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Well, Ottman Azaitar is no longer the lightweight king of Brave Combat Federation. Mohammed Shahid, the President of Brave CF confirmed the news on Wednesday. The (now former) lightweight champion is undoubtedly a tremendous talent of the sport. Possessing a record of 11-0, the “Bulldozer” had no...
RIZIN 13 is just over a week away, and the card has filled out with an assortment of exciting fights. The event goes down Sunday, Sept. 30 in the morning, and will be available on FITE TV. On a stacked show, here are five fights MMA fans shouldn’t miss. Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (kickb...
The TUF 28 TUFtermath It’s week four of The Ultimate Fighter Season 28, and that means two more women will be throwing down! Team Gastelum rep Marciea Allen will do battle with Team Whittaker’s Juliya Stoliarenko. Just as a warning, this week’s TUFtermath may be a little light on details, as TSN,...
The UFC returns to Brazil a major hub of mixed martial arts, by the end of the third week in September. With them come a handful of unfamiliar faces of fighters looking to build glory from humble beginnings. Six athletes make their promotional debut Saturday, yet only one arrives internationally....
The UFC is banking on big numbers from UFC 229 to validate their profit model and give a much-needed boost to revenue this year. The past year and a half has been something of a trial by fire for the UFC. After selling the company for a record $4 billion and holding four out of […]
On September 5th, I wrote about Xtreme Fight Night (XFN) and how its next event, XFN 352, would be live-streamed on UFC Fight Pass. More specifically, I wrote about how UFC Fight Pass hadn’t made any announcement about the event which was first announced by XFN on August 24, 2018. Well, it’s two ...
Conor McGregor whiskey will soon be on the market. On Monday, “The Notorious” announced his new Irish whiskey, Proper No. Twelve, will launch in the United States and Ireland. The name of the whiskey pays homage to McGregor’s roots of Crumlin in Dublin 12. He teamed up with master distiller David...
Hector Lombard entered MMA as a decorated Cuban judoka. He dominated domestic competition, winning four national championships and qualifying for the Olympic team in 2000. While Lombard has leaned on an aggressive power-punching assault for the majority of his storied MMA career, he has still sho...
UFC Fight Night 137 Walkout Songs The UFC returns to the Geraldo Jose de Almeida (Ibirapuera) Gymnasio in Sao Paulo, Brazil this weekend for UFC Fight Night 137! Topped by a light heavyweight clash between middleweight standouts Thiago “Marreta” Santos and “Ya Boi” Eryk Anders, this card – as man...
Listen, we get it. In today’s 24/7 news cycle, you may not have the time to delve deep into each and every fight of each and every event. You might not even have time to read an in-depth preview. Well, we here at MMASucka have got you covered. In this article, we’ll break down all […]
Combate Americas has announced ‘Combate Americas: Mexico vs. USA,‘ a star-studded MMA event featuring Erik Perez, John Castaneda, and Anthony Birchak. The show will be headlined by a stellar bantamweight showdown between exciting world-ranked superstars “El Goyito” Erik Perez (18-6) and “Sexi Mex...
Nohelin Hernandez (8-2 MMA) is set fight Rolando Velasco (13-5-1) at LFA 51 on Friday, September 28. Hernandez enters the bantamweight bout on a two-fight winning streak with victories over Josh San Diego and Joe Neal. He said Velasco will pose a great match-up and another name he will add to his...
Brendon Marotte talks CZMMA 67 Bout Brendon Marotte spoke with MMASucka ahead of his main card match-up at Combat Zone 67. The New Hampshire fighter takes on Robert Best at the event. A Familiar Cage This appearance is his fifth for the long-running New England promotion. All four of his previo...
In the last installment of RIZIN CONFESSIONS, #20 saw a heavy focus on RIZIN 11 nearly one month ago. The next episode of the fantastic documentary series is here; RIZIN CONFESSIONS #21. This time around, we get a closer look behind-the-scenes of the announcement that kickboxing gloves would be i...
Japanese legend Norifumi “KID” Yamamoto passes away at 41 Just as Monday, September 17 was coming to a close, the MMA world was presented with some terrible, terrible news. On the social media of KRAZY BEE out of Tokyo, the gym he ran, it was announced that the legendary fighter lost his bout wit...
CES announced Monday night that Dinis Paiva (11-7 MMA, 11-7 CES)) will fight Tony Gravely (14-5 MMA, 0-0 CES) for the bantamweight title. The bout will headline CES 53. Paiva Paiva had a four-fight winning streak snapped in June when he was submitted by UFC Fight Night 137‘s Andre Ewell for the C...