MMA fans will get to witness UFC Vegas 19 tonight, February 20. The event will be taking place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis will share the Octagon in a heavyweight collision. Blaydes is riding a four-fight winning streak, while Lewis has won his […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Bringing you the weird and wild from the world of MMA each and every weeknight! Welcome to Midnight Mania! Per ESPN, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Bantamweight champion, Holly Holm, will return to action opposite Ultimate Fighter (TUF) winner Julianna Pena on May 8, 2020 at […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC In the latest edition of “The Thrill and The Agony,” cameras take in the aftermath of UFC 258 this past Saturday in Las Vegas. The February pay-per-view offering for the UFC was headlined by a welterweight title fight between Kamaru Usman and Gilbert Burns, while a flyweight matchup between Alexa […]
The Professional Fighters League has announced a new round of financing totaling $65 million. MMA promoter, PFL will be receiving the institutional financing round from Ares Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, and Knighthead Capital. The promotion confirmed the news when speaking to Insider. This brings PFL’s overall financing amount to $175 million. Before the UFC made […]
The UFC Vegas 19 weigh-ins will get underway today, February 19. This Saturday night, UFC Vegas 19 will take place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis will collide. The co-main event will see Ketlen Vieira share the Octagon with Yana Kunitskaya. Charles Rosa […]
Bellator has introduced an official rankings system. For years, Bellator has been without a public rankings system. While the promotion has managed to steer clear of controversies regarding snubbed title opportunities, the movers and shakers of Bellator felt it was time to spice things up. That is why Bellator has made a significant announcement. Bellator […]
UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo is looking to throw down with Brandon Moreno a second time either in late spring or early summer. Back in December 2020, Figueiredo and Moreno delivered an instant classic. Both men traded leather for five rounds in an action-packed fight. The score totals were read and the fight was declared […]
Ion Cutelaba | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Ion Cutelaba and Devin Clark are both looking to bounce back in 2021. The light heavyweights get the chance to return to the winner’s circle when they meet at a UFC event on May 21, with a location to be determined, MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge […]
Leon Edwards has a new opponent for March 13. Edwards was expected to share the Octagon with Khamzat Chimaev next month. It ultimately won’t happen as Chimaev hasn’t fully recovered from COVID-19. The good news for Edwards is that the UFC has quickly found a replacement opponent. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Belal Muhammad will […]
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