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Rob Font scored a signature win at UFC Vegas 17 on Dec. 19 to close out the UFC’s calendar year when he knocked out former bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes. Rob Font Gets His Big UFC Win The win propelled Font to top-5 status in one of the promotion’s most talent-rich divisions. Tyson ...
Bellator returns to the Mohegan Sun Arena with Bellator 245 in Connecticut tonight with a light heavyweight main event that will likely see the winner face new champion Vadim Nemkov. Bellator 245 will see a main event with “Mr. Wonderful” Phil Davis (21-5) meets for the second time former UFC lig...
Another major MMA organization is erring on the side of caution in postponing future events. PFL was supposed to kick off their 2020 season in May, but due to the coronavirus worldwide pandemic, is postponing the season. The announcement was made earlier today by PFL CEO Peter Murray. PFL’s Offic...
When MMA fighters meet in the cage, they attempt to knock their opponent out with an array of punches, kicks, knees and elbows, or force them to tap out with painful submission holds from chokes to armbars. However, there’s a mandatory part of the sport that is arguably more dangerous than the f...
Calen Born (6-1 MMA) is gearing up to re-enter the cage for the first time in over a year. He’s slated to fight Craig Fairley (3-3 MMA) at Shamrock FC 328 Saturday, Feb. 22. Even with Born’s layoff, he doesn’t consider Fairley a tuneup fight. “He does have three finishes, so he’s obviously a grea...
Alex Perez (22-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) is making his return to the Octagon at UFC on ESPN+ 24 this Saturday. He believes a Fight of the Night is in his future when he meets Jordan Espinosa (14-6 MMA, 1-1 UFC) for a flyweight bout. “[Espinosa] is a good match-up, stylistically,” Perez told MMASucka. “We b...
Henry Corrales and Juan Archuleta, two top Bellator featherweights, are ready to go at it at Bellator 238. Both men are looking to get back in the win column after each came up short in the first round of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix. Corrales (17-4 MMA, 5-4 Bellator) saw his five-fight ...
Cody Stamann ran the emotional gamut from the time the bell rang, signaling the end of his UFC on ESPN 7 fight with Song Yadong, to when the judges read their scorecards. “The Spartan” believed he had done enough to secure a decisive win against the Chinese wunderkind in a fight he entered as the...
For Cody Brundage, his fourth career professional MMA bout will be the biggest of his career to date. He fights Erick Lozano on Saturday, Dec. 14 for the Lights Out Championship middleweight title. Brundage is excited for the opportunity, as he feels LOC is one of the top promotions in Michigan. ...
Wow. I can not believe it was 10-years ago today that MMASucka.com was created. The creation story is funny, well to me at least. My wife was off work on maternity leave and was doing some baking at home. We figured we could get a little creative and make a small business website for her […]
A week removed from UFC 241, the stunning upset TKO over lightweight prospect Devonte Smith is just starting to set in for Khama Worthy. Worthy, a +640 betting underdog, dropped the -1000 favorite with less than a minute remaining in the first round. A few punches later, and referee Jason Herzog ...
Fans attending UFC 241 in Anaheim will be treated to a duel of top bantamweight prospects, as Casey Kenney (12-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will fight Manny Bermudez (14-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) on the prelims. Kenney sees the fight as such, as he acknowledged Bermudez’s flawless record as a feat in itself. Casey Ke...
Sean Woodson achieved a dream of his last week when he secured a UFC contract with a vicious flying knee knockout of Terrance McKinney at Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series. “It’s finally starting to set in that I’m a UFC fighter,” Woodson told MMASucka. “First, it was really surreal. It...
Erion Zekthi (3-1 MMA) returns to MMA at Shamrock FC 320 against Horacio Escobar (5-2 MMA) following the longest layoff of his career. The two will compete in a main event bantamweight bout for the Missouri-based promotion. A Long Layoff Zekthi last fought at Shamrock FC 300 against Jordan Collin...
Jordan Dowdy (7-4 MMA) will look to earn his fourth consecutive win when he fights Kevin Brown (5-6 MMA) in a co-main middleweight bout at Nemesis Fighting Alliance: This Is War. Prior History The two share some history going into their fight. Dowdy said he’s cornered Brown before, held pads for ...
Frank Camacho (21-7 MMA, 1-3 UFC) is set to meet Nick Hein (14-4-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) on the prelims of UFC on ESPN+ 11, and he wants to do what no one has really managed to do in the UFC: force a brawl out of Hein. “I’m gonna have to,” Camacho told MMASucka. “I don’t […]