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Joanna Jedrzejczyk vs. Valentina Shevchenko for the vacant UFC flyweight title is set for UFC 231. Shevchenko was supposed to fight former champion Nicco Montano at UFC 228 before Montano was hospitalized during a botched weight cut. The UFC stripped Montano shortly thereafter and announced that ...
RIZIN 13 is just over a week away, and the card has filled out with an assortment of exciting fights. The event goes down Sunday, Sept. 30 in the morning, and will be available on FITE TV. On a stacked show, here are five fights MMA fans shouldn’t miss. Tenshin Nasukawa vs. Kyoji Horiguchi (kickb...
Nohelin Hernandez (8-2 MMA) is set fight Rolando Velasco (13-5-1) at LFA 51 on Friday, September 28. Hernandez enters the bantamweight bout on a two-fight winning streak with victories over Josh San Diego and Joe Neal. He said Velasco will pose a great match-up and another name he will add to his...
CES announced Monday night that Dinis Paiva (11-7 MMA, 11-7 CES)) will fight Tony Gravely (14-5 MMA, 0-0 CES) for the bantamweight title. The bout will headline CES 53. Paiva Paiva had a four-fight winning streak snapped in June when he was submitted by UFC Fight Night 137‘s Andre Ewell for the C...
Randy Patino is more well-practiced in many of the martial arts than you might expect of a 2-0 professional fighter. The Michigan welterweight has a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu base, won a Golden Gloves state championship in boxing and grew up doing Taekwondo. He recently added Muay Thai to his repertoir...
In an ongoing series, MMASucka will break down the origins of a submission, talk about some of its famous users, and so much more. You might even get a video breakdown by fighters in the MMA world! Be sure to come back each week to see what will be the next Submission for Suckas. Check […]
Bubba Jenkins (12-4 MMA) will return to MMA action at Brave CF 16 following a year-long layoff on September 21. He’ll challenge Brave CF featherweight champion Elias Boudegzdame (15-4) in what marks Jenkins’ first professional title shot. “I’m excited about the match-up. He’s a formidable champio...
Adam Cella (9-8) is looking for the biggest victory of his MMA career when he fights James Bochnovic (8-3) at Shamrock FC 309 this Friday. Looking for a Title Shot Bochnovic, like Cella, is a UFC and Bellator veteran with some solid wins on his resume. Cella will look to earn his fourth win in […]
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...
The featured bantamweight bout at UFC 228 has some heat behind it. Cody Stamann (17-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) will take on Aljamain Sterling (15-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC) in a pivotal bout at 135. Stamann vs. Sterling No. 8-ranked Sterling will look to keep his spot in the rankings against No. 10 Stamann, who’s look...
Bayou Fighting Championship will host Fightville 2 Friday August 24, 2018 from the Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette, LA. Fightville promoter, former UFC veteran Tim Credeur, has partnered with Joe Ancona of Bayou Fighting Championship to expand the brand due to the boom of MMA in South...
Jon Tuck feels he shines the most as an underdog and in enemy territory. Those will both be true when he travels to Lincoln, NE to take on Drew Dober at UFC Fight Night 135 on August 25. Dober was born and raised in Omaha, NE, so he’s sure to be the hometown favorite. 87 […]
The Professional Fighters League touched down at Nassau Coliseum on Thursday, July 19. Heavyweights and featherweights duked it out to see who would earn enough points to move onto the PFL postseason. Stay tuned to MMASucka for PFL 4 live results. Main Card Lance Palmer def. Tuerxun Jumabieke via...
CES MMA heads to New York for the first time tonight, Friday, May 4. A live stream of the event, which is free, can be found here. The card features Matt Secor, top-prospect John Gotti III and more. It starts at 8 p.m. Main Event: Matt Secor vs. Adam Sepulveda (180 lb. catchweight) Bellator and T...
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...
For the first time, A.J. McKee gave himself a full eight-week training camp to prepare for Justin Lawrence, his opponent at Bellator 197 this Friday. His longest previous camp was four weeks, which he held for Dominic Mazzotta. McKee is a perfect 10-0 with all of his wins coming under the Bellato...