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The UFC middleweight division was left in a strange position following UFC 234. After UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker was ruled out of the main event due to an injury, UFC middleweights Israel Adesanya and Anderson Silva were then moved up to the main event of the night in Melbourne, A...
Bellator middleweight Chris Honeycutt is set to appeal his loss to Costello van Steenis from their Bellator 210 fight that occurred on Nov. 30. Honeycutt will meet with the Chickasaw Nation, the governing body which oversaw Bellator 210 in Thackerville, OK, on Feb. 6 to plead his case. Honeycutt ...
A title fight has already been announced for BFL 59, however another was just set. The BFL middleweight championship is on the line as Jared Revel takes on Hamza Salim. BFL officials announced the bout on Tuesday afternoon. The two have met previously. Revel got the better of Salim, earning a una...
Eryk Anders (11-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) is slated to return to the Octagon at UFC 231 next month against hometown favorite Elias Theodorou (15-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC), and the fight is a long time coming. Anders has been calling for a bout with Theodorou since soon after his own UFC debut in July 2017. The two h...
Tim Caron (9-1 MMA) is seeking an emphatic rebound when he fights Vinicius de Jesus (5-2) at Bellator 207. “The Bear” technically enters the bout riding a two-fight winning streak, but he lost his last bout to Jordan Williams. The fight was overturned to a no contest after Williams failed a drug ...
ONE Championship has announced the main event for ONE: Pursuit of Greatness, set for October 26 at the Thuwunna Indoor Stadium in Yangon, Myanmar. Reigning, defending ONE Middleweight Champion, two-division champion, Aung La Nsang will defend his title against Mohammad Karaki. The news was announ...
It’s safe to say that James Bochnovic (8-3) is pumped for his Shamrock FC 309 middleweight main event bout with Adam Cella (9-8). Bochnovic returns to action for the first time since being released from the UFC earlier in the year. He had an eight-fight winning streak snapped in the promotion, an...
Seth Baczynski (22-14 MMA) is back at it on September 28, and he’ll be competing for a world title. “The Polish Pistola” will take on Canada’s own Teddy Ash (11-3) at Unified MMA 34 for the vacant middleweight championship. Baczynski enters the bout having won three of four since being released f...
On September 28, Teddy Ash could become the sport’s next champ-champ. The Canadian (11-3 MMA) will fight Seth Baczynski (22-14) for the Unified MMA vacant middleweight strap at Unified MMA 34. Ash enters the bout as the promotion’s light heavyweight champion after defeating Kobe Ortiz via unanimo...
Bellator may have just booked their biggest fight to date in the form of a middleweight title bout. The promotion will have newly crowned champions Gegard Mousasi and Rory MacDonald do battle with Mousasi’s middleweight title on the line. Ariel Helwani of ESPN was the first to report the monster ...
Seth Baczynski will fight Teddy Ash for the Unified MMA vacant middleweight title at Unified MMA 34 on September 28, the promotion announced on Wednesday. Baczynski Baczynski is an 11-time UFC veteran who held a 5-6 record with the promotion before he was released in 2015. The long-time welterwei...
On Monday, the UFC officially lost one of its most long-standing fighters. Michael Bisping announced his retirement from mixed martial arts on his podcast, Believe You Me. Still, a lot awaits him in retirement: his family, an MMA analyst gig and more. The UFC Hall of Fame could and should be the ...
ONE Championship has announced the first title defense for dual-weight champion Aung La N Sang. At ONE: Spirit Of A Warrior, he will face the newly signed Ken Hasegawa. Chatri Sityodtong, Chairman, and CEO of ONE Championship stated: “Whenever Aung La N Sang steps foot on Myanmar soil, he is gree...
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...
Bellator continues signing UK talent, with their latest addition being BAMMA’s middleweight champion; Mike “Sea Bass” Shipman. Shipman announced the signing – and return date – on his Facebook page early Friday. BAMMA Champion Mike Shipman signs with Bellator MMA; debuts at Bellator 200 Upon losi...
Since Michael Bisping won the middleweight title at UFC 199 in 2016 after knocking out Luke Rockhold, the title has been up for grabs a total of two times. The first of them being Bisping’s first title defence against Dan Henderson at UFC 204. Bisping’s second defence came at UFC 217 against Geor...