12:37 AM ET Cris Cyborg picked up yet another victory in a long, illustrious career. But this one, unlikely many of the others, wasn’t over quickly. Cyborg defended her Bellator women’s featherweight title, beating Leslie Smith by TKO at 4 minutes, 51 seconds of the fifth round in the main event of Bellator 259 on
Month: May 2021
Edmen Shahbazyan has always understood the fickle nature of the fight business. After starting out his career with a perfect 11-0 record including four straight wins in the UFC, the now 23-year-old Contender Series veteran was touted as the future of the middleweight division division. Then he stumbled in his first main event as Shahbazyan
First, after comparing each other and Matt to steaks vs. cheap hamburgers, Jim and Forrest discuss how awestruck they were at Shane Burgos’ delayed reaction to Edson Barboza’s knockout punch at UFC 262, and Forrest offers his take on the age-old debate between fast and slow zombies in horror movies. Then, Cody Garbrandt joins the show
The inaugural strawweight champ Carla Esparza thinks a win against Xiaonan Yan will catapult her back into unfinished business with strawweight great, Rose Namajunas. This weekend, taking place inside the UFC Vegas APEX facility, Carla Esparza and the number three ranked Xiaonan Yan will throw down for a possible title shot. With each athlete within
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the upcoming UFC Vegas 27 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (May 22, 2021) on ESPN+ from inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining duties fall to rising bantamweight contender Rob Font and former champion Cody Garbrandt, who collide for a
Take a look back at Yan Xiaonan’s rise in the UFC women’s strawweight division UFC strawweight Yan Xiaonan has yet to suffer a defeat in her UFC career, reeling off six consecutive wins since joining the promotion in 2017. Yan will face former strawweight champion Carla Esparza in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27.
By Nolan King | May 22, 2021 12:00 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Sumiko Inaba’s second professional fight took longer than the first but she’s more than OK with that. On the preliminary card, Inaba (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) defeated Kristina Katsikis (1-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) via third-round TKO. The fight was her sophomore promotional and
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UFC champ Charles Oliveira looking for featherweight division, Jake Paul says Kamaru Usman bout in works, Beneil Dariush gets surprise from Tesla, Elon Musk, Derrick Lewis caught thief trying to get into his SUV car, TJ Dillashaw vs Cory Sandhagen set for 24th July event, Michael Chandler praises UFC 262 winner Charles Oliveira and much
Nick DIaz’s legal team insists battle with NSAC far from over
12:45 PM ET Juliana Velasquez has her first Bellator title defense booked. The new Bellator women’s flyweight champion will face top-tier kickboxer Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 262 on July 16 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, the promotion announced Friday. The undefeated Velasquez beat Ilima-Lei Macfarlane to win the title this past December. Bellator 262
Cris Cyborg used nearly every second of her second title defense to put away a super tough Leslie Smith to cap off Bellator 259. The featherweight championship main event served as a rematch almost five years to the day from their first meeting in Cyborg’s UFC debut, where she stopped Smith via strikes in just
Editorial News The UFC is back in action tomorrow with UFC Vegas 27, as former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt takes on rising contender Rob Font in a main event that deserves way more promotion and attention that it has gotten during the week. The co-main event will also be one fans need to keep an
Strikeforce: Revenge was an extended card with heavy action in mind. Six prelims and six main card bouts were hand-picked for as much excitement as the matchmakers could find for the 10,000+ fans in San Jose. Per the usual for Strikeforce events, the fans in attendance and those at home were far from disappointed. 10
Bellator 259 takes place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, live on Showtime! The main event will see the return of the legendary Cris Cyborg, who will be defending her featherweight championship against Leslie Smith. The closing odds have Smith listed as a +850 underdog, with Cyborg a monstrous -1450 favorite. A
Bellator 259: “Cyborg vs Smith 2” is set to air TONIGHT (Fri., May 21, 2021) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., broadcasting via Showtime. Current women’s Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will rematch Leslie Smith in the headlining act, while Darrion Caldwell faces Leandro Higo in the co-main event. Bellator 259’s main card will air
UFC Vegas 27 live results: Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 27 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.
By Danny Segura | May 22, 2021 12:19 am Follow @dannyseguratv Cris Cyborg continued her dominance in Bellator. Cyborg all but had her way with Leslie Smith for the majority of their championship main event before winning by TKO at the 4:51 mark of Round 5 to retain her women’s featherweight title. The title fight
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