Bellator MMA Sergio Pettis may not be thought of as a KO artist, but there’s never a bad time to start. The younger Pettis brother stunned the MMA world on Friday night by starching RIZIN bantamweight champion with a fourth-round spinning back fist in the main event of Bellator 272. Pettis was getting dominated in […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov thinks there’s no one more deserving for a title shot than teammate Islam Makhachev. Nurmagomedov told Justin Gaethje that he should just “shut up” and admit that Makhachev deserves the chance. “In last eight fight, you got finished three times Justin,” he said. “You had an opportunity to become champion, but you fell […]
Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis will defend his title against legendary fighter Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 272. Pettis will headline the event with Horiguchi on December 3 in Connecticut. Pettis is aiming to become a cross-promotion champion like his brother, Anthony Pettis. “I think it would be a great opportunity for me to cross-promote,” Pettis […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC It didn’t take UFC welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev long to respond to Nate Diaz. Chimaev fired back at Diaz on Thursday after the Stockton, Calif., native brushed off a potential fight, saying Chimaev wasn’t on his level. The 27-year-old Chechen didn’t take kindly to that opinion, writing Diaz is a […]
The former NBA star Rex Chapman hosted the retired UFC and Strikeforce lightweight Isaac (Ike) Vallie-Flagg on his podcast, “Charges with Rex Chapman,” and talked through his past addiction problems especially Vallie-Flagg’s dependence on pain killers. In his peak days, Vallie-Flagg was a notable name often heard around the MMA community. He came into UFC […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Despite a colossal hype job from Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), nobody was really sure what to make of welterweight newcomer Khamzat Chimaev, who burst onto the scene in summer 2020 with three straight wins, all of them finishes. Then came a violent, one-sided shellacking of Top 15 veteran Li Jingliang […]
Leonardo Santos and Clay Guida are meeting in the octagon this Saturday. Santos (18-5-1) will verse Guida (36-18) in a lightweight battle on the Rob Font vs. Jose Aldo fight card. Santos said it will be an honor for him to share the octagon with Guida. Guida is a member of the UFC Hall of […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz is targeted to headline a March 26 UFC event opposite surging contender Aleksandar Rakic. Multiple people with knowledge of negotiations told MMA Fighting that while the fight has not been finalized, all sides have agreed in principle to the matchup, which was first […]
Dustin Poirier had the opportunity to fight for the title, but instead, he chose the trilogy with McGregor, which was a money fight for him. However, in late 2021 he has his chance of winning the title against Charles Oliveira. McGregor has said he’s going to fight for the lightweight title as soon as he […]
Sergio Pettis | Lucas Noonan / Bellator MMA On Bellator 272 Countdown, current bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis gets prepared to face Kyoji Horiguchi — the man forced to vacate the title due to a knee injury — and talks the stakes attached to the bout. Horiguchi trains at American Top Team, while relaxing with one […]