Sage Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports It was a long, interesting night in Sao Paulo. The top two fights on Saturday’s card went to the scorecards, and only one of them ended with a winner. Co-headliners Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and Paul Craig fought to a split draw, while Jan Blachowicz narrowly outpointed Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza by split […]
Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images While UFC Sao Paulo lacked any real back-and-forth wars, it had no shortage of stoppages. The Brazilian crowd was treated to a myriad of bonus-worthy performances inside Ginásio do Ibirapuera at UFC Sao Paulo. Headlining the string of performance bonuses was none other than Charles Oliveira (28-8, […]
Jason Knight | Ryan Loco, BKFC After failing to win over the judges the last time he fought Artem Lobov, Jason Knight made sure to take it out of their hands. “Mississippi Mean” picked up a fifth-round knockout of Lobov in the lightweight main event of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 9 at Mississippi Coast Coliseum […]
@bareknucklefc, Twitter Watch Artem Lobov vs. Jason Knight 2 full fight video highlights from the BKFC 9 main event, courtesy of Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. Lobov vs. Knight 2 took place Nov. 17 at Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss. This was a rematch of their BKFC 5 meeting that Lobov won by unanimous decision. […]
Charles Oliveira | William Lucas, Inovafoto With six straight wins in the UFC, Charles Oliveira is ready for a step up in competition. On Saturday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Oliveira earned his 15th post-fight performance bonus when he landed a pair of punches that finished Jared Gordon less than 90 seconds into the opening […]
“Iranian Hulk” Sajad Gharibi | @sajadgharibiofficial, Instagram It’s a good thing there are no gloves in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, because there probably isn’t a pair that could fit the boxing promotion’s latest acquisition. At the end of the BKFC 9 preliminary broadcast on Saturday, a promo ran at the end announcing the upcoming […]
Ken Shamrock | Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock meant no disrespect to Jorge Masvidal or Nate Diaz when he criticized the “BMF” title created by the UFC. He couldn’t help himself. As an MMA pioneer who’d repeatedly fought multiple times in one night with few rules and no gloves, […]
Jason Knight scored revenge on his fellow former UFC fighter-turned-bare-knuckle fighter Artem Lobov, finishing him in the fifth round of their main event fight at BKFC 9, which took place at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi. Knight opted to fight technically right from the get-go and not make things a brawl, and it […]
Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images It all goes down later tonight (Sat., Nov. 16, 2019) at UFC Fight Night 164 live on ESPN+ from inside Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza makes his light heavyweight debut against Polish finisher Jan Blachowicz in the main […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is back at it again tonight (Sat., Nov. 16, 2019) as UFC Fight Night 164 is set to go down from inside Ginasio do Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The ESPN+-streamed event will feature a light heavyweight showdown as Jan Blachowicz welcomes […]