Rashad Evans wins on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC 44 USA debut Miami, FL — Former UFC heavyweight champion, Rashad Evans, stepped back into the cage on Friday night as the co-main event at Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Eagle FC 44 which also happened to be the promotion’s American debut. It was a bit of a lackluster return
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By MMA Junkie Staff | January 30, 2022 12:40 am ET PHOENIX – Bellator is heading back to Paris with the heavyweight title on the line. After Ryan Bader’s win over Valentin Moldavsky in the Bellator 273 main event Saturday at Footprint Center in Phoenix, the promotion announced Bader (29-7 MMA, 7-2 BMMA) will defend his
12:57 PM ET Former UFC champion TJ Dillashaw‘s recovery from knee surgery is taking longer than expected, although he anticipates returning to the Octagon around midyear — in a title fight. Dillashaw, 35, underwent surgery on his left knee last August to repair a torn PCL and damaged meniscus. He suffered the injuries during the
Sullivan Cauley hoped to steal some of the shine Ben Parrish accumulated in 2021, and he did just that. Cauley faced Parrish in the light heavyweight opener of Bellator 273 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, and earned a dominant TKO at the 4:35 mark of the opening frame in front of a hometown crowd.
Bellator 273 results and highlights will drop in this space throughout the night following the conclusion of each matchup from inside the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. The January 29 card features a highly anticipated unification bout in the promotion’s heavyweight division. On one side will be reigning division king Ryan Bader as he looks
On February 5, Jack Hermansson returns to halt the momentum of the streaking Sean Strickland. Elsewhere on the card, middleweight prospect Punahele Soriano returns looking to bounce back from his first shot at the top-15 and hopes to get back on track against Nick Maximov, a pupil of the Diaz brothers. Perhaps the most interesting
Former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker knows a lot of people are counting him out ahead of his Israel Adesanya rematch at UFC 271. After losing his title to Adesanya at UFC 243, Whittaker has won three straight fights and has worked his way back to the champion. While Whittaker’s rise back to the title
Bellator 273 is set to go down later tonight (Sat., Jan. 29, 2022) from inside Footprint Center in Phoenix, Arizona. In the main event, Ryan Bader will take on Valentin Moldavsky in a heavyweight title unification bout. In the co-headlining act, Darrion Caldwell will face Enrique Barzola in 135-pound action. The winner of that fight
Following a loss in his first fight of 2021 in May to Johnny Campbell at Bellator 258, featherweight Henry Corrales was able to rebound in his follow-up bout in October at Bellator 268 versus Vladyslav Parubchenko and close out his year with a win. The win over Parubchenko was even better for the fact that
On this day in 2015, Conor McGregor made his headliner debut stateside in Boston against Dennis Siver. After this performance, McGregor would compete for the interim featherweight title and continue his rapid rise to superstardom. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: http://bit.ly/2uJRzRR Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service
MIAMI – Former UFC title challenger Felicia Spencer isn’t a fan of being reminded that she’s retired from MMA. “I don’t like to use the word retirement, but I announced that I was done fighting,” Spencer told MMA Junkie. Spencer made the somewhat stunning announcement this past December – stunning because she was still at
8:51 PM ET The UFC is close to finalizing a lightweight bout between Donald Cerrone and Joe Lauzon in April, multiple sources told ESPN. The 155-pound fight would take place on a UFC Fight Night event on April 30. The UFC has not announced an official venue for the card. Cerrone (36-16) has not fought
MMA Fighting has Bellator 273 results for the Bader vs. Moldavsky fight card Saturday night from the Footprint Center in Phoenix. In the main event, Bellator interim heavyweight champion Valentin Moldavsky attempts to unify the belt against undisputed champ Ryan Bader, who returns to heavyweight after losing the light heavyweight title and falling short in
Credit: Jake Paul YouTube In a new post to his popular YouTube channel, Jake Paul laid into UFC president Dana White, as well as superstar fighters Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor with a classic hip-hop beef tradition: The diss track. The public heat between the YouTube personality turned boxing sensation and the UFC boss has
“That loss was a little worse than others, obviously, but it is against a great fighter,” he continued. “So, as far as hanging my head, it wasn’t like that, but it was important for me to just go out and remind everybody and prove to myself that I do know why I belong at the
The first step towards the return of Jon Jones could be this weekend. The former light heavyweight champion’s advisor recently revealed to The Sun that he will meet with the UFC this weekend to discuss his client’s potential return. Advisor Richard Schaefer said he will meet with the promotion in the coming days in Los
Bellator 273: “Bader vs Moldavsky” is set to air TONIGHT (Sat., Jan 29, 2022) from inside Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz., which will be headlined by a heavyweight title fight between division champion, Ryan Bader, taking on the interim champ, Valentin Moldavsky. Also, Darrion Caldwell will face Enrique Barzola in a pivotal bout in the
Flashback Fight: Watch Nick Diaz finish Paul Daley in Strikeforce title bout | Video In his final fight before rejoining the UFC, Nick Diaz defended his Strikeforce welterweight title against Paul Daley in a highly anticipated matchup in April 2011. Diaz stepped away from fighting after a loss to former middleweight champion Anderson Silva in