The PFL’s Challenger Series returned for the second week of 2023, with athletes gunning for a PFL contract that could either serve as a developmental deal or earn them a spot directing into the regular season to compete for its $1 million prize. 2023 PFL Challenger Series 2 took place Friday at Universal Studios in
Month: February 2023
While he may have had gold wrapped around his waist, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jamahal Hill doesn’t believe he’s accomplished “the ultimate test” yet. After consecutive headline triumphs at the Apex in 2022, Hill had the opportunity to feature in the promotion’s first pay-per-view main event of the new year. With that, “Sweet Dreams” headed
Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day. Last week, I lamented that it felt like the rest of the combat sports world was
Despite being promoted more than next week’s UFC 284 pay-per-view (PPV), Power Slap is not exactly thriving on cable tv. On Wednesday night, Power Slap went on air for the third week of its scheduled eight episode run, and ShowBuzzDaily reported the latest viewer count (H/T Bloody Elbow). The results aren’t great. In week one,
5:02 PM ET NEW YORK — Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn didn’t rule out the possibility of a future fight between former boxing heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou, he told ESPN on Thursday. Joshua has a fight against Jermaine Franklin on April 1, sources told ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, and
Submitting or knocking out Ivanov would be a major accomplishment for Tybura, who has nothing but admiration for the skills and toughness that his opponent brings to the table. Ivanov has only been beaten four times in his 24 career professional fights, three by decision and once by submission, and all at the hands of
Saturday, after nearly 23 years and almost 50 fights, an all-time great will hang up his MMA gloves. Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko is set to retire after one more fight – and that fight happens to be one last crack at Bellator’s heavyweight title. Emelianenko (40-6 MMA, 4-2 BMMA) will challenge champion Ryan Bader (30-7
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Who should Islam Makhachev fight next after submitting Thiago Moises in the UFC on ESPN 26 main event? MMA Junkie’s Mike Bohn plays matchmaker in this edition of “Sean Shelby’s Shoes.” Full story: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2021/07/islam-makhachev-wants-to-fight-tony-ferguson-prove-he-is-not-on-khabib-nurmagomedovs-level #UFCVegas31 #IslamMakhachev #RafaelDosAnjos Visit us on the web: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com Part of the USA TODAY network: http://www.usatoday.com Be sure to subscribe to
UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev feels his upcoming showdown with Alexander Volkanovski hasn’t been promoted well. Makhachev will face Volkanovski in the UFC 284 headliner in Perth on February 11th. He’ll defend his lightweight title in a super fight against the featherweight champion Volkanovski. The Makhachev/Volkanovski clash is one of the biggest ‘champion vs. champion’
Originally set to headline UFC Vegas 69, Cory Sandhagen vs. Marlon Vera has been rescheduled to front a March 25 UFC event. UFC President Dana White confirmed a report from SI.com about the rebooking of the fight, which takes place at AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. It’s unclear at the time of this writing
Bellator 290 is set to go down this Saturday night (Feb. 4, 2023) on CBS, which will feature a Heavyweight championship rematch between division king, Ryan Bader, taking on Fedor Emelianenko in what will be “The Last Emperor’s” retirement fight. In the co-main event, Johnny Eblen will defend his Middleweight title for the first time
10:17 PM ET The UFC has shifted a highly anticipated bantamweight main event between Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen from Feb. 18 to March 25, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The bout was originally scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night later this month at the Apex in Las Vegas, but will now serve
The last time fans saw Choi in action was December 2019, when he suffered a TKO loss to Charles Jourdain in his native South Korea, marking his third consecutive loss since starting his professional mixed martial arts career 14-1. Don’t let those losses fool you, however. Even though recent results haven’t gone his way, every
Derrick Lewis on PRIME sports drink: ‘I’m not promoting nobody unless they pay me’ On Jan. 31, the UFC announced a partnership with Logan Paul and KSI’s sports drink Prime, and on Wednesday heavyweight Derrick Lewis chimed in on the deal. During the UFC Vegas 68 Media Day, Lewis admitted to never drinking PRIME. When
LOS ANGELES – A year into his comeback after a layoff of four and a half years, Brennan Ward has taken another big step. The Connecticut-based welterweight no longer will balance fighting with a day job. Ahead of a fight against his most accomplished opponent since 2017, Ward is a full-time fighter. “I made the
UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander Volkanovski seems confident ahead of UFC 284. For the first time in his UFC career, ‘The Great’ will be moving out of the featherweight class. Standing in his way of two-division supremacy is current UFC Lightweight Champion Islam Makhachev. At UFC 280, Makhachev used his elite-level wrestling and grappling to get