Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Neil Magny and Phil Rowe are expected to clash in a welterweight matchup scheduled for UFC Jacksonville on June 24 at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Tuesday. MMA Junkie initially reported the matchup. Magny makes […]
Former UFC 100 star Frank Mir has spoken out against the lowball offer he was given for his rematch with Brock Lesnar. The fight was a complete reversal of the first bout, where Mir had won via submission with a knee bar in the first round. In the rematch, however, Lesnar won by knocking out […]
Conor McGregor | Phil Lambert, BKFC Conor McGregor’s skills as a pitch man were at full force at BKFC 41. Following the main event of BKFC 41 in Broomfield, Colo., this past Saturday, McGregor emerged from the audience and stepped into the ring after being called out by winner Mike Perry. The two met in […]
Photo by Christian Petersen/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC Francis Ngannou is not signing with ONE Championship. Promotion head honcho Chatri Sityodtong met with the former UFC heavyweight champion over the weekend but claims they failed to get a deal done because their respective longterm goals were not “fully aligned on non-financial matters.” Ngannou, however, later called MMA […]
Artem Vakhitov, the former champion of Glory Kickboxing, is set to switch to MMA for his debut at Open FC 31 on June 11th, 2023. Vakhitov will face Ashraf Bashandy in Shergesh, Russia, as reported by MMA Fighting. Bashandy has previously won four out of five amateur fights, with three of those victories being by […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Arnold Allen concedes there was no controversy in his loss to Max Holloway at UFC Kansas City because he already knew the outcome before the decision was read. While he battled it out with Holloway for 25 minutes, the 29-year-old British featherweight expected the scorecards to go […]
Song Yadong and Ricky Simon will clash in the UFC Vegas 72 main event Saturday night. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images MMA Fighting has UFC Vegas 72 results for the Song vs. Simon event from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas on Saturday night. In the main event, Song Yadong and […]
Photo by Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images Mike Perry will look to remain undefeated in bare knuckle boxing later this evening (Sat., April 29, 2023) at BKFC 41 live on FITE.TV pay-per-view (PPV) from inside 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colo., when “Platinum” meets former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Luke Rockhold, in the […]
Ricky Simon | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Another week, another UFC card — and as has become the norm these days, it’s not a particularly good one. UFC Vegas 72 is headlined by a fun matchup between Song Yadong and Ricky Simon, but the rest of the card leaves plenty to be desired. Still, […]
Henry Cejudo has revealed his next steps after his upcoming fight against Aljamain Sterling on May 7th, 2023, at UFC 288 for the UFC bantamweight title. Cejudo defended his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz before walking away from the sport. The retirement was a shock, to say the least since he was a two-weight world […]