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Marat Grigorian handled business at ONE Friday Fights 92. Just before the holiday season got in full swing, the elite featherweight kickboxer ousted Abdelali Zahidi by second-round knockout. It was a blessing for Grigorian to close the year strongly and prepare for another run toward ONE Champion...
Jonathan Haggerty ended 2023 as a two-sport World Champion in ONE Championship. However, that is not how things ended in 2024. Still, “The General” was able to get off to a hot start in an exciting battle against Felipe Lobo in February, a match that still elates the Brit at year’s end. “It was a...
Sometimes in life, anybody and everybody with an Internet footprint needs to take a break from using social media. A hiatus from social channels can be done for any number of reasons, but for Sean O’Malley, his recess from social media is performance-based. Sean O’Malley, nicknamed “Suga”, hasn’t...
At one point in time, Alexander Volkanovski was on top of the world in more ways than one. Near the end of 2023, his legacy as an all-time great in the sport had firmly been cemented after defending his featherweight strap against Yair Rodríguez, making it the fifth consecutive time he had retain...
Another year has come and gone. Where does the time go? Fortunately, we’ve still got some time before the old year goes into the books to think about more great nicknames in MMA. You might recall that earlier on in 2024, MMA Sucka presented the first session of The All-Nicknames Club. With there ...
Throughout mixed martial arts history, there have been more than a few prominent families that have gone on to take the sport by storm. Alex Pereira, nicknamed “Poatan”, is part of a laundry list of such family names, including the reign of domination the Gracie family had in the early days of th...
Ahead of UFC 311 next month, Arman Tsarukyan (22-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) sat down with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto to discuss his upcoming match with the 155-lb champion Islam Makhachev (26-1 MMA, 15-1 UFC). First PPV of 2025 is a BANGER 🔥@MAKHACHEVMMA vs @ArmanUFC 2@MerabDvalishvil vs @UNmgdv #UFC311 at the @...
Tis The Season For Oktagon 65 Chirstmas may be here but there is still some action for MMA fans to get their teeth into over the holidays. Oktagon 65 goes down this Sunday (Dec 29th) at the 02 Arena in Prague, Czechia and features three title fights at the top end of the card. The […]
As 2024 comes to a close, we are reminded of all the young stars coming into prominence in mixed martial arts. From Ilia Topuria’s meteoric rise to championship status, to Joaquin Buckley thoroughly dismantling the old guard against Colby Covington, new promising blood is beginning to flow in the...
Brandon Royval vs. Manel Kape At UFC Apex, Not Larger Stadium Eager for a chance at facing reigning flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja for a third time, Brandon Royval (17-7 MMA, 7-3 UFC) will face down previous Rizin Bantamweight king Manel Kape (20-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) in Las Vegas this March. The...
After all of the hustle and bustle leading up to the holiday season, it’s finally here. This Wednesday will be Christmas Day. By now, you’ve probably got your tree up with all of the decorations up, your stockings are by the chimney (if you have one), and the turkey is defrosting in the refrigera...
Highlights From A Massive Year in the PFL The PFL have picked their top 5 fights of 2024. The self-styled “co-leader” of the worldwide mixed martial arts scene wrapped up their calendar year earlier this month as they crowned six new PFL Europe champions in Lyon, France. 2024 has not been without...
Is Ilia Topuria Moving Up To Lightweight? UFC featherweight champion Ilia Topuria (16-0 MMA, 8-0 UFC) has just pulled off one of the all-time great calendar years in UFC history. “El Matador” ended Alexander Volkanovski’s long championship reign at UFC 298 back in February, when he knocked the Au...
Israel Adesanya will soon be entering waters that he hasn’t charted in quite a long while. Adesanya (24-4 MMA, 13-4 UFC) nicknamed “The Last Stylebender”, has not appeared in any card other than a flagship UFC pay-per-view event since the summer of 2018. On July 6 of that year, during The Ultimat...
UFC World Titles Up For Grabs In 2025 Alexandre Pantoja became the eleventh champion to successfully defend his UFC world title in 2024 when he submitted Kai Asakura in the main event at UFC 310 earlier this month. There were nineteen UFC world title fights in total throughout the year and seven ...
Confusion Reigns At 125 lbs One of the biggest questions to come out of UFC 310 earlier this month has been that of the next contender in the flyweight title picture.. Alexandre Pantoja (29-5 MMA, 13-3 UFC) picked up the eleventh submission victory of his career when he strangled former Rizin cha...