Hot takes, editorials, and opinion pieces from our team on the biggest stories in MMA.
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the Bellator MMA fighter rankings have been updated. Bellator MMA Fighter Rankings – June 15 The new Bellator featherweight champion, Yaroslav Amosov climbed five positions in the pound-for-pound rankings with a decisive victory against Douglas Lima. Also featherweight’...
UFC 263 crowned the first Mexican-born champion in history when “The Assassin Baby” Brandon Moreno captured gold after an incredible performance against Deiveson Figueiredo. After being cut from the UFC, Moreno is unbeaten in his second stint with the company. The flyweight championship was not t...
The UFC welterweight division is without doubt an extremely strong one within the promotion. With the champion, Kamaru Usman dominating thus far during his UFC career, a number of viable contenders and interesting rematches, it is an exciting division. With that being said, few ‘new contenders’ a...
MMA has a reputation for often being able to deliver the fights the fans want at a higher clip than most combat sports. This reputation is not entirely deserved because there are certainly some all-time great matchups that could have been made, but weren’t. We will only be looking at fights that ...
When Dana White’s Contender Series debuted, it appeared to be a direct path to the UFC for fighters around the world. Unlike other major sports organizations, there is no clear path to the professional ranks in MMA. Regional promotions have long-been feeder systems to the UFC, but with the creati...
The UFC strawweight division is one of the most stacked divisions in the sport at the moment. With a recent change in champion, a number of top contenders and exciting rising contenders, the division is thriving. We will look to try and match the UFC strawweight division. UFC Strawweight Division...
Cody Garbrandt was on the wrong end of a decision for the first time in his career. Rob Font was able to jab his way to victory at UFC Vegas 27, setting up a huge fight for him next. ‘No Love’ fell to 1-4 in his last five having previously captured the bantamweight title back in 2016. […]
Michael Venom Page drew up a masterful performance against a very tough Derek Anderson on Friday night at Bellator 258. After the first five minutes, Page ended up getting his hand raised for his nineteenth professional victory. Now on a five-fight win streak, the young Britain looks as dangerous...
With Jake Paul and Ben Askren in the books, celebrity boxing is a very real aspect of the combat sports world in 2021. Perhaps sometime down the line, a celebrity boxing league will even come to fruition. With this in mind, here are the top five celebrities that we would want to see in the ‘Celeb...
Several past UFC stars have made their way to ONE Championship in the past three years, but not everybody has found success inside the Circle. In fact, yesterday we looked at how those recent transplants have done to see the mixed results. Ranking UFC Stars in ONE Circle But how do the UFC stars ...
At UFC Vegas 23, Marvin Vettori took on Kevin Holland in a headlining middleweight clash. Vettori manhandled Holland throughout their five-round bout, scoring eleven takedowns, which is a new middleweight record. Vettori earned the unanimous decision nod for his fifth straight victory (50-44, 50-...
On Friday night at Bellator 255, it was announced that Cris Cyborg will defend her women’s 145-lb. strap against Leslie Smith at Bellator 259 on May 21. This bout will run back their 2016 matchup where Cyborg utterly brutalized “The Peacemaker” at UFC 198. Cris Cyborg Will Be Bellator’s 145-lb. C...
No one likes to lose, especially when it’s a UFC loss. Understandably so, on the biggest stage of them all, having trained for weeks on end, sacrificed so much all just to come out as second best. Some fighters accept these losses extremely well, some don’t. Handling a UFC loss well Notably, when...
Eye-gouging is a pretty serious issue in MMA. It seems like every year the MMA community revisits the same talking points on MMA rules and changes they would like to see. And every year we experience the same story; we’ll discuss rule changes, then personalities like Joe Rogan, Ariel Helwani, and...
After the third cancellation of Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev, we will now have Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad. Belal Muhammad will step in as the replacement on short notice to face Leon Edwards. Muhammad (18-3), of Palestine, fought to a victory very recently on February 14 and will now fac...
UFC 259 is a memory at this point, and it was an incredible night of fights. The event was highlighted by three title fights and one very crazy title change. In the bantamweight title fight, Petr Yan delivered an illegal knee to Aljamain Sterling and the referee stated it was intentional. Thus, w...