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 […]
Derrick Lewis is looking for redemption. The former interim title challenger will face No. 12-ranked Serghei Spivac in the main event of UFC Fight Night 215. Lewis is currently on a two-fight losing streak, dropping contests to Tai Tuivasa and Sergei Pavlovich — both by KO/TKO. Spivac, meanwhile, is on a two-fight winning streak ever […]
Christian Lee is now a two-division ONE Championship titleholder after stopping Kiamrian Abbasov at ONE on Prime 4 in Singapore. Lee, moving up from the ONE lightweight (170 pounds) division he rules, battled exhaustion and near-stoppage in the opening frame to rally for TKO at 4:20 of Round 4. Abbasov weighed in at 186.25 pounds, […]
Dustin Poirier’s win on Saturday was something he really needed. Poirier told FIGHT SPORTS in an exclusive interview on Thursday that bouncing back from his loss in December 2021 to then-champion Charles Oliveira was something he had to deal with. But now, since he’s back in the winner’s circle, he said he finds himself starting […]
Patricky and Patricio “Pitbull” Freire have made history in MMA. They are the first siblings in history to hold championship titles simultaneously in a major MMA promotion. Patricio, 35, is the Bellator featherweight champion and Patricky, 36, is the lightweight champion. Tonight, Patricky puts that title on the line against Khabib Nurmagomedov’s cousin, Usman, in […]
BELLATOR MMA/LUCAS NOONAN MMA Fighting has Bellator 288 results for the Nemkov vs. Anderson 2 fight card Friday at Wintrust Arena in Chicago. In the main event, Bellator light heavyweight champion Vadim Nemkov and Corey Anderson rematch in a fight for the belt and winner of the $1 million light heavyweight grand prix. Their first […]
Marc Goddard has spoken honestly about his choice to interrupt the main event of UFC 281, which featured Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. After Pereira seriously wounded Adesanya against the cage in the fifth round and a couple more punches connected, referee Goddard stopped the bout. Many supporters immediately asserted that the interruption was premature […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Jorge Masvidal appears more ready than ever to face Gilbert Burns. The former Welterweight title challengers have been linked to one another for several months now, expressing interest in a potential fight. However, claims from Burns’ side allude to Masvidal not wanting to sign a bout agreement and recently turned […]