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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 ...
‘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...