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RIZIN 25 saw the crowning of its first featherweight champion. Shooto featherweight champion Yutaka Saito went on to beat Mikuru Asakura via unanimous decision in a highly anticipated fight. This brought Asakura’s first loss since starting in RIZIN and his second loss in his pro career. That wasn...
Henry Corrales defeated the hard-hitting Brandon Girtz with a beautifully technical performance at Bellator 250. Girtz made his featherweight debut Thursday against the 145 pound veteran Henry Corrales. Both men were looking to bounce back from losses. Henry Corrales Knocks off Brandon Girtz As t...
Shooto featherweight champion Yutaka Saito (17-4-2) is happy to be making his RIZIN debut. The 32-year-old fighter has wins over Caol Uno, Hiroyuki Takaya, and “Lion” Takeshi Inoue. He will be taking on Shooto and Pancrase fighter Kazumasa Majima (14-1) at RIZIN 23 in a featherweight match. In an...
Holloway vs Volkanovski was not a robbery. When both men fought for the UFC Featherweight title on Saturday, it was a fantastic performance from them. Max Holloway (21-6) was able to address the challenges Alexander Volkanovski (22-1) brought to his game and provided the champion Volkanovski with...
Fighter Betting Trends: Calvin Kattar is coming off a decisive win over Jeremy Stephens at UFC 249 in May and is currently climbing up the featherweight ranks. The #6 ranked Kattar will take on #10 featherweight Dan Ige at UFC on ESPN 13 this Wednesday from Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Catch up on the ...
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 […]
Fight Island will host the featherweight championship fight between Alexander Volkanovski (21-1) and Max Holloway (21-5). Six months is little time for the former champ Holloway to make the adjustments needed. It’s surprising to think that people were looking past Volkanovski as a challenger to H...
Sean Woodson will return to the Octagon for the first time since October when he takes on Kyle Nelson at UFC Las Vegas on June 27. Woodson, a 6’2″ featherweight with a 79-inch reach, will hold an eight-inch reach advantage over his opponent. While Woodson acknowledged Nelson is a “striker first,”...
UFC Matchmaker – Men’s Featherweight division The UFC‘s men’s featherweight division is undoubtedly amongst the strongest within the organisation. However, after Alexander Volkanovski handily dethroned ex-champion Max Holloway, matchmaking has never been tougher in the division in which Conor McG...
Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds is back for their first card of 2020 to bring you Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds 2020: The Featherweights from The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The 16-man tournament features the some of the top featherweights in the sport of jiu jitsu. With names like Richard Alar...
Mando Gutierrez will look to improve his professional MMA record to 3-0 Saturday when he takes on debutant Adam Kehr at Lights Out Championship 7. The featherweight bout could carry important implications for the Michigan regional scene. Both Gutierrez and Kehr had strong amateur runs. Although K...
Matt Bessette emerged victorious at CES 60 with a third-round knockout win over Charles Cheeks III. However, the fight was more than just another notch in the ‘W’ column for Bessette. “The Mangler” earned his CES featherweight belt back in the vacant title bout on the heels of one of the toughest...
Andre Fili (20-6) and Sodiq Yusuff (10-1) are set to face off at UFC 246 on 18 January. Both fighters like to come forward and inflict damage, so this featherweight match-up promises to be a banger. Distance, counters, footwork and clinch should be the main focus for predictions of Andre Fili ver...
Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski (20-1) is taking on UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway (21-4) for the Featherweight title at UFC 245 in Las Vegas on the 15th of December. While Holloway is hoping for his fourth successful title defence he is possibly facing the biggest threat to his throne...
Talita Nogueira returns to competition at Bellator 231 on Friday. Nogueira will come back in her first fight since July 2018 to take on promotional debutant Jessy Miele. The October 25th card has fun fights all-around and emanates from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Nogueira compet...
Sean Woodson achieved a dream of his last week when he secured a UFC contract with a vicious flying knee knockout of Terrance McKinney at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. “It’s finally starting to set in that I’m a UFC fighter,” Woodson told MMASucka. “First, it was really surreal. It...