LAS VEGAS – Nate Maness beat Tony Gravely with a second-round TKO Saturday on the main card at UFC Fight Night 192 in Las Vegas. Take a look inside the fight with Maness, who nearly was finished late in the first round, but rallied for a knockout in the second. Maness on the fight’s key
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7:51 AM ET Any pay-per-view with two title fights is going to capture the attention of the sport, but on Saturday night at UFC 266, it’s the third fight on the card that has most fight fans talking. Nick Diaz will walk to the Octagon for his first fight since 2015 to face Robbie Lawler
Valentina Shevchenko has insisted that she’ll be reigning atop the UFC flyweight division forever. Currently riding on a seven-fight win streak with her last loss coming by split decision to Amanda Nunes—a fighter widely considered to be the pinnacle of women’s MMA—Valentina Shevchenko seems almost unstoppable as she continues to dominate the contenders in her
Former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov recently found himself in hot water for telling the combat sports media that Octagon girls, or “ring girls” depending on your platform, are the most useless people in all of martial arts. He also wants aspiring female fighters to stay home. UFC fixture and former Playboy cover girl Arianny
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz What mattered most at UFC Fight Night 192 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas and Bellator 266 from the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif.? Here are a few post-fight musings … 1. Respect to Anthony Smith Anthony Smith deserves all the praise and recognition on the heels
10:17 PM ET Anthony Smith said two years ago after a title loss to all-time great Jon Jones that maybe he’d never get another chance to beat Jones. But that was OK, Smith said, because he’d simply outlast Jones — and the rest of the UFC light heavyweight division. Those comments have aged pretty well.
Jake Paul was not a fan of the Vitor Belfort vs. Evander Holyfield spectacle. Belfort went one-on-one with Holyfield in a boxing match on Sept. 11. Holyfield is 58 years old and looked every bit of it. Belfort ended up knocking down the “Real Deal” on his way to a first-round TKO win. Speaking to
A lot of people have been calling out Jake Paul lately. Off the top of my head, you’ve got Jorge Masvidal, Tommy Fury, Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Michael Bisping, Paddy Pimblett, Nate Diaz, Tyron Woodley, and Derek Brunson over the past month alone. It’s not surprising that everyone wants a Paul-fueled red panty night. But
When Neiman Gracie reviewed film on Mark Lemminger, he knew he was better in the striking department. Because of this, the plan wasn’t to step in the cage at Bellator 266 and get the fight to the mat quickly. No, the decorated Brazil jiu-jitsu black belt felt it was time to show off his hands.
Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz 1:01 AM ET Yoel Romero shook his head and wagged his finger like Dikembe Mutombo. Bellator in-cage announcer Michael C. Williams was reading the results of the Bellator 266 main event and one of the judges had Romero winning the bout. Romero did not agree with the judge, pointing
[ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 3, 2016, 10:45 AM] Following Saturday’s UFC 195 main event for the UFC Welterweight Championship between Robbie Lawler and Carlos Condit, Joe Rogan took to social media to rant about the problems with the scoring system in MMA and how it may have cost “The Natural Born Killer” the 170-pound title this
Yoel Romero’s return to the cage for the first time since March of 2020 didn’t go so well, with his opponent Phil Davis taking a split decision win over “Soldier of God” with 30-27, 30-26, and 28-29 scores. Don’t pay too much mind to the dissenting 28-29 score though — most watching had the fight
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6:15 PM ET “Gatekeeper” is something of a dirty word in combat sports. It means a fighter who is good enough to remain near the top of a division but not quite at the level of title contender. It’s a fighter who, if you can beat them, opens the door to the upper echelon of
Bellator 266 aired tonight, Saturday, September 18 from the SAP Center in San Jose, California. Usually, when Bellator shifts from Friday to a Saturday card, it’s for a good reason. This time, it was for the light-heavyweight main event featuring the debut of Yoel Romero in Bellator MMA. Romero looked to break into the light-heavyweight
When you here the name Gracie, you automatically think jiu-jitsu. But Neiman Gracie proved that he is far from a one-trick pony by scoring a devastating first round technical knockout (TKO) win over Mark Lemminger at Bellator 266. Gracie came out light on his feet, connecting with clean shots to get Lemminger’s attention. Once he
There was no shortage of excitement around Erin Blanchfield’s octagon debut Saturday at UFC Fight Night 192. She showed why with a dominant performance. Blanchfield (7-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a highly touted women’s flyweight prospect, controlled and overwhelmed Sarah Alpar (9-6 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in their women’s flyweight bout en route to a unanimous decision
2:21 PM ET ONE Championship has put together an incredibly interesting styles clash for what is being described as the promotion’s biggest show ever. Former UFC flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson will fight Muay Thai standout Rodtang in a “mixed special rules fight” at ONE X, the ONE Championship 10-year anniversary show Dec. 5 in Singapore,