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This week RIZIN Fighting Federation held open workouts for all of the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix quarter-finalists. Pancrase champion Shintaro Ishiwatari (23-6-4) will return to the RIZIN ring following a successful promotional debut in October. The win over Fight Night Global’s Akhmed Muskaev...
Next weekend, Kyoji Horiguchi will return to the RIZIN and hopes to close out the new year having won the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix. Boasting a fantastic record of 20-2, the former UFC title-challenger will take on undefeated Brazilian; Gabriel Oliveira on December 29. The winner will move on...
Alliance MMA’s Darrion Caldwell defends his bantamweight championship against a very deserving challenger in the form of Leandro Higo at Bellator 195. The news was announced by Bellator MMA on Tuesday. Darrion Caldwell defends bantamweight title against Leandro Higo at Bellator 195 Caldwell (10-1...
Erion Zekthi (2-1) will encounter a familiar foe at Shamrock FC 300 on Dec. 1 in a bantamweight bout. That foe is Jordan Collins (1-0), who will be looking to build off his successful pro-MMA debut. The reason that they’re familiar with one another? The two first fought on March 28, 2014, when th...
UFC bantamweight top-prospect Cody Stamann (16-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) secured a win over Tom Duquesnoy (15-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) at UFC 216 on Oct. 7. Duquesnoy was highly regarded by fans and the UFC as a blue-chip prospect, and seemed to be garnering all the hype against Stamann despite the two sharing iden...
Cody Stamann admitted that he has a chip on his shoulder entering his second UFC fight against highly-touted prospect Tom Duquesnoy. On paper, the UFC 216 match-up looks extremely tight. Both Stamann, 27, and Duquesnoy, 24, will enter the fight with identical records: 15-1 in MMA and 1-0 in the U...
In some surprising news, longtime lightweight/featherweight veteran Tatsuya Kawajiri has announced a move to bantamweight. He will cut to 63kg, 138 pounds, to face undefeated Gabriel Oliveira at RIZIN’s show in Fukuoka on October 15. Though this bout is technically a catchweight bout, the winner ...
Early this morning at a press conference in Japan, some announcements were made regarding RIZIN‘s October 15 show in Fukuoka, Japan at the Marine Messe Fukuoka. During the press conference, five match-ups were announced. Two fights were added to ‘Bracket B’ of the men’s bantamweight tournament, a...
Last night RIZIN Fighting Federation returned to Saitama for the “Bracket A” RIZIN 2017 Bantamweight Grand-Prix 1st Round. Three fighters moved onto the tournament quarter-finals, but the addition of a new fighter was announced, and it’s a very exciting one! Shintaro Ishiwatari Has Arrived! Pancr...
Armed with his passion for the sport of MMA, UFC-hopeful John Castaneda is a tough-out for anyone at bantamweight. That includes his next opponent of course, Cheyden Leialoha. The two will square off on August 1 at Dana White’s Contender Series 4 with a potential UFC contract on the line. Castane...
RIZIN is back! At around 1am ET on July 30, RIZIN returns with the first round of their stacked bantamweight grand-prix. In that tournament, we will see elite flyweight Kyoji Horiguchi, Japanese-vet Hideo Tokoro, and former MFC champion Anthony Birchak. RIZIN World Grand-Prix 2017: 1st Round – L...
Week 2 of the Tuesday Night Contender Series was another good one. The night was filled with some impressive showing, but as of now only one was good enough to earn a UFC contract, it seems. Sean O’Malley earns UFC contract following Contender Series Dana White announced the news on the Tuesday N...
Eduardo Dantas will look to defend his Bellator MMA Bantamweight Championship when he takes on Darrion “The Wolf” Caldwell at Bellator 184 in October. Also on the card is a pivotal featherweight contest between former divisional champion Daniel Straus and Emmanuel Sanchez. The bout was announced ...
Bellator MMA has been on fire with their signings lately, and it doesn’t seem as though they plan on slowing down anytime soon. Former UFC bantamweight title-challenger Michael “Mayday” McDonald is the latest free-agent to sign with the Scott Coker-led promotion. The signing was confirmed by ESPN...
A veteran of Bellator MMA and the UFC; Zach “Fun Size” Makovsky has signed with Russian-based MMA promotion ACB Fighting League. Zach Makovsky has signed with ACB The news was announced via Empire Sports Management on Twitter. Makovsky (19-8) entered the UFC in 2013. In 2011, Makovsky won the Bel...
Jimmie Rivera vs. Bryan Caraway – UFC Fight Night 103 – January 15 Phoenix has reportedly received a huge bantamweight co-main event that pits Jimmie “El Terror” Rivera against Bryan Caraway. The bout was first reported by Gabe Killian of MMA OddsBreaker. Rivera (20-1) enters the bout on a super ...