Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz The weigh-in results for UFC Vegas 57: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot are underway, and MMA News is here to deliver the scoop. Tomorrow night, UFC Vegas 57 will take place from the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arman Tsarukyan will headline the event against Mateusz Gamrot in the main
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8:26 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim Gegard Mousasi put on a dazzling show four months ago in Dublin. That it was not an epic-length performance made it all the more magnificent. The Bellator MMA middleweight champion needed less than a minute and a half to lay waste to an undefeated challenger in the Bellator 275 main
Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor was back in court on Thurs. (June 23) to answer for a litany of vehicular charges including two counts of dangerous driving and operating a vehicle without a license and insurance. “Notorious” was arrested last March in Dublin (video here). Court officer Walter Sweeney informed Judge David McHugh the
By MMA Junkie Staff | June 24, 2022 7:45 am ET LAS VEGAS – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Friday’s official UFC on ESPN 38 fighter weigh-ins, which kick off at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The weigh-ins take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The same venue hosts Saturday’s
PFL 6 will see a new lightweight main event now that Julia Budd withdrew due to injury, prompting Kayla Harrison to be matched with new opponent, Kaitlyn Young. ESPN was the first to report the news of the main event change. As of this writing, the nature of Budd’s injury is undisclosed. Budd was a
8:47 PM ET A scheduled battle between a former Bellator champion and a defending PFL champ will have to wait. Former Bellator women’s featherweight champion Julia Budd is out of a planned July 1 bout against Kayla Harrison in PFL due to an undisclosed injury, sources told ESPN. In Budd’s place will step women’s MMA
Bellator 282: “Mousasi vs. Eblen” will go down tomorrow night (Fri., June 24, 2022) from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. Headlining the event will be a Middleweight title fight between division champion, Gegard Mousasi, defending his belt against undefeated Johnny Eblen (11-0). In further action, the Bantamweight World Grand Prix continues to roll
By MMA Junkie Staff | June 23, 2022 11:00 pm ET PFL has become a landing spot for some big names in recent seasons. From former UFC and Bellator champions, to other top-ranked talents, the big free agent signings to the promotion found difficulty in reaching the $1 million prize that awaits the season’s champion.
UFC women’s bantamweight champion Julianna Peña thinks that Amanda Nunes hasn’t fully accepted her submission loss from UFC 269. Fresh off coaching The Ultimate Fighter Season 30, Peña did an interview with MMA Mania and discussed her upcoming rematch with the current UFC women’s featherweight champion. While the 32-year-old acknowledged that she’s expecting “the best
8:00 AM ET Ian ParkerESPN The PFL’s lightweights and light heavyweights finalized their playoff positioning a week ago, and now it’s the turn of the heavyweights and featherweights on Friday at PFL 5 (ESPN and ESPN+, main card at 8 p.m. ET and prelims at 6 p.m.). The main event at Overtime Elite Arena in
Bellator 282 is set to go down tomorrow night (Fri., June 24, 2022) from inside Mohegan Sun Aren in Uncasville, Connecticut. Headlining the event will be a Middleweight title fight between division kingpin, Gegard Mousasi, taking on undefeated contender, Johnny Eblen (11-0). In the co-main event, Leandro Higo takes on Danny Sabatello, while Magomed Magomedov
By Matt Erickson and Nolan King | June 23, 2022 10:45 am ET UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Leandro Higo has arguably the stiffest test of his career Friday, but he’s not too concerned. Higo (21-5 MMA, 4-3 BMMA) takes on the brash Danny Sabatello (12-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) in the quarterfinals of the bantamweight grand prix
YouTuber turned boxer Logan Paul had a strong friendship with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson before his ‘suicide forest’ video controversy severed ties. Paul, one of the most prominent personalities on YouTube, was at the center of a controversy in 2017 which nearly ended his content creation career permanently. He filmed a vlog at the Aokigahara
One of the Welterweight division’s brightest young stars returns to the Octagon this weekend (Sat., June 25, 2022) at UFC Vegas 57. Perfect in his 15 career bouts up to this point, Shavkat Rakhmonov makes his fourth walk in UFC opposite seasoned veteran, Neil Magny. With three consecutive sensational finishes in his early UFC run,
NORWICH, Conn. – Every time Gegard Mousasi steps in the cage these days, it’s preceded by questions of weight shifts and super fights. The lead-up to Bellator 282 has been no different. Before Mousasi (49-7-2 MMA, 7-1 BMMA) even has a win over undefeated rising star Johnny Eblen (11-0 MMA, 7-0 BMMA), the rumors swirl
Julianna Peña has managed to avoid scoring controversies during her own UFC career, but the 32-year-old can’t help but weigh in when she sees the issue affect her division. The UFC’s bantamweight queen was recently asked for her opinion on the result of a bantamweight fight between Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira, as well as
9:24 AM ET ATLANTA — Right now, there is an unmistakable buzz going on behind the scenes at the PFL. It’s a buzz that has nothing to do with the promotion’s most established, recognizable talent. It’s independent of anything to do with Kayla Harrison, Anthony Pettis, Rory MacDonald or fan favorite Clay Collard. And it
Ciryl Gane is no stranger to substitute straps. The power-punching Parisian previously held the interim title when current heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou was (sort of) slow to make his first title defense, but then lost any claim to the 265-pound crown when “The Predator” captured a unanimous decision victory over “Bon Gamin” at UFC 270.