Leandro Higo (right) is coming off a submission victory over Shawn Bunch. | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Former Bellator bantamweight contender Leandro Higo wants to be the one to meet Sergio Pettis in his promotional debut. The younger brother of former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis decided to part ways with the UFC after a […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Earlier this month, the biggest fight of the year took place, and it wasn’t even for a legitimate UFC title. At UFC 244, Jorge Masvidal took on Nate Diaz for the one-off promotional BMF title – the brainchild of Diaz – at Madison Square Garden and such was the cultural magnitude […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Kevin Lee knows just about everybody had written him off. The 27-year-old Detroit native once was hailed as a potential threat to reigning lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. But two losses in a row, including a brief stop at 170 pounds, knocked the luster off the promising prospect. Rather than get mired […]
Jessica Andrade lost the UFC strawweight championship to Weili Zhang back in August. | Guilherme Cruz, MMA Fighting Former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade almost got a title eliminator against Michelle Waterson when Joanna Jedrzejczyk’s weight made her a question mark. The UFC approached Andrade’s team when Jedrzejczyk struggled to slim down ahead of UFC […]
Joby Sanchez (pictured) fights Dani Barez in a flyweight bout on Dec. 7 at the upcoming Combate Americas “Tito vs. Alberto” event in McAllen, Texas | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting While Tito Ortiz and Alberto El Patron are bringing the star power to the main event of Combate Americas upcoming trip to Texas, a key […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Last week, the BMF title had a lackluster finish and now Nate has gone full Nate. Let’s talk about that plus, what should be next for Kelvin Gastelum and Darren Till. The cut stoppage Is the fight being stopped the best thing that could happen to Diaz? There is still a […]
Jorge Masvidal wants a crack at Canelo Alvarez, and one coach believes the BMF champion can give Canelo a run for his money. “I think he can be very competitive, and he can shock some people,” Masvidal’s head coach Mike Brown told MMA Fighting on Tuesday. “This is what he’s best at,” Brown said of […]
Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone, as UFC Fight Night 163 blew the roof off CSKA Arena last Saturday night (Nov. 9, 2019) in Moscow, Russia. Plenty of fighters were left licking their wounds, including Calvin Kattar, who came up short against Zabit Magomedsharipov in […]
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images UFC probably still sore over this box-office bomb. Reigning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight champion, Israel Adesanya, recently called out former title contender Yoel Romero. As luck would have it, “Soldier of God” accepted the fight and asked the promotion to name the time and place. […]
Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President, Dana White, did a compete 180 on former welterweight prospect, Sage Northcutt. At first, he was a “legit” prospect who made his doubters “shut the hell up,” then he became a “kid” who needed to retire before getting seriously hurt. What […]