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After the third cancellation of Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev, we will now have Leon Edwards vs. Belal Muhammad. Belal Muhammad will step in as the replacement on short notice to face Leon Edwards. Muhammad (18-3), of Palestine, fought to a victory very recently on February 14 and will now fac...
Analysis for Usman vs Masvidal at UFC Fight Island is tricky. It feels as if what will decide the fight are things we do not know about. Jorge Masvidal (35-13) made the gamebred move of taking the fight on six days’ notice. Usman is pretty game to accept a short-notice opponent change as well. Bu...
Khaos Williams (10-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) is still feeling great a couple of weeks after his upset knockout win over Alex Morono (17-6 MMA, 6-3, 1 no contest UFC) at UFC 247. “I’ve never been one to really admire my work too long, you know what I mean?,” Williams told MMASucka. “It’s just another steppi...
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...
The Ben Askren experiment is over. Last November it was announced that a “trade” had occurred between ONE Championship and the UFC. In exchange for the greatest flyweight of all time, Demetrious Johnson, ONE would surrender the undefeated Ben Askren. After contemplating retirement after his last ...
Weight class changes rarely come after a win. Why change what is seen as a winning formula? Moving up a weight class or down is generally seen as an attempt to revitalize a somewhat failing career. Five or so years ago, the standard was to move down in weight and have the advantage of being […]
On Sunday, August 18 from the Thunder Studios in Palm Beach, California the third iteration of Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds went down. And this time around it featured the welterweights. Below are the full Combat Jiu-Jitsu Worlds: The Welterweights results. The 16-man tournament has competitors vying ...
Colby Covington has truly lived up to his nickname of “Chaos”. His antics outside of the cage have garnered him media attention, a positive or negative, depending on your personal perception. To truly understand the chaos, it is important that we break down what makes Covington successful in the ...
Check out these 17 matchmaking suggestions for a majority of the UFC’s welterweight division here in the second quarter of 2019.
Matt Dixon, the welterweight champion of Xtreme Fight Night, could be approaching the next step of his budding MMA career in the near future. Dixon defended his title for the fifth time at XFN 357 against Braden Smith on April 4. Dixon, who is just 23, remains undefeated at 8-0 and has finished s...
In a 13-year, 45-fight professional MMA career, Bobby Voelker has seen his ups and downs. Voelker (32-13 MMA) has competed for the UFC and Strikeforce and many Midwest regional promotions. His most recent set of peaks and valleys have come with Shamrock FC, the Missouri-based show he’s called hom...
Midwest welterweight prospect Cameron VanCamp is less than one week away from the biggest opportunity of his professional MMA career yet: a shot at the vacant Shamrock FC welterweight title against UFC and Strikeforce veteran Bobby Voelker. Earning a Title Shot VanCamp (11-4-1, 1 NC) is looking f...
Zak Ottow’s next fight might be the most important of his MMA career, for several reasons. The UFC on ESPN+4 welterweight match-up with Alex Morono has some heat behind it. It’s also the last fight on Ottow’s UFC contract. Ottow (17-6 MMA, 4-3 UFC) has alternated wins and losses since joining the...
If you haven’t heard, the UFC and ONE Championship is close to finalizing a deal to trade Demetrious Johnson to ONE Championship for Ben Askren. Trades are new to MMA, and open up many doors. Ben Askren is wasting no time getting funky on the UFC’s roster. Since the news on the potential deal has...
Jason Norwood will get a chance to earn another belt to his collection. He’s set to fight Jeremiah Wells for the vacant CES welterweight title at CES 52. Norwood (18-5), a former middleweight champion of American Heroes and welterweight champion of Freestyle Cage Fighting, wants to add CES to the...
CES has just announced another title fight. Jeremiah Wells will battle Jason Norwood for the vacant CES welterweight championship at the main event of CES 52. The event will also mark the first time CES touches down in Philadelphia. Jeremiah Wells Wells (5-1-1) enters the bout on a two-fight winn...