Welcome to Midnight Mania! The 15 pound jump between Lightweight and Welterweight is not an easy adjustment to make. One man who knows that better than most is Gilbert Burns, who struggled to find much momentum in the talent-rich Lightweight division while enduring a severe weight cut. “Durinho” eventually jumped up to Welterweight, where he
2:11 PM ET Former Bellator MMA champion Phil Davis and Corey Anderson will meet for the first time in June, promotion officials told ESPN on Thursday. The two will square off on the Bellator 297 main card on June 16 inside Wintrust Arena in Chicago. The event, which airs on Showtime, will feature a light
Ogden comes into the matchup having just secured his first UFC victory with a unanimous decision result over Daniel Zellhuber at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs Song. He’ll try to end Bahamondes’ 2-fight winning streak during which the Chilean tallied consecutive 3rd-round finishes. UFC 287: Pereira vs Adesanya 2 takes place on Saturday, April 8 from
After having spent six years on the amateur circuit, flyweight Anna Crutchfield is ready to make her pro debut this weekend for B2 Fighting. Though Crutchfield gained a lot of experience during her time as an amateur, if things had gone the way she wanted, she would have turned pro right out of the gate.
All the pre-fight activities are in the books for Bellator 293 following Thursday’s ceremonial weigh-ins. In the main event, Marcelo Golm (10-3 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) takes on Daniel James (14-6-1 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) at heavyweight. Golm is a slight betting favorite. In the co-feature, Leah McCourt (7-2 MMA, 6-1 BMMA) meets former UFC title challenger Cat
Bantamweight Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera took questions from Megan Olivi prior to his main event matchup at UFC San Antonio. Main card action kicks off at 7pm ET / 4pm PT on Saturday. Subscribe to get all the latest UFC content: https://ufc.ac/3u8FIJp Experience UFC live with UFC FIGHT PASS, the digital subscription service of the UFC.
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As he sat less than two months out from his fight against Marlon Vera at UFC San Antonio, Cory Sandhagen was nursing a minor injury and feeling like maybe the clock had already begun ticking away towards the eventual end of his career. He wasn’t contemplating retirement just because he’d gotten banged up while preparing
Francis Ngannou may be headed to PFL. The former UFC heavyweight champion parted ways with the Las Vegas-based MMA promotion earlier this year after failing to come to terms on a new contract. But head of operations for PFL Europe Dan Hardy — no stranger to UFC drama — expects “The Predator” to put pen
9:17 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN If you’ve ever watched an evening of PFL fights, you know the company runs its show differently from other mixed martial arts promotions. In a sport fueled by star power and talking a good game, the PFL’s season format shifts the focus to the nitty-gritty of fight results. Viral tweets
Well, at least until Rose Namajunas did it in 2021. Before that, some of the greats of the sport, including Ronda Rousey, Holly Holm and Joanna Jedrzejczyk failed in their attempts to become two-time UFC champions. In fact, Namajunas herself kept Joanna from regaining the strawweight crown, but after that 2018 win that made it
Despite a couple of cancelled bouts, the past year has been pretty good for super-lightweight Shane Campbell. Back-to-back wins for Unified MMA in 2022 was capped off by winning a championship in the company, solidifying his second unblemished year in a row. “I was undefeated in 2022 so that’s a good start,” Campbell told MMAWeekly.com.
Maria Henderson is aware her family name carries big weight in the MMA world, but she’s not going to let that affect her. The Bellator newcomer is kicking off her professional MMA career now that her husband, former UFC and WEC lightweight champion Benson Henderson, retired from fighting. Benson hung up his gloves earlier this
Heavyweights Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes will battle in a potential No. 1 contender’s bout at UFC Vegas 71 on April 22, and now the poster for the event has been revealed. Considering the stakes in the fight, it’s no surprise that Pavlovich and Blaydes take center stage ahead of the card, which is scheduled
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Ever since UFC was sold to Endeavor, the promotion’s focus has been on cutting costs and raising revenue above all else. Record profits are seen as more important than previously prioritized factors like growth or quality, which is why UFC Apex cards have remained in vogue long after the arenas and
And all the 26-year-old Sidey has done is continue to establish himself as another of the nation’s top prospects by claiming the BFL bantamweight title with a first-round submission win, successfully defending it twice, and adding another title to his collection earlier this month with a first-round finish of former WEC and UFC competitor Walel