By Mike Bohn | April 3, 2021 9:40 am Bellator’s first offering of 2021 delivered on Friday with Bellator 255, which took place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The semifinal round of the featherweight grand prix came to a conclusion in the main event when Patricio Freire (32-4 MMA, 20-4 BMMA) punched his
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6:43 PM ET Earlier this week, as the proposed Conor McGregor–Dustin Poirier trilogy fight continued to trend in the right direction, I wrote a caption on social media that said: “For all the marbles.” Well, the caption rubbed some people the wrong way. How could I say this one is for all the marbles when
Beneil Dariush doesn’t think Michael Chandler should’ve gotten the lightweight title shot. When Chandler signed with the UFC, he was the backup fighter for the lightweight title fight at UFC 254. He then made his debut at UFC 257 and scored a first-round TKO win over Dan Hooker. After the win, it was revealed Chandler
Jon Jones once again finds himself in limbo as he works out finances with UFC for a proposed heavyweight title fight with newly crowned champion Francis Ngannou. Jones, who is widely considered the greatest fighter in the history of the sport, ran into a similar issue with the promotion last year when the heavyweight matchup
By MMA Junkie Staff | April 2, 2021 7:41 pm Follow @MMAjunkie Bellator 255 takes place Friday, and you can join us for a live video stream and official results beginning at 6 p.m. ET (3 p.m. PT). The event takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The main card airs on Showtime
7:37 AM ET HENRY CEJUDO WAS in front of his television on Aug. 26, 2016, watching a Bellator MMA card headlined by a bout between Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and former UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson. It was four months after Cejudo’s first career loss, which came in a UFC title fight against flyweight champ Demetrious
Jose Aldo is now hoping to fight Dominick Cruz after the UFC wasn’t interested in him fighting Cody Garbrandt. With TJ Dillashaw fighting Cory Sandhagen and Cody Garbrandt booked against Rob Font, Aldo is on the outside looking in. However, he believes a fight against Cruz makes sense given they are former champions and have
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Let me preface the following story first and foremost: this is not an April Fool’s joke. Earlier tonight, Cage Fury Fighting Championship (CFFC) athlete Khetag Pliev competed opposite Devin Goodale. Somewhere in the second round, the 37-year-old “Lion” suffered a grotesque injury, seemingly losing a finger. In the words of commentator
By MMA Junkie Staff | March 30, 2021 6:08 pm Follow @MMAjunkie MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize. But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got you covered. Each week, we’ll compile all the new fight bookings right here – in one spot.
6:37 PM ET Middleweight contender Kevin Holland will step in and fight Marvin Vettori on short notice in the five-round main event of UFC Fight Night on April 10 in Las Vegas, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Vettori’s original opponent, Darren Till, withdrew Tuesday because of a broken collarbone. Holland just fought March 20, a
The Bellator 255 weigh-ins have wrapped up. Bellator 255 takes place Friday, April 2, from the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The main event will see the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in Bellator, Patricio “Pitbull” Freire defending his featherweight title in a rematch against Emmanuel Sanchez in the semi-finals of the grand prix tournament. Pitbull
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) returned to the pay-per-view (PPV) market last Saturday (March 27, 2020), staging UFC 260 from inside UFC APEX in Las Vegas, Nevada. In the main event, Francis Ngannou knocked out Stipe Miocic to win the Heavyweight title. It was Ngannou’s fifth straight knockout win, paving the way for not only winning
By Nolan King | April 1, 2021 8:50 pm UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Bellator is ready to kick off its 2021 schedule, and promotion president Scott Coker is thrilled with what the future holds. On Thursday, Coker spoke with MMA Junkie on a host of topics including “Pitbull” vs. Straus 2, the promotion’s deal with Showtime,
7:30 AM ET UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou captured the imagination — as well as the most prestigious prize — of the combat sports world when he dethroned Stipe Miocic at UFC 260 on Saturday. So it was no surprise that ESPN’s panel made Ngannou its overwhelming choice for the top spot of its latest
If Diego Sanchez is going into the pit of retirement, he plans on dragging Donald Cerrone down with him. On May 8, Diego Sanchez will be competing in his final UFC fight when he takes on Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. Sanchez and Cerrone have a lot of history with one another, beginning with their time as
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Elon Musk could really be a figurehead for Midnight Mania. The eccentric billionaire and Tesla CEO most definitely keeps it “weird and wild,” as his late-night tweets have shifted the stock market and earned him multi-million dollar fines in the past. Now, NY Post reports that Musk is joining the board
By MMA Junkie Staff | April 1, 2021 9:06 am Follow @MMAjunkie UNCASVILLE, Conn. – MMA Junkie is on scene and reporting live from Thursday’s official Bellator 255 fighter weigh-ins. The weigh-ins take place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. The same venue hosts Friday’s event, which has a main card on Showtime and MMA Junkie
8:30 AM ET There are three new faces at No. 1. One got there with a bang, one in a delayed reaction and the other in just about the most anticlimactic way possible. Francis Ngannou has taken over the top spot at heavyweight in the latest ESPN divisional MMA rankings after knocking out UFC champion