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 […]
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) made its anticipated 2021 season debut tonight at Ocean City Casino resort, in Atlantic City, N.J. The ten-fight event featured a statement win from the underdog Clay Collard over former world champion Anthony Pettis, a dominating performance by Bubba Jenkins, and a first round knockout by Brendan Loughnane. Coming in as […]
Troy Worthen stepped up at late notice to face John Lineker in a bantamweight bout at ONE on TNT Part III. He has originally been scheduled to take on Shuya Kamikubo while the Brazilian was booked to fight Stephen Loman. A positive Covid—19 test for Loman caused a last minute reshuffle and Worthen found himself facing […]
Sao Paulo, Brazil played host to UFC on ESPN+ 22 on Saturday with light heavyweight contender Jan Błachowicz taking on former Strikeforce middleweight champion Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza in the main event at Ginásio do Ibirapuera. Blachowicz entered the bout ranked No. 6 in the 205-pound division and was coming off a knockout win over former […]
Former welterweight title challenger Darren Till made his 185-pound UFC debut on Saturday in the UFC 244 co-main event against former middleweight title challenger Kelvin Gastelum. Till jumped right into the deep of the new weight class taking on the No. 4 ranked Gastelum. Till entered the fight as the No. 10 ranked welterweight, but […]