Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Marlon Vera picked a great time to earn the biggest win of his career, and he did so in ferocious fashion on Saturday night against former UFC champion Dominick Cruz. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee react to Vera’s main event finish of Cruz at UFC […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Rory MacDonald wasn’t the only fighter to leave his gloves in the cage today. Nina Nunes, formerly known as Nina Ansaroff, announced her retirement after picking up the split-decision victory at UFC San Diego earlier this evening. Nunes largely picked apart Cynthia Calvillo in her women’s Flyweight debut and likely […]
Former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz will face No. 5-ranked Marlon Vera on Saturday. Cruz got back into the winning column thanks to back-to-back wins over Casey Kenney and Pedro Munhoz. He lost his title to Cody Garbrandt UFC 207 and failed to regain the belt from henry Cejudo at UFC 249. Vera, meanwhile, has […]
Matheus Scheffel (right) defeated Bruno Cappelozza in his most recent PFL bout. | Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Matheus Scheffel calls the PFL “a promotion that makes dreams worth dreaming,” and that’s his mindset going into his heavyweight semifinal clash with Juan Adams on Saturday at PFL 8 in Cardiff, Wales. Scheffel won a decision […]
UFC President Dana White doesn’t want to make up with Oscar De La Hoya. White and De La Hoya have been on each other’s bad sides for the last few years, repeatedly going after one another on social media. But earlier this year, De La Hoya apologized and suggested they should work together on future […]
Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland are both looking for wins. Cannonier (15-6) and Strickland (25-4) have reportedly verbally agreed to a five-round main event at a UFC Fight Night on October 15, according to MMA Junkie. Ariel Helwani was the first person who made it known that UFC is working on scheduling one of the […]
It looks like the age of Nurmagomedov is here to stay. It’s hasn’t even been two years since Khabib Nurmagomedov ended his glorious career and it looks like his cousin is already making gigantic strides. In November, Usman Nurmagomedov will be battling Patricky Freire for the Bellator Lightweight Championship. The recently crowned Bellator lightweight champion […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! It’s no secret that Charles Oliveira didn’t want to fight Islam Makhachev. The Dagestani wrestler has undoubtedly earned the next shot, but the Brazilian (sort of) champion instead chased the money […]
Lucas Noonan/BELLATOR MMA MMA Fighting has Bellator 284 results for the Gracie vs. Yamauchi fight card from the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., on Friday night. In the main event, Neiman Gracie and Goiti Yamauchi will square off in a welterweight contest. Gracie has won two of his past five fights, while Yamauchi has […]
Kayla Harrison and Cris Cyborg have been linked to a potential matchup for months. The talks of this fight stem back to when Harrison became a free agent earlier this year. She nearly signed with Bellator for a fight with Cyborg before the PFL matched the offer. Harrison will fight Martina Jindrová in the PFL […]