Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports Raquel Pennington was fighting more than just Mayra Bueno Silva on Saturday. Pennington faced Bueno Silva in the co-main event of UFC 297, winning a hard-fought unanimous decision to claim the vacant women’s bantamweight title. The performance was not beyond reproach, though, as Pennington chose to engage in protracted clinch battles […]
Following an extremely technical stand up match with Sean Strickland, Dricus Du Plessis has been crowned as the new middleweight champion at UFC 297. While betting odds do not often dictate the way a fight will go, the result of the main event at UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis lived up to the nature […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC 297 live stream results and play-by-play updates: Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis middleweight championship title fight tops the UFC 297 pay-per-view (PPV) main card on ESPN+ TONIGHT (Sat., Jan. 20, 2024) from inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a five-round showdown to kick off […]
UFC 297 fight day is here, and the atmosphere inside the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto is buzzing in anticipation of Sean Strickland (28-5) defending his middleweight title for the first time, versus Dricus Du Plessis (20-2). But prior to the headlining bout, fight fans can look forward to a seven fight preliminary card, beginning at […]
Later this month, Sage Northcutt (12-3) will return to the ONE Championship cage to face Pride FC and Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki (47-11) at ONE:165 in Tokyo. While this is not ONE’s first trip to Japan, this may be the most monumental. The card will include an all star lineup and consists mainly of […]
Sean Strickland and Dricus du Plessis fight in the main event of UFC 297 in Toronto. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images MMA Fighting has UFC 297 results for the Strickland vs. du Plessis fight card, live blogs of the entire UFC 297 main card, and more from the event Saturday night […]
Back at UFC 296, Sean Strickland had nothing but hate for his upcoming opponent in Dricus Du Plessis, and that was made extremely evident by him lunging over a row of seats to attack the South African. But, during UFC 297 fight week, his tune has changed dramatically, and it seems the two may have […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC Saudi Arabia has been delayed, but not for the originally reported reason, according to UFC CEO Dana White. 2024 is set to be a year of big-time fights and fight cards if the UFC has its way. From the first four PPV events of the year […]
Rumble Sports / PowerSlap Road to the Title If you’re not an actual fighter and want to spar, Sean Strickland is the last person you should try your hand against. PowerSlap’s Coltin Cole recently found this out the hard way. To Cole’s credit, he admitted to having some amateur fighting experience when asked by Ultimate […]
PFL founder Donn Davis is back on the offensive, blatantly disparaging the UFC’s matchmaking, while praising the PFL’s. On a recent episode of the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani, Davis criticized the UFC matchmakers over the quality of their postponed event in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, Davis pointed to the newly announced PFL vs. Bellator: Champs […]