Rizin has featured MMA, kickboxing, shootboxing, tag team grappling, and now can add bare-knuckle boxing to its resume. At a press conference on Thursday, Rizin CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara announced that former K-1 kickboxer Tatsuki Shinotsuka would be one of the opponents. The other opponent has not been announced at this time but it was said it could either be a foreign or Japanese fighter.
Cage Fury Fighting Championships kicks off its year with a thrilling fight card in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Despite injuries sidelining two title fights, the remaining bouts at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino's Etess Arena promise intense action. Prelims stream exclusively on CFFC's OnlyFans at 7:00 PM ET, with the main card shifting to UFC Fight Pass at 9:00 PM ET.
The biggest MMA event of the year is inching closer and MMASucka wants to get you, the fans, the best plays we like this weekend for UFC 300. So, without further ado, let's get into it.
Jiří Procházka is slated to throw down in a massive 205-lbs. division battle against #5 ranked Aleksandar Rakić in the featured preliminary bout of UFC 300. With the light-heavyweight title on the line in the main event, this fight could have massive implications for the next title challenger. Procházka, in typical "BJP" form, has put together a serious training camp and has dropped his UFC 300 preview video.
ONE Championship is ready to build on its amazing U.S. debut in 2023. Last May, ONE Fight Night 10 thrilled the global viewing audience from the 1stBank Center in Colorado. On Friday, September 6, the organization comes to downtown Denver and the Ball Arena for ONE 168: Denver.
One week ago, BYB Extreme Fighting Series, or simply BYB, hosted its 25th event, BYB 25: Brawl on the Bay, in Tampa Bay, Florida. The event featured a seven-fight main card with the third fight of the card being a welterweight scrap between 34-year-old Rusty Crowder and 28-year-old Harry Gigliotti. The fight was scheduled for three, five-minute rounds, and with neither fighter giving in to the opposition, the fight went the distance. A unanimous decision nod was given in favor of Gigliotti, and shortly after the fight, Crowder posted a gruesome pic of the damage he absorbed.
Jake Peacock secured his chance to compete for ONE Championship by winning the Road to ONE: Canada. That, in and of itself, was an inspirational story for the limb-different athlete. However, Peacock did not just come to be a story; he came to ONE to compete against the world’s best strikers.
In the constantly evolving mixed martial arts (MMA) world, rising talents are always on the horizon. Among these emerging stars is Reese Watkins, an up-and-coming middleweight fighter making waves in the MMA community. In a recent interview on the Couch Warrior Podcast, Reese shared his journey, experiences, and aspirations in the competitive world of MMA.
