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Another young New England prospect fights under the ZUFFA banner. The undefeated Fabio Cherant competes on the third season of Dana Whites Tuesday Night Contender Series. The Massachusetts fighter announced the news via social media. Cherant is now the second New England fighter in recent months ...
What do you do when you want to fight someone, but you don’t really want to fight someone, at that moment? You slap them. The Slap Heard ‘Round the World Today, former UFC and current Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) featherweight, Artem “The Russian Hammer” Lobov got publicly slapped in...
Over the past week, there have been a number of high profile fight announcements in both the UFC and Bellator. With four title fights announced and many other exciting fights slated, we take a brief look at each bout. Jon Jones vs. Thiago Santos The light heavyweight champion Jon Jones returns at...
Chael Sonnen’s Submission Underground (SUG) will be heading to UFC Fight Pass later this year. As the Portland-based Submission grappling promotion announced Tuesday that a deal was struck with UFC’s digital service. JUST ANNOUNCED: The one and only @ChaelSonnen is bringing @SUG_Grappling LIVE to...
UFC 218 remains one of modern MMA’s greatest cards. Most fans will likely cite Francis Ngannou’s thunderous knockout over Alistair Overeem or the first time the UFC ever awarded two Fight of the Night bonuses to Medeiros/Oliveira and Alvarez/Gaethje. However, the greatest moment of the night was ...
The UFC travels to Philadelphia for the third time for UFC on ESPN 2. The main event will feature a lightweight fight between two exciting fighters, Edson Barboza and Justin Gaethje. Both fighters will be entering the fight coming off a KO/TKO finish. For Barboza, it came at UFC on Fox 31 when he...
Who are the MMASucka staff picking to win on the main card of UFC on ESPN 2: Barboza vs. Gaethje? #UFCPhiladelphia
Since losing his UFC debut to Zabit Magomedsharipov, Brazilian striker Sheymon Moraes has been flying under the radar in the featherweight division. Prior to that bout, Moraes was best known for losing a title bid (just three years into his pro career) to then WSOF champion and now UFC bantamweig...
UFC 239 has its main event, as the July PPV will feature a showdown between current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and rising light heavyweight star Thiago Santos. Jones is set to defend his 205 pound title for the second time in 2019, according to Brett Okamoto of ESPN. Jon Jones vs. Thiag...
An interesting matchup in the UFC’s strawweight division is currently in the works for the promotion’s return to Chicago late this Spring. Raphael Marinho of the Brazilian sports outlet Combate is reporting that the UFC is looking to book Felice Herrig opposite Yan Xiaonan at UFC 238 in June. Fel...
It was 1 p.m. on Monday, and Casey Kenney had just sat down to enjoy a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and a protein shake after a morning of running and grappling at the gym. That’s when he got the call to the UFC to fight Ray Borg this Saturday at UFC on ESPN 2. […]
UFC on ESPN 2 Walkout Songs After a couple weeks, off The Walkout Consultant is back! Just in time UFC on ESPN 2! Justin Gaethje stands atop the card, ready to do battle with Edson Barboza. Underneath the pair, all over the card, people are wanting to make a mark with promoters and fans. With uni...
Dustin Poirier faces the biggest fight of his mixed martial arts career at UFC 236. “The Diamond” takes on featherweight champion Max Holloway for the UFC interim lightweight title. It’s fitting that he’ll use it to achieve one of his biggest charitable goals. In Aaron Hill’s Honor With each of P...
The UFC’s biggest star, Conor McGregor, has found himself in the middle of a serious sexual assault investigation back in his home country of Ireland. News of the investigation was reported by the New York Times in an article it released on Tuesday. This piece of news comes fresh off the heels of...
In lieu of Edson Barboza taking on Justin Gaethje, we take a look at some of the best leg kickers in the game. An underrated strike in MMA, leg kicks, when used correctly can almost completely immobilize a fighter and massively hinder their game. The benefits of leg kicking in MMA are obvious, ob...
The hype surrounding UFC Fight Night 148‘s main event has not yet begun to die down. Following one of the most spectacular knockouts of the year, let’s reflect on Anthony Pettis vs. Stephen Thompson. How the Fight Came Together Anthony ‘Showtime’ Pettis went into his fight against Stephen ‘Wonder...