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The “Henry Corrales Revenge Tour” could be a thing. After Corrales’ knockout win over Andy Main at Bellator 208 last Saturday, he told the media that he has “vengeance on his mind.” Prior to his current four-fight win-streak over Main, Georgi Karakhanyan, Noad Lahat and Cody Bollinger, Corrales f...
ROAD Fighting Championship has announced ROAD FC 050 for November 3, in what will be the promotion’s debut in Daejeon, South Korea. ROAD Featherweight Champion, Mu Gyeom Choi, will make his fourth title defense against top contender Jung Young Lee. And at openweight, Japanese legend Kazuyuki Fuji...
Bubba Jenkins (12-4 MMA) will return to MMA action at Brave CF 16 following a year-long layoff on September 21. He’ll challenge Brave CF featherweight champion Elias Boudegzdame (15-4) in what marks Jenkins’ first professional title shot. “I’m excited about the match-up. He’s a formidable champio...
Far too often in MMA, fighters with fascinating backstories and unique talents are under-promoted. This lack of promotion is a massive blow to the wallets of these fighters, and, ironically, hurts the bottom line of the organization that makes such promotional missteps. In “What WME Should See“, ...
Jordan Leavitt: college student by day, professional MMA fighter by night. Leavitt, 23, a political science major at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has dreams of getting accepted into law school and pursuing a career in family law. He also has dreams of becoming a UFC champion. The Nevada f...
Lance Palmer earned his second win of the Professional Fighters League featherweight season in as many contests. “The Party” defeated Tuerxun Jumabieke via third-round submission (neck-crank) at PFL 4 on Thursday. The win solidified Palmer as the tournament’s second seed going into the postseason...
Andre Harrison put Professional Fighters League featherweights on notice. He earned a dominant unanimous decision win over Tuerxun Jumabieke last Thursday at PFL 2018 #1. “The Bull” took the fight to Jumabieke from the opening bell to the final one at Madison Square Garden’s Hulu Theater. The for...
Lance Palmer secured a second-round rear naked choke victory and five points over Bekbulat Magomedov last Thursday at PFL 2018 #1. Palmer isn’t the only former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion who fought and won on the card. In fact, there were two others: Andre Harrison and Alexan...
Former World Series of Fighting featherweight champion Alexandre de Almeida made quick work of Lee Coville on Thursday night at PFL 1. The -1100 favorite scored some hard strikes on the inside. When the fight went to the ground, de Almeida snatched up a quick armbar to force the tap from Coville...
It wasn’t looking good for Steven Siler in the first round of his featherweight bout at PFL 2018 #1. His opponent, Magomed Idrisov, had him battered and bruised to the point where surrounding journalists were imploring referee Keith Peterson to stop the fight. Idrisov had appeared to put Siler ou...
Two Championship Fights Headline GLORY 55 New York From The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on July 20 Middleweight: Alex Pereira (c) vs. Yousri Belgaroui (No. 1) Featherweight: Robin van Roosmalen (c) vs. Petchpanomrung Kiatmookao ( No. 2) The world’s premier stand-up combat league returns...
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 vacant featherweight championship will be on the line in July when Marcin Wrzosek and Kleber Koike Erbst face-off yet again at KSW 44. KSW announced the bout on Monday. The pair first met last year at the historic KSW 39 event and in front of 57,766 fans in Poland. It was Erbst who walked […]
Much like this month’s Submission of the Month, the winner of Knockout of the Month was decided in one of the first events of March 2018. In February, the Knockout of the Month was Akhmet “Butcher” Aliev wheel-kicking his was to Fight Nights Global gold. In March, however, we saw a tremendous amo...
Another intriguing match-up heads to Wroclaw for KSW 43! It’ll be a battle between experience and youth when former featherweight champion Artur Sowinski returns to take on undefeated rising star Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 43! Artur Sowinski faces Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 43 Artur Sowinski (18-9...
Frankie Edgar entered Saturday’s UFC 222 event having never been finished in MMA competition. That all changed in the span of five minutes. Brian Ortega became the first man to hand Edgar a finish loss when he knocked him out in the first round of their featherweight title eliminator. In the fina...