Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant will make her Bare Knuckle FC appearance on February 27 in Albuquerque, BKFC president David Feldman confirmed her return in a recent interview with journalist Curran Bhatia. However, the promotion hasn’t yet decided who she will fight. It is expected to be finalized in the coming months. The former UFC […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Jiri Prochazka has been tested by USADA more than any other UFC fighter in 2022. Per USADA records, the current UFC light heavyweight champion is the promotion’s doping agency’s favorite athlete by a significant margin. Prochazka has been tested a whopping 61 times this year. For comparison, the next closest […]
Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images Islam Makhachev has yet to meet his match on the ground. To win Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight gold, Makhachev overcame the promotion’s all-time greatest submission threat, Charles Oliveira. If anyone was getting submitted in the highly-anticipated matchup, fans expected it to be Makhachev who instead was the […]
Cain Velasquez wants to make a return to professional wrestling. And he and his attorney, Ed Sousa, made a motion during Monday’s arraignment to Judge Daniel T. Nishigaya for the court to permit him to compete at a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide event on December 3 in Arizona. Earlier this month, Velasquez was granted bail […]
Dustin Poirier knows his goal. After the former interim champion’s brutal battle with former Bellator champion Michael Chandler at UFC 281, fans and experts say that a fight against top lightweight contender Beneil Dariush would make the most sense. But Poirier says otherwise. “No disrespect to Beneil,” Poirier said on The MMA Hour. “Great fighter […]
On Sunday, while speaking at an event in Toronto, former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov there some shade at his former opponent, Conor McGregor. “I hear long time ago when one guy was talking about ‘We’re here to take over.’ But we here to take over,” Nurmagomedov said of McGregor’s famous phrase in light of both […]
A flyweight bout has been added to Bellator’s December fight card. Promotional officials confirmed to MMA Fighting on Monday that a matchup between one-time title challenger Denise Kielholtz and Ilara Joanne is set for at Bellator 289, which takes place Dec. 9 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The 125-pound bout will take place […]
Hasim Rahman Jr. and Greg Hardy will clash in the main event Saturday night. MMA Fighting has Misfit Boxing 3 results, a live blog of Hasim Rahman Jr. vs. Greg Hardy, and more from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, on Saturday night. In a featured bout, Hasim Rahman Jr. squares off against former UFC […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Kennedy Nzechukwu made the most out of his makeshift main event spot earlier today (Sat., Nov. 19, 2022) at UFC Vegas 65 live on ESPN+ from inside UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada, when the light heavyweight contender stopped veteran Ion Cutelaba with a sensational second-round TKO (knee and punches). […]
Vadim Nemkov did it. Nemkov successfully retained his light heavyweight title by defeating Corey Anderson via unanimous decision in the main event of Bellator 288. Nemkov not only defended his belt, but also won the Grand Prix money prize and went home $1 million richer. In the co-main event, Usman Nurmagomedov dethroned Patricky Pitbull in […]