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After being out of action for the entire month of April, California-based A1 Combat returns to action for two consecutive weekends in the month of May. The first card of that stretch is the second half of a day-night doubleheader of MMA on Friday. A1 Combat 20 comes on the heels of promotional al...
Another weekend of MMA action is about to kick off. This evening, Wheatland CA’s Hard Rock Live is the site for the sold-out A1 Combat 19. Action begins at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT on the promotion’s YouTube channel with the amateur undercard, followed at 10 pm ET/ 7 pm PT with the main […]
It doesn’t happen in most MMA promotions based out of North America, but you’ll see it happen on Friday night if you’re a spectator with tickets for A1 Combat 19 in Wheatland, CA. Most often, when you think of fighters competing at strawweight, you’ll think of women competing at a championship ma...
Sometimes when you navigate through fight week, the scheduled card is by no means the final version of the event’s itinerary. The promotion encounters circumstances beyond its control and it’ll have to make adjustments to the night’s planned slate of contests. This has happened in the run-up to F...
California is going to be buzzing with activity in sports this week. Thursday night, The Oakland Almeida County Coliseum will welcome the Oakland Athletics back for Opening Day in Major League Baseball as the A’s play the Cleveland Guardians, now managed by Stephen Vogt, in the first of a four-ga...
More championship action comes your way on Thursday night. If you thought the headlining bout of UFC 298 last Saturday was a great contest, you haven’t seen anything yet. A packed weekend of MMA begins just a little early than normal when Tachi Palace in Lemoore, CA plays host to another night of...
This last full weekend of February is a big one. If you don’t have your popcorn now, here’s some helpful advice from your friends at MMA Sucka: Get to the supermarket before Thursday night. There’s so much action going on this weekend that it starts on Thursday. Your packed slate of competitive v...
It was a little less than two years ago when UFC Hall of Fame inductee Urijah Faber switched hats from competitor to promoter. In 2022, what was then known as Firepower MMA became known as A1 Combat. It should be noted that the Firepower MMA moniker has still been used for its “Future Stars” even...
Don’t look now, but the last weekend prior to the Thanksgiving holiday is one filled with championship fights across MMA. Between Bellator, A1 Combat, and APFC, as it stands right now, eight titles will be handed out by Sunday night. UFC Fight Pass has the last six of them live on their Website t...
Urijah Faber’s has brought A1 Combat back to Tachi Palace in Lemoore , California to host A1 Combat 10: Sánchez vs Majdeddine. Tonight’s event has 9 fights to get us ready for the weekend and it’ll end with the final vacant men’s title fight in the always exciting lightweight division.
Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat returns today for the second time in as many days and the third time during its first month of action. Following an exciting night of fights last night with A1 Combat 2, the promotion brings A1 Combat 3, once again live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Sacramento, C...
Less than a month after its inaugural show, Urijah Faber‘s A1 Combat returns this weekend with two cards, the first of which comes tonight. A1 Combat 2 goes down live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Sacramento, California. Two champions will be crowned at the top of the card, as both the i...
Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat hosts its inaugural event tonight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Wheatland, California. MMA Sucka brings you live coverage of this event and many more. In the main event, Jack Duffy (5-0) takes on Jesse Tafoya (4-4) for the promotion’s flyweight title. California’s ...
If you have ever been to a live MMA event, the ring or cage announcer can make a world of difference in the type of experience you have. MMA is a sport, but it is also entertainment. The leader in Southern MMA announcing is David Hardy Jr., known simply as “Dynamite.” Roots Just like with […]
Louisiana and the Gulf Coast area are certainly known for producing some of the toughest and most skilled mixed martial artists in the world today. Most noteworthy, Louisiana natives Dustin Poirier and Daniel Cormier sit atop their respective UFC divisions as champions. New Orleans’ Macy Chiasson...
Bayou Fighting Championship is bringing MMA back to Tangipahoa Parish (southeastern Louisiana) after a near four year absence of the sport. A lot of that has to do with current UFC featherweight Kurt Holobaugh. Louisiana in general is an absolute hotbed for MMA, with two UFC champions coming from...