Recent footage of fights held in the sand has gone viral, shining a light on another combat sports organization that strays from the norm. With the advent of organizations like Pillow Fighting Championship and Car-Jitsu, the idea of an MMA promotion with fights held in the sand doesn’t sound so strange. Founded in 2011, STRELKA
Month: July 2022
10:45 AM ET The Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports (ABC) has passed a pair of MMA rule changes, including one that could make a major impact in fights. On Wednesday at its annual conference, the ABC approved a rule that would give fighters on the receiving end of an eye poke five minutes
This Saturday, the second UFC pay-per-view event of July takes place with UFC 277 going down in Dallas, and the No Bets Barred boys have you covered with full breakdowns of all the main card fights, and huge number of suggested plays. In the main event, women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña puts her title on
This might sound strange to some, but I honestly think the best thing that has happened for Ankalaev over the last 18 months is that he’s had to struggle through a few tough fights. When the Russian light heavyweight was piling up finishes to begin what is now an eight-fight winning streak, it seemed like
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Featherweight queen, Amanda Nunes, seeks to regain her Bantamweight belt opposite upstart rival, Julianna Pena, this Saturday (July 30, 2022) at UFC 277 inside American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Safe to say UFC 269 was an absolute disaster for Nunes. The then-reigning pound-for-pound queen was seen as unstoppable, but she
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña laid out some hard criticisms of the women’s featherweight division during the UFC 277 Media Day. Peña believes it’s a one-fighter division, and she has a valid point. If you go to the UFC Rankings page on the fight promotion’s website, there is only one fighter listed in the
DALLAS – Anthony Smith has respect for UFC 277 opponent Magomed Ankalaev,, but at the same time he doesn’t really understand the level of hype surrounding him. Smith (36-16 MMA, 11-6 UFC) is nearly a 4-to-1 underdog on average (per BestFightOdds) and while he thinks Ankalaev (17-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is good, he doesn’t understand
Amanda Nunes explains why she started her own gym and left ATT. Amanda Nunes might be heading into the most important fight of her career. After losing the title to Julianna Peña in December, Nunes has been focused on getting the belt back. The road to get here to the rematch was long and took
7:13 AM ET KAI KARA-FRANCE WAS staying at the SO/Auckland hotel in New Zealand in the fall of 2020. The New Zealander had to quarantine there for two weeks after returning from UFC 253 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. That was the reality for fighters from Australia and New Zealand for much
T.J. Dillashaw believes Aljamain Sterling isn’t dangerous. In April, Sterling successfully defended his bantamweight title by winning a split decision over Petr Yan in their rematch at UFC 273. The win vindicated Sterling, who received an enormous amount of backlash for the way he won the belt. It also cemented “Funk Master” as the top
It took Michael Bisping almost ten years to become champion, but when he did, it was something out of a movie. “The Count” worked his way through the UFC middleweight rankings for years, finding himself just on the outside of title contention on multiple occasions. In 2016, he finally got his chance to compete for
Derrick Lewis always knows how to get the room laughing and that was no different at today’s UFC 277’s media day (Weds., July 27, 2022). The UFC record-holder for most knockouts in the promotion (13) was in a good mood ahead of his upcoming bout this Saturday night, however, the media in attendance wasn’t safe
Dana White: ‘Paddy Pimblett has that Conor McGregor vibe’ Rising lightweight star Paddy Pimblett has gained a lot of notoriety in his three fights inside the UFC octagon. “The baddy” has earned Performance of the Night bonuses in each of his octagon appearances. He’s brash. He’s outspoken and entertaining and reminds UFC president Dana White
DALLAS – Derrick Lewis is as carefree as ever going into UFC 277. Despite being finished in two of his past three fights and coming up short of an interim heavyweight championship, Lewis (26-9 MMA, 17-7 UFC) entered fight week in vintage form Wednesday, cracking jokes with everyone around him and bringing a loose energy
UFC lightweight Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett proved once again he knows how to put on a show in front of his home crowd, securing the second-round submission win over Jordan Leavitt at UFC London on Saturday. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription
UFC President Dana White has defended the promotion’s decision to book Octagon mainstay Nate Diaz against rising welterweight star Khamzat Chimaev. For months, Diaz has slammed the MMA leader online and in interviews for failing to grant him the final fight of his active deal. While he’d called to face a variety of names, from
Dana White had the same reaction upon hearing his matchmaker’s plan of pitting Sean O’Malley against former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan as many fight fans. “We were in matchmaking and Sean Shelby actually came up with that fight,” the UFC president explained in his post-fight press conference after Tuesday’s Contender Series event. “Sean Shelby
The 30-year-old from Dagestan enters his UFC 277 bout with Anthony Smith riding an eight-fight win streak and now has the perfect opportunity to announce himself as a true title contender. If not for a last second Hail Mary submission loss to Paul Craig in his UFC debut, Ankalaev would be undefeated with an outstanding
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