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During the BAMMA 23 broadcast, Mark Godbeer (10-2) was brought to the cage between fights and it was announced that the heavyweight champion would represent BAMMA in the Rizin Heavyweight Grand-Prix in December. The promotion posted a video of the announcement on Twitter. Along with Godbeer, it w...
Vitaly Minakov returns to action on Fight Pass when he takes on Josh “Cuddly Bear” Copeland in the main event of Fight Nights event on December 11. Rasul Mirzaev gets co-main event billing. MMAFighting.com’s Guilherme Cruz first reported the match-up. This will be Minakov’s third fight in 2015 wh...
Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (31-11-2, 1NC) has made a Facebook post about injuring his shoulder and not being able to fight Anthony Hamilton at UFC Seoul. In the status update he also drops hints at potential retirement from combat sports all together. The original post is in Croation, so here is a...
Tonight the co-main event of Jungle Fight 82 in Sao Paulo, Brazil saw Bruno Cappelozza (6-3) take on the undefeated Sandro Bezerra (6-0) for the vacant Jungle Fight heavyweight title. After winning by (T)KO, it was confirmed by Nobuyuki Sakakibara on Twitter that Cappelozza punched his ticket to ...
Rizin Fighting Federation has announced their sixth signing, and it’s in the form of former Sumo wrestler Kaido Hoovelson, better known as; BARUTO. Here is the official statement; “A long awaited man from the Professional Sumo world who has the potential to be the top fighter has made his decisio...
Glory heavyweight champion, Holland’s “King of Kickboxing” Rico Verhoeven made his MMA debut today vs. Russia’s “King Kong” Viktor Bogutzki after amassing a kickboxing record of 46-10-1. Video: Glory heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven made his MMA debut at RXF 20 Entire RXF 20 Sibiu event stream...
Vitaly Minakov will return to action on a Fight Nights card in Dagestan on Sept. 18 vs. Brazil’s Geronimo “Mondragon” dos Santos. This will be Minakov’s second fight in roughly 15 months since defending his Bellator title vs. Cheick Kongo at Bellator 115. He beat Adam Maciejewski at Fight Nights ...
Vitaly Minakov will return to action on a Fight Nights card in Sochi, Russia on July 31 vs. Poland’s Adam Maciejewski. This will be Minakov’s first fight in roughly 15 months since defending his Bellator title vs. Cheick Kongo at Bellator 115. Maciejewski has fought twice since then, but has not ...
Dallas gets a huge heavyweight battle as heavy hitters Alistair Overeem and Roy Nelson are set to do battle at UFC 185. Dallas Morning News were the first to announce the news on Tuesday night. Overeem (38-14) entered the UFC in December of 2011 with a lot of hype behind him. He stopped and retir...
At SFL 35 in Tacoma, Washington Josh Barnett made his return to the cage — as a coach. He was in the corner of main event fighter Victor Henry and co-main event fighter Colleen Schneider. Video: Josh Barnett talks SFL 35 fighters, the heavyweight division, his podcast and more Both of his CSW fig...
Bellator 129 gets a fun heavyweight fight between English slugger James Thompson and 42 year old Houston Alexander. Bellator officials announced the bout late Monday. Thompson (20-14-1) may not be the most skilled fighter of all time, but he sure is fun to watch. With 18 finishes in those 20 wins...
Heavyweight gold is up for grabs at WSOF 14, as Smealinho Rama takes on Derrick Mehmen for the inaugural title. WSOF 14 adds Smealinho Rama vs Derrick Mehmen for inaugural heavyweight title The match-up was first reported by MMAFighting.com, but confirmed by WSOF officials. Rama (8-1) is coming o...
ONE Fighting Championship has added another Heavyweight fighter to its ranks with the addition of a UFC veteran. While no contract details have been disclosed, James McSweeney (12-11) has officially signed with the promotion. MMA Mania first broke the news, with sources close to the situation lat...
It was one of the greatest Heavyweight battles that ever took place in the octagon. Mark Hunt took on Antonio Silva in the main event of UFC Fight Night 33 in a match-up that delivered not only fireworks, but entertainment as well. Mark Hunt vs Antonio Silva declared a Majority Draw in 5-round cl...
White: We will probably do Werdum vs Velasquez next Following the UFC 166 main event, Joe Rogan asked UFC President Dana White what would be next for heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and he answered, “Werdum’s probably next. It makes the most sense.” White: We will probably do Werdum vs Velasq...
Cain Velasquez has retained his UFC Heavyweight championship belt. The Mexican dominated proceedings from the first round, getting the better of Dos Santos for almost the entire fight. It was a well-laid game plan by the champ, who kept the fight up against the cage, where he worked his dirty box...