Those are the words Serhiy Sidey uttered as he discussed going from suffering his first professional loss against Mateo Alejandro Vogel to the world shutting down two weeks later due to the coronavirus pandemic last spring. Rather than dwell on the defeat and lament the lack of opportunities available on the Canadian regional mixed martial
Month: November 2021
8:45 AM ET COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — Kyoji Horiguchi laughs when he recounts the story. It was 2019, and after his coaches and teammates at American Top Team (ATT) urged him to put down roots in the area, he finally bought a house in South Florida. Horiguchi, the current Rizin bantamweight champion and former Bellator
Bellator bantamweight champion Sergio Pettis will soon defend his title against Kyoji Horiguchi, a challenge he considers one of his toughest to date and a test of supremacy at 135 pounds. “I feel like the title in general is on the line,” Pettis, who on Dec. 3 headlines Bellator 272 against Horiguchi, told MMA Fighting.
Dec 15, 2018; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Rob Font (red gloves) before his fight against Sergio Pettis (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night at Fiserv Forum. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Although Rob Font’s preferred option is to land in a UFC bantamweight title shot sooner than later, he is aware of the fact that
An update on Jon Jones‘ latest run-in with the law was provided Tuesday afternoon. In September, Jones was arrested for misdemeanor battery domestic violence along with injuring and tampering with a vehicle. An initial court date for these charges was scheduled for October, but that has now been pushed back to January via a Tuesday
Charles Oliveira is set to defend his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight title for the first time at UFC 269 on Dec. 11, 2021 against former interim titleholder, Dustin Poirier, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Oliveira won the title left behind by Khabib Nurmagomedov by stopping Michael Chandler via strikes at UFC 262,
Khabib Nurmagomedov takes a hilarious jab at Dana White Khabib Nurmagomedov and UFC president Dana White are good friends so when Nurmagomedov took a jab at White in a recent interview, we can assume it was all in good fun. Nurmagomedov, who has been slowly turning from fighter to coach in the last year has
Soriano entered with a perfect 8-0 record, having earned first-round stoppage wins in each of his first two UFC appearances and seven of his first eight fights overall. Allen dominated from the jump, showcasing improved striking and ring generalship en route to a clean sweep of the scorecards and a second straight win. And now,
A battle between surging lightweight contenders is being slated for February. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that a matchup between Arman Tsarukyan and Joel Alvarez is expected to take place at the UFC’s event on Feb. 26 at a location and venue yet to be announced. TASS was
Nov 6, 2021; New York, NY, USA; Kamaru Usman (red gloves) leaves the octagon with his championship belt after defeating Colby Covington (blue gloves) during UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland-USA TODAY Sports If Gilbert Burns was picking the best welterweight the UFC has ever seen, his response would be easy.
Khamzat Chimaev has been smeshing everyone from the UFC and is now gunning for a wrestling match with Daniel Cormier. Chimaev has been using his impressive grappling skills to utterly dominate at every step of the way so far in his UFC career. His skills were even put on display in a submission grappling match
Welcome to Midnight Mania! Khamzat Chimaev is eager for a fight. “Borz” is not all that far removed from throttling Li Jingliang at UFC 267 back around Halloween (HIGHLIGHTS), but he’s already picked up another “W” in a wrestling match vs. UFC Middleweight Jack Hermansson. The Chechen athlete is still unsatiated, and he’s taken to
UFC Hall of Famer and winner of the inaugural season of The Ultimate Fighter Diego Sanchez has been battling COVID-19 for weeks. “The Nightmare first revealed his diagnosis on social media on Nov. 19 but had been suffering symptoms for several days before making the post. “Shitting, coughing, pukin, constant hot cold fevers, pain in
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7:44 AM ET By the time fighters in Bellator and UFC return to their respective cages, on Friday and Saturday, the calendar will have flipped over to December. Although there are only a month’s worth of fights remaining in 2021, there’s still a lot left to be sorted out for both promotions. A lot of
Khabib Nurmagomedov has a lot of respect for the man he last shared the octagon with, but that doesn’t mean he’s changing his stance in regards to who should be next in line for the UFC lightweight title. The since-retired former champion made headlines for his reaction to Justin Gaethje believing that his victory over
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