Vanessa Porto | Bellator MMA Vanessa Porto has her second Bellator assignment. The former Invicta FC champion seeks her first win in her new promotion when she meets Ilara Joanne (9-5) in a 128-pound catchweight bout at Bellator 260 on June 11 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., Bellator announced Wednesday. Porto and Joanne […]
Jim Lampley joins Triller Fight club as their number one play-by-play announcer. Jake Paul set to fight five-time UFC Champion Tyron Woodley and Las Vegas fights are back to full capacity. All of this in today’s Fight Sports Daily News. Source View the original article
UFC With UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski set to battle resurgent contender and fellow TUF coach Brian Ortega later this year, two of the division’s top talents will collide for a chance to battle for the 145-pound strap when ex-champ Max Holloway throws down with savvy striker Yair Rodriguez. Strap in! Event: UFC Vegas 31: […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC In the budding rivalry between UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and Brian Ortega, it’s the No. 1 contender who can claim first blood. Volkanovski and Ortega served as opposing coaches on recently filmed The Ultimate Fighter 29 (dubbed “The Return of The Ultimate Fighter”), and it was Team Ortega that […]
Paul announced the upcoming bout in an Instagram post to his 16 million followers. The 24-year-old YouTube star is 3-0 in his young professional fighting career. Woodley is a former five-time UFC champion who will be making his boxing debut against Paul. Both men have signed contracts for the fight, which is scheduled for August […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Following weeks of speculation, Jake Paul and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley have reached an agreement for a fight that will take place on Showtime pay-per-view. Sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting following an initial report from The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. The fight is expected […]
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images While specifics on the numbers are cloudy, Nurmagomedov confirms that discussions were had about a massive money fight against boxing GOAT Floyd Mayweather. Khabib Nurmagomedov is retired, but it sounds like he’s still in extremely high demand. In a recent episode of Mike Tyson’s Hotboxin’, Khabib’s manager Ali Abdelaziz discussed […]
Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images The Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight card is almost here. The exhibition boxing bout between Mayweather and Paul headlines a four-fight pay-per-view event next Sunday, June 6, from the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Mayweather (50-0) returns to the ring for the first time since his knockout win over […]
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Re-live the titanic matchup between two of boxing’s all-time greats, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, courtesy of Showtime Sports. For years, fight fans wondered what would happen if Mayweather and Pacquiao ever stepped into the ring to face one another, with both champions racking […]
Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images After claiming the undisputed UFC lightweight title with a TKO win over Michael Chandler at UFC 262 earlier this month Charles Oliveira is already looking to win another belt. Oliveira, who was nearly finished by Chandler in the first round, fought back to find the finish in the second and […]