Instagram – Sajad Gharibi Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship continues to thrive as the promotion combines their reputation as the new bloody spectacle with creative matchmaking. Artem Lobov vs. Paulie Malignaggi was a pretty audacious booking, and I’m still impressed the fight actually went down (and shocked Lobov won). While morally questionable, the Gabriel Gonzaga vs. […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images On Saturday night in front of an intense home country crowd in Sao Paulo, Charles Oliveira added another highlight reel finish to his already impressive body of work. This time it was an 86 second knockout of Jared Gordon (watch the finish here), putting “Do Bronx” on […]
Photo by David Dermer/Diamond Images/Getty Images Last week Nick Diaz stepped out of the shadows to give a 50 minute interview with ESPN’s Ariel Helwani, the first extensive discussion he’s participated in on his fight career in years. Unfortunately, there was a lot of contradictory statements delivered during Diaz’s rambling pot enhanced train of thought. […]
Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was back at it again last night (Sat., Nov. 16, 2019) as UFC Fight Night 164 went down from inside inside Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In the main event of the evening, Jan Blachowicz narrowly edged out Ronaldo Souza via split-decision, […]
Sao Paulo, Brazil played host to UFC on ESPN+ 22 on Saturday with light heavyweight contender Jan Błachowicz taking on former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the main event at Ginásio do Ibirapuera. Blachowicz entered the bout ranked No. 6 in the 205-pound division and was coming off a knockout win over former […]
Following Saturday’s UFC on ESPN+ 22 event in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the fight promotion revealed the recipients of the performance-based bonuses stemming from the night of fights. Charles Oliveira, James Krause, Ricardo Ramos and Randy Brown banked an extra $50,000 for their finishes. Oliveira delivered a stunning first-round knockout in front of his Brazilian countrymen […]
(Courtesy of UFC) After three rounds of fighting, the judges couldn’t agree upon a winner in the UFC on ESPN+ 22 co-main event on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Former light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Paul Craig fought to a split draw. One judge scored it 29-28 for Shogun, another 29-28 for Craig, […]
(Courtesy of UFC) Middleweight contender Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza made the move to the light heavyweight division on Saturday in the UFC on ESPN+ main event against Jan Błachowicz. He came up short in his new weight class debut, losing via split decision. TRENDING > Germaine de Randamie explains why she wouldn’t fight Amanda Nunes at featherweight […]
Former light heavyweight champion Mauricio “Shogun” Rua faced Paul Craig in the UFC on ESPN+ 22 co-main event on Saturday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The fight went the distance with the judges scoring the bout a split draw. Rua was left frustrated and dismayed about the scoring and let it be known during the event’s […]
(Courtesy of RT Sport) At a meeting with school kids in the Moscow Region, Khabib Nurmagomedov was asked about his proudest victory. Playing to his crowd, Nurmagomedov said that he didn’t like hurting people, but had to admit, he took pleasure in beating Conor McGregor at UFC 229 in 2018. TRENDING > MMA fighter takes […]