Stamp Fairtex is the ONE Championship Atomweight Grand Prix winner and will face Angela Lee in 2022. The Thai fighter submitted Ritu Phogat in the tournament final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Friday night (local time). The fight pitted the wrestling of Phogat against Stamp’s Muay Thai, but the Thai fighter’s it was the […]
The Bellator MMA cage was in Dublin, Ireland on Friday where 3Arena played host for Bellator 270: Queally vs. Pitbull 2. Top ranked lightweight Patricky “Pitbull” Freire faced No. 4 ranked Peter Queally in a rematch in the fight card’s main event with the vacant 155-pound championship on the line. The two first fought at […]
Glover Teixeira completed his unlikely run to the light heavyweight championship on Saturday, defeating Jan Blachowicz by submission. The 42-year old Brazilian first fought for the 205-pound title seven years ago and came up short against then champion Jon Jones. On Saturday, UFC president Dana White strapped the belt around his waist. Blachowicz landed first […]
Dana White’s Contender Series was back in action on Tuesday from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and four fighters earned themselves UFC contracts. In the featured fight, middleweight Jonny Parsons defeated Solomon Renfro in a back-and-forth split decision. The win earned Parsons a UFC contract. Three other contracts were also awarded on Tuesday. Light […]
Dana White’s Contender Series returned on Tuesday with the first event of the fifth season of fight cards that feed talent to the UFC roster. For the first time in the series’ history, a fighter who lost was awarded a UFC contract. Five fighters who fought on Tuesday earned a spot on the UFC roster. […]
Heavyweight contender Cheick Kongo weathered an early storm by Sergei Kharitonov to win by submission in the Bellator 265 main event on Friday. The event took place at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In the opening round, Kharitonov stalked Kongo and connected regularly with his jab. He pressured the Frenchman and was able […]
Bellator 264 took place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. on Friday headlined by a middleweight title bout between champion Gegard Mousasi and top contender John Salter. Mousasi stalked Salter from the beginning of the fight. In the opening round, Salter secured a takedown but was unable to keep “The Dreamcatcher” grounded. Mousasi quickly […]
A.J. McKee remained undefeated, won the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix, captured the featherweight championship and banked a $1,000,000 payday at Bellator 263 on Saturday. McKee advanced his unbeaten record to 18-0 with a first-round submission win over longtime champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire in Saturday’s main event at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. McKee connected with […]
TJ Dillashaw picked up his first victory since 2018 in his return to mixed martial arts over former training partner and no. 2 ranked contender Cory Sandhagen in the main event of UFC Vegas 32. The first round started off quickly. Both former training partners immediately engaged, with Sandhagen and Dillashaw trading shots. The fight […]
Women’s featherweight champion Cris Cyborg retained her title on Friday by stopping Leslie Smith late in the final round of the UFC 259 main event. The bout was a rematch. The two first fought at UFC 198 in May 2016 with Cyborg finishing Smith in the first round. On Friday, Cyborg dominated Smith but needed […]