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Casey Kenney (15-2-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) will look to get the better of fellow bantamweight prospect Nathaniel Wood (17-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in their UFC 254 showdown. “I think it’s a great match-up,” Kenney told MMASucka. “Two up-and-coming guys who have the same record in the UFC. Both very well-rounded. ...
Bellator 246 will not only be the last Bellator show on the Paramount Network but will see a new bantamweight champion crowned. The promotion will move to the CBS Sports Network starting next month. Former champion Kyoji Horiguchi vacated the belt due to suffering an ACL injury. Juan Archuleta (2...
Mando Gutierrez will look to improve to 5-0 as a professional against a fellow undefeated fighter in Mo Miller (3-0). The two are scheduled to clash in a bantamweight bout at LFA 90 on Sept. 4. The fight will mark Gutierrez’s first time competing against an undefeated opponent who has a winning r...
Vince Cachero is officially a UFC fighter. While his debut, under less-than-ideal conditions, didn’t go his way, he’s happy and excited to be with the promotion. “I know that I’ve been ready for it for a long time,” Cachero told MMASucka. “It was just a matter of waiting for that call and making ...
Mando Gutierrez improved to 4-0 as a professional mixed martial artist with a dominant debut for Legacy Fighting Alliance. The Michigan native submitted Jeff Jepsen just 1:57 into their bantamweight bout on Friday at LFA 86 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. “Honestly, man, I feel on top of the world,...
Raufeon Stots handed Cass Bell his first professional loss tonight at Bellator 242. The decorated collegiate wrestler submitted Bell in the third round by rear-naked choke at 1:24. Stots extends his winning streak to six and is now 14-1. The Fight The first round saw Stots lock in a guillotine ch...
Jonathan Martinez (11-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) will take on Frankie Saenz (12-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) in a bantamweight showdown at UFC APEX on August 1. “I think it’s a great match-up,” Martinez told MMASucka. “I don’t want this fight to go to a decision, because last fight, I had to go to a decision, and […]
Cody Stamann and Jimmie Rivera are set to throw down in a short notice bout on Fight Island. The two were originally preparing to fight each other in August but will do it on July 15 in Abu Dhabi instead. Cody Stamann vs. Jimmie Rivera Stamann (19-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) feels he has more paths […]
At UFC 251 on Fight Island, Petr Yan (14-1) will face Jose Aldo (28-6) for the vacant bantamweight title. This booking is the strangest of all three title fights on the stacked card. Aldo has no official wins in a division full of top contenders. If Yan wins the belt, he will have become a champi...
Following Henry Cejudo‘s shock retirement and subsequent relinquishment of his bantamweight title, the belt is now vacant. Dana White announced his plans to have Jose Aldo and Petr Yan compete for the title. However, the two most deserving contenders happen to be fighting at UFC 250 this weekend…...
Casey Kenney had arguably his best UFC showing yet on Saturday when he vanquished Louis Smolka in the first round of their UFC Las Vegas bantamweight scrap. Kenney submitted Smolka, a former top-10 flyweight, with a one-arm guillotine choke at the 3:03 mark of the bout. Kenney improved to 3-1 in ...
Dominick Cruz‘s immediate title shot upon his return at UFC 249 has added more controversy to the bantamweight title picture. Cruz’s title shot comes as a result of Jose Aldo‘s forced withdrawal from his bout with Henry Cejudo. However, there is one fighter in the 135-pound division, Aljamain Ste...
Sarah Moras (6-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC) will look to break into the top-15 of the UFC women’s bantamweight division at UFC Jacksonville on May 13. “Cheesecake” will take on Sijara Eubanks (4-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC), who’s currently the 15th-ranked bantamweight. “I like the match-up. She’s good,” Moras told MMASuc...
Erion Zekthi will look to make it four wins in a row and improve his professional record to 5-1 at Shamrock FC 329. He’ll take on 6-5 Dillon Tolbert in a clash of Missouri regional circuit bantamweights scheduled for March 14. Zekthi said he’s not taking Tolbert lightly – he’s been training seven...
Petr Yan‘s knockout of Urijah Faber took place at in the first minute of the third round via head kick. Yan (14-1) was able to control where the fight took place, and punished Faber (35-11) every time he attempted a take down. Yan made sure to stay on the front foot and pressured Faber into […]
Cody Stamann ran the emotional gamut from the time the bell rang, signaling the end of his UFC on ESPN 7 fight with Song Yadong, to when the judges read their scorecards. “The Spartan” believed he had done enough to secure a decisive win against the Chinese wunderkind in a fight he entered as the...