Jason Jackson believes he’s in a great position to finally get what he’s been chasing for years. The streaking Bellator welterweight contender has been placed center stage and given an opportunity to make a big statement in the promotion. Jackson (15-4 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) is set to headline his first event under the company’s banner
Month: July 2022
A sizzling summer gets even hotter with a championship doubleader. In the main event, Julianna Peña attempts to defend her UFC bantamweight championship for the first time against the woman she took the belt from, all-time great Amanda Nunes. In another rematch with gold on the line, Brandon Moreno and Kai Kara-France battle for the
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Chael Sonnen has taken issue with some of the recent comments Henry Cejudo directed at UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. Following Adesanya’s unanimous decision victory over Jared Cannonier at UFC 276, former two-weight UFC champion Henry Cejudo criticized the performance and suggested the promotion should stop “pushing” the 32-year-old. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Sonnen
1:34 PM ET Jeff Wagenheim Bellator MMA lightweight champion Patricky Freire‘s first title defense, scheduled for July 22 against Sidney Outlaw, has been postponed because of an unspecified injury, the promotion announced. The title bout was to headline Bellator 283 in Tacoma, Washington. With Freire sidelined, Bellator is elevating a fight between former welterweight champ
Jalin Turner believes he is on the cusp of title contention. This past weekend, Turner delivered arguably the best performance of his career, submitting Brad Riddell in just 45 seconds at UFC 276. The win was Turner’s fifth in a row, all of them earned by finish, and it propelled him to No. 14 in
Dos Anjos got credited for a takedown early in round three even though Fiziev was barely on the mat, and once “Ataman” got free, it was back to leading the striking sequences behind his thudding kicks. RDA did get into a nice striking rhythm in the final minute, though, showing that this fight was far
As a former teammate and then rival of Jon Jones, Rashad Evans has a lot of insight into “Bones” as the former light heavyweight champion prepares to return as a heavyweight sometime in the fall of 2022. Rashad also knows what it’s like to take a long break from fighting and then compete again. He
Henry Cejudo on Israel Adesanya: ‘He hypes a lot and doesn’t deliver’ Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has taken over the 185-pound division, but former two-division champion Henry Cejudo hasn’t been impressed with “The Last Stylebender.” Adesanya successfully defended his title in the UFC 276 main event, defeating Jared Cannonier by unanimous decision. Cejudo considers Adesanya
LAS VEGAS – Kennedy Nzechukwu is happy to be back in the win column for reasons bigger than fighting. The UFC light heavyweight stopped Karl Roberson in their bout at Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 39, snapping a two-fight losing streak. Not only does the victory help put Nzechukwu’s (10-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) back on track, but
UFC flyweight contender Kai Kara-France is used to having his potential doubted and underestimated, something he’s feeling again ahead of UFC 277. At the July 30 pay-per-view, Kara-France will have his first championship opportunity inside the Octagon, a chance he’s earned through three consecutive victories over Rogério Bontorin, Cody Garbrandt, and Askar Askarov. While the
7:20 PM ET The UFC has booked a strawweight clash between Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan to headline an October event, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. The five-round contest will headline a UFC Fight Night on Oct. 1 at a location to be announced. Dern (12-2) is closing in on a potential title shot
“Let’s do this again” is never something you want to hear after celebrating your win, but that’s exactly what happened to Ysidro Gutierrez at Fury FC 66. Gutierrez had done a full celebration after the ring announcer said he’d beaten Anthony Parham Jr. by split decision with scores of 29-28, 28-29 and 30-27. Commentators expressed
UFC returns to UFC APEX with a must-watch lightweight contenders’ bout that will see No. 7 ranked Rafael Dos Anjos battle No. 10 Rafael Fiziev. The co-main event will feature a clash of Dana White’s Contender Series signees when Caio Borralho faces Armen Petrosyan at middleweight. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: DOS ANJOS vs. FIZIEV will take
Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev was pretty much guaranteed to be a war from the moment it was booked, so much so that the UFC did its best to keep the ‘Battle of the Rafaels’ together after COVID-19 knocked the fight off its original March date at UFC 272. Four months later and the
Rafael Fiziev calls out Justin Gaethje during UFC Vegas 58 Post-fight Press Conference Rafael Fiziev is a lightweight going places. He picked up the biggest win over his career on Saturday knocking out former champion Rafael dos Anjos in the UFC Vegas 58 main event. Fiziev entered the bout ranked No. 10 in the UFC
Israel Adesanya can say he warned Sean Strickland of Alex Pereira. The UFC middleweight champion got into an argument with Strickland just days before their respective fights at UFC 276 in Las Vegas on July 2. Adesanya went on to defend his middleweight crown against Jared Cannonier, while Strickland suffered a first-round KO to Pereira.
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