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 […]
Jason Silva-USA TODAY Sports When you talk as mush trash as top-ranked welterweight contender, Colby Covington, it’s probably hard to remember how many people you’ve pissed off along the way, so there’s an outside chance “Chaos” forgot about these comments. Trash talk is like contract killing … no women, no kids. But Covington doesn’t play […]
Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC is headed to Moscow for the UFC Fight Night 163 mixed martial arts (MMA) event this Sat. night (Nov. 9, 2019) in Russia, and in the absence of a governing athletic body, the promotion will be forced to self-regulate. That means the rules of Nevada State […]
Sarah Stier-USA TODAY Sports The Sean Salmon highlight reel has finally been retired. Hats off to once-beaten lightweight bruiser, Gregor Gillespie, who was inducted into the highlight reel hall of fame last Sat. night (Nov. 2, 2019) in New York City. That’s where “The Gift” was unwrapped by one of the most sensational knockouts you’ll […]
Josh Barnett vs. Ronny Markes | Bellator MMA Bellator MMA returns to Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii to “Salute the Troops” on Dec. 20, 2019, with another card free for service personnel and their families. It goes down the night before Flyweight champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (10-0) makes her next title defense against Kate […]