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‘Bellator 159: Caldwell vs. Taimanglo‘ goes down tonight, live from Mulvane, Kansas! The main event will feature undefeated prospect Darrion Caldwell and heavy-handed Joe Taimanglo in a bout to determine who is next for Bellator bantamweight champion Eduardo ‘Dudu’ Dantas. The co-main event will ...
UFC Free Fight: Michael McDonald vs Miguel Torres Before fighting for the Bantamweight Championship against Renan Barao, Michael McDonald defeated former bantamweight kingpin Miguel Torres at UFC 145. On July 13 at Fight Night Sioux Falls Micheal Mcdonald takes on Brazilian knockout artist J...
CES 33 on March 11 was headlined by a vacant bantamweight title fight between Kody Nordby and Andre Soukhamthath. Things began heating up between the two prior to the fight, and there was indeed some bad blood that entered the cage with them. After four action packed rounds, Soukhamthath put Nord...
ONE WUJIE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS SET FOR CHANGSHA ON 23 JANUARY BIBIANO FERNANDES DEFENDS ONE BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AGAINST KEVIN BELINGON LI KAI WEN MEETS YANG SEN IN CHINA FEATHERWEIGHT WARRIOR BOUT ONE: DYNASTY OF CHAMPIONS SET FOR CHANGSHA ON 23 JANUARY 04 January 2016 – Changs...
Bellator has announced an interesting bantamweight main event for Bellator 151, and it pits prospect Darrion “The Wolf” Caldwell against former champion Joe Warren on March 4. The bout was announced via Press Release on Thursday. Darrion Caldwell meets former champion Joe Warren in Main Event of ...
During Rizin FF’s press conference on Thursday, a great bantamweight fight announcement from Sakakibara was overlooked. As he announced a big fight between two young prospects in Maike Linhares and Soo Chul Kim. Jungle Fight Champion Maike Linhares meets former ONE Champ Soo Chul Kim at RIZIN 2 B...
Sirwan Kakai released from UFC, signs with Bellator MMA In an interview with Sweden’s Kimura.se, Sirwan Kakai revealed that he was cut from the UFC and has signed a 4-fight deal with Bellator MMA to likely debut in March of 2016. Here is a rough translation of what was said: “They just said that ...
UFC 177 Free Fight: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Walel Watson UFC 177 Free Fight: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Walel Watson Looking to get his first win inside the Octagon, T.J. Dillashaw shows off his relentless ground game against Walel Watson in Omaha, Nebraska. Watch the current bantamweight champ take on former...
Following years of injuries and only one fight in the last four years, former UFC and WEC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will face TJ Dillashaw in an attempt to reclaim the gold on January 17 in Boston. The bout was confirmed by Dana White on UFC Tonight. Dillashaw (12-2) won the title from ...
The UFC has signed current CFFC bantamweight champion Jimmie ‘El Terror’ Rivera who will makes his debut in Glasgow vs. Marcus Brimage. Rivera confirmed the signing on Instagram late Tuesday, whereas Emi Candido confirmed the fight on Twitter shortly after. Rivera (16-1) is the current CFFC banta...
On January 31, 2004 at UFC 46 two champions were dethroned, as Vitor Belfort beat Randy Couture for the UFC light heavyweight title and B.J. Penn tapped out Matt Hughes to capture the 170-pound gold. Fast forward eleven years and once again two divisional title holders were ousted of their titles...
Following a lop-sided decision loss to Desmond Green in the main event at Titan FC 32, Steven Siler has made the decision to drop to bantamweight. Steven Siler plans drop to bantamweight Siler announced the new via his official Twitter account. Well its that time, I realize I’m too small for 145,...
Reebok today announced partnerships with two of the top Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes in the world, UFC World Champions Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey. The signings of Jones and Rousey follow the recent announcement of Reebok’s groundbreaking partnership with UFC, the world’s leading mixed martia...
Submission ace Mark Striegl (13-1) was a Featherweight for years but after opting to fight at 135-lbs in last week’s submission victory over Kaiwhare-Kara France at the MIMMA 2 Finals, he’s certain that’s where his future will be. On the heels of a long layoff, Striegl admitted he contemplated a ...
A Bantamweight bout between Ricky Camp (4-3) and Mark Abelardo (7-3) has been scrapped just a week before it was set to take place. PXC officials announced recently that Camp suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from Friday’s PXC 45 proceedings. With little time to find a suitable replac...
Bellator 131 in San Diego gets a fun bantamweight contest in the form of strikers; Mike ‘The Marine’ Richman and Nam Phan. The fight was announced during the live broadcast of Bellator 129 on Friday. Phan (20-13) is a veteran of the UFC and the Ultimate Fighter having appeared on season 12 of the...