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Another weekend of fisticuffs has come and gone with both Bellator 268 and UFC Vegas 40 going down last weekend (Sat., Oct. 16, 2021), providing hardcore fight fans with a double dose of combat sports action. Plenty of fighters were left licking their wounds, including Aspen Ladd, who was dominated by Norma Dumont in the

By Simon Samano, The Blue Corner | October 17, 2021 11:55 pm ET Follow @SJSamano The tweet from the official UFC Fight Pass account said it all: “WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!?!” When you see Justin Barry’s second-round knockout of Alan Benson on Sunday night at Cage Warriors 130 in San Diego, you will wonder the same

Georges St-Pierre has a ton of moments from his MMA career that stand out like winning two UFC titles, fighting at home in Montreal, and the massive crowd in Toronto, but one moment still sticks out as the greatest. According to St-Pierre, he says the greatest moment of his career is when he beat matt

We just witnessed a pretty epic finale to a trilogy of heavyweight fights between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, all three of which were spectacular to watch. Trilogies like that don’t come along very often in boxing, but we feel like MMA fans are a bit more spoiled. We’re in the midst of our own

Bellator 268 took place Saturday with a 12-fight card from the Footprint Center in Phoenix. The light heavyweight grand prix finals were determined at the top of the card. Vadim Nemkov (14-2 MMA, 7-0 BMMA) defended his title with a fourth-round TKO of Julius Anglickas (10-2 MMA, 3-1 BMMA) in the main event, while Corey

12:46 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN The question of who is the best light heavyweight in Bellator MMA might have been answered on Saturday night. That answer might or might not have come in the headlining title bout. Vadim Nemkov successfully defended his championship with a fourth-round submission of Julius Anglickas in the main event of

The feud between Miesha Tate and Aspen Ladd has taken an unexpected turn following the latter’s defeat to Norma Dumont at UFC Vegas 40. For the last few weeks, the duo has engaged in a war of words stemming from Ladd’s failure to make weight for her fight against Macy Chiasson. Ladd, who nearly fainted

UFC Vegas 40 was objectively pretty bad. Fortunately, we knew with reasonable certainty that it was going to be. Case in point: the main event lived up to its hype perfectly, which is to say, there was no hype, and the fight was a miserable experience for everyone involved. The rest of the card was

By MMA Junkie Staff | October 17, 2021 1:45 am ET Follow @MMAjunkie Check out these photos highlighting Vadim Nemkov’s submission victory over Julius Anglickas to retain the light heavyweight title at Bellator 268 at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. (Photos courtesy of Bellator MMA.) Vadim Nemkov vs. Julius Anglickas – Bellator 268 (15) Vadim

Oct 15, 2021 The UFC’s women’s featherweight division is in an interesting spot, in that one terrific performance at 145 pounds can catapult a fighter into title contention. That is the backdrop for Saturday’s main event, featuring Aspen Ladd (9-1) and Norma Dumont (6-1). Both Ladd and Dumont have competed in the UFC’s 135-pound division,

Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Andrei Arlovski vs. Carlos Felipe was a slugfest. The two fighters met in a bout on Saturday night (October 16, 2021) at the UFC Vegas 40 event from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility. A slow first round, but it heated up with a minute to go

Andrei Arlovski and Carlos Felipe faced off in a Heavyweight clash tonight (Sat., Oct. 16, 2021) at UFC Vegas 40 from UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Arlovski opened the fight with a series of kicks, pumping out feints before digging into the thigh or poking the mid-section. Felipe was having a hard time find

Based on stylistic matchups, Chris Wade thinks Movlid Khaybulaev had a more convenient road to the PFL finals than he did. Wade (20-6) picked up three wins over former member of the French national wrestling team Anthony Dizy, a quick knockout of Arman Ospanov and a decision over NCAA Division-I wrestling champion Bubba Jenkins. Khaybulaev (18-0-1)

11:02 PM ET Luke Rockhold‘s return to the Octagon will have to wait. The former UFC middleweight champion said Monday night in an Instagram story that he has a herniated disk and is out of a scheduled fight with Sean Strickland at UFC 268 on Nov. 6 in New York. It would have been Rockhold’s

UFC Vegas 40 goes down tonight (Sat. October 16, 2021) from Las Vegas, Nevada at the UFC Apex facility and we have the results. The world’s leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion compiled an excellent card for fight fans to enjoy.  It’s headlined by a meeting between Aspen Ladd and Norma Dumont in a women’s

Bellator 268: “Nemkov vs Anglickas” is set to air TONIGHT (Sat., Oct. 16, 2021) from inside Talking Stick Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., which will be headlined by a Light Heavyweight title fight between Vadim Nemkov and Julia Anglickas. Co-headlining the event will be Ryan Bader taking on Corey Anderson in another pivotal 205-pound showdown. The

Despite two losses to Israel Adesanya in head-to-head matchups, Marvin Vettori has no doubt he’s superior to the UFC middleweight champ. After losing a split decision to Adesanya (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) in April 2018, Vettori (17-5-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) spent years claiming he should’ve won and he would solidify it in a rematch. He

8:00 AM ET The UFC has several monster events on its schedule to close out 2021. Before the year is done, we will have seen six more title fights, as well as some blockbuster matchups such as Justin Gaethje vs. Michael Chandler, Jorge Masvidal vs. Leon Edwards, Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez and Paulo Costa