Veronica Macedo (pictured) will fight Ariane Lipski in a flyweight bout at UFC Sao Paulo on Nov. 16 | Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports Officials have found a replacement opponent to keep Ariane Lipski on next week’s Sao Paulo card. MMA Fighting’s Guilherme Cruz confirmed with sources that Veronica Macedo (6-3-1) will step in on short […]
Petesy Carroll, MMA Fighting DUBLIN — Ahead of his Cage Warriors 110 meeting with Hakon Foss, Rhys McKee discussed his move to 170 and what headlining an Irish Cage Warriors card means to him. “Skeletor” also gave his thoughts on the rise of Northern Irish MMA, how his power translates to 170, why he feels […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting This past weekend, Jorge Masvidal was crowed the inaugural (and theoretically only ever) BMF champion when he defeated Nate Diaz by cut stoppage at UFC 244. The BMF title came from the imagination of Nate Diaz who called out Masvidal after beating Anthony Pettis at UFC 241 and fans were so […]
Chelsea Hackett trips up Nicole Szepesvary at Eternal MMA 49 in Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 1 | UFC Fight Pass Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA […]
Dolly Clew, Cage Warriors Former BAMMA champion and Cage Warriors veteran Tim Barnett and Italian lightweight Alessandro Botti have stepped up to the plate on short notice to take fights on Nov. 23’s Bellator London card at the SSE Arena, Wembley. Bellator announced via social media that Botti would step in to replace Myles Price […]
Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Nate Diaz has got better things to do than beg for a rematch against Jorge Masvidal. This past weekend at UFC 244, Diaz was not allowed to continue after the third round in his main event fight against Masvidal to crown the first ever “baddest motherf*cker” champion. The ringside physician stopped […]
Alberto El Patron (center) | Sam Fagan, AXS TV When Alberto “El Patron” Rodriguez returns to MMA for the first time in almost a decade, he’ll join a few of his colleagues on the list of pro wrestlers who’ve made the leap from fantasy fighting to the real thing. Recently, former WWE champion and current […]
Dolly Clew, Cage Warriors Cage Warriors returns to the home of its president Graham Boylan this weekend, and the Irish promoter is focused on creating the next batch of Irish stars for the UFC with the Cork event at the Neptune Stadium this Saturday. With a card packed full of Irish prospects, Boylan insisted that […]
Per Haljestam-USA TODAY Sports Bellator 233: “Salter vs. van Steenis” takes place this weekend (Fri., Nov. 8, 2019) at WinStar World Casino and Resort in Thackerville, Okla., streaming live online via DAZN. Two Middleweights collide in the main event as John Salter (16-4) and Costello van Steenis (12-1) each look to improve their standing behind […]
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images “You calling me out and now you putting excuses to back out? What happened, you heard I send people to the hospital after my fights? Don’t back out now.” — Yoel Romero I met Yoel Romero in summer 2017 while I was on location in Miami […]