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After former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov (29-0) retired and vacated his title in October last year, there have been discussions around who would be the future UFC lightweight champion. It seems that the UFC is gearing up for an unofficial lightweight tournament in order to crown ...
Justin Jaynes (16-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) will look to return to the win column when he fights Gabriel Benitez (21-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC) at UFC Vegas 16 on Dec. 5. “I like the match-up because Benitez doesn’t have any interest in wrestling, or at least I’d like to think he doesn’t,” Jaynes told MMASucka. “I’ll...
After Khabib Nurmagomedov won at UFC 254 and announced his retirement, the lightweight division is left without a champion. With such a stacked division, the UFC probably won’t take long to fill the vacancy. There have already been UFC betting odds released for the future of the division, as well...
With Khabib Nurmagomedov announcing his retirement after his win at UFC 254, the UFC lightweight division is apparently without a champion. Losing their great champion is definitely a big hit to the UFC lightweight division. The good news is that there’s still a pretty deep pool of talent to buil...
Vinc Pichel is a week removed from his victory over Jim Miller at UFC 252. The unanimous decision he claimed over the lightweight legend is his biggest ‘W’ to date. “Jim Miller was definitely the biggest name and probably the best win of my career,” Pichel told MMASucka. “I felt my performance, o...
34-year old Canadian Jesse Ronson has finally got his return call back to the UFC after 7 long years of waiting. The first call came when John Makdessi was ruled out of his bout against Carlos Diego Ferreira on December 8th, 2018 and Ronson was scheduled as the replacement fighter. Unfortunately,...
With the return of boxing in the USA on June 9 at the MGM Grand being led by the top young prospects and Terence Crawford protégé Shakur Stevenson; we thought we would take a look at the top 5 young prospects in boxing today. Shakur Stevenson: The Next Floyd Mayweather Shakur Stevenson. 23 years ...
Roosevelt Roberts put a stamp on his grudge match with Brok Weaver last Saturday when he submitted him in Round 2. Roberts improved to 4-1 in the UFC and 10-1 overall with the win. “It was a good win,” he told MMASucka. “I felt like I went out there and showed a lot of my […]
At UFC 249 Justin Gaethje (22-2) beat the former interim lightweight champion, Tony Ferguson (26-4), snapping a 12 fight win streak that lasted over seven years. It is rare for someone to build up a record like this in the lightweight division, and Ferguson proved in his latest match that ending ...
After a back and forth war with Michael Johnson in his UFC debut, former World Series of Fighting champion Justin Gaethje went to do what he always does: his signature backflip off the cage. Only this time, due to a mixture of sweat and exhaustion he could not climb the cage. Any other fighter wo...
Brent Primus won his second straight and improved to 10-1 overall on Feb. 22 when he submitted Chris Bungard inside two minutes at Bellator 240. His neck crank of Bungard came on the heels of a 1:20 gogoplata over Tim Wilde in May 2019. The former Bellator lightweight champion hopes with back-to-...
Jalin Turner improved to 9-5 overall and 2-2 in the UFC with a win over Joshua Culibao at UFC on ESPN+ 26 in Auckland, New Zealand. “The Tarantula” picked up a second round stoppage over his previously-undefeated lightweight opponent. “I’m feeling good. I kinda gave myself the nickname of ‘Undefe...
Anthony Pettis (22-9) takes on Carlos Diego Ferreira (16-2) in the main card opener for UFC 246 on the 18th of January. This marks the return to lightweight for Pettis who recently went on a 1-1 run in welterweight. Ferreira has been working his way up the lightweight ranks and is currently on a ...
Not only was there a storm outside Osaka Edion Arena, but there was a tidal wave of finishes inside for RIZIN 19. In the much talked about RIZIN lightweight Grand Prix, the following fighters advanced: Tofiq Musayev, Luiz Gustavo, Patricky “Pitbull” Freire, and Johnny Case. All GP matches were a ...
Brackets have been announced for RIZIN’s much talked about lightweight grand prix. The matches were revealed last week during a press conference. Matchups were made by random lottery draw. The first round of fights will be kicking off at RIZIN 19 at the Edion Arena in Osaka October 12. To see the...
Justin Gaethje smashed Donald Cerrone in the first round, thus putting himself in title contention. A very significant win, to be sure, but it’s not just because of the rankings, or because of the opponent he beat, to be frank. Many fight fans believed the outcome would be the same every time, it...