Gillian Robertson Opens Up on UFC Title Shot After Zhang Weili Was Passed Over
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UFC Vegas 115 Post-Event Facts: Strawweight Sets Monumental New Record
UFC Vegas 115 delivered on a slew of incredible bouts, including a stellar main event, which saw top 10 contender Renato Moicano retain his place in the lightweight pecking order by finishing superb prospect Chris Duncan. Also, Virna Jandiroba con...
Dominant Strawweight Champion Aims To Conquer Flyweight
Returning to the flyweight division for the first time in nearly a decade, previous strawweight queen Zhang Weili moves up for the first time in her UFC tenure to challenge for both a second championship, and a special spot in the sport’s history. Zhang Weili Goes Up in Weight To Vie for Flyweigh...
Post-Event Tidbits From UFC 321: Heavyweight Title Fight Ends In Disappointing Fashion
UFC 321 brought with it a mixed bag of emotions. In the main event, newly-minted heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall endeavored to begin his reign in glorious fashion, but an errant double eye poke from challenger Ciryl Gane rendered the Englishman unable to continue. While that championship bout c...
UFC 321 MMASucka Staff Picks: Heavyweight’s Battle In Colossal Championship Showdown
The heavyweights take to the biggest stage in mixed martial arts in UFC 321’s headlining bout, as Tom Aspinall looks to defend his title for the first time against French Muay Thai specialist Ciryl Gane. In the second to last bout of the evening, Jiu-Jitsu sensations Virna Jandiroba and Mackenzie...
MMA Career Retrospective: How BJJ World Champion Mackenzie Dern Became a Top Strawweight
In the freshman outing for the UFC in 2025, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Mackenzie Dern (14-5 MMA, 9-5 UFC) will clash with Amanda Ribas (13-5 MMA, 7-4 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 249 in Las Vegas. Originally meant to compete against each other at UFC on ESPN 63, the pair was then suddenly reschedu...
A1 Combat 19 Featured Bout Breakdown
It doesn’t happen in most MMA promotions based out of North America, but you’ll see it happen on Friday night if you’re a spectator with tickets for A1 Combat 19 in Wheatland, CA. Most often, when you think of fighters competing at strawweight, you’ll think of women competing at a championship ma...
Jarred Brooks vs. Joshua Pacio Breakdown
We all know that getting up in the morning is a pain. Getting up in the morning when it’s early on the alarm clock is even more annoying. This is assuredly a fact of life, but sometimes throughout the year, we’ll have reason enough to get up early. This coming Friday, March 1, is one […]
Who is Next for Molly McCann?
While this may be an excellent decision, McCann is at a critical point of her career, and in order to keep herself on the main cards and enjoy the heavy promotion that she does, she will need to start returning to winning ways sooner rather than later. Her last two performances have been extremel...
Matchmaker Series – Women’s Strawweight
The strawweight division is one of the most entertaining divisions in the UFC today. The last UFC event which went on normally with a full crowd in attendance saw champion Zhang Weili and challenger Joanna Jedrzejczyk put on an all time classic fight. It was easily the best fight at UFC 248. It ...
ONE: Heart Of A Lion topped by two champion vs. champion superfights
ONE Championship has announced the main event of ONE: HEART OF A LION, which is set for November 9 live from the Singapore Indoor Stadium. ONE Women’s Strawweight Champion, “The Panda” Xiong Jing Nan will defend her title against ONE Women’s Aromweight Champion, “Unstoppable” Angela Lee. Also on ...
RIZIN’s Kanako Murata signs with Invicta Fighting Championships
Invicta FC has added depth to their strawweight division with the addition of Japanese-Ace Kanako Murata. The news was confirmed on Thursday. With a stellar mixed martial arts record of 8-1, Kanako Murata has shown signs of brilliance throughout her nine-fight MMA run. As a world-class female wre...
Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Kai Asakura reportedly among new additions to RIZIN 13
As a somewhat late addition to the upcoming RIZIN 13 press conference, it has been revealed that three more stars join the line-up. Pancrase Strawweight Champion; Mitsuhisa Sunabe, Kai Asakura, and DEEP Strawweight Champion; Haruo Ochi will all be present at the event. This according the always r...
ONE: Conquest of Heroes begins to take shape with strawweight title fight and the debut of Yuya Wakamatsu
On September 22, the Jakarta Convention Center will once again play host to another spectacular ONE card. Yoshitaka Naito of Japan will defend his strawweight title against Joshua Pacio of the Philippines in the main event of ONE: Conquest Of Heroes. Yoshitaka Naito vs. Joshua Pacio II Reigning, ...
Two title fights top ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power
XIONG JING NAN DEFENDS ONE WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST LAURA BALIN IN MACAU, CHINA ****** ADRIANO MORAES AND GEJE EUSTAQUIO SET TO UNIFY FLYWEIGHT TITLES IN EPIC REMATCH Two title fights top ONE Championship: Pinnacle of Power The largest global sports media property in Asian h...
UFC 223 Preview: Namajunas vs. Jedrzejczyk
The UFC is ready to kick off fight week for what is set to be one of the best PPV events of the year to date in the form of UFC 223 on April 7, 2018. This incredible fight card includes a co-main event title fight between the current women’s Strawweight champion Rose Namajunas (7-3 […]