Despite being 45-years-old, Fedor Emelianenko showed he can still put on a fight. On Saturday, Bellator 269 featured a heavyweight clash between legendary Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko (40-6) and former UFC fighter Tim Johnson (15-8). Emelianenko won via knockout. Fedor Emelianenko just gave Tim Johnson the three piece and soda #Bellator269 pic.twitter.com/z5WuR08fPK — MMA mania […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC Paulo Costa congratulated Marvin Vettori on a well-fought contest and didn’t want to make excuses for his UFC Vegas 41 loss, though he disagreed with the unanimous scorecards against him. With that said, he put his massive weight miss on an injury that kept him from training. “I came in […]
Paulo Costa and Marvin Vettori finally made weight for their five-round matchup on Saturday. After three days of changes, Costa and Vettori cemented the UFC Vegas 41 headliner when they weighed in at 204.5 pounds and 204 pounds respectively. A scramble for last minute changes erupted when Costa admitted he wasn’t able to cut down […]
Kyoji Horiguchi is returning to Bellator. Dubbed as one of the best bantamweights in mixed martial arts history, Horiguchi will fight for the title on December 3 against current champion Sergio Pettis. “It’s always a special event when you have a champion versus champion fight,” said Bellator President Scott Coker in a press release. “I’m […]
Darina Mazdyuk knew exactly what she was doing when she stepped into the cage with an opponent who outweighed her by almost 400 pounds. This Saturday, Mazdyuk (3-1) competes at Bellator 269 in her first fight since defeating a 529-pound man in an intergender exhibition fight in Moscow last November. Footage of the freak show […]
Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Fedor Emelianenko would not have faired well in the UFC, says former two-division champion Daniel Cormier Daniel Cormier, a former two-division champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), is not buying the hype of prime Fedor Emelianenko. Emelianenko, the final PRIDE Heavyweight champion, takes on Timothy Johnson at Bellator 269, […]
After being retired again for more than two years, Fedor Emelianenko decided to return to business. Bellator is set for Saturday night in Moscow, Russia — a card that was built around Emelianenko, even letting him choose his opponent. Fans were wondering who would face him in his homecoming fight. Fans talked a lot about […]
Between the Links is back for another round of one-on-one debate featuring MMA’s best minds. Topics this week include the corner advice to Aspen Ladd during her UFC Vegas 40 loss to Norma Dumont and if it was too much, Ladd’s future at featherweight or bantamweight, where Dumont goes next, Corey Anderson’s case for being […]
Uganda’s first UFC fighter is stepping into the octagon this Saturday. His name is David Onama and he’s debuting against prospect Mason Jones at UFC Fight Night 196. Glory MMA’s 27-year-old product has an impressive record with eight victories and no losses as a professional MMA fighter. In amateur bouts, he earned five victories and […]
Colby Covington and Kamaru Usman held arguably one of the most spectacular title fights in the history of the welterweight division at UFC 245. Both grapplers respected their ground game skills and held the fight on the stand. They kept exchanging bombs for the whole fight. But at the end of the fourth round, Covington […]