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UFC Vegas 27 lost a fight just hours before the event was slated to get started.  Damir Hadzovic vs. Yancy Medeiros in a lightweight bout was supposed to be the second fight on the prelims of this card, but news broke that the fight was pulled to Damir having health issues.  The promotion won’t get

The action delivered throughout UFC Vegas 27’s card last night (Sat., May 22, 2021) live on ESPN+ from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada, as Rob Font out-classed Cody Garbrandt to a dominant main event win (highlights HERE). In addition to the bantamweight headliner, a collection of main card and “Prelims” fights produced memorable

By MMA Junkie Staff | May 22, 2021 11:55 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Kevin Lee will give it another go at welterweight – at least for his next fight. And he’s got a stiff test in front of him. Lee, a former UFC interim lightweight title challenger, will take on undefeated Sean Brady on July 10

12:37 AM ET Cris Cyborg picked up yet another victory in a long, illustrious career. But this one, unlikely many of the others, wasn’t over quickly. Cyborg defended her Bellator women’s featherweight title, beating Leslie Smith by TKO at 4 minutes, 51 seconds of the fifth round in the main event of Bellator 259 on

The inaugural strawweight champ Carla Esparza thinks a win against Xiaonan Yan will catapult her back into unfinished business with strawweight great, Rose Namajunas. This weekend, taking place inside the UFC Vegas APEX facility, Carla Esparza and the number three ranked Xiaonan Yan will throw down for a possible title shot. With each athlete within

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is locked and loaded for the upcoming UFC Vegas 27 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, scheduled for this Sat. night (May 22, 2021) on ESPN+ from inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Headlining duties fall to rising bantamweight contender Rob Font and former champion Cody Garbrandt, who collide for a

By Nolan King | May 22, 2021 12:00 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Sumiko Inaba’s second professional fight took longer than the first but she’s more than OK with that. On the preliminary card, Inaba (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) defeated Kristina Katsikis (1-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) via third-round TKO. The fight was her sophomore promotional and

12:45 PM ET Juliana Velasquez has her first Bellator title defense booked. The new Bellator women’s flyweight champion will face top-tier kickboxer Denise Kielholtz at Bellator 262 on July 16 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, the promotion announced Friday. The undefeated Velasquez beat Ilima-Lei Macfarlane to win the title this past December. Bellator 262

Bellator 259 takes place tonight from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, live on Showtime! The main event will see the return of the legendary Cris Cyborg, who will be defending her featherweight championship against Leslie Smith. The closing odds have Smith listed as a +850 underdog, with Cyborg a monstrous -1450 favorite. A

Bellator 259: “Cyborg vs Smith 2” is set to air TONIGHT (Fri., May 21, 2021) from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., broadcasting via Showtime. Current women’s Featherweight champion Cris Cyborg will rematch Leslie Smith in the headlining act, while Darrion Caldwell faces Leandro Higo in the co-main event. Bellator 259’s main card will air

By Danny Segura | May 22, 2021 12:19 am Follow @dannyseguratv Cris Cyborg continued her dominance in Bellator. Cyborg all but had her way with Leslie Smith for the majority of their championship main event before winning by TKO at the 4:51 mark of Round 5 to retain her women’s featherweight title. The title fight

7:52 AM ET Four years ago, Cody Garbrandt delivered an all-time classic, five-round performance against Dominick Cruz to capture the UFC’s bantamweight championship. Garbrandt hasn’t looked the same since. Going into Saturday’s UFC Fight Night main event between Garbrandt (12-3) and Rob Font (18-4) at the Apex in Las Vegas (7 p.m. ET, prelims at

Former middleweight champion Luke Rockhold is ready to get back in the cage, and is eager to recapture his former glory. Recently, Rockhold dared to be great in an attempt to move up a weight class and carve out a new title run, but it turned out his light heavyweight debut performance would come against

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just over 24 hours away from its upcoming UFC Vegas 27 mixed martial arts (MMA) event, headlined by a bantamweight showdown between Rob Font and Cody Garbrandt this Sat. night (May 22, 2021) on ESPN+ from inside APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before the televised action gets underway this

By Nolan King | May 21, 2021 12:00 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator women’s flyweight champion Juliana Velasquez has her first title defense scheduled. At Bellator 262 on July 16, Velasquez (11-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) will take on first-time challenger Denise Kielholtz in the card’s main event at Mohegan Sun Arena. The main card airs

6:12 PM ET Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza is no longer on the UFC roster. The perennial UFC middleweight contender broke his arm in a submission loss to Andre Muniz at UFC 262 last Saturday in Houston. It turns out that it was the final fight on Souza’s UFC contract and he is now a free agent,

Despite going under the radar after the massive UFC 262 pay-per-view, UFC Vegas 27 is packed with premium talent and will kick off on May 22. The much-anticipated return of former champion Cody Garbrandt is back after a long hiatus against the fast-hitting Rob Font. Additionally, the co-main event will see rising Chinese powerhouse Xiaonan

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