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
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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
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
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.
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
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
An actor best-known for his film work as a child star is using his MMA background to benefit his local community in Los Angeles. Jonathan Lipnicki first made a name for himself in Hollywood as child actor when he appeared in films such as Jerry Maguire, Doctor Doolittle, and Stuart Little. The 31-year-old has continued
Welcome to Midnight Mania! The second UFC London event of 2022 couldn’t hold a candle to the first show. The crowd was lively as ever, but the fights simply weren’t as good! Still, one highlight of the evening was Molly McCann’s star-making win over Hannah Goldy, her second spinning elbow finish of the year. McCann
UFC featherweight contender Chan Sung Jung had to shut down his gym after heavy rainfall flooded his facility in Seoul. On Monday, record downpours washed the South Korean capital, killing at least eight people, according to CNN. Parts of the Seoul region had seen 16 inches of rain since midnight Monday, prompting the highest Level
The accused murderer of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu superstar Leandro Lo has turned himself in to local authorities in São Paulo, BR following a night on the run. Police officer Henrique Otávio Oliveira Velozo is the prime suspect in the shooting death of Lo at a concert in São Paulo this past weekend. News outlet G1 was
Jamahal Hill scored the biggest win of his career in UFC Vegas 59’s main event this past weekend (Aug. 6, 2022) and now it’s only up from here. Taking out one-time title challenger, Thiago Santos, via fourth round technical knockout (watch highlights), Hill extended his current streak to three all by striking stoppages. When looking
Patricio Freire is sick of hearing A.J. McKee talk. It’s been that way for a while, but perhaps now more than ever. The two rivals recently were booked at Bellator 286, a card scheduled for Oct. 1 in Long Beach, Calif., McKee’s hometown. However, they won’t fight each other in a trilogy bout like many
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there’s highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. The UFC made a valiant effort to create their own Top 10 list this
9:35 AM ET Two of the more unheralded UFC weight classes had a chance to show out last month. In the main event of UFC 277 on July 30, Julianna Peña and Amanda Nunes had their rematch for the UFC women’s bantamweight title, following Peña’s huge upset over Nunes at UFC 269 last December. Former
UFC Vegas 59 went down this past weekend (Sat., Aug. 6, 2022) in Las Vegas, Nevada, leaving several fighters feeling the post-fight blues. Among them was Sam Alvey, who failed to get a win for his ninth straight fight inside the Octagon after getting knocked out by Michał Oleksiejczuk. And Vicente Luque, who suffered the
Thiago Santos refuses to be overly harsh on himself after another difficult loss in the UFC on ESPN 40 main event. Santos (22-11 MMA, 14-10 UFC) suffered his fifth loss in his past six fights on Saturday when he succumbed to a fourth-round TKO loss against Jamahal Hill (11-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) in a back-and-forth