Bellator MMA Sergio Pettis may not be thought of as a KO artist, but there’s never a bad time to start. The younger Pettis brother stunned the MMA world on Friday night by starching RIZIN bantamweight champion with a fourth-round spinning back fist in the main event of Bellator 272. Pettis was getting dominated in […]
Khabib Nurmagomedov thinks there’s no one more deserving for a title shot than teammate Islam Makhachev. Nurmagomedov told Justin Gaethje that he should just “shut up” and admit that Makhachev deserves the chance. “In last eight fight, you got finished three times Justin,” he said. “You had an opportunity to become champion, but you fell […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thu8e17v6ns Take another look at all the fighters competing at UFC Vegas 44: Font vs Aldo face off with their opponent for the final time. The UFC Vegas 44 main card kicks off at 10pm ET / 7pm PT on Saturday. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC […]
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 […]
A day after UFC president Dana White said that no one wants to fight undefeated welterweight Khamzat Chimaev, Nate Diaz confirmed White’s assessment. Diaz told TMZ Sports on Thursday that he had no interest in fighting the “rookie” Chimaev. “Don’t disrespect me like that and try to offer me a fight with a rookie,” Diaz […]
Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis will defend his title against legendary fighter Kyoji Horiguchi at Bellator 272. Pettis will headline the event with Horiguchi on December 3 in Connecticut. Pettis is aiming to become a cross-promotion champion like his brother, Anthony Pettis. “I think it would be a great opportunity for me to cross-promote,” Pettis […]
Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC It didn’t take UFC welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev long to respond to Nate Diaz. Chimaev fired back at Diaz on Thursday after the Stockton, Calif., native brushed off a potential fight, saying Chimaev wasn’t on his level. The 27-year-old Chechen didn’t take kindly to that opinion, writing Diaz is a […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmZ817HgznU Azamat Murzakanov will make his debut in the Octagon at UFC Vegas 44 Saturday after a quick finish over Matheus Scheffel earned him a contract on Season 5 of Dana White's Contender Series. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of […]
The former NBA star Rex Chapman hosted the retired UFC and Strikeforce lightweight Isaac (Ike) Vallie-Flagg on his podcast, “Charges with Rex Chapman,” and talked through his past addiction problems especially Vallie-Flagg’s dependence on pain killers. In his peak days, Vallie-Flagg was a notable name often heard around the MMA community. He came into UFC […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM–cx6FtEg On this day in 2017, Francis Ngannou scored a devastating knockout against Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 in Detroit. The performance was Ngannou's sixth win in a row to start his UFC career and earned him his first heavyweight title shot the very next month. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR […]