A new bantamweight champion will be crowned at BKFC 20 on Friday night, Aug. 20, as Johnny Bedford clashes with Reggie Barnett Jr. in the main event. Bedford previously held the bantamweight title before losing a close decision to Dat Nguyen at BKFC Knucklemania back in February. Nguyen was then stripped of the title after […]
Undefeated fighter Tatiana Suarez withdrew from her bout against Roxanne Modafferi. According to ESPN reporters, the 30-year-old pro wrestler and MMA fighter cannot participate in her clash with UFC veteran because of an injury. They were supposed to fight at UFC 266 on September 25. However, instead of finding a new rival for Modafferi, UFC […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC Ricky Turcios is again just a win away from becoming a UFC fighter. Team Volkanovski’s No. 3 bantamweight pick became the first fighter to advance to The Ultimate Fighter 29 finals, taking a convincing decision in an action-packed scrap with Team Ortega’s Liudvik Sholinian (9-1-1)*. As he did in his […]
After a long wait, Kamaru Usman is going to fight Colby Covington for the second time. Fans are eager to see these two athletes in the octagon once again. For this moment, nothing is official, but according to the Anonymous Trustees, they are going to be headlining UFC 268 on November 6th, in Madison Square […]
Former UFC heavyweight titleholder, Stipe Miocic (20-4-0), is discouraged with the UFC. He has already mentioned many times that he wanted the trilogy bout against Francis Ngannou (16-3-0) but UFC kept rejecting his requests. Stipe always said that he was a very underappreciated fighter in the promotion. Almost in every title fight, MMA experts and […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! 2021 has featured several unexpected storylines in the world of combat sports, but perhaps the most surprising is the return of Nick Diaz. The elder Diaz brother […]
Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports UFC Vegas 33 has lost its expected co-main event after Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Chris Daukaus was cancelled. A person with knowledge of the cancellation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting after an initial report from TSN’s Aaron Bronsteter. Abdurakhimov was forced to withdraw from the card for undisclosed reasons. UFC Vegas […]
Uriah Hall | Photo by Alex Menendez/Getty Images The UFC Vegas 33 fight card will be headlined by a middleweight clash between Uriah Hall and Sean Strickland. Hall (17-9) and Strickland (23-3) have both won four fights in a row. Strickland defeated Krzysztof Jotko via unanimous decision at UFC Vegas 25 this past May in […]
Last Saturday night, UFC on ESPN 27 took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining of the event was the clash between T.J Dillashaw and Cory Sandahagen. It was a very close and tough fight, where T.J managed to earn victory via split decision. At the beginning of the fight, T.J left eye was damaged very […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC A wild three-round scrap between Kyler Phillips and Raulian Paiva was an easy choice when the “Fight of the Night” bonus was handed out at UFC Vegas 32. Although the UFC Vegas 32 headliner between ex-champ T.J. Dillashaw and Cory Sandhagen delivered plenty of excitement, it didn’t quite have the […]