8:45 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he finally bought a house in South Florida. Horiguchi, the current Rizin bantamweight champion and former Bellator
Month: November 2021
The final four is set for RIZIN’s bantamweight grand prix. The Japanese promotion announced Tuesday that RIZIN 33 at Saitama Super Arena will host the semifinals of the ongoing bantamweight tournament, with former champion Kai Asakura (18-3) taking on Kenta Takizawa (13-7), and Hiromasa Ougikubo (23-5-2) fighting Naoki Inoue (15-2). Also on the show, lightweight
Max Holloway vs. Alexander Volkanovski Sean Shelby’s Shoes: What’s next for Usman, Volkanovski, Nunes after UFC 245? Many UFC fans hope a trilogy fight between Alexander Volkanovksi and Max Holloway becomes a reality early in 2022. However, the current featherweight king says it would be in Holloway’s best financial interests to hold off on possibly
Those are the words Serhiy Sidey uttered as he discussed going from suffering his first professional loss against Mateo Alejandro Vogel to the world shutting down two weeks later due to the coronavirus pandemic last spring. Rather than dwell on the defeat and lament the lack of opportunities available on the Canadian regional mixed martial
Kevin Lee has been released from the UFC after a seven-year stint with the promotion. News of Lee’s UFC release was initially reported by MMA Fighting on Tuesday. The 29-year-old went 11-7 with the promotion and currently has a professional record of 18-7. Lee debuted with the promotion in 2014. After losing his debut to
Jon Jones’ latest arrest came on September 24th in Las Vegas after a confrontation with his fiancé that prompted his kids to ask hotel security to call the police. Police reports included grisly details of the incident, including blood on his fiancé and on the bed of their hotel room. That led to a misdemeanor
Khabib Nurmagomedov takes a hilarious jab at Dana White Khabib Nurmagomedov and UFC president Dana White are good friends so when Nurmagomedov took a jab at White in a recent interview, we can assume it was all in good fun. Nurmagomedov, who has been slowly turning from fighter to coach in the last year has
By John Morgan | November 30, 2021 11:45 am ET Two-time PFL champion and current free agent Kayla Harrison isn’t yet sure where she’ll compete next, but she’s excited by the multiple opportunities that could await. Harrison (12-0) made it clear during PFL’s 2021 campaign that she would test the waters of free agency following
Jake Paul, Floyd Mayweather going after each other on Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather press conference, UFC Community reacts, Conor McGregor warns Dustin Poirier ahead of UFC 264 trilogy, Nate Diaz vs. Leon Edwards pushed to UFC 263, Tony Ferguson vs. Beneil Dariush now the UFC 262 co-main event, Diego Sanchez gets declined by Bellator,
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A battle between surging lightweight contenders is being slated for February. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez is expected to take place at the UFC’s event on Feb. 26 at a location and venue yet to be announced. TASS was
Credit: UFC After a week away because of the Thanksgiving holiday, UFC Vegas 44 brings caged violence back to television screens from inside the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nev. The Dec. 4 event is headlined by a battle of top five bantamweights looking to move another major step forward in their aspirations to land
Soriano entered with a perfect 8-0 record, having earned first-round stoppage wins in each of his first two UFC appearances and seven of his first eight fights overall. Allen dominated from the jump, showcasing improved striking and ring generalship en route to a clean sweep of the scorecards and a second straight win. And now,
Bellator 272 has the promotion returning to the Mohegan Sun Arena with a title fight in one of their most challenging divisions Friday, December 3 on SHOWTIME. Sergio Pettis will be facing the former Bellator MMA and RIZIN bantamweight champion, Kyoji Horiguchi. This will be Pettis’ first title defense since winning it from Juan Archuleta
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is eager for a fight. “Borz” is not all that far removed from throttling Li Jingliang at UFC 267 back around Halloween (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s already picked up another “W” in a wrestling match vs. UFC Middleweight Jack Hermansson. The Chechen athlete is still unsatiated, and he’s taken to
Conor McGregor has two fights left on his UFC contract, says trilogy with Nate Diaz will ‘1 billion percent’ happen Nate Diaz will always be the guy that handed Conor McGregor his first UFC loss when they first fought at UFC 196 in March 2016. McGregor avenged the loss five months later at UFC 202,
By MMA Junkie Radio | November 29, 2021 10:00 pm ET Monday’s edition of MMA Junkie Radio with hosts “Gorgeous” George and “Goze” is here. On Episode 3,213, the boys take a look at what went down at Triller Triad Combat on Saturday, answer the question of whether there is a true rivalry between MMA
7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of
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