Patricio “Pitbull” Freire and AJ McKee got testy during the final pre-fight press conference for Bellator 263. McKee will be challenging Freire for the Bellator Featherweight Championship. This bout will also be the final match in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix. The action takes place this Saturday night (July 31) inside The Forum in…
12:49 AM ET Carlos Contreras Legaspi The fight between bantamweights Aspen Ladd and Macy Chiasson that was scratched from Saturday’s UFC event has been rescheduled for Oct. 2, sources said. The card has not yet been announced by the promotion. The original matchup was postponed just hours before Friday’s weigh-ins due to a Chiasson injury….
A pair of longtime veterans will collide on Jorge Masvidal’s second bare-knuckle MMA event, as a featherweight bout Rob Emerson vs. Charles Bennett is official for September 11. Gamebred Fighting Championship matchmaker Dean Toole announced the fight Thursday. Emerson (20-14, 1 NC) hasn’t competed since a first-round submission loss to Dileno Lopes at an ACA…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! By returning from a 2.5 year layoff to score a split-decision win opposite Cory Sandhagen in an all-action fight, TJ Dillashaw may have just earned a title shot. Of course, he’ll have to wait out Petr Yan vs. Aljamain Sterling 2 and recover from knee surgery, but all things considered, Dillashaw’s…
Bellator 263 Press Conference erupts in chaos | Video The Bellator 263: Pitbull vs. McKee pre-fight press conference took place on Thursday in Los Angeles and erupted in chaos between the main event fighters. Bellator 263 takes place on Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. and his headlined by the featherweight title bout between…
Credit: Jeff Bottari/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports Despite losing his original opponent during fight week, Niklas Stolze will remain on the main card of UFC Vegas 33 as he faces action fighter Jared Gooden on short notice. Niklas Stolze vs Jared Gooden preview Stolze, 28, was slated to face Mounir Lazzez before the latter’s…
Logan Paul could be getting a little cushier with UFC President Dana White after signing a massive deal. No, Paul has not signed with the UFC but rather its parent company. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Paul, a YouTube sensation, has signed with WME. Paul had been with WME’s rival, CAA for six…
1:08 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Amanda Nunes, the pound-for-pound best female fighter in the UFC, will have to wait a little longer for the next defense of her bantamweight championship. She tested positive for COVID-19, UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell told ESPN on Thursday, canceling her fight with Julianna Peña that was scheduled for…
Most 17-year-old students preparing for their senior year of high school are thinking about things like getting good grades, the teachers and the classes they’ll be taking and perhaps the colleges they’re interested in attending. While she’s also getting ready for school, Victoria Lee is currently focused on the best way to beat up her…
Former UFC strawweight champion Zhang Weili surrendered her 115-pound strap in the UFC 261 co-main event back in April, getting smoked by former titleholder Rose Namajunas by way of first-round head kick knockout. “Magnum” promptly blew a gasket inside the cage after referee Keith Peterson brought a halt to the action, which may have contributed…
Following a successful 2020 that saw him win both of his fights, lightweight Chris Gonzalez kicked off his 2021 in even bigger fashion by picking up the biggest victory of his career, defeating veteran Roger Huerta this past April via third round submission. For Gonzalez the win over Huerta was something he’d been wanting for…
Credit: Combate Global The partnership between mixed martial arts organization Combate Global — formerly Combate Americas — and powerhouse Spanish-language broadcaster Univision was already strong after the organizations signed a broadcast partnership in 2018. Now that bond has been strengthened even more with the news that the broadcaster has acquired equity stakes in the promotion….
Former UFC heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic could move to One Championship, Joe Rogan reveals on the Joe Rogan Experience, that Conor McGregor asked for post UFC 264 interview, after he lost against Dustin Poirier, Michael Chandler responds to Justin Gaethje, wants to face him next Islam Makhachev and Rafael Dos Anjos (RDA) keep going after…
AJ McKee is intrigued at the thought of mixing it up with the best fighters from different promotions. McKee is due for the biggest bout of his pro MMA career. Mckee will challenge Patricio “Pitbull” Freire for the Bellator Featherweight Title. This will also serve as the final bout in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand…
11:36 PM ET Chris Weidman has another hurdle to overcome after a gruesome broken leg sustained in a fight earlier this year. The former UFC middleweight champion wrote Wednesday on Instagram that he will need another surgery on the right leg he fractured in a fight with Uriah Hall at UFC 261 on April 24….
A new bantamweight champion will be crowned at BKFC 20 on Friday night, Aug. 20, as Johnny Bedford clashes with Reggie Barnett Jr. in the main event. Bedford previously held the bantamweight title before losing a close decision to Dat Nguyen at BKFC Knucklemania back in February. Nguyen was then stripped of the title after…
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Vitor Belfort is among the many MMA legends chasing boxing money. The former UFC champion is currently scheduled to face boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya in a professional boxing match set for Sat., Sept. 11, 2021 inside Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. However, that’s likely not the end of…
It would be an understatement to suggest Colby Covington is outspoken. The no. 1 contender in the welterweight division, who will face division champion Kamaru Usman in a rematch for the UFC’s 170 pound title at UFC 268, even has nicknames for those he is not too fond of. Whether it be ‘Con-man McGregor’, ‘Dustin…
