Alexis Davis | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Two fighters potentially with their backs to the wall have been paired up for an upcoming UFC card in February. The UFC announced Wednesday that a bantamweight bout between Alexis Davis (20-11) and Julija Stoliarenko (9-5-1) has been added to the Feb. 5 card, which takes place at […]
Justin Gaethje versus Michael Chandler was bloody, brutal and aggressive. Chandler (22-7) survived the fight while Gaethje (23-3) broke down his opponent slowly and strategically. The constant ruthless action made its own case for UFC’s Fight of the Year. Gaethje and Chandler faced each other in Madison Square Garden on the undercard of UFC 268: […]
Photo by Robert B. Stanton/Getty Images The sports world lost a giant earlier today (Tues., Dec. 28, 2022) as one of the biggest names in National Football League (NFL) history, John Madden, suddenly passed away at the age of 85. The Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster was synonymous with the NFL, winning Super Bowl […]
Charles Oliveira never lost sight of the vision. His vision included the UFC lightweight gold being wrapped around his waist, and that came true on May 15. The action-packed fight was arguably the best fight of the second quarter of 2021. It took Oliveira 28 octagon appearances to earn a title shot for the vacant […]
Roberto Satoshi will rematch Yusuke Yachi in his first defense of the RIZIN title in Japan. | Photo via RIZIN FF RIZIN and Bellator have co-promoted multiple times in the past, at one point creating an opportunity for Kyoji Horiguchi to become a two-company champion. Roberto Satoshi, a champion in Japan, also wants in. The […]
Charles Oliveira just successfully defended his title against Dustin Poirier for the first time, and he’s already responding to those who want to pick a fight with him next. Of those people is Conor McGregor, the former UFC featherweight and lightweight double champion. “May would be a wonderful date,” Oliveira told Sherdog. “Conor challenged me […]
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 […]