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At a press conference hosted by Bellator MMA’s Scott Coker in Florence, it was announced that Bellator was returning to Italy with another combo-event featuring kickboxing and MMA on December 10 from the Mandela Forum in Florence. — The MMA portion of the double-feature has been dubbed ‘Bellator ...
As more and more kickboxing is making its way on to my TV and computer screens, I can’t help but wonder: Why are all these fights not under Muay Thai rules? I see the lack of clinch work, knees, and elbows and shake my head. The rules are out there, as the Association of […]
(Press Release) BELLATOR MMA AND OKTAGON KICKBOXING ANNOUNCE MULTIPLE STAR ATHLETES WHO ARE SET TO COMPETE DURING CO-PROMOTED EVENT AT PALA ALPITOUR IN TORINO, ITALY ON APRIL 16, 2016 Sakara/Rogers, Melvin Manhoef, Kevin Ross and Raymond Daniels announced for Bellator MMA/Oktagon Kickboxing co-pr...
A battle of Japanese bantamweights has been added to RIZIN FF’s inaugural show, as veteran Hideo Tokoro looks to rebound from decision loss to LC Davis in a Fight of the Year contender in March to take on experience kickboxer Kizaemon Saiga. The bout announcement was posted to efight.jp. Hideo To...
RIZIN FF has announced the debut of Kaido Höövelson, better known as; BARUTO. He will take on combat sports legend Jérôme Le Banner on December 31. RIZIN announces BARUTO vs. Jérôme Le Banner for 12/31 30-year-old Baruto (0-0) will be making his MMA debut following his run as a sumo-wrestler whic...
RIZIN has announced via Press Release two more fights for their debut card on December 29 featuring the likes of HINATA and Carlos Toyota. Two more fights added to RIZIN 1 KAZUYUKI MIYATA vs. HINATA WATANABE First bout announced was a fight between Kazuyuki Miyata (14-9) and one of Japan’s best k...
GLORY 25 Milan goes down on Friday from Milan. Watch GLORY 25 Superfight Series and Main Card on MMASucka.com The main event features Robin van Roosmalen vs. Sittichai and also taking place on the Italy card is fan favorite Giorgio Petrosyan, who will take on rising contender Josh Jauncey. The Gl...
World Series of Fighting (WSOF) has announced the signing of multi-time kickboxing champion and Bellator veteran; Cosmo Alexandre. Alexandre (6-1) has won six-straight since losing his MMA debut to Josh Quayhagen at Bellator 52 in 2011. He beat Quayhagen at Bellator 80 to avenge the previous loss...
After years of anticipation, Andy Souwer is finally set to make his MMA debut. He will take on Yuichiro ‘Jienotsu’ Nagashima in Japan. The bout was reported on liverkick.com late Monday. Souwer (0-0) will be making his MMA debut after amassing a record of 153-15-1 in kickboxing. He is a 4x S-cup ...
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...
Tyrone Spong returns to MMA competition for the first time since 2013 to take on Jake “The Honey Bear” Heun at WSOF 26. The bout was confirmed in a press release from the promotion on Wednesday. Spong (2-0) is one of the most seasoned out there, having competed in MMA, boxing and kickboxing. He h...
The Eye of the Storm MMA Podcast is back and hitting hard, like that kick to the face you took after that ill-advised spinning backfist attempt! We’re straying outside the cage and meandering over to the kickboxing ring for an interview with Glory Kickboxing’s Josh Jauncey! Justin and Christiaan ...
Video: Paul Daley talks his opponent, return to MMA, preference between kickboxing and MMA and more Paul Daley sits down with MMA Sucka. He talks his about his next Bellator opponent, a return to mixed martial arts, his preference between kickboxing and MMA and much more. Video: Paul Daley talks ...
I’ve written a guide just in case you’ve never seen a Muay Thai fight. How to Watch a Muay Thai Fight The Basics: First, a Muay Thai contest has of 5, 3 minute rounds with a 2 minute rest in between rounds. Points are scored according to landed strikes; punches, elbows, kicks, knees and sweeps. […]
A third championship fight will take place on the already stacked “Bellator MMA: Dynamite 1” card, this time in Glory kickboxing’s featherweight division. Canadian World Champion Gabriel Varga (26-2, 8 KO) will defend his title against Ukrainian challenger Serhiy Adamchuck (29-5, 14 KO). Gabriel ...
We will have both the GLORY 23 Super Fight Series and the GLORY 23: Las Vegas events streaming live on MMASucka.com. The Super Fight Series begins at 6pm PT/9pm ET and the main card airs at 8pm PT/11pm ET. This event will be divided into two PPV streams due to different Geo Restrictions for the G...