ONE Championship strawweight king Jarred Brooks is spoiling for a fight. The Michigan resident is ready to step back into the spotlight and take on any challenge that may come his way. But he does have one particular opponent in mind.
It's been a chaotic few months outside of the cage for Bellator MMA. Although reports exist regarding a sale of Bellator to the Professional Fighters League (PFL), nothing official has been confirmed.
Bellator 301 (Friday, 9 pm ET/ 6 pm PT, Showtime) from Wintrust Arena in Chicago is the final show of the 2023 calendar of events for the promotion and also the final event from Bellator to air on the Paramount Global-owned cable network.
It's a tradition as old as time. If you go to a wedding reception, regardless of the couple's background or the setting of the soiree, the evening will generally begin with a toast to the newlyweds and also a prayer from the assembled guests that the union will be a long and happy one.
Fabricio Andrade ran through the competition en route to becoming the ONE Bantamweight MMA World Championship. Emboldened by his success and kickboxing background, the Brazilian attempted to claim two-sport gold for the vacant ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title against Muay Thai king Jonathan Haggerty. However, it was a swift defeat at the hands of the Brit.
Johan Ghazali has been sensational since coming to ONE Championship. However, the most impressive thing about the American is not that he is unbeaten in ONE action. It is that he is unbeaten while being just 16 years old.
The talented teen reeled off four wins on ONE Friday Fights in 2023. After the fourth win, “Jojo” was informed he would be coming up to U.S. primetime for his next bout. ONE announced Ghazali would take on Edgar Tabares at ONE Fight Night 17 in a flyweight Muay Thai contest.
Madison Square Garden has seen so many events throughout its years. If that building could talk, oh, man, the stories it would tell.
For decades, it's been the WWE's de facto home arena whenever a show's been held in New York City and "The World's Most Famous Arena" has played host to WrestleMania three times, most recently the landmark WrestleMania XX in 2004. It's also been the host venue for so many noteworthy boxing matches, either in The Theater or the main hall, including Callum Walsh's fight this past Thursday.
MMA is a relatively new sport on Madison Square Garden's calendar events, only holding its first UFC event seven years ago this month after New York State finally legalized the sport following a 19-year ban. With the legalization, professional MMA was permitted in every US state.
Since MMA was legalized in New York with the 113-25 vote in the spring of 2016, MSG has been an annual tour stop on the UFC's calendar of events, with a gap year in 2020 thanks to COVID-19 safeguards preventing traditional arena shows from being held. The world's top MMA promotion sets foot in The Garden once again this Saturday.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship continues to grow in popularity and as they grow, the Dave Feldman company has undoubtedly improved their product. Today, BKFC hosts the official press conference for BKFC 56: Perry vs Alvarez. The event, which is to be held on December 2nd, features three championship title tilts and two mega headliners that fight fans cannot afford to miss.
30 years ago, the sports landscape in the United States consisted of baseball, football, basketball and hockey. As far as combat sports were concerned, boxing and kickboxing were all that existed. In November of 1993, a little combat sport that could, MMA, was introduced to the masses. The UFC's beginnings were humble, with limited distribution on television for pay-per-views. Nobody could have ever fathomed the behemoth that mixed martial arts would eventually become in the aftermath of UFC 1 on the night of Nov. 12, 1993 in Denver at the now-closed McNichol Sports Arena.
ONE Championship announced on Wednesday that the highly-anticipated featherweight Muay Thai bout between Tawanchai PK Saenchai and Superbon Singha Mawynn would be moved to the December 22 event. The battle for the ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Championship will headline the action in Bangkok, Thailand.
