“I started competing in kickboxing and did very well and then the opportunities were presented to go to the United States,” he said. “When I went to the United States, I wanted to do more kickboxing, but there was really not much of a kickboxing culture here. It was more, you know, jiu-jitsu and MMA.
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The legendary Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues his lucrative exhibition run this afternoon (Sat., May 21, 2022) when he takes on undefeated former sparring partner Don Moore, who hasn’t fought since 2016, in Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Arena. MMAmania will have LIVE coverage of the main and co-main events. The FITE PPV kicks off at 2 p.m.
UFC Vegas 55: Holm vs. Vieira Weigh-in Results and Video The athletes competing on Saturday’s UFC Vegas 55: Holm vs. Vieira fight card officially weigh in on Friday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The event is headlined by a bout between former women’s bantamweight champion and No. 2 ranked Holly Holm and No.
By Matthew Wells, Nolan King and Farah Hannoun | May 21, 2022 2:40 pm ET A pair of big Dana White’s Contender Series veterans will meet under the UFC banner on Aug. 13. Martin Buday will square off against Lukasz Brzeski in a heavyweight bout at an upcoming UFC Fight Night event, multiple sources have
Eagle FC 47: Dos Santos vs. De Castro took place live tonight (May 20, 2022) from the FLX Arena in Miami, Florida, and MMA News has the results and highlights for you right here! The main event of tonight’s card featured former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos taking on another ex-UFC veteran Yorgan De
8:38 AM ET Clay Collard will try to continue his march toward a PFL title on June 17, when he takes on Alexander Martinez in Atlanta. PFL officials announced the lightweight matchup Wednesday. The event, which takes place at OTE Arena, marks the second round of regular-season action. Collard (21-9) is on a mission in
MMA Fighting has Mayweather vs. Moore results live for the Floyd Mayweather vs. Don Moore fight card at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday afternoon. This is the live blog for the exhibition main event featuring boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and Don Moore. It is expected to begin around 4 p.m. ET on FITE
Judo would give way to Muay Thai, where Ricci had big successes, including winning the Brazilian Nationals. But her favorite discipline awaited her when she relocated to the United States. VEGAS MAIN EVENT FEATURES: Holly Holm | Ketlen Vieira “Jiu-jitsu is my favorite. Jiu-jitsu opened up a lot for me in the US. I don’t have nobody here
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Though his time inside the Octagon was fairly short, Gegard Mousasi is one of the most accomplished fighters of all time. The former Strikeforce, Dream, and Cage Warriors champ currently holds the Bellator Middleweight title, and he’s in pursuit of his 50th win as a professional. He’s only lost a single
UFC Vegas 55 Weigh-in Video: Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira The UFC Vegas 55 main event fighters, Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira officially weighed in on Friday morning at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Holm, the former women’s bantamweight champion and No. 2 ranked contender weighed in at 135.5 pounds while No. 5 ranked
By Danny Segura | May 20, 2022 10:56 pm ET MIAMI – Junior Dos Santos’s MMA return almost went as planned. The former UFC heavyweight champion was en route to winning his first fight after his release from the UFC, but he suffered a shoulder injury in the main event of Eagle FC 47 and
Russian bantamweight Vyacheslav Svischev flashed some deadly striking accuracy over the weekend at Open FC 19 in Samara, Russia. Scheduled as the fourth fight of a six-fight main card, Svischev entered the cage opposite Kyrgyzstan’s Belek Aliev. After the two bantamweights exchanged on the feet early, the southpaw Svischev backed Aliev up with a jab
9:00 AM ET For the first time in nearly 10 years, Holly Holm is thinking about professional boxing. To be clear, Holm’s primary focus is still very much on MMA and recapturing the UFC bantamweight championship that she won in 2015 and surrendered in 2016. Holm (14-5) faces Ketlen Vieira in the main event of
MMA Fighting has Eagle FC 47 results for the Dos Santos vs. De Castro fight card from the FLXcast Arena in Miami on Friday night. In the main event, former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos will square off against fellow UFC veteran Yorgan De Castro in a heavyweight contest. Dos Santos will be competing
Fury FC fighter Joel Bauman recently went viral at Fury FC 61, but it wasn’t for his second round KO over Reese Forest and it wasn’t for his motivation behind fighting; it was for telling the world he had two herpes outbreaks. Just the way he drew it up. Fight By Fight Preview | UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) legend, Junior dos Santos, chases his first win in more than three years TONIGHT (Fri., May 20, 2022) when he headlines Eagle FC 47 opposite fellow Octagon veteran, Yorgan De Castro. MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE coverage of tonight’s main card on FLXCast. The undercard broadcast begins at 6 p.m. ET, with
UFC Vegas 55: Holm vs. Vieira Face-offs Video Following Friday’s UFC Vegas 55 official weigh-in, the fighters competing on the fight card faced off with the opponents. The event is headlined by a bout between former women’s bantamweight champion and No. 2 ranked Holly Holm and No. 5 ranked Ketlen Vieira in a fight that has title shot implications.
Kamaru Usman’s health is moving in the right direction. It’s just taking a little while. Usman (20-1 MMA, 15-0 UFC), the reigning UFC welterweight champion, is still healing from a hand injury that has kept him out of action since a unanimous decision win over rival Colby Covington at UFC 268 in November. He’s frequently