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Robbie Lawler and Rafael dos Anjos are getting ready to throw down and the implications of the fight are giant. It was already mentioned by Dana White that this fight was a title eliminator for the 170-pound division. And a battle of two former champs is bound to be a slugfest. While champ, Tyron...
It was announced on Tuesday that a potential match-up between Nate Diaz and Tyron Woodley was in the works. Woodley opens as favorite in the contest.
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone has long been a fan favorite. From the start of his WEC and UFC career, he’s one of the promotion’s most active, exciting, and bankable fighters. In late 2015 and early 2016, Cowboy was looking more impressive than he ever had before. Unfortunately, three consecutive losse...
Arguably the biggest title fight to ever take place inside the Bellator MMA cage has finally been made official. Former UFC title-challenger Rory MacDonald will look to make it 2-0 inside the Bellator cage when he takes on the defending welterweight king Douglas Lima. Lima (29-6) enters the fight...
UFC 214 is set to go off this Saturday night from Anaheim and it definitely has the potential to be one of the most exciting fight cards of the year so far. There is no spectacle fighter (CM Punk) or circus build up, (any Conor McGregor fight) but there are three titles on the line […]
After being crowned Pancrase welterweight champion earlier this month, Daichi Abe has signed with the UFC. He will debut against South Korean brawler Hyun Gyu Lim. Daichi Abe vs. Hyun Gyu Lim WELTERWEIGHT Abe (5-0) challenged Hiromitsu Miura for the Pancrase welterweight title at Pancrase 288 ear...
“The Warrior” Lipeng Zhang’s current run is nothing short of spectacular. The 27-year-old Zhang has primarily fought in his home country of China the past 21 months. He was released from the UFC in 2015 following a loss to Canada’s Kajan Johnson. VIDEO: Lipeng Zhang wins 15th straight following U...
Former UFC welterweight champion Matt Hughes has been seriously injured after his car was struck by a train in Raymond, Ill., at about 10:45 a.m. on Friday morning. The accident was made public by UFC President Dana White, as he informed ESPN.com shortly after. Matt Hughes injured in accident, ai...
31-year-old Marc Stevens (21-10) holds a dream similar to many other mixed martial artists: he wants to win a belt in one of the premiere organizations. “Everybody’s goal is to get to the UFC or Bellator,” he said. The obvious first step is making it to one of those organizations, a goal that Ste...
Douglas Lima reclaimed his Bellator Welterweight Championship in November of last year, knocking out Andrey Koreshkov and avenging his previous loss to the Russian. Since then, the title picture at 170-pounds has been at somewhat of a standstill. There were reports that the winner of Paul Daley v...
The names just keep on coming for ACB. The signings continue, and this time they have signed welterweight striker Albert “Einstein” Tumenov. The signing was announced via a post on Tumenov’s Instagram. Albert Tumenov signs with ACB Tumenov (17-4) enters the promotion having lost his last two figh...
January of 2017 started out in excellent fashion when it comes to MMA. Just one month into the new year and we’ve seen some crazy knockouts already. But despite the number of knockouts, choosing the best was not hard at all. On January 21 in the co-main event of Bellator 170 live in Inglewood, Ca...
When your nickname is “Semtex”, you’re expected to be quite explosive after the cage door closes. In that aspect, Paul Daley has never disappointed. With 29 knockouts in 39 professional victories, Paul Daley is looking for the knockout in every second of every fight. Regardless of who the opponen...
UFC Free Fight: Robbie Lawler vs Rory MacDonald “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler’s earned a fifth round UFC knockout victory against Rory McDonald at UFC 189 in 2015’s fight of the year. The Welterweight champion looks to defend his title against Tyrone Woodley at UFC 201 in Atlanta, Georgia on July 20t...
Former UFC lightweight champion, Benson Henderson announces move to Bellator MMA. He enters Bellator ranked in both the welterweight and lightweight UFC divisions. Details on the Bellator agreement have not been disclosed, but according to Brett Okamoto, UFC officials confirmed that the promotion...
KSW welterweight champion Borys Mańkowski has a new opponent for next month’s KSW 32, and it’s TUF veteran and former CWFC welterweight champion Jesse Taylor. Mańkowski was originally supposed to fight Michail Tsarev, but on August 29 Tsarev was submitted by Jesse Taylor in just 40 seconds at ‘Le...