Bellator 284 is primed and ready to go down later TONIGHT (Fri., Aug. 12, 2022) inside Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., featuring a Welterweight bout between submission specialist, Neiman Gracie, and Goiti Yamauchi. Co-headlining the event will be a hard-hitting Heavyweight affair between Valentin Moldavsky and Steve Mowry. Many readers check in before, during
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Ilima-Lei Macfarlane is back in the win column for the first time since 2019. At Bellator 284, Macfarlane (11-2 MMA, 10-2 BMMA) defeated Bruna Ellen (6-3 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) via split decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) in a women’s flyweight bout. The fight took place Friday on the main card at Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls,
UFC light heavyweight contender Jamahal Hill is looking to counter the recent Jiří Procházka vs. Glover Teixeira 2 announcement with a big fight of his own. Hill is coming off of a TKO win over former title challenger Thiago Santos at UFC Vegas 59 last weekend. He has won three in a row and is
9:02 AM ET The UFC men’s bantamweight division will assume center stage over the coming months, as eight of the top 10 contenders have fights booked, including champion Aljamain Sterling. The marquee 135-pound action begins this weekend with a five-round main event between former champion Dominick Cruz (24-3) and Marlon “Chito” Vera (21-7-1) in San
Paddy Pimblett is in the United States doing a mini promotional tour following his latest big win over Jordan Leavitt at UFC London last month (watch highlights). And as we’ve come to expect from post-fight Paddy, he’s packing on the pounds … fast. We didn’t dub him “Paddy The Fatty,” that’s something Pimblett has called
Pat Downey’s wrestling career might have taken an unexpected turn, but MMA was always inevitable. Downey (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA), a former NCAA Division I All-American wrestler, was kicked off the Iowa State University wrestling team in 2017 for repeated violations of team rules and found himself in the midst of various other controversial incidents
Dana White has identified one UFC fighter who could someday match Conor McGregor‘s impact on the sport of MMA. When it comes to star power, no one in MMA comes close to Conor McGregor. McGregor has become a household name, an Irish icon, and a pop-culture figure every bit as a sports one. Further evidence
12:19 PM ET UFC flyweight Molly McCann will look to continue her breakout year in 2022, when she takes on Erin Blanchfield in November. The UFC has added a 125-pound contest between McCann (13-4) and Blanchfield (9-1) to its UFC 281 lineup on Nov. 12 in Madison Square Garden. Both flyweights announced the bout on
Jamahal Hill is sick of hearing claims that he’s not ready for the Light Heavyweight elite after his big win over Thiago Santos this past weekend (Aug. 6, 2022) at UFC Vegas 59. Scoring an impressive fourth round technical knockout against the one-time title challenger (watch highlights), Hill extended his current win streak to three
SAN DIEGO – Yazmin Jauregui may be young, and early in her MMA career, but she’s not lacking in confidence. Jauregui (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC), a 23-year-old from Mexico and recent Combate Global tournament winner, will make her promotional debut in a women’s strawweight bout against Iasmin Lucindo (13-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) on Saturday at UFC
An MMA fighter has been convicted of murder following the 2015 death of an escort in an office building in Newport Beach, California. 36-year-old mixed martial artist Nain Isaac Nieto Hernandez was arrested and charged with the killing of 23-year-old Long Beach native Sarai Alcaraz on December 30, 2015, 12 days after the fatal meeting.
11:22 AM ET Bellator MMA has rebooked a featherweight matchup between Aaron Pico and Jeremy Kennedy in October, officials told ESPN on Tuesday. The 145-pound bout will take place at Bellator 286 on Oct. 1 in Long Beach, California. That event is headlined by a featherweight title fight between champion Patricio “Pitbull” Freire (33-5) and
A title fight between current Bellator MMA Lightweight champion, Patricky Pitbull, and undefeated (15-0) 155-pound wrecking machine, Usman Nurmagomedov, is being targeted to go down at an upcoming event on Nov. 18, 2022. That’s according to MMA Junkie, who confirmed the plans for the match up after an initial report from MMA Fight Universe. Pitbull
Cynthia Calvillo doesn’t plan to stick around much longer at 125 pounds. The UFC veteran returns Saturday against Nina Nunes on the preliminary card of UFC on ESPN 41. But despite the flyweight return, Calvillo (9-4-1 MMA, 6-4-1 UFC) has her mind set on returning to her original home of 115 pounds. “I think what’s
UFC lightweight contender Islam Makhachev feels his upcoming title fight against Charles Oliveira came to fruition for only one reason. Makhachev and Oliveira will square off in the UFC 280 headliner on Oct. 22. The two top lightweight contenders will battle for the now-vacant lightweight title after Oliveira was stripped of the belt earlier this
11:11 PM ET One of the best prospects in all of MMA is on the cusp of a UFC contract. Bo Nickal, a former three-time NCAA Division I wrestling national champion, finished Zack Borrego via submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:02 of the first round Tuesday night on Dana White’s Contender Series at the UFC Apex
Taila Santos’ next fight may be coming outside the Octagon rather than inside it. Recently reported by O Município de Blumenau and followed up on by MMA Fighting, the last Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) women’s Flyweight title challenger is being faced with accusations of having not paid two former coaches, one of which was also
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