Undisputed Light-Welterweight Champion Josh Taylor is enjoying his time off after adding another accolade to his pro resume, but he now wishes to share the octagon with veteran Manny Pacquiao. In May, Taylor defeated Jose Ramirez via unanimous decision to clinch another title, making him only the sixth man in the sport’s history to be […]
Ali Isaev | Ryan Loco, PFL For the third season in a row, the PFL will crown a new heavyweight champion. Defending 2019 champion Ali Isaev has been forced to withdraw from next Friday’s PFL 6 event in Atlantic City, N.J., after not being medically cleared to compete, the league announced Thursday. Stepping in for […]
The final chapter in the trilogy between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor will be written on Saturday, July 10, as the lightweight superstars settle the score in the main event of UFC 264 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. After Ireland’s McGregor defeated Poirier in 2014, Louisiana’s “Diamond” evened the score in January, setting up […]
PFL MMA Fighting has PFL 5 weigh-in video for Thursday’s event at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J. In the main event, Rory MacDonald and Gleison Tibau will have to make the welterweight limit of 170 pounds (with one-pound allowance.) The PFL 5 ceremonial weigh-ins are expected to begin at 5 p.m. ET. […]
And then there were two. What began with 16 featherweight athletes vying for a one-million-dollar grand prize and the BELLATOR Featherweight World Championship has been narrowed to the greatest BELLATOR athlete in the history of the promotion Patricio Pitbull (32-4) and the company’s best-ever homegrown fighter in No. 1 ranked AJ McKee (17-0). The culmination […]
Photo by Christian Petersen/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC “The Phenom” is fighting an Instagram zookeeper with zero professional fights but for some reason has a problem with Tyron Woodley boxing Jake Paul. Tyron Woodley is hoping to put some respect on the MMA name. The sport took a mainstream hit when friend and training partner, Ben Askren, […]
Michael Chiesa | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC A pair of streaking welterweights are set to fight on Aug. 7. MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge of the matchup that Michael Chiesa (18-4) will fight Vicente Luque (20-7-1) at UFC 265 at a location still to be determined, following an initial report by Cageside […]
The International Boxing Association is investigating potential corruption during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Manny Pacquiao is looking impressive training for his title fight against IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr in Las Vegas on August 21st and UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell has called out NBA legends Shaquille O’Neal and Charles Barkley […]
UFC President Dana White has affirmed that Welterweight champion Kamaru Usman will defend his strap against a familiar foe , Colby Covington. White revealed during the press conference after UFC 263 that Covington will get another title shot for the welterweight belt. After Leon Edwards beat Nate Diaz at UFC 263, it seemed like he […]
While the MMA world universally praised Brandon Moreno’s flyweight title win this past weekend, it pales in comparison to the reaction inside his gym in Tijuana. The championship rematch between Moreno and now former champion Deiveson Figueiredo served as the co-main event of Saturday’s UFC 263 event in Glendale, Ariz. After a Fight of the […]