It’s the 20-year anniversary of one of the wildest fights of the Pride FC era. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was already well on his way to becoming a living legend when he locked horns with American behemoth Bob Sapp in late 2002. The Brazilian submission savant had captured the inaugural Pride FC heavyweight title the year […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Add Joe Rogan to the list of people blown away by Conor McGregor’s physical transformation over the past six months. “The Notorious” has clearly been busy at the gym while simultaneously rehabbing a badly broken leg from his third fight with Dustin Poirier in July of 2021. Just a few […]
Bellator MMA It’s been a wild year for grappling wizardry in the Bellator cage. So to celebrate the end of 2021, Bellator MMA has released a two-part countdown of its 21 best submissions of the year. From A.J. McKee’s brilliance against Patricio Freire to Aaron Pico’s continued run toward title contention, there’s plenty to see […]
Bellator MMA Sergio Pettis looked at his Bellator bantamweight title against Kyoji Horiguchi not just as a title defense, but the capture of a belt he’d been holding in the interim. The Rizin champ had never lost his belt, being forced to give it up due to injury, and so Pettis didn’t consider himself a […]
Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images Jake Paul is really starting to grab the combat sports world by the balls and as a result he’s aiming high when it comes to his revamped boxing bucket list. Paul, who has transformed from social media star to professional boxer in just a few years, is coming […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Cory Sandhagen’s year may have ended with back-to-back losses, but the 29-year-old bantamweight isn’t deterred. He knows how close he was to authoring a different story. “Coming off the two losses kind of sucks, but I’m a little bit more of a deeper thinker than just, ‘Yeah, my last two […]
Rashad Evans is making his return. According to ESPN, Evans, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, will battle Gabriel Checco on the Eagle FC United States premiere program on January 28 in Miami. Khabib Nurmagomedov, a former UFC lightweight champion, owns the MMA promotion Eagle FC. Evans (19-8-1) announced his retirement in June 2018 after […]
Aleksandar Rakić is looking forward to cementing his status as the top contender. Rakić talked about his next fight with Polish power Jan Blachowicz, his training with Khamzat Chimaev and his disagreement with previous opponent Anthony Smith. “I’m thinking that he’s gonna come with the extra motivation to our fight and to be a better […]
Two middleweights have reportedly agreed for a March UFC Fight Night event. Alex Pereira and Bruno Silva informally agreed for a UFC Fight Night card on March 12. The promotion has yet to formally announce the matchup. Pereira, a former Glory kickboxing world champion who joined the UFC this year, won his professional debut at […]
UFC President Dana White – once again – said that he doesn’t regret keeping the UFC open during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. White boasted that the UFC’s fanbase has grown over 40%. In 2021, the promotion has put on sold-out pay-per-view shows in five different states. “Our fanbase has grown over […]