“I’m a very humble guy and I worked very hard for what’s happening in my life right now. Every day when I go to sleep, I say, ‘Thank you, God,’ for everything he gives to me. I feel so blessed. The world of fights doesn’t need to give anything to me because it gives me…
Mike Perry will return to action this Saturday night (Dec. 2, 2023) to face off against former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Lightweight champion, Eddie Alvarez, in the main event of BKFC 56 live from inside Maverik Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, streaming live on FITE.tv. The two men — who will be fighting for…
Aljamain Sterling is on to bigger and better things. Well, that’s the plan anyway, as the former UFC bantamweight champion has a move up all but confirmed. “The Funkmaster” teased his inevitable return to the 145-pound featherweight division ahead of his last time out opposite Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 in August. Unfortunately for Sterling,…
“The entire evening fight team training session is like 25 to 35 fighters, and everybody is a killer in that gym,” Horth said. “The way they train, the style that they impose, and just the actual training schedule is intense. For me, there were a lot of changes. I usually train midday, and sometimes in…
Conor McGregor and his longtime partner Dee Devlin have welcomed their fourth child into the world. “Another chunky healthy boy into the world,” McGregor wrote on Instagram, sharing a series of photos from immediately after the birth. “Dee you are my hero.” The baby boy was born on Thursday November 30th around 6PM in Dublin,…
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterNov 30, 2023, 11:15 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The Professional Fighters League has renewed its domestic media rights agreement with ESPN, officials announced Thursday. The deal will keep the PFL regular season, playoffs and world…
The “King of Violence” belt is on the line, and Mike Perry and Eddie Alvarez are ready to throw down for it at BKFC 56. Perry and Alvarez squared off after the press conference for Saturday’s event at Maverik Center, and they got intense in front of cameras, going forehead-to-forehead before BKFC officials told them…
This time, Comsa handled the strike better, buckling a little bit but he wasn’t nearly as hurt as he was after the first strike. After Comsa recovered, he returned with a perfect strike that sent Wallace’s ear plug flying. Wallace was out and, just like that, Comsa came back from almost getting knocked out and…
Professional Fighters League (PFL) is making moves within the mixed martial arts (MMA) landscape. It’s just a matter of how big it ends up being. It was announced that Bellator was acquired by PFL early last week (Nov. 20, 2023), widening the talent pool within the promotion. PFL Founder, Donn Davis, highlighted during the announcement…
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterNov 29, 2023, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ONE Championship will be returning to Japan with a big card. Former top UFC prospect Sage Northcutt will face MMA legend Shinya Aoki in a lightweight bout under MMA rules Jan. 28 at ONE 165 in Tokyo, sources told ESPN on Wednesday…
Dricus Du Plessis doesn’t anticipate having a lengthy title reign as middleweight champion should he get the job done in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at UFC 297 on Jan. 20, 2024. The 29-year-old “StillKnocks” has been perfect inside the octagon thus far. Competing on six occasions in the UFC, Du Plessis (20-2) has won all of…
“It’s just business, it’s just work; I’ve got to separate the two,” he said of sharing the Octagon with Green on Saturday. “That’s something you’ve gotta do when you look up to somebody. It’s part of my journey, part of my path, and I just gotta go do what I gotta do. “It sends a…
Miesha Tate steps back into the cage on Saturday night at UFC Austin, and she’s doing it at 135 pounds, where she belongs. After a tough decision loss to Ketlen Vieira, Tate decided to try out women’s flyweight. The results were not great: coming into her fight against Julia Avila, “Cupcake” revealed the weight cut…
MMA Fighting has the BKFC 56 fight card for the Perry vs. Alvarez event at the Maverick Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday night. In the main event, Mike Perry, who is undefeated in the BKFC ring at 3-0, will clash against former UFC champion Eddie Alvarez in a middleweight contest at 175…
“I think it’s not even the criticism that bothers me,” he said. “It’s more just like I feel like there are characters in our sport and it’s become a thing where you play this character and that’ll be your brand. And I don’t do that. I’m a very genuine guy. From the interviews we’ve had,…
Colby Covington has made plenty of enemies in recent years. The perennial top Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight contender, Covington, has been a staple of the division’s title scene since his interim strap-winning effort over Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 225 in June 2018. Fighting his way to the top as a member of mixed…
Interesting times await PFL superstar Kayla Harrison in 2024. After re-signing with the promotion ahead of the 2022 season, Harrison’s contract included that she’d move past the tournament format in 2023 to become a PPV-exclusive fighter. Unfortunately for the former two-time lightweight champion, that led to her watching from the sidelines for the entirety of…
If Avila wants a little inspiration when it comes to fighters returning from an extended hiatus, she need not look any further than her fellow UFC Austin competitor Hardy, who marched into the Octagon after three years and four days on the sidelines and dominated recent TUF winner Juliana Miller in March at UFC 286….
