Neiman Gracie’s upcoming opponent might be new to the weight class, but he’s been on his radar for a long time. Gracie (11-3 MMA, 9-3 BMMA) takes on Goiti Yamauchi in the main event of Friday’s Bellator 285 in South Dakota. It’s a matchup pitting two of the best grapplers on the company’s roster. Yamauchi
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After just four fights in the UFC, #6 ranked middleweight Israel Adesanya has asserted himself as a fan favorite and one of the most dangerous strikers in the world. He takes on legend Anderson Silva in the co-main event at UFC 234: Whittaker vs Gastelum this Saturday only on Pay-Per-View. Subscribe to get all the
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Brian Ortega spoke with the media ahead of Saturday’s UFC 231 event in Toronto.
Combat sports promotion Arena recently introduced a new event that fits right in with the other wild and outlandish fight sport offerings that have come out of Russia in the last few years. A cursory look through Arena’s social media shows that the Russian organization does put on standard MMA events, but it’s been videos
12:28 AM ET Cris Cyborg‘s next fight won’t be inside an MMA cage — it’ll be in a boxing ring. Cyborg, one of the best women’s MMA fighters of all time, said on her “The Catchup” YouTube show Monday that she is in the process of finalizing a contract for her professional boxing debut. Cyborg
Uriah Hall announced Wednesday he will be “stepping away from the greatest sport in the world.” A one-time The Ultimate Fighter finalist who holds wins over some of the best middleweights in the history of the sport, such as Anderson Silva, Chris Weidman and Gegard Mousasi, Hall retired after consecutive decision defeats to Andre Muniz
Godinez gets her biggest opportunity to date this weekend, facing off with tenured strawweight veteran Angela Hill in a bout that could catapult her into the rankings. The 28-year-old Mexican-Canadian had an impressive rookie campaign in 2021, fighting four times in eight months, including on back-to-back weekends, going 2-2 with a split decision loss to
Three-time NCAA Division I National Champion and American Top Team (ATT) wrestling coach Bo Nickal made his highly-anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) debut as part of Dana White’s weekly “Contender Series” program last Tues. night (Aug. 10, 2022) inside the promotion’s APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite his inexperience in cage fighting, Nickal entered
Looking back at her win over Justine Kish at Bellator 274 in February, flyweight DeAnna Bennett feels that it wasn’t just good to kick her year off with a victory, but coming back off of a potentially career-threatening situation and just to be able to fight again was a big thing. Following Bennett’s win over
Bellator will return to Italy this fall with a streaking newcomer at the top of the card. Mansour Barnaoui (19-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) will make his promotional debut against Adam Piccolotti (13-4 MMA, 9-4 BMMA) in a lightweight main event at Bellator 287, the promotion announced Wednesday. The full current lineup for the event, featuring
Former NCAA wrestling national champion Bo Nickal might’ve exceeded expectations in his quick win on Dana White‘s Contender Series. Nickal made quick work of Borrego in his DWCS headliner on Tuesday night. He was by far the most significant betting favorite on the card and one of the most hyped MMA prospects in recent memory.
1:24 PM ET Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has broken bones in both hands and will require surgery, he wrote Monday on Instagram. The injuries were sustained in a unanimous decision loss to Stevie Ray in the PFL lightweight semifinals last Friday. Pettis wrote that his left hand and his right thumb are broken.
MMA Fighting has Dana White’s Contender Series results for the third week of the sixth season Tuesday night at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Ten up and coming fighters will compete in front of UFC president Dana White, along with matchmakers Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard, with the hopes of walking away with a
Karolina Wójcik had no issue with the size advantage Sandra Lavado possessed in Tuesday’s opener, as the diminutive Polish strawweight controlled the action throughout, earning a clean sweep of the scorecards in a 15-minute grind of a fight. The 27-year-old was the more active of the two in the opening stanza, got a little more
Zhang Weili will likely next be getting another shot to become the third two-time women’s champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) history. UFC 274 played host to an unfortunately abysmal Strawweight title rematch between former champion, Rose Namajunas, and the inaugural champion, Carla Esparza (watch highlights). “Cookie Monster” came out victorious once more, reopening the
MMA fighters react to Donald Trump’s FBI raid On Monday, former United States President, Donald Trump revealed his home was being raided by the FBI. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,” Trump said in a statement. CNN sources reported
Brendan Loughnane’s return to the PFL cage will be special. It may seem routine for Loughnane (24-4) to fight once again, as his 2022 featherweight semifinal bout against Chris Wade marks his 8th fight under the PFL banner and 29th overall professional bout. However, 2022 PFL 9 will serve as Loughnane’s first fight in his
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