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Julia Budd’s second title defense will be against dangerous Brazilian Talita Nogueira at Bellator 202! The previously reported bout between Michael McDonald and Eduardo Dantas takes co-main event duty. Bellator MMA confirmed the bouts on Monday through a press release. Julia “The Jewel” Budd (11-...
The former bantamweight champion, Eduardo Dantas, is set to return in July. He faces former UFC title-challenger; Michael McDonald! Dantas vs. McDonald booked for July! Respected Brazilian media outlet, PoraldoValeTudo, was the first to report the match-up. Eduardo “Dudu” Dantas (20-5) lost his b...
Ricky Simon, the LFA bantamweight champion, believes he’s ready for a UFC contract. He’s prepared to prove it when he defends his title against Vinicius Zani on March 23 at LFA 36. He came close when he appeared on the Dana White Tuesday Night Contender Series in August. Simon won a decision agai...
Jose “Shorty” Torres has accomplished a lot for someone with just six professional fights. He’s a Titan FC two-weight champion, ruling both its flyweight and bantamweight divisions. He’s already done what UFC two-weight champion Conor McGregor has done under the Cage Warriors promotion in less th...
In a division of unheralded fighters, Brazilian bantamweight Pedro Munhoz (15-2) flies under the radar. Glancing at his record, some will write off Munhoz as a gatekeeper due to close decision losses to top contenders Raphael Assunção and Jimmie Rivera. Both highly competitive bouts took place on...
The eight-man tournament field was finalized months ago, but it wasn’t until now we had any information regarding the inevitable alternates. Last night following Bellator 192 at The Forum, Bellator President Scott Coker announced that Cheick Kongo and Javy Ayala would serve as alternates in the B...
The UFC’s bantamweight division is stacked with talent, but in the last two years, three men have been on top of that mountain. Between 2016 and 2017, the title changed hands three times – the first time coming in January of 2016 when Dominick Cruz defeated TJ Dillashaw by a split decision to bec...
RIZIN is back!! It’s the most wonderful time of the year and it’s not because of Christmas. RIZIN’s December double-feature is back and in full form. Two stacked nights of fights, three different tournaments, and multiple legends return. All in the span of three days. But first up; the RIZIN Figh...
This week RIZIN Fighting Federation held open workouts for all of the RIZIN Bantamweight Grand-Prix quarter-finalists. DEEP champion Takafumi Otsuka (23-13-1, 1NC) focused on very light sparring for the media in Japan, explaining that it was an “easier” option than hitting pads or really showing ...
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...