crossing over into MMA. From the nascent days of this sport, professional wrestlers have indulged their desire to go from work to a shoot. In this episodic series, I will review fights where pro wrestlers foray into the combat world. It’s like a weird, ...
Sean Woodson will return to the Octagon for the first time since October when he takes on Kyle Nelson at UFC Las Vegas on June 27. Woodson, a 6’2″ featherweight with a 79-inch reach, will hold an eight-inch reach advantage over his opponent. While Woodson acknowledged Nelson is a “striker first,”...
It’s that time again, Making the Grade is back and breaking down this weekend’s UFC Apex card taking place in Las Vegas, NV. The card is pretty stacked and the main card will almost certainly deliver some outstanding action. Last time we brought you this article, we took a look at UFC 250. That n...
This week’s episode of Sucka Radio is a true knockout. The pride of Hawaii, Tyson Nam stops by to discuss his big victory at UFC on ESPN 10. Tyson Nam on this week’s Sucka Radio Nam talks about his 32-second knockout over Zarrukh Adashev, training during the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of criti...
Major Asian MMA organization, ONE Championship, has laid off 20% of its employees while simultaneously pursuing another round of investment. The organization, which also promotes kickboxing and Muay Thai fights alongside MMA, reported both of these decisions in a public company statement. It is e...
ONE Championship now has a total of $346 million of total capital per the company’s announcement on Monday. This comes after the largest sports media property in Asia secured $70 million from investors amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. Names of the investors were not disclosed but noted venture-...
The UFC Apex hosts its third event in a row as UFC on ESPN 10 goes down on Saturday in Las Vegas. In the main event, former women’s flyweight title challenger Jessica Eye will be taking on Cynthia Calvillo. Going into her championship fight with the champion Valentina Shevchenko, Eye had put toge...