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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...
Cory Sandhagen may have been the biggest loser at UFC 259 without even stepping into the Octagon. The bantamweight title was up for grabs at UFC 259 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on March 6th between Petr Yan and Aljamain Sterling. In the 4th round of the bout, Yan landed a blatantly illegal […]
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “pound-for-pound” as, “used when comparing a pound of one thing with a pound of something similar.” The most-debated topic in all of combat sports, be it boxing or MMA, is, “Who belongs on the P4P list?” Sugar Ray Robinson revolutionalized the term making boxing...
Canelo Alvarez (55-1-2, 37 KOs) made quick work of Avni Yildirim over the weekend to retain his WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring super middleweight titles. Alvarez landed 67 punches in three rounds of action before the fight was stopped. Seemingly untouchable in the sport of boxing, it is hard to i...
This episode is unlike the others. Get down and deep with Jeremy Brand and Dan Rose. MMASucka Live – Pound for Pound Rankings First, we go over this upcoming weekend’s fight card — UFC Vegas 20. It is flying highly under the radar, largely because the casual fan likely doesn’t know all the fighte...
Pound for Pound rankings is pretty subjective. That said, MMA Sucka Live is going to be issuing our Pound for Pound rankings on our show, and then dropping the lists on MMA Sucka. This is the first edition of the rankings and will update them on a monthly basis. MMA Sucka Live Pound for Pound […]
I’m Not Surprised, Nate Diaz is wrong about McGregor and Poirier “I think Conor dropped the ball … thought it was a big old joke honestly,” Nate Diaz said, in an interview, with ESPN‘s Ariel Helwani, regarding Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor. “He’s playing switching up his whole role and playin...
We start with Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 and then: Cory Sandhagen, Cody Garbrandt, TJ Dillashaw, Jose Aldo, Henry Cejudo, and Dominick Cruz. The bantamweight division is a top 10 filled with hungry knockout artists and veteran former champions. Who will be champion in one year’s ti...