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Alex Nicholson (10-5) has largely found success on the comeback trail since being released by the UFC mid-2017. He put together three first-round knockouts over Demoreo Dennis, Chris Barnett and Daniel Madrid. Nicholson was told he’d get the call to the UFC if he beat Ryan Spann for the LFA ligh...
Ricco Rodriguez meets Alex Nicholson on the inaugural CamSoda Legends card this Thursday for a heavyweight bout. Rodriguez said he respects Nicholson’s talent as someone who is dangerous in the first round, durable and packs good takedown defense. However, Rodriguez added most fighters who lose t...
KSW 44 has been announced for June 9 at the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. The first confirmed bout is a battle between KSW juggernauts; Karol Bedorf vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski. The promotion announced the bout on Tuesday. Karol Bedorf (14-3) proudly held KSW heavyweight gold for about three years a...
The UFC arrived in Austin, Texas for the third time on Saturday. The main event featured two hard-hitting welterweights in Donald Cerrone and Yancy Medeiros. The co-main event saw Houston’s Derrick Lewis take on Poland’s Marcin Tybura. Plus, Texas’ James Vick took on Brazil’s Francisco Trinaldo. ...
Top-ranked UK heavyweight Phil De Fries (14-6) has signed with KSW on a four-fight deal. The 31-year-old has fought all over the world in some of the biggest promotions around including making five appearances in the UFC. The submission ace has registered twelve stoppage wins and holds career vic...
The heaviest division in the UFC recently put its title on the line at UFC 220. Current champion, Stipe Miocic, took on scary knockout artist, Francis Ngannou in the night’s main event. Stipe dominated, winning by unanimous decision, and breaking the record for most consecutive title defenses in ...
The eight-man tournament field was finalized months ago, but it wasn’t until now we had any information regarding the inevitable alternates. Last night following Bellator 192 at The Forum, Bellator President Scott Coker announced that Cheick Kongo and Javy Ayala would serve as alternates in the B...
The Iranian heavyweight beast Amir Aliakbari announced his departure from RIZIN to sign with ACB just last month. And finally, a debut has been announced. Aliakbari will face two-time M-1 title-challenger Denis Smoldarev. Amir Aliakbari debuts at ACB 84 in Azerbaijan Multiple-time Greco-Roman wre...
After over a month away, Bellator MMA is back with their first show of 2018. Live from the Great Wester Forum in Inglewood, California, Bellator MMA brings a stacked card to the Paramount Network tonight. In the main event, the Bellator MMA Heavyweight Grand-Prix kicks off as light heavyweights t...
2017 was an interesting year to be an MMA fan. From the hotly anticipated return of Georges St-Pierre to the madness that was Mayweather-McGregor, to Bellator’s continued expansion under Scott Coker, there was plenty of water-cooler fodder for dedicated face-punching fans. As we head into 2018 ho...
The Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix won’t begin until January 20. However, our friends at Bodog have released opening odds and they have Matt Mitrione favored to win the entire thing. Since his exit from the UFC in early 2016, Mitrione is 3-0 under the Bellator banner with all three victories com...
Christmas season is upon us. The time for joy, celebration and gift giving has arrived. People everywhere are writing their own Christmas lists asking for this and that. Just as the rest of you are and all the other awesome writers here at MMASucka, I before anything else, am an MMA fan. I’ve tri...
One of the most respected fighters in the history of combat sports, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipović is back. The 43-year-old legend fighting out of Croatia will return to the ring on December 31 when he takes on another veteran in the form of 47-year-old “TK”, Tsuyoshi Kosaka. Mirko Cro Cop ends retire...
With the news of an upcoming Bellator heavyweight gran prix, lets compare it to Strikeforce’s from 2011.
One of Poland’s biggest stars heads to Dublin, Ireland as five-time world’s strongest man Mariusz Pudzianowski returns to action against former title-challenger James McSweeney at KSW 40. The fight was announced late last night by KSW. Mariusz Pudzianowski (11-5, 1NC) vs. James McSweeney (15-15) ...
UFC Fight Night 115 takes place at Ahoy Rotterdam in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on Saturday, Sept. 2. In the main event, top 10 heavyweights Alexander Volkov and Stefan Struve — who are 6’7″ and 7′ tall, respectively — collide. Siyar Bahadurzada welcomes Australian Rob Wilkinson to the UFC’s Octa...