The Professional Fighters League has announced a new round of financing totaling $65 million. MMA promoter, PFL will be receiving the institutional financing round from Ares Capital, Elysian Park Ventures, and Knighthead Capital. The promotion confirmed the news when speaking to Insider. This brings PFL’s overall financing amount to $175 million. Before the UFC made […]
The UFC Vegas 19 weigh-ins will get underway today, February 19. This Saturday night, UFC Vegas 19 will take place inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, heavyweights Curtis Blaydes and Derrick Lewis will collide. The co-main event will see Ketlen Vieira share the Octagon with Yana Kunitskaya. Charles Rosa […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzV6x64b68g "The Boa Constrictor," Aleksei Oleinik, can strike at any moment and have his opponent confused how they got in such a precarious position. Watch every submission finish from Oleinik's UFC career so far. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of […]
Welterweight Belal Muhammad has agreed to step in and face Leon Edwards in the UFC on ESPN+ 45 main event on March 13. Sources told ESPN of the development on Thursday. Muhammad (18-3) is ranked No. 13 in the 170-pound weight class and just fought on Feb. 13, defeating Dhiego Lima by unanimous decision at […]
Bellator has introduced an official rankings system. For years, Bellator has been without a public rankings system. While the promotion has managed to steer clear of controversies regarding snubbed title opportunities, the movers and shakers of Bellator felt it was time to spice things up. That is why Bellator has made a significant announcement. Bellator […]
UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo is looking to throw down with Brandon Moreno a second time either in late spring or early summer. Back in December 2020, Figueiredo and Moreno delivered an instant classic. Both men traded leather for five rounds in an action-packed fight. The score totals were read and the fight was declared […]
Ion Cutelaba | Esther Lin, MMA Fighting Ion Cutelaba and Devin Clark are both looking to bounce back in 2021. The light heavyweights get the chance to return to the winner’s circle when they meet at a UFC event on May 21, with a location to be determined, MMA Fighting confirmed with sources with knowledge […]
Leon Edwards has a new opponent for March 13. Edwards was expected to share the Octagon with Khamzat Chimaev next month. It ultimately won’t happen as Chimaev hasn’t fully recovered from COVID-19. The good news for Edwards is that the UFC has quickly found a replacement opponent. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto reports that Belal Muhammad will […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDN5X0eYdVA Watch a collection of exciting knockouts and submissions from fighters competing on Saturday's UFC Vegas 19: Blaydes vs Lewis card. 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 UFC. Visit https://ufcfightpass.com/ To order UFC Pay-Per-Views on ESPN+, visit https://bit.ly/2vNIBE8 (U.S. […]
Colby Covington wasn’t dazzled by Kamaru Usman’s performance against Gilbert Burns. Usman put the UFC Welterweight Championship on the line in the main event of UFC 258. Usman was knocked down in the opening frame but he was able to recover. “The Nigerian Nightmare” ended up dropping Burns in the second round and finished him […]