Kevin Holland working with Daniel Cormier on wrestling No. 14 ranked middleweight contender Kevin Holland is working on his game. The charismatic contender made waves in the fight game last year with five wins in a span of seven months and set the record for most wins in a calendar year in the middleweight division.
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Editorial News The medical suspensions from last weekend’s UFC Vegas 27 have arrived, with multiple fighters needing clearance or they will find themselves on the sidelines for possibly six months. The main event saw Rob Font defeat former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt by unanimous decision, while in the co-main event former champion Carla Esparza defeated
Cody Garbrandt releases emotional video statement after UFC Vegas 27 loss Former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was defeated by no. 3 ranked Rob Font in the UFC Vegas 27 main event on May 22 at UFC Apex in Las Vegas. It was his fourth loss in his last five fights. He won the title as
News UFC Credit: Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports The women’s featherweight bout between Felicia Spencer and Norma Dumont Viana at UFC Vegas 27, on the surface, seemed like the last gasps of a division in its final days. Neither have a ranking–despite Spencer recently competing for the division title last June–and there are no other planned
Diego Sanchez split with his coach and manager Joshua Fabia last week and now Fabia has spoken out about the UFC Hall of Famer. Sanchez worked with Fabia for two years but the relationship began to unravel after Sanchez was pulled from UFC Vegas 26 bout against Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and abruptly released by the
Featured News UFC Credit: Chris Unger/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 main card featured a heavyweight clash between two men weighing in at a combined 529 pounds. While both Justin Tafa and Jared Vaderaa compete with a great deal of girth, they have shown the ability to move around and get
Ben Rothwell felt like his back was against the wall at UFC Vegas 27 “Big” Ben Rothwell rebounded from a loss in his previous outing on Saturday defeating Chris Barnett in the second round of their heavyweight match at UFC Vegas 27. Heading into Saturday’s event, Rothwell felt like his back was against the wall.
Featured News UFC Credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 bout between China’s Xiaonan Yan and former strawweight champion Carla Esparza had major implications for the 115 pound division. It was a battle between the third and fourth ranked fighters in the weight class, and the winner could likely be the next challenger
Rob Font thinks he may have broken Cody Garbrandt’s jaw | UFC Vegas 27 Rob Font solidified his place at the table fo bantamweight title talks on Saturday when he soundly defeated former champion Cody Garbrandt in the UFC Vegas 27 main event. During the event’s post-fight press conference, Font revealed that he thought he
Featured News UFC Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports The UFC Vegas 27 bantamweight main event bout between Rob Font and former champion Cody Garbrandt would put the winner within reach of a championship opportunity. An opportunity the Boston native has never had, and one many thought Garbrandt might never get back to after three street
Carla Esparza wants title shot against Rose Namajunas Carla Esparza won the inaugural women’s strawweight championship in December 2014 by defeating current titleholder Rose Namajunas. With Esparza second round stoppage of no. 3 ranked Yan Xiaonan, Esparza is riding a five-fight winning streak and thinks it’s time to face Namajunas the second time for the
Take a look back at Yan Xiaonan’s rise in the UFC women’s strawweight division UFC strawweight Yan Xiaonan has yet to suffer a defeat in her UFC career, reeling off six consecutive wins since joining the promotion in 2017. Yan will face former strawweight champion Carla Esparza in the co-main event of UFC Vegas 27.
Editorial News The UFC is back in action tomorrow with UFC Vegas 27, as former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt takes on rising contender Rob Font in a main event that deserves way more promotion and attention that it has gotten during the week. The co-main event will also be one fans need to keep an
UFC Vegas 27 live results: Rob Font vs. Cody Garbrandt (Click on the fight below and then scroll down to see in-fight live stats and full results, courtesy of Fight Analytics. Full UFC Vegas 27 live results from the UFC Apex in Las Vegas are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.
Nielsen has released a report entitled ‘How the World’s Biggest Sports Properties Engaged Fans in 2020’ and it makes interesting reading for anyone who follows the MMA industry. Among the 20 market leaders featured in the report are the UFC, ONE Championship and Bellator. Using a combination of data sources the report analyzed the fan
Invicta on AXS TV: Rodríguez vs. Torquato weigh-in results and video On Thursday, May 20, Invicta Fighting Championships hosted the weigh-ins for Invicta FC: Rodriguez vs. Torquato. The event takes place Friday, May 21, with the entire card streaming live on on YouTube beginning at 7 p.m. ET. The main card will also be broadcast live on AXS TV in the United States and
News Starting in June, Bellator brings fans back for the first time in more than a year. Bellator brings fans back in June Today, the California-based promotion officially announced that a limited number of tickets would go on sale for fans to attend both Bellator 260 on June 11, and Bellator 261 on June 25,
Going into his bout against Bruno Oliveira at LFA 95 this past January, middleweight Josh Fremd was hoping to kick off his 2021 in a big way, and managed to do exactly that. Just over two and a half minutes into his bout with Oliveira, Fremd was able to pick up a knockout victory, earning