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“Soon after I took up BJJ, I started doing MMA and the extra weight just fell off,” says the 28-year-old. “I wasn’t even dieting, I just loved doing the sport. After about a year of training hard, my coach asked if I wanted to have a fight. After that, I was even more hooked on
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PRELIMS Middleweight Bout: Joseph Holmes (185) vs Alen Amedovski (186) Heavyweight Bout: Jailton Almeida (224) vs Parker Porter (265) Lightweight Bout: Omar Morales (155.5) vs Uros Medic (156) Bantamweight Bout: Jonathan Martinez (135.5) vs Vince Morales (136) Featherweight Bout: Chase Hooper (145) vs Felipe Colares (145) MORE FIGHT NIGHT: Holly Holm | Ketlen Vieira | Fighters on the Rise | Chase
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Co-Main Event: Michel Pereira defeats Santiago Ponzinibbio via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 28-29) Brazil’s Michel Pereira may have earned a place in the welterweight rankings with a hard-fought three-round split decision Santiago Ponzinibbio in an exciting co-main event Scores were 30-27, 29-28, 28-29 for Pereira, now 28-11, 2 NC. The No.14-ranked Ponzinibbio falls to 29-6. Ponzinibbio
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Just weeks before she gets inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, former three-division boxing champion and former UFC bantamweight champion Holly Holm makes her return against a surging contender in Brazil’s Ketlen Vieira. Also on the card, a welterweight matchup will see No. 14 ranked Santiago Ponzinibbio take on Michel Pereira. UFC FIGHT NIGHT: HOLM vs
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“I started competing in kickboxing and did very well and then the opportunities were presented to go to the United States,” he said. “When I went to the United States, I wanted to do more kickboxing, but there was really not much of a kickboxing culture here. It was more, you know, jiu-jitsu and MMA.
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Judo would give way to Muay Thai, where Ricci had big successes, including winning the Brazilian Nationals. But her favorite discipline awaited her when she relocated to the United States. VEGAS MAIN EVENT FEATURES: Holly Holm | Ketlen Vieira “Jiu-jitsu is my favorite. Jiu-jitsu opened up a lot for me in the US. I don’t have nobody here
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Park expects Anders to bring a pressure-heavy style to the fight that might include a few attempted takedowns to mix things up properly.  After each of his previous four professional losses, Park has bounced back well and returned to winning form for extended periods of time, so it’s not out of pocket to believe he’ll
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The April bout was the last one of the Iowa native’s UFC contract and her first with the Sayif Saud-led Fortis MMA team in Dallas. It also came after an 0-3 start to her time in the Octagon, and now she was a round down with two to go. Panic time? Not for Hughes. RELATED:
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He had anticipated that everything outside of the actual fight would be different, but he knew that once that Octagon door locked it would feel just like home. So, he finally made the UFC walk, full of confidence and excited for a tough fight against Marc-Andre Barriault. 16 seconds in – the fight was over.
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